Dr. James Mayhew specializes in aerospace engineering, wind tunnel testing, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, thermodynamics and uncertainty analysis. He spent 13 years as a US Air Force Officer working in aircraft and engine research, development and logistics, as well as teaching aeronautics at the Air Force Academy. Dr. Mayhew is a recipient of the Dean’s Outstanding Teacher Award. He began private pilot flight training in 2016 and became a Certified Flight Instructor in 2025. He plays viola in the Rose-Hulman Symphony Orchestra.
Academic Degrees
- PhD, University of California, Davis, 1999
- MS, Air Force Institute of Technology, 1989
- BS, Syracuse University, 1985
Awards & Honors
- Dean's Outstanding Teacher Award, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 2011
Publications & Presentations
- Cloutier, A., Constans, E., & Mayhew, J., Design and Implementation of an Online Outreach Program for Experimental Measurements (Evaluation) Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. https://peer.asee.org/41268
- Mayhew, J., “What is Rose-Hulman, Who is Mayhew, and Why Did He Come Here?,” (Invited Presentation) Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, 2014
- Mayhew, J.E., Sowders, D.A. and Fuller, B.B., “The Effect of Upstream Thermal Boundary Condition on Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient on a Film-Cooled Flat Plate,” Proceedings of the ASME 2013 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, HT2013-17019, 2013
Research Experiences
- Heat transfer in gas turbine engines
Teaching Interests
- Aerodynamics
- Aircraft design, performance and propulsion
- Fluid mechanics
- Heat transfer
- Measurement systems
- Thermodynamics