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John "Andy" Newman, PhD, PE

Updated: Mar 6

Peter J. Nadolny, BSME, MBA, a seasoned entrepreneur and executive, as well as a Certified Quality Engineer

SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE

  • Engineering Mechanics

  • Fracture Mechanics

  • Fatigue

  • Fatigue Crack Growth

  • Scanning Electron Microscopy

  • Materials Characterization

  • Additive Manufacturing

  • Failure Analysis


LANGUAGE FLUENCY

English


PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS, LICENSES, AND SKILLS:

  • Professional Engineer (P.E.) Licensed in Virginia

  • American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)



CURRICULUM VITAE

John Andrew (“Andy”) Newman holds BS, MS and PhD degrees from Virginia Tech in Engineering Mechanics. Additionally, he holds an MS degree in Material Science from the University of Florida.


In 2000, Dr. Newman joined the Army Research Laboratory’s Vehicle Technology Directorate, co-located at the time at NASA Langley and NASA Glenn Research Centers. In 2007, he joined NASA Langley Research Center, continuing his fundamental and applied research on the durability and damage tolerance of metallic aerospace structural materials. Research topics include fatigue and fracture performance in a variety of load, environments and service conditions, and his research products have been applied to real-world space flight hardware durability issues.


Since 2020, Dr. Newman has served as an adjunct faculty member in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Colorado School of Mines teaching graduate level courses in additive manufacturing.


EDUCATION

Virginia Tech, B.S., Engineering Science and Mechanics -1994

Virginia Tech, M.S., Engineering Mechanics - 1996

University of Florida, M.S., Material Science and Engineering - 2020

Virginia Tech, Ph.D., Engineering Science and Mechanics - 2000


AWARDS

Numerous awards earned for support of NESC (NASA Engineering Safety Center) and failure analyses, most notably the Space Flight Awareness "Silver Snoopy" award given in 2007.


BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Newman studied under Dr. Norman E. Dowling at Virginia Tech, earning his doctorate in Engineering Mechanics in 2000. Between 1997 and 2000, he participated in NASA’s GSRP (Graduate Student Researcher Program) while in residence at Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA. Upon graduation, Dr. Newman worked as a materials engineer with the Army Research Laboratory’s Vehicle Technology directorate. In 2007, Dr. Newman was hired by NASA Langley Research Center working in the Durability, Damage Tolerance, and Reliability Branch.


Dr. Newman’s research activities have focused on durability, damage tolerance and fracture mechanics of metallic aerospace materials and structures. He has significant experience with fatigue crack growth and fracture testing of materials as well as materials characterization, and failure analysis methods used to investigate durability issues with compromised structural components in service. Frequently research products have been applied to service, most notably with two patents on fatigue crack growth mitigation in structures (crack healing).


He has significant experience working NESC (NASA Engineering and Safety Center) problems with real-time issues with space flight hardware. These issues dealt with structural issues with the space shuttle orbiter, as well as numerous rocket, satellite and aircraft structural issues that required urgent testing and analysis to quickly resolve mission-critical issues.


Dr. Newman continues to work as a Senior Materials Research Engineer at NASA Langley Research Center (since 2007), while also serving as an adjunct faculty member in Mechanical Engineering at Colorado School of Mines (since 2020).




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