Mark Weaver

Principal, Karagozian & Case

Mark Weaver, P.E., S.E. is a Principal at Karagozian & Case, Inc. (K&C) with over fifteen years of structural design engineering experience that has largely focused on designing structures to mitigate the effects of blast, impact, shock, and progressive collapse. In his current role at K&C, he leads many of K&C’s applied research and testing programs as well as structural design efforts aimed at developing innovative structural solutions capable of protecting people and infrastructure in the event of malicious man-made and accidental explosion threats.

Mark is actively involved in professional organizations and committees devoted to advancing the state of the art in structural design to mitigate the effects of explosives. He is currently the chair of the ACI 370 “Blast and Impact Load Effects” committee and vice chair of the ASCE “Blast Protection of Buildings Standards” committee.

Mark’s expertise lies chiefly in his understanding and implementation of engineering and computational methods used to design structural systems exposed to extreme events, including those associated with explosions, projectile penetration, and forced entry. His experience includes both the design of blast mitigation retrofits for existing structural components such as reinforced concrete columns and unreinforced CMU walls as well as the design of new window, door, wall, and roof systems. Mark is proficient in performing dynamic structural analysis and uses a variety of analysis methods ranging in complexity from single degree-of-freedom to high-fidelity physics-based finite element models in his designs.

In addition to his analytical expertise, Mark has served as the protective design engineering consultant for many U.S. Department of Defense projects. He is well-versed in the Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC), particularly those related to protective engineering such as UFC 4-010-01, UFC 3-340-01, and UFC 3-340-02, and the analytical methods described within.