Professor Marc Andre Meyers received his Ph. D. from the University of Denver. He has done extensive research in a variety of areas related to the dynamic behavior of materials : shock-wave effects, dynamic fracture by spalling and fragmentation, adiabatic shear localization, martensitic transformations, shock and shear induced chemical reactions, shock consolidation, high-strain-rate mechanical response, ballistic impact and penetration. He is a co-founder ( with L. E. Murr ) and co-chair of the EXPLOMET conferences. Previously he served as the Director of the Institute for Mechanics and Materials, University of California , San Diego;Associate Director, Center for Explosives Technology Research, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; and as Advisor to the Director, Materials Science Division, U. S. Army Research Office, Durham, NC. He is the author or co-author of approximately 200 publications and three books: Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Mechanical Metallurgy ( both with K. K. Chawla ), and Dynamic Behavior of Materials .