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Dr. Karen E. Jackson
Crash Safety - Past Success and Future Concepts
Dr. Karen E. Jackson has been employed for 25 years as an aerospace
engineer by the U.S. Army Vehicle Technology Directorate (VTD) of the
Army Research Laboratory (ARL) or its predecessors. In April 2006, Karen
transferred to the Structural Dynamics Branch at NASA Langley Research
Center where she serves as a senior research engineer. Karen's primary
research activities include studying the dynamic response of aircraft
and rotorcraft structures subjected to crash loads through analysis and
full- and sub-scale testing. She received her B.S. in Engineering
Science and Mechanics from the University of Tennessee in 1981, her M.S.
in Engineering Science and Mechanics from Virginia Tech in 1984, and her
Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Tech in 1990. Karen has
worked as a research engineer since 1981, and recent research topics
include composite materials, structural design for energy absorption,
and crash simulation. She has given numerous technical presentations and
authored or co-authored over 100 technical papers. She has won numerous
prestigious awards include the American Helicopter Society's Harry T.
Jenson award, the ARL Technical Achievement Award for Engineering, and
the H. J. E. Reid Award for best technical paper at NASA Langley
Research Center in 2004. Karen has computer modeling and simulation
skills including LS-DYNA, MSC.Dytran, and MSC.Patran for developing and
executing nonlinear, explicit transient dynamic finite element
simulations of airframe structural impact.
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