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