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Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering
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Welcome to the website of Dr. Andrew Sommers, a faculty member in the Department of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
This website was launched in December 2007 and is a true work in progress so please contact me if you have trouble viewing the site. Its primary purpose is to introduce my areas of research interest, examine the relevance of thermal sciences to everyday life, and hopefully attract some students! If you are interested in joining my research group as an undergraduate (or graduate) research assistant, please feel free to contact me by email. When you do, please attach a copy of your resume. | 
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My main research interests include energy systems, surface wettability, and enhanced air-side heat transfer in air-conditioning and refrigeration applications. Currently, I am studying the single-phase, convective heat transfer behavior of nanofluids as well as investigating functionalized surfaces for improved condensate management on aluminum fin stock.
Researchers in my group work at the interface
of heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and surface chemistry. In doing so, they gain valuable skills in
each of these areas as well as a better understanding of data acquisition (DAQ), experimental uncertainty, and thermometry. Although prior experience is helpful, it is not necessary- only a willingness to learn and to work. Depending on the project, you may also be asked to perform basic wet chemistry and surface characterization tests to varying
degrees. There are presently opportunities for one undergraduate student and one graduate student in my lab. Please check out the research page for more
information.
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News:
- (2008-08-01) Served as a 2008 Undergraduate Summer Scholars (USS) Program mentor for a student doing research on single-phase nanofluids.
- (2008-07-14) Presented my research at the 12th Int'l Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference at Purdue.
- (2008-03-19) Selected for the 2008 Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship Program at AFRL/RZP Wright-Patterson AFB
- (2008-02-06) Recipient of the 2008-2009 ASHRAE New Investigator Award.
- (2007-12-03) MME 448 senior design team presented their preliminary design for a nanofluids test loop. Here are a few
pictures of their progress from last year posted under Research/Nanofluids.
- (2007-11-30) The rame/-hart contact angle goniometer and other miscellaneous lab equipment arrived.
- (2007-08-19) Traveled to Boston to present my most recent work at the 234th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. Please see the
Publications section for a complete list of published papers.
- (2007-06-19) Spent nearly two weeks at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, CHINA where he gave a seminar presentation and developed collaborative ties with the Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics located there.
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