Jack Riegel Student Awards

The International Ballistics Society provided a Student Grants Program consisting of free conference registration and travel support to selected students for attending the 31st International Symposium on Ballistics, that was held in Hyderabad, India, during 4-8 November 2019. It aims at motivating PhD students attending the International Symposium on Ballistics, publishing and presenting their technical work, and interacting with technical experts and scientists from all over the world in various fields of ballistics. The award was recently renamed to Jack Riegel Student Award honoring Jack’s vast and magnificent contributions to the ballistics community in general and the International Ballistics Society in particular, especially as its Founding President in 2010. Six students from Belgium, France, India, Russia, and South Africa were awarded for their scientific contributions that they presented at the conference. This picture shows the students proudly presenting their certificate at the awards ceremony at Chowmahalla Palace in Hyderabad, India. A tribute to Jack Riegel is located here.

A call for nominations for the Jack Riegel Student Awards for the 33rd International Symposium on Ballistics held in Bruges, Belgium, in October 2023, will be made soon.

ELIGIBILITY:Students enrolled in an academic institution at the time of the conference and interested in ballistic phenomena are eligible for nomination to the Student Awards. This program is aimed at graduate students or undergraduate students. Students who have reached the Ph.D. level prior to the Student Grants Program of the upcoming conference may not eligible.

AWARD PACKAGE:The grant consists of funding (up to $1000 plus free registration fee) to ONE (1) student from each of the technical areas of the symposium: Interior Ballistics; Exterior Ballistics; Launch Dynamics; Explosion Mechanics; Terminal Ballistics and Impact Physics, and Vulnerability. This makes a maximum of six (6) awards.
  
HOW TO SUBMIT NOMINATIONS: The nomination must be submitted by the student's academic advisor, on the letterhead of the academic institution. The nomination is limited to a maximum of two pages, and must include the following items:
The application form (http://www.ballistics.org/docs/StudentAwardForm.docx) and a letter (two pages max) including:

• A brief overview of the student's academic background and record
• A discussion of why the symposium would be helpful to the student
• The paper to be submitted to the conference in the approved format for the conference, as described on the conference website

Applicants should also note:

• The student is expected to be the first author of the paper
• The student is expected to present the paper at the conference

Send the paper via the conference submission procedure and the application letter (by email)
to:
Dr. Markus Graswald
markus@graswald.name

Deadline for Nominations: Deadline will be August 30th, 2023. Student Grant Awards selection will be based on a review of the paper manuscript and the covering letter by the ISB Student Committee. Questions on the program may be directed to the committee chair, Markus Graswald.

Previous Winners

International Symposium on Ballistics	Technical Area	Award Winner	Paper Title
27: Freiburg, Germany, Apr '13	Explosion Mechanics	No award
	Exterior Ballistics	Timo Sailaranta, Finland	Upwards Fired Bullet Terminal Velocity
	Interior Ballistics	Heath Martin, USA	Effect of initial temperature on the interior ballistics of a 120-mm mortar system
	Launch Dynamics	No award
	Terminal Ballistics & Impact Physics	Alon Weiss, Israel Roman Kositski, Israel	An Experimental Investigation of Deep Penetration into Polycarbonate Targets On the Crater Diameters in Metallic Plates Impacted by High Velocity Rods
	Vulnerability	Cyril Robbe, Belgium	An Hybrid Experimental/Numerical Method to Assess the Lethality of a Kinetic Energy Non-Lethal Weapon System
28: Atlanta, USA, Sep '14	Explosion Mechanics	Maria Jesus Perez-Martin, Spain Carey Price, USA	A novel method for measuring the dynamic fracture-initiation toughness under impulsive loadings Statistical method for determining governing properties of high-velocity polymer penetrations
	Exterior Ballistics	No award
	Interior Ballistics	Weitao Yang, China Jie Liu, China	Burning characteristics of microcellular combustible objects Study of nano-nitramine explosives: preparation, sensitivity and application
	Launch Dynamics	Mickael Zeidler, France	On the control of a 155 mm spin-stabilized projectile using the Coanda effect
	Terminal Ballistics & Impact Physics	Francisca Martinez, Spain	Influence of the fiber alignment in the ballistic performance of Dyneema non-woven fabrics
	Vulnerability	No award
29: Edinburgh, UK, May '16	Explosion Mechanics	Guo Wenqi, China	Investigation on the Melting and Composition Gradient of W-Cu Shaped Charge Jet During the Jet Formation and Penetration
	Exterior Ballistics	Vincent Condaminet, France	Identification of the Aerodynamic Coefficients of a Spin-Stabilized Projectile from Free Flight Data
	Interior Ballistics	Na Sun, China	Enrichment of Fluorinated Nano- TiO2 Composite on the Surface of Propellants
	Launch Dynamics	No award
	Terminal Ballistics & Impact Physics	Matthew Hudspeth, USA	The Effect of Projectile Nose Geometry on the Critical Velocity and Failure Mode of Yarns Subjected to Transverse Impact
	Vulnerability	Steffen Grobert, Germany	Experimental Investigations on Dynamic Back Face Deflection Caused by Ballistic Impact on Combat Helmets and the Effect to the Human Skull
30: Long Beach, USA, Sep '17	Explosion Mechanics	Xing Boyang, China	Influence of the Embedded Structure on the EFP Formation of the Compact Terminal Sensitive Projectile
	Exterior Ballistics	Lv Yipin, China	Coexisting Attractors in an Underwater Supercavitating Vehicle System
	Interior Ballistics	Sebastian Wurster, Germany	Solid Propellant Burn Rate Measurement in a Micro Closed Bomb
	Launch Dynamics	Lian-bo Li, China	Experimental Investigation on Ignition Characteristic of NEPE Propellant
	Terminal Ballistics & Impact Physics	Zherui Guo, USA	Multi-Scale Experiments on Soft Body Armors Under Projectile Normal Impact
	Vulnerability	Tom Stevenson, UK	The Effect of Clothing on Gunshot Wounds in Gelatine: The Naked Truth
31: Hyderabad, India, Nov '19	Explosion Mechanics	Bir Bahadur Sherpa, India	Interface study of explosive welded Al-Steel joint using ultrasonic phased array technique
	Exterior Ballistics	Guillaume Arnoult, France Veronique de Briey, Belgium	Aerodynamic Coefficient Reconstruction of a Controlled Spin Stabilized Projectile using Mono and Multi Fidelity Surrogate Models Influence of Crossing the Transonic Domain for Precision Ammunition
	Interior Ballistics	Pratyashee Changmai, India Zetu Jiba, South Africa	On the study of automated identification of firearms through associated striations Coating processes towards selective laser sintering of energetic material composites
	Launch Dynamics	No award
	Terminal Ballistics & Impact Physics	Tatiana Evgenievna Zavodova, Russia	Using of fluoropolymer materials to defeat lightly armored and easily vulnerable targets
	Vulnerability	No award
32: Reno, USA, May '22	Explosion Mechanics	Sebastian Göhler, Germany	Numerical and experimental investigations on behind armor effects by shaped charges
	Exterior Ballistics	No award
	Interior Ballistics	Mohamed Dhouibi, Tunisia	Quantification of the wear effects on the performance of small calibre guns
	Launch Dynamics	Abdelhafidh Moumen, Belgium	On the Quantitative Investigation of the Intermediate Ballistics: Velocity Measurement of the Muzzle Flow
	Terminal Ballistics & Impact Physics	No award
	Vulnerability	No award
33: Bruges, Belgium, Oct '23	Explosion Mechanics	Christopher Lange, Germany	Impact Thresholds for the Reactions of Metals
	Exterior Ballistics	Bernd Dutschke, France / Germany	Aerodynamic Characterization, Flight Analysis and Limit-Cycle Stability for Artillery Shells Fired with High Elevation
	Interior Ballistics	Enfa Fu, China	Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Solvent Dynamics inside Nitrocellulose-based Propellants During Drying Process
	Launch Dynamics	No award
	Terminal Ballistics & Impact Physics	Nicolas Reboul, France	Study of the interaction between shaped charge jets and ERA flying plates
	Vulnerability	Gabriela Boneva, UK	The Effects of Grazing Ballistic Impacts on Combat Helmets and Behind Helmet Blunt Trauma