SUNDAY EVENING, JUNE 16
Data Collection in Fast Reactions
- Rich Behrens (Sandia, CA), Discussion Leader
- Jane Rice (NRL), "High pressure matrix isolation
of heterogeneous reactions"
- Tom Russell (NRL), "Time-resolved optical spectroscopy
to examine the chemical decomposition of energetic materials under
static high pressure"
- Vitaly Pepekin (Semenov Inst. Chemical Physics) and
Boris Kondrikov (Mendeleev U. Chemical Tech.), "Thermochemistry,
burning, and detonation of energetic systems containing nitrogen
acid derivatives"
MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 17
Energetic Material Synthesis
- Jeff Botaro (SRI), Discussion Leader
- Mike Hiskey (LANL), "Explosive synthesis at Los
Alamos National Laboratory"
- Bob Chapman (China Lake), "Difluoramino or TNAZ-based
energetic materials"
- Surya Prakash (USC), "Studies on potential energetic
nitro functional groups and compounds"
MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 17
Poster Session and Reception
MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 17
Energetic Material Synthesis
- Phil Pagoria (LLNL), Discussion Leader
- Alan Marchand (UNT), "New methods for the synthesis
of 1,3,3-trinitroazetidine (TNAZ) and related compounds"
- Ross Millar (DRA), "Newer nitration methods for
the synthesis of energetic compounds"
- Mike Coburn (LANL), "Synthesis and NMR spectra
of some 2H, 13C, and 15N labeled derivatives of 1,3,3-trinitroazetidine
(TNAZ)"
TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE18
Initiation and Detonation Models
- Carl Melius (Sandia, CA), Discussion Leader
- John Gilman (UCLA), "Mechanochemistry at detonation
fronts in solids"
- Barry Kunz (Michigan Tech.), "Role of excited
electronic states in initiation of solid detonations"
- Malcolm Nicol (UCLA), "Some thoughts on initiation
and detonation models"
- Joe Shepard (CalTech), "What kind of chemistry
do you have in your detonation?"
TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 18
Energetic Polymers
- Tom Archibald (Aerojet), Discussion Leader
- Bob Wardle (Thiokol), "Effects of chemical structure
on physical properties of oxetane polymers"
- Gerry Manzer (Aerojet), "The synthesis of energetic
polymers"
- Don Thompson (Oklahoma St.), "Theoretical chemical
dynamics studies of energetic materials"
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 19
Experimental Examination of Detonation and Combustion
- Randy Simpson (LLNL), Discussion Leader
- Blaine Asay (LANL), "Dynamic measurement of strain
in deforming of explosives"
- Joe Foster (Eglin), "Mechanical ignition of combustion
in energetic solids under various insults"
- Ming-Chan Lin (Emory), "Experimental and theoretical
studies of elementary processes in nitramine combustion"
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 19
Non-Ideal Explosives
- Dana Dlott (U. of Illinois), Discussion Leader
- John Lee (McGill), "On modelling of the rate law
for non-ideal explosives"
- Scott Stewart (U. of Illinois), "Ignition mechanisms
of energetic materials"
- Jerry Forbes (NSWC), "Detonation properties of
non-ideal explosives"
THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 20
Propellant Combustion
- Tom Brill (U. of Delaware), Discussion Leader
- Tom Litzinger (Penn State), "Mass spectroscopic
studies of propellant flames"
- Vigor Yang (Penn State), "Interaction between
unsteady flow and combustion of energetic materials"
- Merrill Beckstead (BYU), "Solid propellant combustion"
THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 20
Applied Explosives Chemistry
- Mike McBride (Yale), Discussion Leader
- Gerald Laib (NSWC), "The chemistry of fireworks"
- Charlie Midkiff (Bureau ATF), "The forensics of
explosives"
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