Scott E. Groves, Ph.D.
Director for Advanced Composite Applications
Dr. Scott Groves is the
Director for Advanced Composite Applications for GTS. He is responsible
for the development of state-of-the-art composite design, prototyping, and
manufacturing capabilities to support advanced composite munitions, UAS, and
armor. He is most notably recognized for composite flywheel energy storage
systems. Scott is an Aeronautical Engineer and a SME in Carbon Fiber Composites,
with over 39 years of experience in advanced composite structures.
Scott’s expertise spans
advanced conventional munitions, armor, high energy containment systems,
electrical/mechanical energy storage, explosives, failure analysis, material
testing, reliability assessment, accelerated aging, aircraft design, and
advanced fabrication. His techniques including filament winding and resin
transfer molding.
Prior to joining GTS, Scott had the great
fortune to work 25 years at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (1986 –
2011) designing, fabricating, and testing extreme composite structures
(including composite flywheels and composite weapon systems) as well as other
advanced material systems. Here Scott gained a unique exposure to extremely
high-tech Engineering, Physics, Science, Computer Modeling Tools, and Advanced
Testing Capabilities. Scott was the Lead Engineer for the developmental transitions
of the composite-cased Precision Lethality Mk82 (BLU-129/B) and the Focused
Lethality Munition (GBU-39 A/B) Programs. Both of these programs received
numerous awards for rapid demonstration and transition of effective warfighter
capability.
Scott was also the Program Manager for a
Composites CRADA with Boeing Commercial Airplane Group and NASA. Scott was
responsible for characterizing and developing accelerated test methods for the
long-term strength and durability of continuous fiber polymer composites for
use in advanced supersonic commercial high-speed aircraft structures. This was
a $18.5M 5-year effort. At the height of his career at LLNL, as Director
of the Advanced Composite Engineering Facility, Scott decided to pursue an
incredibly exciting opportunity to commercialize composite flywheel storage
systems.
Scott earned a Bachelor of Science degree in
Aerospace Engineering from Texas A&M University (1976-1980), a Master of
Science degree in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Tech Polytechnic
Institute (1980-1981), and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Texas A&M
University.(1982-1986)
While pursuing his Ph. D. at Texas A&M
University, Scott was an assistant professor in the Aerospace Department
teaching numerical methods, material science, and aircraft structural analysis.
Teaching provided a background of knowledge and personnel interaction skills
needed to prepare Scott for an exciting career in Engineering. Scott has
authored/co-authored more than 100 publications.