The International Ballistics Society provides a Student Grants Program consisting of free conference registration and travel support to awarded students for attending the International Symposium on Ballistics. 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 all fields of ballistics. The award was 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. A tribute to Jack Riegel is located here.
Six students from Belgium, France, India, Russia, and South Africa were awarded for their scientific contributions that they presented at the 31st International Symposium on Ballistics in Hyderabad, India, in November 2019. This picture shows the students proudly presenting their certificate at the awards ceremony at Chowmahalla Palace in Hyderabad, India.
A call for nominations for the Jack Riegel Student Awards for the 34th International Symposium on Ballistics held in Jacksonville, FL, USA, in May 2025, will be send out end of July 2024.
ELIGIBILITY: Students enrolled in an academic institution at the time of the conference and interested in ballistic phenomena are eligible for nomination to the Jack Riegel Student Awards. This program is aimed at graduate students or undergraduate students, while students who have already reached the PhD level prior to the conference may not eligible anymore.
| 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 |
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