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Dr. Kara Peters Assistant Professor North Carolina State University Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 2414 Broughton Hall Box 7910 Raleigh, N.C. 27695 Phone: 919.515.5226 Fax: 919.515.7968 Email: kjpeters@unity.ncsu.edu

Education

Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, 1996
M.A., Applied Mathematics, University of Michigan, 1995
M.S.E., Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, 1992
B.S., Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia, 1991

Research Interests

Structural Health Monitoring, Optical Fiber Sensors, Composite Materials

Selected Publications

• Gill, A., Peters, K., and Studer, M., 2004, “Genetic Algorithm for the Reconstruction of Bragg Grating Sensor Strain Profiles, to appear in Measurement Science and Technology.
  
  
• Prabhugoud, M., and Peters, K., 2004, “Modified Transfer Matrix Formulation for Bragg Grating Strain Sensors,” to appear in Journal of Lightwave Technology.
  
  
• Studer, M., and Peters, K., 2004, “Multi-Scale Sensing for Damage Identification,” Smart Materials and Structures, 13 , p. 283-294.
  
  
• Prabhugoud, M., and Peters, K., 2003, “Efficient Simulations of Bragg Grating Strain Sensors for Implementation to Damage Identification in Composites,” Smart Materials and Structures , 12 , p. 914-924.
  
  
• Studer M., Peters, K., Botsis, J., 2003 , “Embedded Optical Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors for the Measurement of Crack Bridging Forces in Composites,” Composites Part B 34 , p. 347-359.