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

Professional Experience:
     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