Classification Applied to Munitions Response – Development
Wednesday, November 30, 8:30–11:45 am
Jefferson (Concourse Level)

Chair:  Ms. Tracie White, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Keynote:  Mr. Andrew Schwartz, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville

Description:  Until recently, it has been common practice to dig every target on the detection list during a munitions response, with the result that often as few as one percent of the items excavated are actually hazardous. Innovative munitions response technologies offer a rigorous, effective, and transparent method for classifying and distinguishing between harmless subsurface scrap and dangerous buried UXO. These technologies are now making a transition to the field through demonstrations on live munitions response sites. Presentations in this first of two sessions focused on technology developments demonstrated in the 2011 demonstrations.

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8:30 AM

8:40 AM

Welcome & Introduction by Session Chair

Ms. Tracie White

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

8:40 AM

9:10 AM

KEYNOTE: The Next Big Steps For Munitions Response (Presentation — Abstract)

Mr. Andrew Schwartz

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Engineering and Support Center,Huntsville

9:10 AM

9:35 AM

Transient Electromagnetic Arrays for UXO Classification and Discrimination (Presentation — Abstract)

Dr. Thomas Bell

SAIC

9:35 AM

10:00 AM

Discrimination Study with the Man-Portable Vector (MPV) EMI Sensor at Former Camp Beale, California (Presentation — Abstract)

Dr. Nicolas Lhomme

Sky Research, Inc.

10:00 AM

10:20 AM

Break

10:20 AM

10:45 AM

Cued Survey with a Hand-Held UXO Discriminator at Camp Beale (Presentation — Abstract)

Dr. Erika Gasperikova

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

10:45 AM

11:10 AM

UXO Discrimination Using Vehicle Towed and Man Portable Sensor Data Collected at Camp Beale, California (Presentation — Abstract)

Dr. Len Pasion

Sky Research, Inc.

11:10 AM

11:35 AM

Camp Beale Live-Site UXO Data Inversion and Classification Using Advanced EMI Models (Presentation — Abstract)

Dr. Fridon Shubitidze

Dartmouth College and Sky Research, Inc.

11:35 AM

11:45 AM

Discussion/Wrap-Up

Ms. Tracie White