FAC - Key Persons

Dr. Bruce J Carter, Ph. D. (Manitoba, 1992), has over 25 years of experience in geomechanics and computational fracture mechanics. He is FAC's Principal Engineer, and specializes in simulation of crack growth in complex turbo-machinery components and in coupled fluid-fracture processes. Bruce was also a long-time Research Associate for the Cornell Fracture Group.

Dr. Paul "Wash" Wawrzynek, Ph.D. (Cornell, 1991) has over 25 years of experience in computational fracture mechanics. He is Chief Technology Officer of FAC, is the principal author of the FRANC suite of codes, and specializes in turbo-machinery and aerospace structures. Wash was a long-time Senior Research Associate at Cornell University in the Cornell Fracture Group.