Andrew Whitney Ph.D. earned his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania where he has been working on the development of the EFS System since 1999. He wrote his dissertation on "Electrochemical Fatigue Sensor Study of Fatigue in Copper and Ti-6Al-4V under Variable-Amplitude Loading." Dr. Whitney is a materials fatigue expert with expertise in sensors and data acquisition. Dr. Whitney has undergraduate degrees in Materials Science and Engineering as well as Slavic Languages and Literature from Northwestern University. He also served three years in the U.S. Peace Corps teaching English at a technical university in Vladivostok Russia. Dr. Whitney is heading up the development of several other technologies for MATECH.