Autor: Dierk Raabe

Dr. MARK F. HORSTEMEYER earned a BS degree (with honors)from West Virginia University in mechanical engineering in 1985, anMS degree from Ohio State University in engineering mechanics in1987, and a PhD from Georgia Institute of Technology in mechanicalengineering in 1995. He is currently a professor in the MechanicalEngineering Department at Mississippi State University(2002-present), holding the positions of Chief TechnicalOfficer for the Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems as well asthe CAVS Chair in Computational Solid Mechanics. Previous to this, he worked 15 years at Sandia National Labs. He is an ASME and ASMFellow and has won many awards including the R&D 100 Award, AFSBest Paper Award, Sandia Award for Excellence, Ralph E. PoweResearch Award, and Ohio State“s Thomas French Alumni AchievementAward.