Nix elected as AIAA Associate Fellow

Andrew Nix 

Andrew Nix, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at West Virginia University, has been named an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.  

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Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

AIAA is the world’s largest aerospace technical society, with nearly 30,000 individual members from 85 countries. Less than 3,000 members have achieved AIAA Associate Fellow status. 

Nix, a member of AIAA for 25 years, was selected for his contributions to the organization’s Gas Turbine Engine and Pressure Gain Combustion Technical Committees. He will be serving as technical discipline chair of the Gas Turbine Engines Technical Committee for the 2023 AIAA SciTech Forum and is currently a member of the AIAA Carbon Emissions and Sustainability Task Force, a group of industry, government and academic members working on a roadmap towards net-zero carbon emissions from the aviation sector.  

Nix has also served as a technical paper session chairman for numerous AIAA conferences, in which he and his students are regular contributors. Most recently, he was a co-recipient of the 2021 AIAA Pressure Gain Combustion Best Paper Award.  

“I am truly appreciative to be nominated by some close colleagues in the gas turbine research community for the level of Associate Fellow of AIAA, and honored to be elected to the class of 2023,” Nix said. “It means so much to me to be recognized by the community for my work in gas turbine research, education and volunteer support of AIAA conferences and journals over the past 25 years.” 

After receiving his doctorate in mechanical engineering from Virginia Tech in 2003, Nix continued his professional career as a turbine technical specialist for the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command in Patuxent River, Maryland. In 2006, he became a research assistant professor at the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources and WVU’s Center for Alternative Fuels, Engines and Emissions. He was promoted to associate professor in 2018. 

Nix will be recognized for his achievements during the AIAA SciTech Forum on January 23-27, at National Harbor, MD. 

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