Prof. Dr. Yilong L. BAI
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Prof. Dr. Manon BOLDUC
DRDC-Valcartier, Canada

Prof. Dr. Anatoly BRAGOV
Research Institute of Mechanics, State University, Russia

Prof. Dr. Trevor CLOETE
University of Cape Town, South Africa

Prof. Dr. Jayantha Ananda EPAARACHCHI
University of Southern Queensland, Australia

Prof. Dr. George T. (Rusty) GRAY III
Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA

Prof. Dr. Hidetoshi KOBAYASHI
Osaka University, Japan

Prof. Dr. Magnus LANGSETH            
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Prof. Dr. Bengt LUNDBERG               
Uppsala University, Sweden

Dr. Vaclav MENTL
Skoda Research Ltd., Pilsen, Czech Republic

Prof. Dr. Marc A. MEYERS
University of California San Diego, USA

Prof. Dr. Sérgio de NEVES MONTEIRO
Centro de Ciência e Technologia, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Prof. Dr. Daniel RITTEL                     
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Israel

Prof. Dr. Jaap WEERHEIJM                
TNO Defence, Security & Safety, Netherlands

Prof. Dr. Nadia BAHLOULI
Université de Strasbourg, France

Dr. Eric BUZAUD
CEA, Gramat, France

Prof. Dr. Ezio CADONI
SUPSI - University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland, Switzerland

Prof. Dr. José CIRNE
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

H.D.R. Dr. Hervé COUQUE               
Nexter Munitions, Bourges, France

Prof. Dr. Bradley DODD                           
Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Dr. Daniel EAKINS
Institute of Shock Physics, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Prof. Dr. Stefan HIERMAIER       
Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics,
Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI, Germany

Prof. Dr. Leopold KRUSZKA
The Jaroslaw Dabrowski Military University of Technology,
Warszawa, Poland

Prof. Dr. Veli-Tapani KUOKKALA
Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland

Dr. Fabrice LLORCA
CEA, Is sur Tille, France

Prof. Dr. Eric MARKIEWICZ
Université de Valenciennes, France

Dr. Clive R. SIVIOUR      
University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Prof. Dr. Philippe VIOT
Arts et Métiers ParisTech, France

Dr. Stephen M. WALLEY
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Prof. Dr. Ramón ZAERA POLO
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain

Organising Committee

Prof. Dr. Stefan HIERMAIER
DYMAT Vice-President
Chairman of DYMAT 2012

Brigitta SOERGEL
Conference Organisation

Sonja WEBER                                  
Coordinator assistant

Wolfgang KLATT                             
Coordinator assistant

Marcus IWASZKIEWICZ                    
Symposium Treasurer

Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics,
Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI, Germany