Science and Engineering of Mechanical Shock

Dr. Vit Babuška is an Aerospace Engineer and Principal Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he has worked since 2005. His current work addresses shock environments and structural mechanics model validation for shock loadings. Dr. Babuška’s experience spans environmental test including vibration and shock testing and requirements specification, structural dynamics, system identification and control of spacecraft systems, and signal processing. He has worked on various spaceflight programs and spacecraft R&D projects during his career.  He earned his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering in 1993 from The University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Carl Sisemore is a Mechanical Engineer and Principal Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he has worked since 2014. His current work focuses on shock and vibration test specification development and analysis of shock and vibration test data. In addition, he has co-lead the shock margin assessment research project on Energy Spectra and mechanical shock. He earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Tennessee Technological University in 2001

• The Science and Engineering of Mechanical Shock.- Common Mechanical Shock Environments.- Single Degree-of-Freedom Systems.- Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Systems.- Special Topics.- Appendix.