| July 2, Sunday |
| 2:00-11:00 pm |
Arrival and Registration |
| 6:00 pm |
Dinner |
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Current Research Issues - Safety & Aging, Combustion, New Materials |
| 7:30 - 7:40 |
Discussant Overview: Carl Melius (SNL) |
| 7:40 - 8:10 |
Blaine Asay (LANL) - "Observations on Thermal Ignition and Reaction Violence" |
| 8:10 - 8:20 |
Discussion |
| 8:20 - 8:50 |
Richard Yetter (Penn State Univ.) - "Modeling of Nitramine Combustion: Past, Present and Future" |
| 8:50 - 9:00 |
Discussion |
| 9:00 - 9:30 |
Karl Christe (Air Force Research Laboratory) - "Polynitrogen Chemistry" |
| 9:30 - 9:40 |
Discussion |
| July 3, Monday |
| 7:30 - 8:30 |
Breakfast |
| 8:30 - 9:00 |
Conference Photo |
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Changing States of Energetic Materials - Safety & Aging |
| 9:00 - 9:15 |
Discussant Overview: Annette Lewis (AWE) |
| 9:15 - 9:50 |
Annette Lewis (AWE) - "Research Tools for Investigating Aging of PBXs" |
| 9:50 - 10:00 |
Discussion |
| 10:00 - 10:35 |
Tim Goldrein (Univ. Cambridge) - "The Microstructural View of Failure in PBXs, Experiments, Aging and Modelling" |
| 10:35 - 10:45 |
Discussion |
| 10:45- 11:00 |
Break |
| 11:00 - 11:35 |
Deanne Idar (LANL) - "Aging Gracefully? The PBX 9501 Story" |
| 11:35 - 11:45 |
Discussion |
| 11:45 -12:20 |
Leanna Minier (SNL) - "The Intersection of Microstructure, Thermal Decomposition and Aging in Energetic Materials" |
| 12:20 - 12:30 |
Discussion |
| 12:30 - 1:30 |
Lunch |
| 1:30 - 6:00 |
Free of Formal Activity |
| 6:00 - 7:00 |
Dinner |
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Combustion of Damaged Materials |
| 7:30 - 7:40 |
Discussant Overview: Peter Haskins (DERA) |
| 7:40 - 8:10 |
Jon Maienschein (LLNL) - "Observations of Unusual Deflagration Behavior" |
| 8:10 - 8:20 |
Discussion |
| 8:20 - 8:50 |
Erik Matheson (Lockheed Martin) - "Simulation of Impact Hazard Scenarios for Large Energetic Systems Experiencing Complex Low-Amplitude Stimuli" |
| 8:50 - 9:00 |
Discussion |
| 9:00 - 9:30 |
Mel Baer (SNL) - "The Uncertainties and Caveats Associated with Mesoscale Modeling of Energetic Composites" |
| 9:30 - 9:40 |
Discussion |
| July 4, Tuesday |
| 7:30 - 8:30 |
Breakfast |
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Ignition and Hot Spots |
| 9:00 - 9:15 |
Discussant Overview: Steve Coffey (NSWC, Indian Head) |
| 9:15 - 9:50 |
John Field (University of Cambridge) - "An Experimental Study of Hot Spot Ignition Mechanisms" |
| 9:50 - 10:00 |
Discussion |
| 10:00 - 10:35 |
Peter Dickson (LANL) - "Ignition Processes in PBX 9501" |
| 10:35 - 10:45 |
Discussion |
| 10:45 - 11:00 |
Break |
| 11:00 - 11:35 |
Wayne Trott (SNL) - "Probing Energetic Materials Chemistry at the Mesoscale Using Line-Imaging Velocity Interferometry" |
| 11:35 - 11:45 |
Discussion |
| 11:45 - 12:20 |
Malcolm Cook (DERA, UK) - "Modelling Ignition and Growth of Reaction in Heterogeneous Systems" |
| 12:20 - 12:30 |
Discussion |
| 12:30 - 1:30 |
Lunch |
| 1:30 - 4:00 |
Free of Formal Activity |
| 4:00 - 6:00 |
Poster Session (refreshments) |
| 6:00 - 7:00 |
Dinner |
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Synthesis of New Materials |
| 7:30 - 7:40 |
Discussant Overview: TBD |
| 7:40 - 8:10 |
Phil Pagoria (LLNL) - "A Discussion of Strategies in Energetic Material Synthesis" |
| 8:10 - 8:20 |
Discussion |
| 8:20 - 8:50 |
Jeff Battaro (SRI) - "Do Not Attempt this at home: The Organic Chemistry of Ionic Perchloramides" |
| 8:50 - 9:00 |
Discussion |
| 9:00 - 9:30 |
Jeff Sheehy (AFRL) - "Calculations and Synthesis of Energetic Molecules That Should Exist but Don't" |
| 9:30 - 9:40 |
Discussion |
| July 5, Wednesday |
| 7:30 - 8:30 |
Breakfast |
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Propellant Combustion - Experimental |
| 9:00 - 9:15 |
Discussant Overview: Steve Son (LANL) |
| 9:15 - 9:50 |
Tom Litzinger (Penn State Univ.) - "Gas-phase Structure of Nitramine/Azide Propellants" |
| 9:50 - 10:00 |
Discussion |
| 10:00 - 10:35 |
Oleg Korobeinichev (Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk) - "Molecular Beam Mass Spectrometric Sampling of Solid Propellant (SP) Flames and Its Contribution to Understanding of SP Combustion Chemistry" |
| 10:35 - 10:45 |
Discussion |
| 10:45 - 11:00 |
Break |
| 11:00 - 11:35 |
Tim Parr (NWC, China Lake) - "Reactive Processes and Solid Propellant Flame Structure" |
| 11:35 - 11:45 |
Discussion |
| 11:45 - 12:20 |
M.C. Lin (Emory Univ.) - "Experimental and Computational Studies of Elementary Processes in Propellant Combustion" |
| 12:20 - 12:30 |
Discussion |
| 12:30 - 1:30 |
Lunch |
| 1:30 - 5:00 |
Free of Formal Activity |
| 5:00 - 6:00 |
Business Meeting |
| 6:00 - 7:00 |
Dinner |
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Propellant Combustion - Models |
| 7:30 - 7:40 |
Discussant Overview: Vigor Yang (Penn State) |
| 7:40 - 8:10 |
Merrill Beckstead (Brigham Young Univ.) - "Modeling the Condensed Phase Reactions of Burning Energetic Materials" |
| 8:10 - 8:20 |
Discussion |
| 8:20 - 8:50 |
Mitch Smooke (Yale Univ.) - "Modeling Ammonium Perchlorate Diffusion Flames" |
| 8:50 - 9:00 |
Discussion |
| 9:00 - 9:30 |
Bill Anderson (ARL) - "A Semi-Empirical Approach to the Modeling of Steady-State Propellant Combustion" |
| 9:30 - 9:40 |
Discussion |
| July 6, Thursday |
| 7:30 - 8:30 |
Breakfast |
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Probing Fast Reactions & Detonations |
| 9:00 - 9:15 |
Discussant Overview: Martin Braithewaite (Cranfield Univ.) |
| 9:15 - 9:50 |
Dana Dlott (Univ. of Illinois) - "Real-time Observation of Pore Collapse and Hot Spot Formation Using Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy" |
| 9:50 - 10:00 |
Discussion |
| 10:00 - 10:35 |
Steve Sheffield (LANL) - "Shock-Induced Chemistry - Application to Initiation and Detonation" |
| 10:35 - 10:45 am |
Discussion |
| 10:45 - 11:00 |
Break |
| 11:00 - 11:35 |
Yuri Gruzdkov/Zbigniew Dreger (Washington State Univ.) - "Shock Wave Induced Chemical Reactions in Energetic Crystals" |
| 11:35 - 11:45 |
Discussion |
| 11:45 - 12:20 |
Siddharth Dasgupta (Caltech) - "Early molecular events in shocked HE materials" |
| 12:20 - 12:30 |
Discussion |
| 12:30 - 1:30 |
Lunch |
| 1:30 - 5:00 |
Free of Formal Activity |
| 5:00 - 6:00 |
Business Meeting |
| 6:00 - 7:00 |
Dinner |
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Theoretical Models & Reaction Dynamics |
| 7:30 - 7:40 |
Discussant Overview: Larry Fried (LLNL) |
| 7:40 - 8:10 |
Don Thompson (Oklahoma State Univ.) - "Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Elementary Decomposition Reactions" |
| 8:10 - 8:20 |
Discussion |
| 8:20 - 8:50 |
James Lewis (Univ. of Utah) - "HMX Reactivity; Effects of the Condensed-Phase Environment" |
| 8:50 - 9:00 |
Discussion |
| 9:00 - 9:30 |
Riad Manna (LLNL) - "Initiation via Electronic States Intersection" |
| 9:30 - 9:40 |
Discussion |
| July 7, Friday |
| 7:30 - 8:30 |
Breakfast |
| 9:00 |
Bus Departs |
