| SUNDAY |
| 6:00-7:00 PM | Dinner |
| Future Directions for Energetic Materials Research |
| Session Chair: Ruth Doherty (OSD/NSWC-IH) |
| 7:30-7:40 | Discussant Overview: |
| 7:40-8:20 | Steve Rojas (OSD)
Energetics Gets a Boost |
| 8:20-9:00 | Adam Cummings (DSTL)
Future directions in the UK |
| 9:00-9:40 | Russ Hemley
Stored Energy in Extended Solids |
| 9:40 | Poster Session |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30-8:30 | Breakfast |
| 8:30-9:00 | Photo Session |
| Synthesis of High Nitrogen and All Nitrogen Materials |
| Session Chair: Phil Pagoria (LLNL) |
| 9:00-9:15 | Discussant Overview |
| 9:15-10:00 | Ajith Perera (U. of Florida)
Molecules that Should Exist but Don't |
| 10:00-10:45 | Bill Koppes (NSWC-IH)
Insensitive Energetics Based on Fused Nitroheterocycles: A Study of the Synthesis and Chemistry of Nitrotriazolotriazine Systems |
| 10:45-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-11:45 | Jeff Bottaro (SRI)
Conception and Synthesis of
New Energetic Functional Groups |
| 11:45-12:30 | Karl Christe (AFRL)
Recent Progress in Polynitrogen Chemistry |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30-6:00 | Free of Formal Activity |
| 6:00-7:00 PM | Dinner |
| Synthesis and Production of Nano Materials |
| Session Chair: Ron Armstrong (Eglin AFB) |
| 7:30-7:40 | Discussant Overview: |
| 7:40-8:20 | Joe Satcher (LLNL)
Energetic Nanocomposites Using
Sol-Gel Methods: Synthesis and
Characterization |
| 8:20-9:00 | Jan Puszynski (S.D. School of Mines)
Formation of Metals and Metal
Oxides Nanopowders and Their
Reactivity |
| 9:00-9:40 | Bill Wilson (Eglin AFB)
Nano- Crystalline Composite
Energetic Materials - Production and Applications
|
| 9:40 | Poster Session |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30-8:30 | Breakfast |
| Decomposition and Combustion of Traditional and Nano Energetic Materials |
| Session Chair: Jimmie Oxley (U of R I) |
| 9:00-9:15 | Discussant Overview |
| 9:15-10:00 | Chuck Wight (U. of Utah)
Thermal Decomposition Kinetics of
Energetic Materials: Unlocking the
Mysteries of FOX-7 |
| 10:00-10:45 | Ken Kuo (Penn State)
Effectiveness of Nano Sized Energetic Particles in Enhancing the Combustion Behavior of Solid Fuels and Fuel-Rich Propellants |
| 10:45-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-11:45 | Steve Son (LANL)
Performance and Characterization of Metastable Intermolecular Composites |
| 11:45-12:30 | Bryan Henson (LANL)
The Chemistry of Thermal Explosion and Detonation in HMX and TATB |
| 12:30 - 1:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30-6:00 | Free of Formal Activity |
| 6:00 - 7:00 | Dinner |
| Crystallization of Energetic Materials |
| Session Chair: Al Stern (NSWC-IH) |
| 7:30-7:40 | Discussant Overview: |
| 7:40-8:20 | John Sherwood (U. of Strathclyde)
Crystal Growth and Defect
Properties of Energetic Materials |
| 8:20-9:00 | Albert van der Steen (TNO)
Sensitivity and Crystal Defects |
| 9:00-9:40 | Stan Caulder (NSWC-IH)
The Effect of Crystallization on the Defect Structure and Shock Sensitivity of RDX |
| 9:40 | Poster Session |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30-8:30 | Breakfast |
| Molecular Dynamic Modeling (EM) |
| Session Chair Carter White (NRL) |
| 09:00-09:15 | Discussant Overview |
| 09:15-10:00 | Tim C. Germann (LANL)
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Heterogeneous Initiation in Model Energetic Materials. |
| 10:00-10:45 | Mark Elert (USNA)
Modeling of Shock Wave Effects in
Carbon and Hydrocarbon Systems |
| 10:45-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-11:45 | Priya Vashista (LSU)
Large-Scale MD Simulations of the Oxidation of Metallic Nanoparticles. |
| 11:45-12:30 | Alejandro Strachan (Caltech)
Reactive Force Fields for MD Simulations of Energetic Materials and Applications |
| 12:30 - 1:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30-6:00 | Free of Formal Activity |
| 6:00 - 7:00 | Dinner |
| Probing the Early Reaction Chemistry of Detonations |
| Session Chair: Dana Dlott (U. Ill) |
| 7:30-7:40 | Discussant Overview: |
| 7:40-8:20 | Tomas Baer (UNC)
Probing the Early Stages of Liquid State Combustion Chemistry: Laser-Mass Spectrometry of Heated Aerosols |
| 8:20-9:00 | Keith Nelson (MIT)
Time-Resolved Spectroscopy of Energetic Solids |
| 9:00-9:40 | David Moore (LANL)
Recent Progress in Measurement of High Explosive Reaction Chemistry using Ultrafast Laser Driven Shocks and Ultrafast Spectroscopies |
| 9:40 | Poster Session |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30-8:30 | Breakfast |
| Characterization and Chemistry of Materials at High Pressure |
| Session Chair: David Funk (LANL) |
| 9:00-9:15 | Discussant Overview |
| 9:15-10:00 | Su Peiris (NSWC-IH)
Experimental and Computational Study of Molecular and Lattice Symmetries of Energetic Materials at High Pressure |
| 10:00-10:45 | Gerry Pangilinan (NSWC-IH)
Thermal Transport Properties of Polymeric Materials at Static High Pressure |
| 10:45-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-11:45 | Joe Zaug (LLNL)
High-Pressure Studies of HE and HE
Product Materials in the DAC: Recent ISLS, RPR, and SHG/XRD Results. |
| 11:45-12:30 | Kevin Vendersall (LLNL)
Isentropic Compression of Selected TATB and HMX Explosives on the Z Accelerator |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30-6:00 | Free of Formal Activity |
| 6:00-7:00 | Dinner |
| Mesoscale Modeling of Energetic Materials |
| Session Chair: Mel Baer (Meso Scale Modeling) |
| 7:30-7:40 | Discussant Overview: |
| 7:40-8:10 | Tom Sewell (LANL)
Molecular-Level Calculations of Properties for Use in Meso-Scale Simulations |
| 8:10-8:40 | Joe Shepherd (Cal Tech)
Distributed Reaction Centers and Detonation Propagation |
| 8:40-9:10 | David Frost (McGill U.)
Detonations in Heterogeneous Explosives: Experimental Results and Modeling Issues |
| 9:10-9:40 | Alec Milne (Fluid Grav. Ltd, Scotland)
Direct Modeling of Detonation in Heterogeneous Mixtures of Liquids and Particles |
