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) |