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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Committee Meetings." National Research Council. 2011. Opportunities in Protection Materials Science and Technology for Future Army Applications. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13157.
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Appendix C

Committee Meetings

FIRST MEETING

MARCH 9-11, 2010, WASHINGTON, D.C.

Armor Materials 101-501: Focus on Fundamental Issues Associated with Armor Ceramics:Kinetic Energy Passive Armor, James W. McCauley, Chief Scientist, Weapons and Materials Research Directorate (WMRD); fellow, Army Research Laboratory

Mesoscale Modeling and Experiments—Why and How? Lalit Chhabildas, Senior Scientist, Enhanced Energy Effects, Air Force Research Laboratory

Ceramics for Body Armor, Don Bray, Morgan Crucible Company PLC Light Armor, 41 Years Later, Carl Cline (retired), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Ceramic Behavior Under Ballistic Impact at High Pressure, Michael Normandia, Chief Scientist, Armor Development, Ceradyne, Inc.

Multiscale Modeling of Armor Materials, Christopher Hoppel, Chief, High Rate Mechanics and Failure Branch, Army Research Laboratory

Transparent Armor: Research Issues, Stephan Bless, Associate Director, Institute for Advanced Technology, University of Texas at Austin

Fiber Research for Soldier Protection, Philip Cunniff, U.S. Army Natick Soldier Systems Center

Open Discussion Among Participants, Edwin (Ned) Thomas, Chair; Michael McGrath, Vice Chair

Materials Initiatives and Needs for Lightening Ground Platforms, Douglas W. Templeton, Deputy for Ballistic Protection, Senior Technology Expert—Survivability (acting), U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center

Armor, Timothy Holmquist, Staff Engineer, Southwest Research Institute

Armor Material Considerations for Asymmetric Warfare, Yellapu Murty, Director of Research and Development, Cellular Materials International

The Origin and History of the ONR Transducer Materials Program, Robert Pohanka, Director, Materials Science and Technology Division, Office of Naval Research

SECOND MEETING
APRIL 28-29, 2010, WASHINGTON, D.C.

Development and Modeling of High Performance Fibers for Lightweight Protection, Tucker Norton, North American Technology Leader, Ballistics, DuPont Protection Technologies

Today’s Lightweight Protective Equipment and the Challenges for the Next 10-20 Years,Lt. Gen. George J. Flynn, Deputy Commandant for Combat Development and Integration, Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command

Needed Materials Approach for Lightweight Protective Systems, Lee Mastroianni, Force Protection Thrust Lead, Office of Naval Research

Bi-modal to Tri-modal Aluminum, Lawrence T. Kabacoff, Program Officer, Materials Division, Office of Naval Research

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Committee Meetings." National Research Council. 2011. Opportunities in Protection Materials Science and Technology for Future Army Applications. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13157.
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Cellular Materials for Force Protection, Steven Fishman, Materials Consultant, Strategic Analysis, Inc.

ASAALT’s View on Protection Materials, Cary F. Chabalowski, Acting Director, Research and Laboratory Management, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Technology/Chief Scientist

Strain Rate Sensitive Polymers in Armor Applications—Science Issues, Roshdy George S. Barsoum, Manager, Explosion Resistant Coating, Joint Enhanced Explosion Resistance Coating Exploitation, Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration, Ships and Engineering Systems Division, Office of Naval Research.

From Fiber to Application: High Performance Polyethylene Fiber Research Needs, Lori Wagner, Technical Leader, Advanced Fibers and Composites, Honeywell

THIRD MEETING
JUNE 8-10, 2010, ABERDEEN, MARYLAND

DARPA’s Role in Armor, Judah M. Goldwasser, Program Manager, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

A National Lab Perspective on Protection Materials, Bruce Remington, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Army Applications of Magnesium Alloys: Past Lessons and Future Solutions Suveen Mathaudhu, Army Research Laboratory

Speakers on Transparent Armor, J. Jay Zhang, Program Manager, Corning; Lee M. Goldman, Vice President of Technology and Chief Technology Officer for the Optical Ceramics Division, Surmet; Jeff Kutsch, President, Technology Assessment and Transfer, Inc,Kathie Leighton, Schott; Christopher Jones, Saint-Gobain

Site Visit, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Welcome and WMRD, J. Smith

Summary of Towson Meeting 2008, P. Plostins

Aluminum History in the Army, B. Cheeseman

Multi Scale Modeling, G. Gazonas

Transparent Armor, P. Patel

High Strain Rate Lab Tour, T. Weerasooriya

Tours of Armor Test Facilities, S. Schoenfeld

Armor: A European Perspective, Klaus Thoma, Director, Fraunhofer Ernst-Mach-Institut

Hypervelocity Shields, Eric Christiansen, NASA

Ceramic-Metal Laminate (CML) Composites for Armor Applications, Ken Kuang, Torrey Hills Technologies LLC

FOURTH MEETING
JULY 22-23, 2010, WASHINGTON, D.C.

The Sagamore Conference, K.T. Ramesh and Edwin (Ned) Thomas

Army Research Laboratory on Protective Materials, Ernest S.C. Chin, Army Research Laboratory

FIFTH MEETING

AUGUST 24-26, 2010

WOODS HOLE, MASSACHUSETTS

Objective: Limited final information gathering; review of the report writing process thus far; walk through of the first full message draft; discussion of conclusions, recommendations, and next steps.

SIXTH MEETING
SEPTEMBER 28-30, 2010, BECKMAN CENTER, IRVINE, CALIFORNIA

Objective: Review of the draft report and determination of a path forward.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Committee Meetings." National Research Council. 2011. Opportunities in Protection Materials Science and Technology for Future Army Applications. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13157.
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Armor plays a significant role in the protection of warriors. During the course of history, the introduction of new materials and improvements in the materials already used to construct armor has led to better protection and a reduction in the weight of the armor. But even with such advances in materials, the weight of the armor required to manage threats of ever-increasing destructive capability presents a huge challenge.

Opportunities in Protection Materials Science and Technology for Future Army Applications explores the current theoretical and experimental understanding of the key issues surrounding protection materials, identifies the major challenges and technical gaps for developing the future generation of lightweight protection materials, and recommends a path forward for their development. It examines multiscale shockwave energy transfer mechanisms and experimental approaches for their characterization over short timescales, as well as multiscale modeling techniques to predict mechanisms for dissipating energy. The report also considers exemplary threats and design philosophy for the three key applications of armor systems: (1) personnel protection, including body armor and helmets, (2) vehicle armor, and (3) transparent armor.

Opportunities in Protection Materials Science and Technology for Future Army Applications recommends that the Department of Defense (DoD) establish a defense initiative for protection materials by design (PMD), with associated funding lines for basic and applied research. The PMD initiative should include a combination of computational, experimental, and materials testing, characterization, and processing research conducted by government, industry, and academia.

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