Jonathan Trovillion:  

CERL for short. I have been in this position for 17 years. My specialty is advanced fiber reinforced polymer matrix composite materials. Specifically, in regards to micromechanical modeling and testing of their material properties. However, I have worked on a wide range of materials related projects covering material property determination, forensic studies, and failure modes of polymers, metals and ceramics as well as composites. More recently I have responsibility over our servo-hydraulic structural testing facilities and tri-axial shaking table. In these facilities, we conduct full scale structural testing of building components and systems. I am responsible for setting up the tests, instrumentation, data acquisition and conducting the tests. In short, my job is to break things, very big things with lots of power and energy.