Andrew Neil Smith
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering Department
United States Naval Academy
590 Holloway Road
Annapolis, MD 21402-5042
(410) 293-6539
Fax (410) 293-3041
ansmith@usna.edu
Education:
University of Virginia (Jan. 96 - May 01)
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Doctor of Philosophy, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Dissertation "Electron Phonon Nonequilibrium During Ultrashort Pulsed Laser Heating"
Advisor: Dr. Pamela M. Norris
Villanova University, (Sept. 88 - May 92)
Bachelors of Science, Mechanical Engineering
Research Areas:
Microscale Heat Transfer
Thermal Boundary Resistance
Thermal Conductivity of Thin Films
Electromagnetic Railguns
Civil Engineer Corps Officer, U.S. Navy, (May 92 - Feb. 96)
Recent Journal Publications:
A.N. Smith, B.T. McGlasson, J.S. Bernardes, Heat Generation during the Firing of a Capacitor Based Railgun System”, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol. 41, pp. 235-240, 2007
R. J. Stevens, A. N. Smith, and P. M. Norris, “Signal Analysis and Characterization of Experimental Setup for the Transient Thermoreflectance Technique” Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 77, 084901, 2006
R. J. Stevens, A. N. Smith, and P. M. Norris, “Measurement of Thermal Boundary Conductance of a Series of Metal-Dielectric Interfaces.” Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 127, pp. 315-322, 2005.
A. N. Smith, R. L. Ellis, J. S. Bernardes and A. E. Zielinski, “Thermal Management and Resistive Rail Heating of a Large-Scale Naval Electromagnetic Launcher.” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol. 41, pp. 235-240, 2005.
A. N. Smith, and J. P. Calame, “Impact of Thin Film Thermophysical Properties on the Thermal Management of Wide-Bandgap Solid State Transistors.” International Journal of Thermophysics, Vol. 25, 409-422, 2004
Book Chapter:
A. N. Smith and P. M. Norris, “Microscale Heat Transfer”, Eds. A. Bejan and A.D.Kraus, Heat Transfer Handbook, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., pp. 1309-1357, 2003.
Awards:
2004 Pi Tau Sigma USNA Teaching Excellence Award
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal
Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal