Aug 30, 2018 | No Comments | By Jessica Ader
We are pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Charles E. Anderson, Jr. to the MEDE Science Advisory Board.
Dr. Anderson retired from Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in May 2015 and is now an independent consultant (CEA Consulting). At SwRI, he was the Director of the Engineering Dynamics Department, where he oversaw and managed a multi-disciplinary effort to investigate the dynamic response of materials and structures. He has been active for over 45 years in numerical simulation of explosive-metal interactions and impact mechanics, using numerical simulation for fundamental and applied studies. Dr. Anderson is internationally recognized for his leadership in combining numerical simulations with experimental data to develop advanced models of the response of materials to impact and penetration. He continues to design and execute experimental test plans to include appropriate state-of-the-art diagnostics. He has been the organizing chair and technical chair for a number of international conferences/symposia. Dr. Anderson has served on Government advisory boards dealing with issues in computational mechanics, penetration mechanics, and the response of materials at high loading rates, areas in which he has published extensively. He is an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Impact Engineering, a Fellow of the American Physical Society, and a Fellow of the International Ballistics Society. In 2000, Dr. Anderson received the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Hypervelocity Impact Society for his contributions to penetration mechanics, numerical simulations of penetration mechanics, and modeling dynamic material response. In September 2014, he was elected as Ballistics Science Fellow of the International Ballistics Society in recognition of his “outstanding research in terminal ballistics.”
The MEDE Science Advisory Board provides important scientific insight, oversight, and expertise to the MEDE program and compliments the Army Research Laboratory’s Science Advisory Board. To view current members, click here.
