Mr. K. Elliott Cramer is the NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) Chief Engineer at the Langley Research Center (LaRC). The NESC Chief Engineers are resident at each Center and provide insight into the Center's programs and help to coordinate the facilities and resources of each Center when required for the support of the NESC. Mr. Cramer also provides technical expertise and leadership to facilitate NESC problem-solving or discipline-advancing assessments for Agency programs and projects resulting in problem solutions, written final engineering reports, and actionable recommendations proposed for implementation by programs and projects. Prior to this position Mr. Cramer served as the acting Deputy Director for Structures & Materials Research at NASA LaRC, where he led a team of 165 civil servants in 6 research branches developing safe, reliable, lightweight aerospace structures to meet NASA mission needs. Before his directorate role, Mr. Cramer was the head of the Nondestructive Evaluation Sciences Branch at LaRC, managing a team of civil servants developing novel methods for automated and large area inspection, modeling and data analysis tools, material state awareness technologies, and intelligent measurement and sensor systems. During his career Mr. Cramer has also completed Headquarters detail assignments in the Office of the Chief Engineer and the Office of the NASA Administrator. Mr. Cramer began his career as an Aerospace Technologist at LaRC in 1989 with the Nondestructive Evaluation Sciences Branch where his research focused on developing novel nondestructive inspection techniques for a variety of NASA applications including the Space Shuttle, the International Space Station, the X-37, as well as numerous aeronautics projects. Mr. Cramer holds 15 U.S. patents on various inventions, including NASA’s Ultrasonic Wire Crimp Inspection Technology, winner of the 2009 NASA Government Invention of the Year Award. He is a recipient of numerous awards throughout his career including a NASA’s Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal, a NASA Space Flight Awareness (Silver Snoopy) Award, an Outstanding Leadership Medal, and an R&D 100 Award. Mr. Cramer has authored more than 85 journal articles, technical reports and publications. Mr. Cramer holds a B.S. in Physics from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and an M.S. in Applied Science from the College of William and Mary.