Join us for a seminar with Dr. Jimmie Oxley, University of Rhode Island, titled "Toward Small-scale Characterization of Energetic Materials".

The seminar will begin at 3pm ET on October 5, 2021.

Please contact Rachel Wise for connection information.

Abstract: As money, time, and resources shrink, it is imperative we develop smarter ways to assess the performance and safety of new energetic materials. Development time from lab to production is on the order of decades. Our lab is focused on developing ways to screen new explosives molecules and formulations at the gram-scale or smaller.

Bio: Dr. Jimmie Carol Oxley is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Rhode Island (URI), the former co-Director of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Center of Excellence (CoE) in Explosive Detection, Mitigation, and Response, and co-Director of the Forensic Science Partnership of URI. Her Ph.D. in chemistry is from the University of British Columbia (Chemistry), and her first faculty position was at New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology (NMT). In 1995 she and her research group moved to URI, where her lab continues to study energetic materials. Dr. Oxley has organized numerous symposia and short courses for government and industrial laboratories on topics ranging from hazards analysis to bomb threats. She is the past chair of the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Energetic Materials; co-founder of Life Cycles of Energetic Materials and the GRC on Illicit Substance Detection. Dr. Oxley has served on seven NRC panels/committees, a 2-year term on the NIST Organization of Scientific Area Committees on Fire Debris and Explosives, and a 3-year provisional term on the DoD Strategic Environmental R&D Program.

Writing Archival Papers K.T. Ramesh Alonzo G. Decker, Jr. Professor of Science and Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering Johns Hopkins University

October 12, 2021 3-5 PM ET

Registration link This workshop focuses on the processes associated with the publication of archival journal papers within the scientific literature. We will discuss journals, editorial boards, reviewers; submission guidelines; how submitted papers are reviewed; and what reviewers and editors look for in papers.We will then discuss the mechanics of writing a paper (assuming the research has already been done). This includes the identification of the story that you want to tell, the typical structure of the journal paper, and the questions of authorship and plagiarism.

K.T. Ramesh, the Alonzo G. Decker, Jr. Professor of Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins, is a leading authority in the areas of impact physics and the failure of materials under extreme conditions. Ramesh is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and also holds joint appointments in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. He is the founding director of the Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute (HEMI), which develops science and technology to protect people, structures and the planet. HEMI brings together experts from Johns Hopkins’ Whiting School of Engineering, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, and Applied Physics Laboratory, as well as scientists and engineers from the federal government, U.S. national laboratories, industry, and research institutions across the world.

Please register for this event here. Interested participants who do not register will not get sent the Zoom link required to attend the event.

MSEE Seminars encourage knowledge sharing on topics of broad interest and will be offered by experts from both within and outside the URA. All seminars will be held from 3-4PM EST.