“After camp, I spent a month working in the Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute, exploring the dynamic deformation mechanisms of concrete and geomaterials using a two-stage gas gun and a drop tower to generate impact and a variety of materials characterization techniques to quantify the response. The high-level goal of the research is to improve the ability to defeat CBRN weapons chemically and thermally, and this research will be used to inform the understanding of the expected effect of the surrounding environment in defeating such a weapon.” -CDT Peters