Cesar J Carrasco
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Professor, Civil Engineering
Director, Future Aerospace Science and Technology Center, University of Texas at El Paso
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Dr. Cesar Carrasco is a professor for the Department of Civil Engineering, with experience in material science and engineering mechanics. He has been actively involved in the management of numerous projects dealing with the modeling of micro-meteoroid and orbital debris impacts on spacecrafts, the development of finite element linear and non-linear modeling tools, material constitutive modeling, and structural reliability, as well as nondestructive testing and evaluation of structures. Dr. Carrasco has been the PI and Co-PI on research and development grants/contracts from NSF, the Applied Physics Laboratory, Southwest Research Institute, NASA, the Boeing Company, Lockheed Martin, the Missile Defense Agency, Raytheon Company, the Federal Highway Administration and the New York Department of Transportation.