Daniel H. Waters received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Denver (DU), in Denver, CO in 2013 and 2017, respectively. He is currently working towards a PhD. degree in mechanical engineering at DU. His research interests include mechanical testing of materials and design of associated testing apparatus, numerical simulations of composite structures, monitoring of structures using Fiber Bragg Grating sensors and others. He has already published two major papers on research topics associated with this article.