Advances in Chemical Propulsion
Symposium in honor of Prof. Alon Gany at his 75th birthday
Faculty of Aerospace Engineering
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
November 21, 2019
Program
08:30-09:00 Gathering and Registration
09:00–09:15 Opening (Auditorium 235, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering)
Prof. Shimon Marom, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Technion
Prof. Itzchak Frankel, Dean, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Technion
Prof. Benny Natan, Head, Fine Rocket Propulsion Center, Technion
9:15-10:35 Keynote Session. Chair: Prof. Benny Natan
09:15-09:55 Prof. Richard Yetter, Penn State University, USA
High Pressure Combustion of Liquid Propellants with and without Particulate Additives
09:55-10:35 Prof. Arif Karabeyoglu, Koc University, Turkey
Hybrid Rocket Propulsion – Challenges and Opportunities
10:35-10:55 Coffee Break
10:55-12:40 Plenary Session. Chair: Prof. Dan Michaels, Technion
10:55-11:30 Dr. Helmut Ciezki, DLR Lampoldshausen, Germany
Status of research and technology development activities for advanced rocket propellants at DLR Lampoldshausen
11:30-12:40 Prof. Gany’s Graduate Students Presentations
12:40-13:40 Lunch
13:40- 15:45 Plenary Session. Chair: Ariel Nerwer and Rachel Ben-Arosh, IAI
13:40-14:15 Mr. Uzi Rubin, Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies and Jerusalem Institute for Strategic Studies, Israel
From Star-Wars to Iron Dome
14:15-14:45 Prof. Keiichi Hori, ISAS/JAXA, Japan
Two Space Projects
14:45-15:15 Daniel Rosenberg, Israel Aerospace Industries, Israel
Challenges and Lessons from SpaceIL – the First Israeli Bipropellant Propulsion System
15:15-15:45 Dr. Igor Assovskiy, Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, Moscow, Russian Federation
Energetic Water Compositions
15:45-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-18:00 Plenary Session. Chair: Dr. Amiram Leitner, Rafael, and Yair Kamm, Tomer
16:00-16:30 Dr. Francesco Barato, Padua University, Italy
Status and Achievements of the Hybrid Rocket Research at Padua University
16:30-17:00 Prof. WeiQiang Pang, Xi’an Modern Chemistry Research Institute, Republic of China
Comprehensive Performance of Solid Rocket Propellants Containing FOX-7
17:00-17:30 Dr. Vladimir Serebryakov, Institute of Hydromechanics of NASU, Kiev, Ukraine
Key Problems in Developing Methods for Calculating the Motion of Bodies in a Supercavity
17:30-18:00 Dr. Jonathan Sivan, Tomer, Israel
Transients in Motor Startup
18:00-18:15 Closing Remarks
19:00 Festive Dinner (at the Student Building, Transparent Hall)