Saturday
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Development of New Energetic Materials
Discussion Leader: Stuart Kennedy (The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
3:45 pm - 3:55 pm
Opening Remarks
3:55 pm - 4:00 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
4:00 pm - 4:10 pm
Ivan Gospodinov (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany)
"Pyridazine Scaffold as a New Building Block for the Design of Energetic Materials"
4:10 pm - 4:15 pm
Discussion
4:15 pm - 4:25 pm
Daniel Elton (University of Maryland, College Park, USA)
"Machine Learning for Design and Discovery of New Energetic Materials"
4:25 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Energetic Materials Beyond Organics / Large-Scale Energetics and Detonations
Discussion Leaders: Norbert Szimhardt (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany) and Jonathan Bennion (U.S. Army Research Laboratory, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 7:45 pm
Kyle Overdeep (Air Force Research Laboratory, USA)
"Aluminum-Based Core-Shell Nanoclusters"
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Dylan Kline (University of Maryland, College Park, USA)
"Probing the Reaction Mechanisms of Energetic Nanomaterials with High-Speed Color Camera Pyrometry"
8:00 pm - 8:05 pm
Discussion
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm
Miles Rehwoldt (University of Maryland, College Park, USA)
"Investigation into the Structure-Function Relation of 3D Printed Energetic Films"
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Elliot Wainwright (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
"Development of a Coded Aperture Snapshot Spectral Imaging (CASSI) System for Combustion Diagnostics of Reactive Composite Fuels"
8:30 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 8:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Michael Nielsen (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA)
"Formation Pathways of Carbon Allotropes in Detonation Soots"
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:05 pm
Zetu Jiba (CSIR / University of Pretoria, South Africa)
"Chemical Formulations Towards Additive Manufacturing Technology of Non-Cast High Energetic Materials"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Michael Sakano (Purdue University, USA)
"Role of Molecular Disorder on the Reactivity of RDX"
9:20 pm - 9:25 pm
Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Dynamics in Molecular Energetics / New Strategies in Energetic Materials
Discussion Leaders: William Bassett (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA) and Hayleigh Lloyd (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:15 am
Daniel McMullan (Auburn University, USA)
"Why Is the Emission of Laser-Induced Plasmas from Energetics Much Shorter Lived than the Similar Emission from Non-Energetics?"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Belinda Johnson (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
"Temperture Dynamics of High Explosive Crystals Under Shock Compression"
9:30 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Akshay Dandekar (Purdue University, USA)
"Computational Study of Fracture and Temperature Rise in HMX-Polymer Composites for Compressive, Tensile and Vibration Loading"
9:45 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Xiaoyu Zhang (Vanderbilt University, USA)
"Experimental and Computational Investigations of Interface Chemistry Dependence and Parameter Sensitivity of Dynamic Response and Fracture in Energetic Materials"
10:00 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
10:10 am - 10:20 am
Philip Guerieri (Army Research Laboratory, USA)
"Silicon Quantum Dots: Taking Energetic Porous Silicon Off-Chip"
10:20 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 10:35 am
Loudon Campbell (Texas Tech University, USA)
"Additive Manufacturing of Mock Energetic Materials"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 10:50 am
Kerri-Lee Chintersingh-Dinnall (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA)
"Doping Boron for Improved Ignition and Combustion"
10:50 am - 10:55 am
Discussion
10:55 am - 11:00 am
General Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Starting a Career in Energetic Materials
Discussion Leaders: Leora Dresselhaus-Cooper (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) and William Shaw (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Careers in Energetic Materials
Eric Bukovsky (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA)
Nick Glumac (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes
