Center for Energetic Concepts Development, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland

Workshop on Energetics - Past and Present

AGENDA

7 December 2010, Tuesday

17:30 CECD Welcome Reception at Spasso Terrace

8 December 2010, Wednesday

Opening:

09:30   Introduction of Participants
09:45   Welcome Speech : Mr E Anthony Tan, CEO of Hong Kong Science and Technology Park
10:00   Welcome Speech : Professor Davinder K. Anand, CECD, University of Maryland
10:15   Group Photo
10.30 "Energetics in America"
            Professor James Short, University of Maryland
11:00   "R&D in China"
            Professor Michael Pecht, University of Maryland and City University of Hong Kong

Technical Session:

11:20   "Probing the Reaction Dynamics of Nanoenergetic Materials"
            Professor Michael Zachariah, University of Maryland
12:00   Chinese Dim Sum Luncheon
14:00   "New Directions in Energetic Materials: Low-valent Aluminum Clusters"
            Professor Bryan Eichhorn, University of Maryland
14:20   "Materials by Design: Simulation-based Development and Manufacturing of Functionally
            Graded Energetic Materials"
            Professor Hugh Bruck, University of Maryland
14:40   "Explosion Dynamics for Propellants and Laser Ablation of Metals"
            Professor Jack J. Yoh, Seoul National University
15:00   "Rupture of RDX – A method Towards Evaluation of the Quality of the Quality of Energetic             Crystals"
            Dr. Ming Li, Institute of Chemical Materials (ICM), Chinese Academy of Engineering Physics
15:20   "Nitration of Aromatic Compounds in Ionic Liquid"
            Dr. Hongwei Yang, Nanjing University of Science and Technology
15:40   "The Development of Primary Explosives in China"
            Professor Tonglai Zhang, Beijing Institute of Technology
18:30   Traditional Guangdong Cuisine Dinner at Star of Canton Restaurant

9 December 2010, Thursday

Technical Session:

09:50   "The Research and Development of Primary Explosives in Chinese Industrial Detonators"
            Professor Yi Cheng, Nanjing University of Science and Technology
10:10   "Numerical Modeling of Underwater Explosion by 1-Dimensional ANSYS-AUTODYN"
            Dr. Hao Huang, Beijing Institute of Technology
10:30 "Experiment and Numerical Simulation of Explosive Safety"
            Professor Lang Chen, Beijing Institute of Technology
10:50   Summary : Mr Robert Kavetsky, Energetics Technology Center
11:30   Farewell Luncheon