Master's of Science: Aerospace Engineering (12/2017)
Bachelors of Science: Aerospace Systems Engineering
Minor(s):Physics and Applied Mathematics
Mr. Kenneth Wayne Smith Junior
Kenneth is an aspiring astronaut who is currently working looking to obtain his Master's in Aerospace Engineering. He has been a part of multiple research groups including groups through:
SpaceX, NASA Glenn Research Center, NASA Langley Research Center, NASA Kennedy Space Center, Ohio Aerospace Institute, The University of Akron, Timken, Hankook Tire, Etc.
Leave Work at NASA Glenn Research Center
05.06.2016
Begin Summer Work at SpaceX
05.09.2016
UPCOMING EVENTS
Continue Graduate Work at Georgia Tech-Atlanta
08.22.2016
MY LATEST RESEARCH
Modal testing is used to define the actual modal parameters of frequency, mode shape, and damping of the test article. Modal testing involves introducing a force or some sort of forcing function into the test article, and measuring the response of the test article to that force. It is the ratio of the output response to the input force that defines the dynamic and modal properties of the structure. The vibrational excitation usually comes from either an impact excitation or a shaker input forcing function.
The objective of the study is to determine gaps or deficiencies between a modal impact test and a vibration test in extracting modal parameters (frequency, damping and mode shapes). Theoretically, an impact excitation and shaker excitation should yield the same dynamic responses, this is strictly under the assumption that a “pure” force can be applied to a structure without any interaction between the applied force and the structure, as well as the response can be obtained with a massless transducer that has no effect on the structure. Practicality states, however, that this can never be the case.
