Anthony Nix Ph.D.
Anthony.Nix@oregonstate.edu

Rogers 316

Instructor
School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering 
Oregon State University

 

Biography

Anthony Nix is an instructor in MIME at Oregon State Unversity. He is back at OSU after a few years at Northern Arizona University where he was a lecturer in the mechanical engineering department.

As a mechanical engineering Ph.D. student at Oregon State University Anthony's researched involved alternative uses tests, user interface design, and design methodologies. While working on his Ph.D., Anthony is completing a minor in psychology because he likes to geek out on why designers design design the way they do whether it be personality type, expierences growing up, or anything else. He received his Ph.D. in mechaincal engineering from Oregon state university in 2017, his M.S. in mechanical engineering from Oregon State university in 2011 and his B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla in 2009. 

Outside of school and when he isn't spending time with his daughter, Anthony likes to bike (strava link below), dabble in photography (flickr link below), and generally enjoy being in the PNW. 

Teaching
    • Dynamics (ENGR 212)
    • Strength of Materials (ENGR 213)
    • Engineering Graphics and 3D Modeling (ENGR 248)
    • Introduction to Design (ME 382) 
    • Mechanical Component Design (ME 383)

Research
  • Improving creativity in designers
  • Merging human factors and mechanical engineering design processes
  • Alternative uses test and creativity implications from it
  • Thermal Weapon Sight Interfaces for Military Applications
  • Reticle feature utility 
  • Systematic requirement generation
  • Retaining customer intent in engineering requirements

Publications

  
  • Nix, Anthony. Arlitt, Ryan. Lemke, Mark. Stone, Robert. The Creation of an Ontology to Examine Customer Needs. In Proceedings of the ASME 2017 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences. 2017. ASME: Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America.
  • Arlitt, Ryan. Sen, Chiradeep. Nix, Anthony. Stone, Robert. Discovery of Mental Metadata Used for Analogy Formation in Function-Based Design. In ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences. 2015. ASME: Boston, MA.
  • Nix, Anthony. Arlitt, Ryan. Immel, Sebastian. Lemke, Mark. Stone, Robert. Investigating Divergent THinking in Creativity Exercies through Alternative Uses Tests. In Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Design Technical Conference. August 2014, Buffalo, NY, USA.
  • Arlitt, Ryan. Nix, Anthony. Stone, Robert. Evaluating TRIZ as a Provider of Provocative Stimuli. In Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. 2012, ASME: Houston TX, United States of America.
  • Oman, Sarah. Gilchrist, Brady. Stone, Robert. Rebhuhn, Carrie. Nix, Anthony. Tumer, Irem. Towards a Repository of Innovative Products to Enhance Engineering Creativity Education. In Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conference. August 2012, Chicago, IL, USA.
  • Nix, A. Sherret, B. and R. Stone, “A Function Based Approach to TRIZ,” In Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. 2011, ASME: Washington D.C., United States of America.
  • Nix, A. Mullet, K. and Stone, R. “The Search for Innovation Styles II,” in Design Principles and Practices. 2011, Rome, Italy.
  • Nix, Anthony. and Stone, Robert.  “The Search for Innovation Styles,” In Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. 2010, ASME: Montreal, Canada.

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