Kara Peters
Distinguished Professor
- Phone: (919) 515-5226
- Email: kjpeters@ncsu.edu
- Office: Engineering Building III (EB3) 3116
In addition to her duties as Distinguished Professor, Dr. Kara Peters also serves as The College of Engineering’s Associate Dean for Graduate Programs.
Dr. Peters’ long-term goal is to contribute to the advancement of nondestructive evaluation and structural health monitoring techniques for composite aerospace structures. The advancements tend to increase safety and improve performance of structural systems. She served as the program director for the Mechanics of Materials and Structures program at the National Science Foundation from 2015-2018. She is an Associate Editor of the journal Smart Materials and Structures and the ASME Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, Diagnostics and Prognostics of Engineering Systems. She is also on the editorial board of the journal Measurement Science and Technology.
Dr. Peters teaches Mechanics of Composite Structures (MAE 537). Her presentation in this course has a fundamental flavor. In this course, Dr. Peters surveys composite structures in the aerospace industry, and gives students an understanding of the current state-of-the-art. Dr. Peters teaches Aerospace Structures I and II (MAE 371 and MAE 472). In these courses, she outlines the current state-of-the-art of aircraft structures and describes some of the advancements being anticipated in the near future.
Dr. Peters works closely with her students to help them develop strong experimental problem-solving skills. Her students bridge the gap between optics and mechanics and work in a hands-on, experimental environment. They fabricate the composite structures themselves, from learning how to embed sensors into composite materials to learning how to make different kinds of optical interfaces.
NSF Sponsored Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site: Composites for Extreme Environments
Publications
- Accelerating imaging frequency in high-speed polarization imaging through data modeling
- Timofeeva, A., Ul Shougat, M. R. E., Pankow, M., & Peters, K. (2024), OPTICAL ENGINEERING, 63(4). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.63.4.043103
- Dynamic Deployment Sensing of Thin-Shell Composite Structures with Fiber Bragg Gratings
- Daye, J. G., Marashi, C., Lee, A. J., & Peters, K. (2024), HEALTH MONITORING OF STRUCTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS XVIII, Vol. 12951. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3010518
- Dynamic measurement of ballistic impact using an optical fibre sensor
- Velasco, I., Seng, F., Hodges, G., Peters, K., Pankow, M., & Schultz, S. (2024), SMART MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES, 33(3). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-665X/ad27fd
- Flow-Coating of Adhesively Bonded Optical Fiber Acoustic Couplers
- Marashi, C., & Peters, K. (2024), HEALTH MONITORING OF STRUCTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS XVIII, Vol. 12951. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3010823
- Interaction of Lamb waves and sensors in structural health monitoring of carbon fiber composite
- Ul Shougat, M. R. E., Alonso, J., Rahman, W., & Peters, K. (2024), HEALTH MONITORING OF STRUCTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS XVIII, Vol. 12951. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3010936
- Studying the elastic wave mode propagation in D-shaped optical fibers
- Soman, R., Marashi, C., Filipkowski, A., Buczynski, R., & Peters, K. (2024), HEALTH MONITORING OF STRUCTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS XVIII, Vol. 12951. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3010425
- Extension of Fiber Bragg Grating Ultrasound Sensor Network by Adhesive Couplers
- Kim, J.-M., Aboubakr, S., & Peters, K. (2023), PHOTONICS, 10(12). https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics10121366
- Ferroelectric Domain Wall Engineering Enables Thermal Modulation in PMN-PT Single Crystals
- Negi, A., Kim, H. P., Hua, Z., Timofeeva, A., Zhang, X., Zhu, Y., … Liu, J. (2023, April 27), ADVANCED MATERIALS, Vol. 4. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202211286
- High-speed polarization imaging for failure detection in fiber spinning
- Timofeeva, A. A., Pankow, M. R., & Peters, K. J. (2023), HEALTH MONITORING OF STRUCTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS XVII, Vol. 12488. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2665277
- Laser Doppler vibrometry measurements of acoustic attenuation in optical fiber waveguides
- Marashi, C. S., Bradford, P., & Peters, K. (2023), APPLIED OPTICS, 62(16), E119–E124. https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.483827
Grants
- Investigation of Acoustic Coupling Phenomena in FBG Lamb Wave Detectors
- Dynamic, In-situ Characterization of Failure Modes in Fiber Spinning (NWI Core Project) - Confidential
- Phase III IUCRC North Carolina State University: Center for Integration of Composites into Infrastructure (CICI)
- High Efficiency Generation of Acoustic Modes in Optical Fibers
- High Resolution Scanning Acoustic Microscopy System for High Throughput Characterization of Materials and Nuclear Fuels
- EAGER: Measurements of Bi-Material Interface Behaviors Under Dynamic Loading Conditions
- Design of Acoustic Couplers for Sensing Applications
- Investigation of Lamb Wave Interactions with Guided Modes in Optical Fibers
- Optimization of Structural Lamb Wave Coupling to Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors
- I/UCRC Phase II: Center for the Integration of Composites into Infrastructure (CICI)
