Sunday |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | The State of Energetic Materials Research |
| Discussion Leader: Mario Fajardo (U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Eglin Air Force Base, USA) |
7:40 pm - 7:55 pm | Opening Remarks |
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm | Thomas Russell (U.S. Army Research Laboratory, USA) "The Future: Addressing Army Needs for 2050 and Beyond" |
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | Dana Dlott (University of Illinois, USA) "Shock Initiation of Energetic Materials Under a Microscope" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Monday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am | Group Photo |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Experimental Developments: Fundamental Studies |
| Discussion Leader: Shawn McGrane (Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:15 am | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
9:15 am - 9:45 am | Dana Dattelbaum (Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA) "In Situ, Time-Resolved Diagnostics of Shock-Driven Reactive Flow" |
9:45 am - 9:55 am | Discussion |
9:55 am - 10:25 am | Jennifer Gottfried (U.S. Army Research Laboratory, USA) "Predicting Explosive Performance from Non-Detonative Experiments" |
10:25 am - 10:35 am | Discussion |
10:35 am - 11:05 am | Coffee Break |
11:05 am - 11:35 am | Choong-Shik Yoo (Washington State University, USA) "Barochemistry to High Energy Density Solids" |
11:35 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:15 pm | Michael Armstrong (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA) "Bridging the Gap: How Do We Reconcile Reaction Rates Observed in Long and Ultrashort Time Scale Shock Compression Experiments?" |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Synthesis of Novel Energetic Materials |
| Discussion Leader: Nirupam Trivedi (U.S. Army Research Laboratory, USA) |
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm | Karl Christe (University of Southern California, USA) "Synthesis of High Energy Density Materials" |
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm | Rebecca Wilson (Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division, USA) "Synthesis of Advanced Energetic Materials" |
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm | Michael Zdilla (Temple University, USA) "Expedition to Breach the CHNO Ceiling by the Introduction of Varied-Oxidation-State Manganese into Energetic Materials" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Tuesday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Computations and Modeling of Energetic Materials |
| Discussion Leader: Maija Kukla (University of Maryland, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:15 am | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
9:15 am - 9:45 am | Ryan Austin (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA) "Investigating
the Crystal-Level Mechanics and Chemistry of Shock-Loaded HMX via Continuum-Based Simulation" |
9:45 am - 9:55 am | Discussion |
9:55 am - 10:25 am | Santanu Chaudhuri (University of Illinois, USA) "Dynamics at the Hot Spot Interface in Energetic Materials – New Insights and Unresolved Questions on Hot-Spot Initiation
and Growth" |
10:25 am - 10:35 am | Discussion |
10:35 am - 11:05 am | Coffee Break |
11:05 am - 11:35 am | Alejandro Strachen (Purdue University, USA) "Role
of Non-Statistical Processes in the Shock and Laser Induced Decomposition of High-Energy Density Materials" |
11:35 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:15 pm | Thomas Sewell (University of Missouri, USA) "Fundamental Studies of HE
Mechanics and Transport Based on MD Methods" |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Extreme Phenomena in Energetic Materials |
| Discussion Leader: Blaine Asay (University of Illinois, USA) |
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm | Doug Tasker (Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA) "The Intriguing Relationships of Explosives with
Plasmas" |
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm | Ronald Brown (University of Illinois, USA) "Evidence of Pre-Compression States in Convergent Detonation" |
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm | Steven Todd (Sandia National Laboratories, USA) "Numerical/Empirical Results of Converging and Colliding Shock Waves" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Wednesday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Reactive Materials |
| Discussion Leader: Steven Son (Purdue University, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:15 am | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
9:15 am - 9:45 am | Ed Dreizin (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA) "Do We Need to Wash Boron?" |
9:45 am - 9:55 am | Discussion |
9:55 am - 10:25 am | Alex Mukasyan (Notre Dame University, USA) "Solid Flame: Is It Possible?" |
10:25 am - 10:35 am | Discussion |
10:35 am - 11:05 am | Coffee Break |
11:05 am - 11:35 am | Michelle Pantoya (Texas Tech University, USA) "Manipulating Mechanical Properties of Core-Shell Aluminum Microstructures to Enhance Reactivity" |
11:35 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:15 pm | Kyle Sullivan (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA) "Reactive Material Phenomena at Multiple Length
and Time Scales" |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Computations/Modeling/Theory |
| Discussion Leader: DeCarlos Taylor (U.S. Army Research Laboratory, USA) |
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm | Anguang Hu (Defence Research and Development Canada, Canada) "A Fully Integrated Physical-Chemical-Mechanical
Description of the Compression
Process on High-Pressure Induced
Transformations and Disruptive Energetics" |
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm | Igor Schweigert (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, USA) "Chemical Reactions that Control Initiation: A Theoretical Perspective and Applications to Nitramines" |
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm | Marc Cawkwell (Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA) "Applying Extended Lagrangian Born-Oppenheimer Molecular Dynamics to Shock-Induced Chemistry" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Thursday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Reactive and Energetic Materials |
| Discussion Leader: Naresh Thadani (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:15 am | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
9:15 am - 9:45 am | Michael Zachariah (University of Maryland, USA) "Relating Atomic Properties of Oxidizers to
Ignition Behavior" |
9:45 am - 9:55 am | Discussion |
9:55 am - 10:25 am | Virginia Manner (Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA) "Tailoring the Sensitivity of Nitrate Ester Initiating Explosives" |
10:25 am - 10:35 am | Discussion |
10:35 am - 11:05 am | Coffee Break |
11:05 am - 11:35 am | Lori Groven (South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, USA) "Smart Energetics: Harnessing Piezoelectric Behaviour" |
11:35 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:15 pm | Timothy Weihs (Johns Hopkins University, USA) "Controlling Inorganic Combustion Reactions with Chemistry and Geometry" |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Macro-Scale Energetic Materials Testing |
| Discussion Leader: Fan Zhang (Defence Research and Development Canada, Canada) |
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
7:45 pm - 8:20 pm | David Frost (McGill University, Canada) "Quantifying Particle Momentum Effects from Heterogeneous Explosive Systems" |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:05 pm | Kevin McNesby (U.S. Army Research Laboratory, USA) "Quantitative Imaging of the Explosive Near Field Using High Speed Cameras" |
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Closing Remarks |
Friday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |