Stacy Guo
About Stacy Guo
Stacy Guo is a Senior Member of Technical Staff and R&D Material Scientist at Sandia National Laboratories, specializing in pyrotechnics and secondary explosives ignition and output characterization.
Company
Stacy Guo is currently employed at Sandia National Laboratories. She holds the position of Senior Member of Technical Staff - R&D Material Scientist. Her tenure at Sandia started in 2015 as an Intern/Contractor and extended through various roles.
Title
Stacy Guo holds the title of Senior Member of Technical Staff - R&D Material Scientist at Sandia National Laboratories. She specializes in R&D material science, focusing on pyrotechnics and secondary explosives.
Education and Expertise
Stacy Guo holds a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, completed between 2012 and 2014. She also earned a Bachelor of Science and Engineering (B.S.E.) in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University, completed between 2008 and 2012. Her expertise includes pyrotechnics, secondary explosives ignition and output characterization, laser diagnostics, high-speed imaging techniques such as PDV, ORVIS, and schlieren, as well as image processing and signal analysis using Matlab.
Professional Background
Stacy Guo’s professional background includes multiple roles at Sandia National Laboratories. She has served as a Senior Member of Technical Staff - R&D Material Scientist since 2020. Prior to this, she was an LTE R&D Material Scientist from 2016 to 2020 and an Intern/Contractor in 2015. Additionally, she has experience as a Research Assistant at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 2012 to 2016, and as an Undergraduate Research Intern at Princeton University in 2010 and 2012.
Research and Technical Contributions
Stacy Guo’s research focuses heavily on pyrotechnics and secondary explosives ignition and output characterization. She utilizes advanced techniques such as laser diagnostics and high-speed imaging methods including PDV, ORVIS, and schlieren to analyze shock events. She designs light gas gun experiments and targets with detailed attention to data acquisition and analysis, and employs Matlab for image processing and signal analysis in her work.