• Compress ion of minerals at high pressure and temperature sufficient to melt minerals and metals, and hence, determine their melting temperature at great pressures.
• Compression of molten minerals, radiative temperatures of minerals.

B. Shock and Collisional Properties of Planetary Materials (NASA)

• Dynamic yielding of rocks, minerals, and ices.
• Effects of shock waves on bacterial life.
• Impact effects on minerals that contain volatiles (CO₂, H₂O, SO₂ + noble gases, He, Ne, Ar, etc.).

C. Impact Cratering Calculations (NASA)

D. Development of a Space-bourne Particle Analyzer (NASA)

E. Calibration of Cosmic Dust Analyzer aboard Cassini Spacecraft headed for

orbit around Saturn (NASA).

F. Development of Asteroid Physical Properties Probe Instrument (Density,

Hardness, Seismic Velocity, Temperature, Thermal Conductivity) (NASA).

G. Effect of Phase Changes in Light Armor Materials on Shock Attenuation

(Army Research Office).

H. Thermodynamics of Impact Accretion, Giant Impact and the Formation of the

Moon (NASA).