International Ballistics Society
In Remembrance of Prof. Klaus Thoma
The International Ballistics Society is deeply affected by the sudden death of its former member of the board of directors Prof. Klaus Thoma who died on June 9, 2018 due to unexpected health complications at the age of 68. Prof. Thoma was the director of the Fraunhofer Institute of High-Speed-Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI in Freiburg, Germany from 1996 to 2014. He was a pioneer in complementing highly instrumented laboratory experimentation with strain-rate dependent dynamic material characterization in order to apply numerical simulation in a predictive way in the field of impact physics and ballistics. He engaged Fraunhofer EMI to host the 27th International Symposium on Ballistics in Freiburg and was member of the board of directors of the International Ballistics Society from 2013 to 2014. After the terrorist attacks in New York, Madrid, and London, it was he who engaged in building up German and European security research. He received many honors, among others the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. We honor his contributions to the International Ballistics Society as a founding and lifetime member.
31st International Symposium on Ballistics - 2019
This symposium will be chaired by Dr VK Saraswat, Member NITI Aayog, Government of India and Dr. G. Satheesh Reddy, Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister, and Director General (MSS), Government of India. The Aeronautical Society of India, Hyderabad Branch, and Cyberabad Convention Center Private Limited are helping to organise the ISB.
First International Conference on Defence Technology
This conference will take place in Beijing during 21-25 October 2018. Deadline for paper submissions has been extended to 30 June 2018. Registration rates increase on 30 July 2018
See the link below for further information.
ICDT link.
A link to papers due to be presented is given in the Scientific Programs webpage.
