David E. Dix, P.E.

Mechanical Engineering

Mr. Dix has over twenty years of experience in the analysis, testing, and inspection of mechanical systems. He has been involved in a wide range of projects including stress analysis using finite element and classical techniques, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, accident reconstruction/failure analysis, photogrammetry, dynamic and static testing, and durability testing.

Employment

1995-present	Principal, Unified Engineering, Inc.
1995	Manager of Mechanical Engineering, Packer Engineering, Inc.
1983-1995	Staff Consultant, Packer Engineering, Inc.
1982-1983	Short term missionary in Zaire, Africa Inland Mission

Education

1988	M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago Thesis: Heat Transfer From a Sphere in Natural and Forced Convection of Subcooled Freon-113
1982	B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, John Brown University, Arkansas

Continuing Education

1998	Traffic Accident Reconstruction: Northwestern University Traffic Institute
1996	Digital Video International: Adobe Systems, Incorporated
1993	The Bolted Joint: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
1989	Vibration Measurement and Analysis: Bruel & Kjaer

Professional Societies

Professional licenses and registrations

Professional Engineer, State of Illinois license number 062-047674

Selected Publications

"An Experimental Study in Nucleate Boiling Heat Transfer From a Sphere," Collected Papers in Heat Transfer, (D. Dix, J. Orozco, and H. Francisco), ASME Heat Transfer Division, Volume 104, 1988

"An Experimental Study in Nucleate Boiling Heat Transfer From a Sphere," Journal of Heat Transfer, (D. Dix and J. Orozco), Transactions of the ASME, February 1990

"Film Boiling Heat Transfer From a Sphere in Natural and Forced Convection of Freon-113," Journal of Experimental Heat Transfer, (D. Dix and J. Orozco), Volume 3, No. 2, 1990

"Accident Reconstruction," presented at Association of Iron and Steel Engineers Conference on New Handling Technology for Material and Scrap, 1998

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