John Dixon, '05

Professor of Mechanical Engineering
All FacultyMechanical Engineering

Contact Information
Phone: 724-458-2013
Email: DixonJM@gcc.edu

John Dixon, '05

Education

  • BSME, Grove City College, 2005
  • MSME, University of Minnesota
  • Ph.D., University of Minnesota

What are the main focuses of your research?
Heat Transfer in Porous Media

Professional Experience

  • Cummins Power Generation, Fuel Systems Engineer
  • Cummins Power Generation, Residential Applications Engineer

What specific courses or specialties do you teach?

  • Engineering Graphics
  • Numerical Computing for Engineers
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Survey of Alternative Energy Systems

In your opinion, what is the most important piece of advice you give your students to help them succeed?
Do the hard work of actually learning the material

Selected Publications

  • High-Performance Liquid Cooled 2-Stroke Cylinder Head Design, R. Zellers, J.M. Dixon, ASEE Regional Conference, 2018 (poster presentation).
  • Mixed Convection in Fluid Superposed Porous Layers, J. M. Dixon, F. A. Kulacki, SpringerBriefs in Engineering and Applied Science, 2017
  • Dixon, J.M., Kulacki, F.A., 2017, Mixed Convection in Horizontal Fluid-Superposed Porous Layers Part 1:  Analysis.  Int. J. Heat Mass Transf. 109:1289-1300 doi.org.ezp3.lib.umn.edu/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2017.01.123
  • Dixon, J.M., Kulacki, F.A., 2017, Mixed Convection in Horizontal Fluid-Superposed Porous Layers Part 2:  Experiments.  Int. J. Heat Mass Transf. 109:1301-1306         doi.org.ezp3.lib.umn.edu/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2017.02.028
  • Janssen, D.D., Dixon, J.M., Young, S.J., Kulacki, F.A., Flow Boiling in an In Line Set of Short Narrow Gap Channels, Journal of Heat Transfer, 2015, 137(11):111501-1–12 (doi:10.1115/1.4030382); also 2013 paper, Paper IMECE2013-63676, Proceedings, 2013 IMECE, San Diego, CA; also 2013 paper, Flow Boiling In Short Narrow Gap Channels, Paper 2013HT-17437, Proceedings, 2013 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Minneapolis, MN.  
  • Advanced Electronics Cooling Technology, Final Report, DARPA Contract No. FA8650-11-C-1040, 2012, S. J. Young, F. A. Kulacki, D. D. Janssen, J. M. Dixon

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