Dr. Mark Shuart

Director for Structures & Materials
Mail Stop 121
NASA Langley Research Center
Structures & Materials Competency
Hampton, VA 23681-2199

E-mail: m.j.shuart@larc.nasa.gov

Work Phone: 757.864.3492
Fax: 757.864.7792

Dr. Mark J. Shuart has been an employee of the NASA Langley Research Center since June 1977. He is a nationally recognized authority on the failure mechanics of composite materials and structures and on the behavior of composite materials and structures in general. As a research engineer, Dr. Shuart conducted experimental and analytical research on the linear and nonlinear responses and failure characteristics of composite structural components subjected to various static and dynamic loading conditions. He has directed major contracts with Boeing, the former McDonnell Douglas, and Lockheed-Martin to develop composite structures technology for primary aircraft structures. He has directed grant activities at several major universities. Dr. Shuart currently leads the Structures & Materials Competency. This organization develops and delivers useable research and technology results to enable Agency program offices to meet program objectives and to enable the Agency to develop future aerospace materials and structures. To achieve this mission, the Structures & Materials Competency initiates, organizes and conducts experimental and analytical research in the areas of advanced materials and processes, mechanics and durability, metals and thermal structures, analytical and computational methods, aeroelasticity, structural dynamics, and nondestructive evaluation sciences. The products of this research have found numerous aerospace and non-aerospace applications. Dr. Shuart is the author or co-author of more than 40 referenceable publications and presentations that describe advanced structures and materials technologies. He is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He has received the Outstanding Alumni Award from the Center for Composite Materials at the University of Delaware. He has also received the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal. He lives in Hampton, Virginia, with his wife, Jane, and their two daughters, Amy and Emily.