Tracy Vogler, PhD

Tracy Vogler is a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories, where her research focuses on the dynamic behavior of materials under extreme loading conditions. Vogler earned her undergraduate degree before completing her Ph.D. in engineering mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin, where her fellowship began in 1992. Her research at Sandia has investigated how granular materials, ceramics, and other heterogeneous materials respond to shock waves and high-velocity impacts—knowledge essential for armor design, planetary science, and the performance of energetic materials.