Authors Donald E.Adams,Ph.D.,is the founder and president of Wyoming Test Fixtures,Inc.,a company specializing in the design and fabrication of mechanical test fixtures for the composite materials community since 1988. He is also emeritus professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Wyoming,where he was director of the Composite Materials Research Group for 27 years. Dr.Adams received his B.S.in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois (1957),his M.S.in mechanical engineering from the University of Southern California(1960),and his Ph.D.in theoretical and applied mechanics from the University of Illinois (1963). His industry experience was with Northrop Aircraft Corporation,Hawthorne, CA(3 years),the Aeronutronic Division of Ford Motor Company,Newport Beach,CA(4 years),and the Rand Corporation,Santa Monica,CA(5 years). He joined the University of Wyoming in 1972. Dr.Adams has been involved full time in composite materials analysis, testing,and design for 40 years.He headed a very active interdisciplinary composite materials research group at the University of Wyoming for many years,which was involved in a broad range of government and industry programs.Dr.Adams continues to serve on a number of national committees and review boards,and is a member of the editorial boards of four prominent composite materials journals.He is very active in the test methods committees of American Society for Testing and Materials(ASTM)and MIL-HDBK-17. He regularly presents seminars and short courses both in the U.S.and elsewhere,and has published extensively in the journal literature. Leif A.Carlsson,Ph.D.,received his advanced degrees from Uppsala University and Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden.After completion of his formal education,he spent a postdoctoral year at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy,New York.He then returned to Sweden and served as head of the composites section at the Aeronautical Research Institute of Sweden (FFA).When he returned to the U.S.,he assumed a visiting position at the Center for Composite Materials at the University of Delaware,after which he joined the faculty of mechanical engineering at Florida Atlantic University. Dr.Carlsson has published extensively in the areas of mechanics and fracture mechanics of composite materials and sandwich structures. R.Byron Pipes,N.A.E.,Goodyear Professor of Polymer Engineering(Effective December 1,2001)served as president,Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from 1993 to 1998.As Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the College of William and ©2003 by CRC Press LLCAuthors Donald F. Adams, Ph.D., is the founder and president of Wyoming Test Fixtures, Inc., a company specializing in the design and fabrication of mechanical test fixtures for the composite materials community since 1988. He is also emeritus professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Wyoming, where he was director of the Composite Materials Research Group for 27 years. Dr. Adams received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois (1957), his M.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Southern California (1960), and his Ph.D. in theoretical and applied mechanics from the University of Illinois (1963). His industry experience was with Northrop Aircraft Corporation, Hawthorne, CA (3 years), the Aeronutronic Division of Ford Motor Company, Newport Beach, CA (4 years), and the Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, CA (5 years). He joined the University of Wyoming in 1972. Dr. Adams has been involved full time in composite materials analysis, testing, and design for 40 years. He headed a very active interdisciplinary composite materials research group at the University of Wyoming for many years, which was involved in a broad range of government and industry programs. Dr. Adams continues to serve on a number of national committees and review boards, and is a member of the editorial boards of four prominent composite materials journals. He is very active in the test methods committees of American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) and MIL-HDBK-17. He regularly presents seminars and short courses both in the U.S. and elsewhere, and has published extensively in the journal literature. Leif A. Carlsson, Ph.D., received his advanced degrees from Uppsala University and Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. After completion of his formal education, he spent a postdoctoral year at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. He then returned to Sweden and served as head of the composites section at the Aeronautical Research Institute of Sweden (FFA). When he returned to the U.S., he assumed a visiting position at the Center for Composite Materials at the University of Delaware, after which he joined the faculty of mechanical engineering at Florida Atlantic University. Dr. Carlsson has published extensively in the areas of mechanics and fracture mechanics of composite materials and sandwich structures. R. Byron Pipes, N.A.E., Goodyear Professor of Polymer Engineering (Effective December 1, 2001) served as president, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from 1993 to 1998. As Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the College of William and TX001_FM_Frame Page 11 Saturday, September 21, 2002 4:46 AM © 2003 by CRC Press LLC