SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 11:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | NANOENGINEERING |
| Discussion Leader: Michelle Pantoya (Texas Tech University) |
7:40 pm - 8:25 pm | Bryce Tappan (Los Alamos National Laboratory) "The Combustion Synthesis of Ultra-Low Density Nanostructured Metal Foams" |
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:20 pm | David Gracias (Johns Hopkins University) "Nanotechnology in Chemical Encapsulation, Delivery and Analysis" |
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 | EXPLOSIVE INITIATION |
| Discussion Leader: Peter Haskins (QinetiQ) |
9:10 am - 9:45 am | Steven Son (Los Alamos National Laboratory/Pennsylvania State University) "Current Issues with the Combustion of Nanoscale Energetic Materials" |
9:45 am - 9:55 am | Discussion |
9:55 am - 10:30 am | Alexander Tappan (Sandia National Laboratories/New Mexico) "Microenergetics and Microscale Energetic Material Phenomena" |
10:30 am - 10:40 am | Discussion |
10:40 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:35 am | Igor Plaksin (University of Coimbra Laboratory of Energetics and Detonics) "The Role of Shear in Shock Initiation of Plastic Bonded Explosives" |
11:35 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:20 pm | C. Steven Coffey (Naval Surface Warfare Center / Indian Head) "Initiation of Reaction in Crystalline Explosives Undergoing Energy Dissipation and Localization During Shock or Impact" |
12:20 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 | CRYSTALLIZATION AND CRYSTAL QUALITY |
| Discussion Leader: Thomas Russell (Naval Surface Warfare Center/Indian Head) |
7:40 pm - 8:25 pm | Michael McBride (Yale) "Studies of Crystal Growth and Dissolution Using Atomic Force Microscopy" |
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:20 pm | Antoine van der Heijden (TNO ) "Crystallization and Characterization of Nitramines" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | ENERGY RELEASE ESTIMATION AND CONTROL |
| Discussion Leader: William Wilson (Defense Threat Reduction Agency) |
9:10 am - 9:45 am | Albert Nichols (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) "Modeling Explosives: From detonation to Cook-off" |
9:45 am - 9:55 am | Discussion |
9:55 am - 10:30 am | Michael Kaneshige (Sandia National Laboratories/New Mexico) "Pathways to Performance: Aluminum Reaction from Detonation to Blast" |
10:30 am - 10:40 am | Discussion |
10:40 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:35 am | Dr. Charles Needham (Applied Research Associates) "A Predictive Model for Advanced Energetic Materials" |
11:35 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:20 pm | Richard Behrens (Sandia National Laboratories/California) "Using Experimental and Simulation Methods to Understand Reaction Processes in Energetic Materials" |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | MESOSCALE MODELING AND SIMULATION |
| Discussion Leader: Melvin Baer (Sandia National Laboratories/New Mexico) |
7:40 pm - 8:25 pm | Thomas Jackson (University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign) "The Modeling of Heterogeneous Propellant Combustion" |
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:20 pm | Ralph Menikoff (Los Alamos National Laboratory) "Modeling Issues for Mesoscale Simulations of Ignition" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | SYSTEMS SCALE MODELING AND EXPERIMENT |
| Discussion Leader: Robert Bennett (ATK-Thiokol) |
9:10 am - 9:45 am | Eric Eddings (University of Utah) "Simulation and Validation of Explosion Violence of Energetic Devices in Fires" |
9:45 am - 9:55 am | Discussion |
9:55 am - 10:30 am | Jon Maienschein (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) "Towards Understanding Hazards Response of Energetic Materials Through Small and Larger-Scale Experiments and Modeling" |
10:30 am - 10:40 am | Discussion |
10:40 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:35 am | Alice Atwood (NAVAIR/Weapons Division) "Small-Scale Combustion-Driven Hazards" |
11:35 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:20 pm | Carol Campbell (ATK-Thiokol) "Shock Sensitivity Characterization of Propellants for Large Booster Applications" |
12:20 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 out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | COMPUTATION AND SIMULATION - MOLECULAR SCALE |
| Discussion Leader: Donald Thompson (University of Missouri - Columbia) |
7:40 pm - 8:25 pm | Ivan Oleynik (University of South Florida, Tampa, FL) "First-principles Modeling of Energetic Materials: Challenges and Opportunities" |
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:20 pm | William Goddard (California Institute of Technology) "MD Studies of Reactive Processes in Energetic Materials" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | NEW ENERGETIC MATERIALS |
| Discussion Leader: Judah Goldwasser (Office of Naval Research) |
9:10 am - 9:45 am | Betsy Rice (Army Research Laboratory) "Computational Chemistry Toolkit for Energetic Materials Design" |
9:45 am - 9:55 am | Discussion |
9:55 am - 10:30 am | Thomas Klapƶtke (Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich) "Recent Developments in the Chemistry of Highly Energetic Tetrazole Compounds" |
10:30 am - 10:40 am | Discussion |
10:40 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:35 am | Kenneth Laintz (Los Alamos National Laboratory) "Green Primary Explosives: Nitrotetrazolate Hierarchies" |
11:35 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:20 pm | Shubhra Gangopadhyay (University of Missouri - Columbia) "Novel Nanostructured Energetic Materials" |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | CHEMISTRY UNDER EXTREME CONDITIONS |
| Discussion Leader: Malcolm Nicol (University of Nevada/Las Vegas) |
7:40 pm - 8:25 pm | Laurence Fried (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) "Reactions of Energetic Materials Under Shock Loading" |
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:20 pm | Nir Goldman (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) "Predictions of Superionic Phases of Matter at Extreme Temperature and Pressure" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |