Dr. Kara Peters is a Distinguished Professor at North Carolina State University. In addition to her duties as Distinguished Professor, Dr. Peters also serves as The College of Engineering’s Associate Dean for Graduate Programs. She served as the program director for the Mechanics of Materials and Structures program at the National Science Foundation from 2015 to 2018. She is an Associate Editor of the journal Smart Materials and Structures and Systems and the journal Applied Optics. Dr. Peters’ long-term goal is to contribute to the advancement of nondestructive evaluation and structural health monitoring techniques for composite aerospace structures.