Bio
BioKyle Ott is a senior staff engineer who leads a group of engineers and scientists conducting pioneering research in the mechanical structure and function of living systems, with goals to create previously unimaginable capabilities, realize new missions in extreme environments, and enable humanity to thrive. Mr. Ott’s research areas include noninvasive sensing devices for health applications, development of biofidelic surrogates used to assess human injury across a range of threats, and the study of the forces that biological systems exert on their environment. Additional areas of expertise include biomaterials and polymer science, biomechanics, high-rate material characterization and testing, and nondestructive evaluation.