William Johnson


William S. "Stan" Johnson
Professor
William Johnson
414 Dougherty Hall
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37966-2210
Office : (423) 974-5307
Fax : (423) 974-5274
email : wsjohnson@utk.edu

Teaching

  Instrumentation
HVAC
Thermodynamics
Fluids
Heat Transfer

Education

Ph.D 1967, ClemsonUniversity
MS 1965, ClemsonUniversity
BS 1961, University of Tennessee

Research

  Geothermal heat pumps
Environmental testing
Experimental fluids


RESEARCH INTERESTS

Testing and evaluation of direct exchange geothermal heat pumps, Environmental testing of HVAC systems in the University of Tennessee dual chamber environmental test facility. Experimental fluid mechanics. Instrumentation and measurements.


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1977 - Present Professor of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tennessee
1967 - 1977 Assistant and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering,
The University of Tennessee
1961 - 1962 Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, West Palm Beach, FL
Design Engineer, design of mechanical components for propulsion engines.
Summer employment with Tennessee Valley Authority, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, NASA, and Pratt & Whitney Aircraft.
Consultant to more than 40 different industrial clients and more than 30 law firms and insurance companies.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

ASME Director - East Tennessee Section (1973-74).
ASHRAE Faculty advisor to UT Student Chapter, 1994-present.
ASEE Chairman of Mechanical Engineering Division of Southeast Region (1989-90).
ISA Faculty advisor to UT Student Chapter, 1994-present.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

"Use of Transport Delay to Avoid Compensatory Effects in Sonic Orifice-Based Gas Concentration Probes", accepted for publication by Review of Scientific Instruments, American Institute of Physics.

Visualization of the Lower Plenum Analomy in the Westinghouse AP-600 Reactor, Nuclear Technology, V 106, April 1994, pp. 100-109.

"Surface Blowing Anti-Icing Technique For Aircraft Surfaces," AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 26, NO. 4, pp. 354-359, April 1989

"Performance of Two Ground Coupled Heat Pumps," ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 93, Part 2, 1987.

"Experimental Investigation of Flow Between a Smooth and Grooved Disc," ASME Journal of Lubrication Technology, Vol. 104, No. 2, April 1982.


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