KARA PETERS
Associate Professor

Education
Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, 1996
M.A., Applied Mathematics, University of Michigan, 1995
M.S.E., Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, 1992
B.S., Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia, 1991

Research Interests
Structural Health Monitoring, Optical Fiber Sensors, Composite Materials

Professional Experience
2000 - Present, Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.

1996 - 2000 Post Doctoral Researcher / Lecturer, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Laboratory of Applied Mechanics and Reliability Analysis, Lausanne, Switzerland.

1991-1996 Graduate Research Assistant, Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

Honors
1995 Ivor K. McIvor Award for Applied Mechanics, University of Michigan College of Engineering

Professional Societies
American Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)

Selected Publications
Gill, A., Peters, K., and Studer, M., 2004, “Genetic Algorithm for the Reconstruction of Bragg Grating Sensor Strain Profiles, to appear in Measurement Science and Technology .

Prabhugoud, M., and Peters, K., 2004, “Modified Transfer Matrix Formulation for Bragg Grating Strain Sensors,” to appear in Journal of Lightwave Technology.

Studer, M., and Peters, K., 2004, “Multi-Scale Sensing for Damage Identification,” Smart Materials and Structures, 13 , p. 283-294.

Prabhugoud, M., and Peters, K., 2003, “Efficient Simulations of Bragg Grating Strain Sensors for Implementation to Damage Identification in Composites,” Smart Materials and Structures , 12 , p. 914-924.

Studer M., Peters, K., Botsis, J., 2003 , “Embedded Optical Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors for the Measurement of Crack Bridging Forces in Composites,” Composites Part B 34 , p. 347-359.

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