Rate My Professor Cesar Carrasco

His research focuses on modeling and simulation of linear and non-linear structural and mechanical systems, computational mechanics including finite element modeling of civil infrastructure, non-destructive testing and evaluation of aerospace and civil systems, structural reliability, and risk assessment of micrometeoroid and hypervelocity impacts on spacecraft. Key publications include 'Preliminary Dust-Impact Risk Study For The "Solar Probe" Spacecraft' with Douglas Eng, Kenneth Potocki, and Ingrid Mann (International Journal of Impact Engineering, 2006); 'Selection of Critical Design Parameters for MMOD Protection in Interplanetary Missions' with Sergio Mendez and Douglas S. Mehoke (Procedia Engineering, 2013); 'Finite Element Modeling of Slab-Foundation Interaction on Rigid Pavement Applications' with M.A. Zokaei Ashtiani and S. Nazarian (Computers and Geotechnics, 2014); and 'Damage Lethality Comparison of Spherical and Cylindrical Projectiles Impacting on a System of Bumper Plates' with Octavio Melchor-Lucero et al. (International Journal of Impact Engineering, 2006). As Principal Investigator and Co-Principal Investigator, Carrasco has managed projects funded by NASA through Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory—including micrometeoroid risk assessment for the Parker Solar Probe since 2010 and post-launch analysis (2019-2020)—Texas Department of Transportation for pavement structural capacity (2025-2028), Federal Highway Administration via Southern Plains University Transportation Center (2013-2018), NSF, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Southwest Research Institute, and New York Department of Transportation. His contributions enhance spacecraft protection against extreme-speed dust particles exceeding 300 km/s and advance pavement distress prediction and structural analysis tools.