Chair Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Professor of Civil Engineering

Location
211C Bulter-Carlton Hall
1401 North Pine Street
Rolla, MO 65409

Phone: 573-341-4787
Fax: 573-341-4729

Education
Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Northwestern University, 1986
M.S. Civil Engineering, Northwestern University, 1983
B.S. Civil Engineering, Princeton University,1981

Professional Registrations
Professional Engineer,  Alabama
Professional Engineer,  Missouri

Courses Taught
Finite Element Methods, Theory of Vibrations, Applied Mechanics of Solids, Theory of Structural Stability, Hypervelocity Impact Phenomena, Advanced Penetration Mechanics, Composite Materials, Theory of Plates and Shells, Fracture Mechanics, and Elasticity

Research Areas/Interests

• Armor/anti-armor and penetration mechanics
  
• Spacecraft vulnerability/survivability
• Spacecraft shielding against meteoroid and orbital debris impacts
  
• Hypervelocity impact phenomena
  
• Building collapse/rubble modelling

Honors and Awards

• Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award, Humbolt Foundation, 2007
• Manuel T. Pacheco Academic Leadership Award, University of Missouri-Rolla, 2007.
• Best Oral Presentation, HVIS2005; Hypervelocity Impact Society, 2005
• Charles Sharpe Beecher Prize, Institute of Mechanical Engineers, Aerospace Division, England, 1999.
• Lawrence Sperry Award, AIAA, January 1995. Presented for a noble contribution made by a young person to the advancement of aeronautics or astronautics

Professional Activities

• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• American Society of Civil Engineers
• American Society of Engineering Education
• American Society of Mechanical Engineer
• Chi Epsilon
• National Society of Professional Engineers
• Sigma Xi

Selected Publications
Schonberg, W.P., Putzar, R., and Schaefer, F., Sustainable Lunar Habitat Protection Against Damage by Meteoroid Impacts, Proceedings of Earth and Space 2008: The 11th International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments. Long Beach, California, March 2008.

Schonberg, W.P. Schaefer, F., and Putzar, R., Protecting Lunar Habitats form Meteoroid Impacts, Proceedings of the 2007 International Lunar Conference, Sorrento, Italy, October 2007.

Schonberg, W.P., and Williamson, J.E., Protecting Spacecraft Against MMOD Impact Damage: Are Spheres Really the Correct Shape to Use in Impact Predictions? , Proceedings of the 2nd Conference of the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety, Ch8cago, Illinois, May 2007.

Schonberg, W., Baird, J., Worsey, P., Belarbi, A., LaBoube, R., Lust, B., Woodley, R., and Noll, W., Characterizing the Rubble Pile Following Building Collapse, Paper No. PP-31, Proceedings of the 25th Army Sciences Conference, Orlando, Florida, November, 2006.

Lusk, B., Schonberg, W., Baird, J., Woodley, R., and Noll, W., Using Coupled Eulerian and Lagrangian Grids to Model Explosive Interactions with Buildings, Paper No. PP-32, Proceedings of the 25th Army Sciences Conference, Orlando, Florida, November, 2006.

Schonberg, W.P., and Williamson, J.W., RCS-Based Ballistic Limit Curves for Non-Spherical Projectiles Impacting Dual-Wall Spacecraft Systems, International Journal of Impact Engineering, Vol. 33, 2006, pp. 763-770.

Singh, M., and Schonberg, W.P., Bonded Composite Patch Design for Aircraft Structures Exhibiting Cracking and Corrosion, Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 42, No. 1, 2005, pp. 269-274.

Hu, K., and Schonberg, W.P., Ballistic Limit Cures for Non-Spherical Projectiles Impacting Dual-Wall Systems, International Journal of Impact Engineering, Vol. 29, 2003, pp. 345-356.

Depczuk, D., and Schonberg, W.P., Characterizing the Debris Cloud Created in an Oblique Orbital Debris Particle Impact, Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 177-190, 2003.

Schonberg, W.P., Characterizing Secondary Debris Impact Ejecta, International Journal of Impact Engineering, Vol 26, 2001, pp. 713-724.