- Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- Affiliated Faculty, Materials Science & Engineering
- Phone: 979-862-4461
- Email: macoope@tamu.edu
- Office: MEOB 222
- Website: Research website
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology — 2004
- M.S., Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology — 2000
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University — 1999
Research Interests
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- Heterogeneous material behavior in thermal and mechanical environments
- Energetic materials including pyrotechnics, propellants, explosives
- Ignition, shock, detonation
- High-velocity impact
- Laser velocimetry and high-speed optical imaging
Industry Experience
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- Member of Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico – Senior Scientist (2020), Distinguished (2015), Principal (2010), Senior (2005), Postdoctoral (2004).
Awards & Honors
- 2019 Sandia National Laboratories SPOT Award for Leadership
- 2011 Sandia National Laboratories Employee Recognition Award
- 2009 Outstanding Women at Sandia National Laboratories
Selected Publications
- Cooper, M. A., W. W. Erikson, and M. S. Oliver (2021). Electrical Conductivity in Porous Binary Powder Mixtures. Mechanics of Materials 162, 104026.
- Cooper, M. A., M. S. Oliver, D. C. Bufford, B. C. White, and J. Lechman (2020). Compression Behavior of Microcrystalline Cellulose Spheres: Single Particle Compression and Confined Bulk Compression Across Regimes. Powder Technology 374, 10–21.
- Cooper, M. A., A. W. Sapp, S. Guo, and T. J. Vogler (2020). Imaging Perturbed Shock Propagation in Powders. Review of Scientific Instruments 91(2), 025109.
- Skaggs, M. N., M. J. Hargather, and M. A. Cooper (2016). Characterizing Pyrotechnic Igniter Output with High-Speed Schlieren Imaging. Shock Waves, 1–11.
- Cooper, M. A. (2014). Optically Recording Velocity Interferometer System (ORVIS) Configurations and Impact of Target Surface Reflectance Properties. Applied Optics 53(24), F21–F30.