Weapons and Materials Research Directorate Research Areas
Directorate Program Representative
Dr. Rose A. Pesce-Rodriguez
Weapons and Materials Research Directorate
AMSRD-ARL-WM-BD
US Army Research Laboratory
4600 Deer Creek Loop
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21005-5069
Telephone: 410-306-0885 (lab)/410-306-1905 (office)
E-mail: rose@arl.army.mil
About WMRD
The goals of the Weapons and Materials Research Directorate (WMRD) are to enhance the lethality and survivability of weapons systems, and to meet the soldier’s technology needs for advanced weaponry and protection. Research is pursued in energetic materials dynamics, propulsion/flight physics, projectile warhead mechanics, terminal effects phenomena, armor/survivability technologies, environmental chemistry, and advanced materials (energetic, metals, ceramics, polymers, composite/hybrids, and mechanics) for armor, armament, missiles, ground vehicles, helicopters, and individual soldier applications necessary for maintaining and ensuring supremacy in future land warfare.
Research Areas
Ballistic Modeling and Effects
Combustion, Kinetics, and Spectroscopy
Computational and/or experimental projectile aerodynamics
Multidisciplinary multiscale modeling of non-biological materials
Weapons Systems and Battlefield Simulation