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Wednesday, April 7, 2021

Please note this is a working agenda and is subject to change. *Updated 3.29.2020*

All times listed are in EDT

Time
Location
9:00 - 9:15 am
Gen Hawk Carlisle, USAF (Ret)
President and Chief Executive Officer, National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA)  
9:15 - 10:00 am
Lawrence Fan
Program Manager (Acting), Joint Enhanced Munitions Technology Program  
10:00 - 10:15 am
10:15 - 10:55 am
TNT Exudation and Crystal Growth
Dr. Ernest Baker
Technology Specialist Officer, Warheads Technology, Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC), NATO

Characterization of Nano Octol Formulation
Dr. Daniel Iwaniuk
Chemist, Explosives Development, Armaments Center, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command  
10:15 - 10:55 am
NATO AC326 Subgroup B Ammunition Systems Design and Assessment – Insensitive Munitions Test STANAG Updates
Ken Tomasello
U.S. Navy

Revisions and Improvements to the NATO Insensitive Munitions Test Doctrine Portfolio
Daniel Pudlak
Principal Investigator, Armaments Center, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command  
10:55 – 11:10am
11:10 - 11:50 am
Improved Particle Size Reduction & Evaluation Technology for Energetics at HSAAP
Dr. Jacob Morris
R&D Manager, BAE Systems
 
11:10 - 11:50 am
Variability of Munition Response to Operational and Peace Time Threats
Martijn van der Voort
Technical Specialist Officer, Munitions Transport & Storage Safety, MSIAC, NATO

Influence of Ageing on the IM Signature of an Anti-Aircraft Missile Propulsion Unit
Quentin Weisse
Military Engineer, Expertise Program, DGA Missiles Testing (French MoD)
Hervé Benard
Head of DGA Missile Testing Expertise Division (French MOD)  
11:50 am – 12:05 pm
12:05 - 1:05 pm
Development and Testing of NTFA
Dr. Sarah Headrick
BAE Systems

Continuous Reactors for Energetic Materials Synthesis
Dr. Joseph Rheinhardt
Research Chemist, CS Squared LLC

Quantitative Structure-Property Relationship Models for Secondary Explosive Compounds
Carson Britt
Research Chemist, CS Squared LLC  
12:05 - 1:05 pm
Harmonisation of NATO Insensitive Munitions & Hazard Classification Standards and Practices
Matthew Ferran
Technical Specialist Officer, Munitions Systems, MSIAC, NATO

Defects Taxonomy & Lexicon
Matthew Ferran
Technical Specialist Officer, Munitions Systems, MSIAC, NATO

Risk Associated with Under Classification of Small Arms Ammunition
Christelle Collet
Technical Specialist Officer, Propulsion Technology, MSIAC, NATO  
1:05 - 1:20 pm
Melissa Hobbs-Hendrickson
Senior Business Director, Elbit Systems of America  
Thursday, April 8, 2021

Please note this is a working agenda and is subject to change. *Updated 3.29.2020*

All times listed are in EDT

Time
Location
9:00 - 9:05 am
Ron Hollands
Chief Materials Technologist, BAE Systems  
9:05 - 9:20 am
Charles Denham
Project Manager, NATO Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC)  
9:20 - 9:30 am
Charles Denham
Project Manager, NATO Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC)
Award Presenter  
9:30 - 10:10 am
Evaluation of LX-14 using FEM HMX
John Latwinas
Chemical Engineer, Armaments Center, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command

Evaluation of PBXN-9 Utilizing FEM HMX
Dr. Daniel Iwaniuk
Chemist, Explosives Development, Armaments Center, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command  
9:30 - 10:10 am
Application of Herd Immunity to Munitions Safety
Martijn van der Voort
Technical Specialist Officer, Munitions Transport & Storage Safety, MSIAC, NATO

Modeling of the M795 155 mm Artillery Projectile Sympathetic Reaction Test
Dr. Erik Tolmachoff
Senior Engineer, CS Squared LLC  
10:10 – 10:25 am
10:25 - 11:05 am
Novel Recrystallization Procedure to Generate High Bulk Density NQ (HBDNQ) with an Average Particle Size of Less Than 50 µm
Dr. Tomasz Modzelewski
R&D Chemist, BAE Systems  
10:25 - 11:05 am
Influence of Mechanical Properties on the Explosiveness of Energetic Materials
Morgan Bolton
Energetic Material Scientist, Defense Ordnance Safety Group, ST1

Advancing Particle Size Characterization Technology: Dynamic Image Analysis
Dr. Teresa Kirchner
Principal Scientist, BAE Systems  
11:05 – 11:20am
11:20 am - 12:00 pm
An International Review on Green Insensitive Plastic Explosives
Christelle Collet
Technical Specialist Officer, Propulsion Technology, MSIAC, NATO

Repurposing IMX-101 Risers for Use in the Mining, Oil, and Gas Industries
Radhika Kasabwala
Mechanical Engineer, Explosives Department Branch, Armaments Center, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command  
11:20 am - 12:00 pm
Re-Development & Manufacture of LX-04 Explosive at HSAAP
Brian Alexander
BAE Systems

Process Improvement of High Performance Explosive PAX-2A
Virgil Fung
R&D Senior Principal Scientist and Program Manager, BAE Systems  
12:00 – 12:15 pm
12:15 - 1:15 pm
Nanomaterials as Energetic Fillers
Christopher Hollands
Technology Specialist Officer, Energetic Materials, MSIAC, NATO

Advanced High-Performance Minimum Smoke Propellants
Cameron Lee
Senior Engineer, Energetics and Propellant Development Group, Aerojet Rocketdyne

Advanced Insensitive Munitions & Energetic Materials Concepts Using 1.5-Nanometer Titanates & Zirconates
Salvatore Monte
President, Kenrich Petrochemicals, Inc.

Allied Ordnance Publication (AOP-7) Revision Status
Ken Tomasello
IMAD Program Manager, Naval Ordnance Safety and Security Activity (NOSSA)  
12:15 - 1:35 pm
Artillery Projectile Prematures Historical Review
Dr. Ernest Baker
Technology Specialist Officer, Warheads Technology, MSIAC, NATO

IM Upgrade of the Italian Army’s 155 mm Artillery Projectiles
Dr. James Padfield
Head, Explosives Engineering, RWM Italia SpA

Barrel Heating for Hot Gun Cook-Off Thermal Analysis
Dr. Jon Yagla
Bowhead Technical Services

A Review of Mitigation Techniques for Small Calibre Munitions and Flares
Christelle Collet
Technical Specialist Officer, Propulsion Technology, MSIAC, NATO  
1:35 – 1:45pm
Gen Hawk Carlisle, USAF (Ret)
President and Chief Executive Officer, National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA)