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Senior Engineer
Applied Research Associates, Inc.
Education
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University (1999)
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (1984), University of California (Berkeley);
B.S. (with honors) in Applied Mechanics (1983), University of California (San Diego)
After graduation from U.C. San Diego with a B.S. in Applied Mechanics and U.C. Berkeley with an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Dr. Steven Kirkpatrick joined SRI International (formerly the Stanford Research Institute) as a Research Engineer in the Shock Physics and Engineering Mechanics Group. At SRI, Dr. Kirkpatrick contributed to and managed research projects for a diverse range of topics including blast and impact response of structures, crashworthiness and transportation safety, and lethality assessments of ground and spaced based structures.
While at SRI, Dr. Kirkpatrick enrolled in, and completed, his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. His research thesis was related to the characterization of the mechanical and failure behavior of Metal Matrix Composites. Dr. Kirkpatrick developed an extensive background in mechanics of composites through his close association with the Stanford University Composites and Structures Group.
In 1999 Dr. Kirkpatrick accepted a position at Applied Research Associates, Inc. as a Senior Research Engineer. Dr Kirkpatrick managed the ARA research program in crashworthiness, eventually resulting in the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration designation of ARA as a Center of Excellence in Finite Element Crash Analysis. The Center of Excellence, with Dr. Kirkpatrick as director, performs analysis and development of roadside hardware and analysis of vehicle response and motions from impacts with roadside structures.
In 2003 through 2005, Dr Kirkpatrick was the Principal Investigator at ARA contributing to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) sponsored investigation into the dynamic response and damage produced by the aircraft impacts into the World Trade Center Towers. The ARA research effort was responsible for the determination of the aircraft impact damage to the towers including the distribution of fuel and aircraft debris.
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