Frank Leone
Branch Head, Durability, Damage Tolerance, And Reliability Branch at NASA Langley Research Center
Newport News, Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolFrank Leone is a materials and structural mechanics leader with nine years at NASA Langley, currently heading the Durability, Damage Tolerance, and Reliability Branch. He develops and validates advanced progressive damage analysis and fracture mechanics methods for fiber-reinforced composites, combining continuum damage mechanics, cohesive zone modeling, and FEM with hands-on experimental campaigns. A Ph.D. mechanical engineer, he bridges research and operational impact by leading multidisciplinary teams across government, industry, and academia to translate novel models into testable, deployable tools. He codes in Python and Fortran, enabling reproducible simulation workflows and bespoke analysis pipelines for composite failure prediction. Notably, his work supports high-rate composite manufacturing and transformational tools projects, reflecting both theory and manufacturing-aware practice. Based in Newport News, VA, he brings a rare mix of deep computational mechanics expertise and experimental fracture forensics.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D, Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics, Ph.D, Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics at Drexel University
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (28)
custom-component10
google-keep10
updating10
librarian9
google-keep-api9
sysex8
juce-application8
home-assistant8
google-api8
lists8
google-docs7
catalog7
midi7
juce7
google-workspace6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
aFrankLion/hass-google_keep
Mar 2018 - Jul 2022
Custom component for Home Assistant to enable adding to and updating lists on Google Keep
Contributions:31 commits, 3 PRs, 27 pushes in 4 years 4 months
keepassistanthacslistshome-assistant
nasa/CompDam_DGD
Jul 2016 - May 2022
Contributions:12 releases, 102 commits, 10 PRs in 5 years 10 months
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