Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering

Andrew Neil Smith, Ph.D.

Professor
Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department
United States Naval Academy
590 Holloway Road
Annapolis, MD 21402-5042
ansmith@usna.edu

EDUCATION
University of Virginia (1996-2001)

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Doctor of Philosophy, Mechanical Engineering
Dissertation Electron Phonon Nonequilibrium During Ultrashort Pulsed Laser Heating"

Villanova University (1988-1992)

RESEARCH AREAS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department U.S. Naval Academy (Aug 2001 – Present)
Department Chairman (Aug 2022 – Aug 2026)
Professor (2016 – Present)
Associate Professor (2005-2016)
Assistant Professor (2001-2005)
Civil Engineer Corps, U.S. Navy (May 1992 – March 1996)
Public Works Officer, NAVSUPFAC Antigua, West Indies
Assistant Resident Officer in Charge of Construction, U.S. Naval Academy

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Sharar, D.J., Radice, J., Warzoha, R., Hanrahan, B. and Smith, A., "Low-force elastocaloric refrigeration via bending." Applied Physics Letters 118.18 (2021): 184103.
Warzoha, R.J., Vu, N.T., Donovan, B.F., Cimpoiasu, E., Sharar, D.J., Leff, A.C., Wilson, A.A. and Smith, A.N., "Grain growth-induced thermal property enhancement of NiTi shape memory alloys for elastocaloric refrigeration and thermal energy storage systems." International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 154 (2020): 119760.
Warzoha, R.J., Wilson, A.A., Donovan, B.F., Smith, A.N., Vu, N., Perry, T., Li, L., Miljkovic, N. and Getto, E., "A numerical fitting routine for frequency-domain thermoreflectance measurements of nanoscale material systems having arbitrary geometries." Journal of Applied Physics 129.3 (2021): 035103.
Smith, A.N. and Hanrahan, B.M., "Cascaded pyroelectric conversion: Optimizing the ferroelectric phase transition and electrical losses." Journal of Applied Physics2 (2020): 024103.

AWARDS