“Anomalies in Rocket Motor Propellants and How if Affects Performance, Safety and Reliability of the Munition"

Chemical engineering principles and chemical engineers are employed by the U.S. government to design and develop a variety of products to improve the effectiveness and safety of our fighting forces. Concerns common in the manufacturing industries, like lot-to-lot variations of raw materials, and reliable, reproducible and safe manufacturing are also in play when propellants for weaponry are concerned.

This presentation will introduce us to how anomalies in rocket motor propellants can affect the performance, reliability and safety of the munition, and how chemical engineers and chemical engineering principles are attacking this problem.

Scheduled Speaker:

Thelma G. Manning, FAIChE, PhD, P.E.

Research Chemical Engineer – Picatinny Arsenal

Dr. Manning serves as an expert and recognized authority on the development of gun charges and cartridges, and is also an expert in the development of new propellants and their processing methods. She also serves as a reviewer of numerous propellants and engineering journals, and proceedings series. She is the recipient of 14 patents, and has authored / co-authored approximately 70 published papers. Currently serving as Chair of the North Jersey Section, AIChE; Dr. Manning is a Fellow of AIChE and holds a BSChE (University of Santo Tomas, Philippines), MSChE (Polytechnic Institute of NY), and PhD in Materials Science and Engineering (NJ Institute of Technology).