D.M. HOYT, PE

D.M. Hoyt (“Hoyt”) has nearly 20 years of experience with aerospace structures and composite material applications. Since forming NSE in 1996, he has served as a project manager and principal investigator for numerous engineering contracts involving structural analysis, testing, design, repair, and certification of composite materials. Projects have included the development and validation of analysis methods and allowables, detailed structural analysis, damage tolerance evaluations, and test program planning. Hoyt’s areas of specialization include static and fatigue delamination growth, bolted and bonded joints, progressive damage finite element analysis, and composites failure characterization. Before forming NSE, Hoyt worked at Boeing on the 777 aircraft program in the areas of composite analysis methods and allowables, composite elevator stress analysis, and 777 production line support (structures liaison). Hoyt is a member of ASTM-D30, SAE, SAMPE, ASME, and is an active participant in the Composite Materials Handbook < CMH-17 > working group. Hoyt earned his BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Washington and is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Washington.