PEMS'23 Agenda

Tuesday, June 13

Time Event Location
0730-0800 Registration/Breakfast Fowler Lobby (located in Stewart Center)/STEW 214
0800-0815 Welcome: Mung Chiang, President, Purdue University Fowler Hall
0815-0845 Keynote Speaker: Caitlyn May, Acting Director of Munitions Technology, OUSD(R&E) Fowler Hall
0845-0915 MCEIP Showcase: Anthony Di Stasio, Director of MCEIP, OUSD(A&S) Fowler Hall
0915-0945 Break Fowler Lobby
0945-1015 Navy Showcase: Chad Stoltz, Acting Aerospace Sciences Division Director and Advanced Energetic Materials Program Officer, Office of Naval Research Fowler Hall
1015-1045 Synthesis of New High Nitrogen Energetic Materials: Davin Piercey, Assistant Professor of Materials Engineering, Purdue University Fowler Hall
1045-1115 Energetic Materials and Oxygen Balance: Noncovalent Synthesis with Oxidizers: Michael Bellas, Chemist, Naval Air Warfare Center Fowler Hall
1115-1145 Energetic Materials Research with a "Production Mentality": Mike Ervin, Director of R&D, BAE Systems Ordnance Systems Fowler Hall
1145-1245 Lunch STEW 214
1245-1315 LANL Showcase: Chuck Mielke, Dynamic Experiments Division Director, LANL Fowler Hall
1315-1345 Analytical Studies of Metal Oxidation Towards Advancing Energy Conversion: Michelle Pantoya, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University Fowler Hall
1345-1415 Propellants: Edwin Mulder, Senior Scientist, Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division Fowler Hall
1415-1445 Break Fowler Lobby
1445-1515 Propellant Research at Purdue: Steve Son, Alfred J. McAllister Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University Fowler Hall
1515-1545 Battelle's Energetic Material Synthesis and Testing (BEAST) System, an Automated Energetics Synthesis, Crystallization, and Formulation Platform: Erik Edwards, Principal Materials Scientist, Battelle Memorial Institute Fowler Hall
1545-1615 Break Fowler Lobby
1615-1645 Additive Manufacturing of Energetic Materials: Monique McClain, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University Fowler Hall
1645-1715 Workshop on Failure of Compounded Energetic and Other Solids-Filled Materials: Chelsea Davis, Assistant Professor of Materials Engineering, Purdue University Fowler Hall
1715-1730 Logistics and Adjourn Fowler Hall
1830 Dinner McGraw's Steak, Chop & Fish House (2707 S River Rd., West Lafayette, IN)

Wednesday, June 14

Time Event Location
0730-0800 Registration/Breakfast Fowler Lobby (located in Stewart Center)/STEW 214
0800-0830 Army Showcase: Tracy Sheppard, Chief, Weapons Science Division, Army Research Laboratory Fowler Hall
0830-0900 Energetics Additive Manufacturing for Propellant Applications: Ian McAninch, Energetics Additive Manufacturing Team Lead, Army Research Laboratory Fowler Hall
0900-0930 In Operando Studies of Shocked Energetic Materials through a Microscope: Dana Dlott, William H. and Janet G. Lycan Professor of Chemistry, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Fowler Hall
0930-1000 Break Fowler Lobby
1000-1030 LLNL Showcase: Lara Leininger, Director of the Energetic Materials Center, LLNL Fowler Hall
1030-1100 Continuous Manufacturing Workshop: Gintaras (Rex) Reklaitis, Gedge Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University Fowler Hall
1100-1130 Air Force Showcase: David Lambert, Chief Scientist, Munitions Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory Fowler Hall
1130-1230 Lunch STEW 214
1230-1300 Workshop on Electrochemical Synthesis of Organic Species: Brian Tackett, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University Fowler Hall
1300-1330 Advancements in Post-Detonation Fireball Modeling and Experimental Validation: Dan Guildenbecher, Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories Fowler Hall
1330-1400 Characterization of Post-Detonation Fireballs with Laser Absorption Spectroscopy: Chris Goldenstein, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University Fowler Hall
1400-1430 Break Fowler Lobby
1430-1500 Sandia Showcase: Mike Kaneshige, Senior Scientist/Engineer, Sandia National Laboratories Fowler Hall
1500-1530 Guiding and Monitoring Solid-State Far-From-Equilibrium Excursions: Keith Nelson, Haslam and Dewey Professor of Chemistry, MIT Fowler Hall
1530-1600 Break Fowler Lobby
1600-1630 Optical and X-ray Based Imaging of Highly Dynamic Multiphase Reacting Phenomena: Terry Meyer, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University Fowler Hall
1630-1700 AFRL Regional Hub Network - Midwest Showcase: Stacy Manni, Deputy Director, AFRL Regional Hub Network - Midwest Fowler Hall
1700-1715 Logistics and Adjourn Fowler Hall
1800 Student Poster Session and Reception Rat Pak Venue (102 N 3rd St., Lafayette, IN)

Thursday, June 15

Time Event Location
0730-0800 Registration/Breakfast Fowler Lobby (located in Stewart Center)/STEW 214
0800-0830 The Unusual Nature of Heat in Energetic Materials: Peter Chung, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland College Park Fowler Hall
0830-0900 Informing Ignition and Growth Model Reaction Rates with Sub-Continuum Simulations of HIgh Explosive Mixtures: H. Keo Springer, Senior Scientist and Leader of Reaction Dynamics Group, Energetic Materials Center, LLNL Fowler Hall
0900-0930 Surrogate Hot-Spot Models for High-Fidelity Simulations of Shock to Detonation Transition: Marisol Koslowski, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University Fowler Hall
0930-1000 Break Fowler Lobby
1000-1030 Explosive Mechanochemistry: Foundations for Strength-Aware Chemical Kinetics: Matt Kroonblawd, Computational Chemist, LLNL Fowler Hall
1030-1100 Physics and Chemistry of Energetic Materials at Molecular and Mesoscales: Ale Strachan, Professor of Materials Engineering, Purdue University Fowler Hall
1100-1130 Detonation Behavior of Functionally Graded Energetic Materials: Min Zhou, George Woodruff Professor of Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology Fowler Hall
1130-1230 Lunch STEW 214
1230-1300 Modeling Capabilities Enabled by Machine Learning and High-Throughput Simulations: Brett Savoie, Charles Davidson Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University Fowler Hall
1300-1330 Energetic Materials Process Development in Microfluids at NSWC IHD: Dave Boruta, Senior Scientist, Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division Fowler Hall
1330-1400 Systematic Crystallization Design for Energetic Systems: Zoltan Nagy, Arvind Varma Professor of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University Fowler Hall
1400-1430 Break Fowler Lobby
1430-1500 Improved Microfluidic Synthesis of Energetic Materials: Christina Christensen, Principal Research Scientist, Propulsion Systems Innovation Works, Northrop Grumman Fowler Hall
1500-1530 Supply Chain and Novel Material Opportunities from Biology: Clem Fortman, Senior Program Manager, BioMADE Fowler Hall
1530-1545 Logistics and Adjourn Fowler Hall
1600-1730 Optional tours of PERC Zucrow Laboratories
1800 Dinner Nine Irish Brothers (119 Howard Ave., West Lafayette, IN)