3:20 PM to 5:20 PM Concurrent Sessions Tuesday, January 27, 2026
High Velocity Impact Effects - HVIE
Session Chairs: Dr Andy Thomas - CoorsTek Inc and Dr Adrian Mann - Rutgers University
3:20 PM - 3:40 PM
BALLISTIC LIMIT SCALING STUDIES USING LASERDRIVEN AND CONVENTIONAL GUNS Presenter: Dr Isaias Chocron - SwRI Authors: Dr Matt Barsotti - Protection Engineering Consultants, Dr Frederik Heim - SwRI, Dr Alexander Lackocy - Protection Engineering Consultants, Dr Daniel Portillo - SwRI, Dr Christopher Sorini - SwRI
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM
*CANCELLED*Response of Diamond-Ceramic Composites to High-Velocity Impact*CANCELLED* Presenter: Dr Jerry LaSalvia - DEVCOM ARL Authors: Dr James Campbell - US Army DEVCOM, Dr Anthony DiGiovanni - US Army DEVCOM, Mr Patrick Gillich - US Army DEVCOM, Dr Philip Jannotti - US Army DEVCOM, Mr Nicholas Lorenzo - US Army DEVCOM, Mr Andrew Strzepek - US Army DEVCOM Soldier Ctr
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM
Ballistic Evaluation of Areal Density Scaling for Single and MixedCarbide Armor Presenter: Mr Jackson Parker - CoorsTek Author: Dr Terence Whalen - CoorsTek
4:20 PM - 4:40 PM
Peridynamics Model Validation of Hypervelocity Impact on Silicon Carbide Presenter: Dr Joseph Morton - ATA Engineering
4:40 PM - 5:00 PM
Dynamic Mechanical Characterization of Carbon-Carbon Composites via Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar Testing Presenter: Dr Charles Bond - University of Tennessee Space Institute Authors: Dr Jacqueline Johnson - University of Tennessee Space Institute, Mr Drake Pyle - University of Tennessee Space Institute, Ms Bailey Urhahn - University of Tennessee Space Institute
5:00 PM - 5:20 PM
Update on the Prediction of HighSpeed Droplet Impact Damage on Aerospace Structures Presenter: Dr Ibrahim Guven - Virginia Commonwealth University Authors: Dr Christoph Brehm - University of Maryland, Dr Ugur Can - Virginia Commonwealth University, Mr Jett Langhorn - Stevens Institute of Technology, Dr Manuel Moreira - University of Maryland, Dr Nicholaus Parziale - Stevens Institute of Technology, Dr Suraj Ravindran - University Of Minnesota