Andrew C. Nix

Research Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Contact Information Office:  ESB 271 Phone:  304-293-0801 Fax:  304-293-6689

Dr. Nix received his BSME degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland, Baltimore Co. in 1995, working full time for four years as an undergraduate in the environmental engineering and air quality monitoring fields. After receiving an MS in Mechanical Engineering in 1996 from Virginia Tech, specializing in gas turbine heat transfer and film cooling, he worked for 3 years in thermal cycle design for Bechtel Power and as a consultant for the nuclear power industry. In 2003, he received his Ph.D from Virginia Tech and served as adjunct faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, performing research in the area of turbine heat transfer and cooling. After his doctoral work, Dr. Nix worked for the Department of the Navy (DoD) as a turbine design engineer where he provided turbine hot section engineering support for the Navy fleet of aircraft engines and served as technical contract monitor for Navy sponsored turbine research programs. Dr. Nix joined the faculty at West Virginia University in the Center for Alternative Fuels, Engines and Emissions in Fall of 2006 as a research assistant professor.
Education
	Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, April 2003 Dissertation: Effects of High Intensity, Large Length-Scale Freestream Combustor Exit Turbulence on Heat Transfer in Transonic Turbine Blades
	M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, December 1996 Thesis: Effects of Shock Wave Passing on Heat Transfer in a Transonic Turbine Cascade
	B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, May 1995
Research Focus Areas
	Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer
Research Interests
	Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer
	Energy Conversion
	Alternative Fuels, Engines and Emissions
Teaching Interests
	Thermal-fluid sciences
	Conductive and convective heat transfer
	Gas turbine engines
	Experimental measurements
Professional Societies
	Vice Chairman, ASME IGTI Aircraft Engine Committee, 2009-2011
	Chairman, ASME IGTI Aircraft Engine Committee, 2011-2013
	ASME - International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) Heat Transfer and Aircraft Engine Committees
	AIAA
	ASEE