Professor
Contact Information
- Phone: 206-543-5710
- Fax: 206-685-8047
- tuttle@uw.edu
Degrees and Interest
- Virginia Tech (PhD 1984)
- Mechanics of Materials & Manufacturing
Research
Professor Tuttle’s research interests involve applied solid mechanics, composite materials and structures, adhesion mechanics, and viscoelasticity. His studies have been devoted to predicting the mechanical response of discontinuous-fiber composites, developing new composite repair technologies, the buckling response of composite laminates, optimal design of composite structures, and prediction of the long-term durability of composites.
Biography
Professor Tuttle joined the University of Washington as an Assistant Professor in 1985, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1990 and Full Professor in 1995. He received a BS degree (1975) in Mechanical Engineering and an MS degree in Engineering Mechanics (1978), both from Michigan Tech, and a Ph.D in Engineering Mechanics in 1984 from Virginia Tech. Professor Tuttle has been an Adjunct Professor of Industrial Engineering since 2000. He served as Chair of the ME Department from 2004-10.
Professor Tuttle is currently Director of the Center for Advanced Materials in Transport Aircraft Structures (AMTAS). AMTAS is a consortium of 6 universities and is funded primarily by the Federal Aviation Administration. The primary focus of the center is safety and certification of the advanced composite structures used in modern transport aircraft.
Professor Tuttle has been Associate and Senior Technical Editor of Experimental Techniques, and has been a member of the Editorial Advisory Boards of Experimental Techniques and the Journal on Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials. He co-edited the Manual on Experimental Methods for Mechanical Testing of Composites (1st edition), and authored the textbook Structural Analysis of Polymeric Composite Materials(1st and 2nd editions).
Professor Tuttle is a current member of the International Advisory Board of the Beijing Aeronautical Science and Technology Research Institute. He is also a member of several professional engineering societies, and is particularly active in the Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM). Professor Tuttle is a past-president of SEM, and became an SEM Fellow in 2005.