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After receiving his Ph.D., Stuart Leigh Phoenix worked for several years as a senior research associate at the Fabric Research Laboratories in Dedham, MA, before joining the Cornell faculty in 1974. His contributions to the field have been recognized with various awards, including the Fiber Society Award for Distinguished Achievement in Basic and Applied Fiber Science in 1983 and the Harold DeWitt Smith Award from the American Society for Testing and Materials in 1992. In 2005, he received the NASA NESC Engineering Excellence Award for his work on pressure vessels in support of the Shuttle’s Return Flight. His research interests focus on the modeling of ballistic impact resistance in soft body armor, specifically aimed at improving material architectures to enhance ballistic resistance in personal protection systems. His theoretical and experimental studies address the long-term reliability of fibrous composites under high stresses, particularly in challenging environments, emphasizing real-time evaluation and statistical modeling of failure mechanisms in materials.
Cornell University • Ithaca, NY
Teaching and researching in the field of Mechanical Engineering, focusing on fibrous composites and ballistic materials.
Department of Architecture