Researcher explores a better fit for women in body armor

What do bra fitting and body armor testing have in common? Andrea Porter’s dissertation. When Porter took a sabbatical from her career to earn her Ph.D. in multidisciplinary engineering, she never imagined she would become a professional bra fitter, much less out on the shooting range, testing body armor. But her ergonomics research took her to both—optimizing armor comfort and investigating armor protection for women.