Steven Miner

Professor

Mechanical Engineering Department

United States Naval Academy

590 Holloway Road

Annapolis, MD 21402-5042

(410) 293-6315

Fax (410) 293-3041

miner@usna.edu

Education: 

University of Virginia, (Aug 1982 - Sep 1987)

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Doctor of Philosophy, Mechanical Engineering

Dissertation "Potential Flow Analysis of a Centrifugal Pump: Comparison of Finite Element Calculation and Laser Velocimeter Measurement"

University of Virginia, (May 1979 - May 1980)

Masters of Science, Mechanical Engineering

University of Virginia, (Sep 1975 - May 1979)

Bachelors of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Research Areas:

Application of CFD to turbomachinery

Thermal analysis of electronic packaging

Professional Experience:

Professor, U.S. Naval Academy (Aug 2001 - Present)

Associate Professor, U.S. Naval Academy (Aug 1995 - Aug 2001)

Assistant Professor, U.S. Naval Academy (Jan 1990 - Aug 1995)

Senior Engineer, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, (Oct 1987 - Dec 1989)

Engineer, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, (June 1980 - Sep 1983)

Recent Publications:

Miner, Steven M., Professor, “CFD Analysis of the First Stage Rotor and Stator in a Two Stage Mixed Flow Pump,” International Journal of Rotating Machinery, Vol. 2005, Non. 1, pp 23-29, May 2005.

Miner, S. M., “Computational and Experimental Investigation of the Velocities, Pressures, and Forces in a Single Volute Centrifugal Pump,” Proceedings of the ISROMAC9 conference, Honolulu, HI, February 2002.

Miner, S. M., Tyler, T. N., "A Project Based Introduction to Mechanical Engineering," Proceedings of the 2001 ASEE Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM, June 2001.

Miner, S. M., “Evaluation of Blade Passage Analysis using Coarse Grids,” ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol. 122, No. 2, pp 345-348, June 2000.