Consolidated Nuclear Security recently completed “topping out” the High Explosives Science and Engineering (HESE) facility at Pantex. Topping out was achieved as the construction crew placed the final ...

Explosives blow up things, but also save lives. Not long ago students in the advanced-explosive engineering class at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology went with the blow-up-things approach ...

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Nov. 1—EAST LYME — Explosives engineer Mike Rodriguez was in a bright orange sweatshirt and a hard hat as he led a group of 14 aspiring engineers through the blasting site on the northbound side of ...

The Explosives Engineering, Science & Technology (ES&T) short course will be held September 9–12, 2025, with instruction by internationally recognized experts in the explosive science and ultra-high ...