Professional Title:
Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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Bio:
Dr. Martz is a world-recognized leader in the field of Non-Destructive Characterization (NDC). His interests include the research, development and application of techniques to better understand material properties and quantitative dimensional measurements of materials, components and assemblies, as well as generation of finite element models from characterization data. The issues that he and his team deal with include imaging at nanometer resolution, imaging objects with small (~ μm) and large cross-sections (~2.5 m), imaging low- (Z ~1) and high- (Z ~92) atomic materials and the generating quantitative results. The solutions have included custom-built equipment, and novel signal and imaging processing algorithms. The NDC devices have been based mainly on ultrasound and x-rays, and are applicable to 2D and 3D imaging. He also has been involved in proton energy loss and neutron CT. His work led to the establishment of numerous NDC facilities at LLNL that have provided services to LLNL for over 30 years. The applications of the NDC have included weapons, fusion targets, and conventional and homemade explosives. Currently Dr. Martz is advancing NDC to protecting the Homeland for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Department and Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction. Dr. Martz has authored or coauthored 350 technical papers and is the coauthor of two book chapters. Dr. Martz and colleagues also wrote a textbook titled X-ray Imaging: Fundamentals, Industrial Techniques and Applications. He has served on and chaired numerous National Academy of Sciences committees and panels.
