Faculty

Dr. Kimberley’s research group focuses on the experimental characterization of materials and structures subjected to high-rate loading. These experiments often use high-speed imaging techniques to provide insight to process evolution, e.g. failure or damage accumulation. The results of these experiments are then used to develop models describing material behavior. During his career topics of interest have spanned span several orders of magnitude in timescale and lengthscale ranging from the shock response of MEMS (micron scale) to asteroid impact phenomena (kilometer scale). Current topics of interest are the development of quantitative imaging techniques, response of additive manufactured materials/structures, Damage evolution in polymer bonded explosives, and coupled mechanical and ignition response of structural reactive materials.