Alex Gash

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  • Title
    Deputy Director, Energetic Materials Center
  • Email
    gash2@llnl.gov
  • Phone
    (925) 423-8618
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As Deputy Director of the Energetic Materials Center, I provide leadership to maintain and build the Energetic Materials Enterprise – a collection of projects, programs, facilities and personnel involved in energetic materials R&D at LLNL. 

As a scientist in the LLNL Material Dynamic and Kinetics Group, I act as a thought leader for Advanced Manufacturing of energetic materials as well as being the lead chemist for the maturation, manufacturing, and qualification of the new explosives.

Patents

  1. Worsley and Gash MONOLITHIC RARE EARTH METAL OXIDE AEROGELS, 10,336,937 B2, Jul 2, 2019.
  2. Gash A. E.  et. al. “MULTIFUNCTIONAL REACTIVE INKS, METHODS OF USE AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF” 10,377,090 US Patent, August 2019.
  3. Gash A. E.  et. al. “METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ELECTROPHORETIC DEPOSITION OF ENERGETIC MATERIALS AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF”, 10,358,737 US Patent, July 2019.
  4. Gash A. E.  et. al. “MONOLITHIC RARE EARTH OXIDE AEROGELS”, 10,336,937 US Patent, July 2019
  5. Gash, A.E., Duoss, E.D.; Sullivan, K.T.; Kuntz, J.D.; Vericella, J.; White, B.W. “ARCHITECTED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES TO CONTROL SHOCK OUTPUT CHARACTERISTICS” 10,036,616 B2, US Patent July 2018.
  6. Reynolds, J.G.; Durban, M.; Gash, A.E., Grapes, M.; Kelly R.; Sullivan, K.T. “EXPLOSIVES MIMIC FOR TESTING, TRAINING, AND MONITORING” 9,890,092 B1, US Patent, February 2018.
  7. Reynolds, J.G.; Durban, M.; Gash, A.E., Grapes, M.; Kelly R.; Sullivan, K.T. “K-9 TRAINING AIDS USING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING” 9,887,419 B1, US Patent,  February 2018.
  8. Worsley M.A. Kuntz J.; Han, T.J.; Gash A.; Satcher J.; Cervantes O.; Baumann T. “HIGH SURFACE AREA, ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE NANO-CARBON SUPPORTED METAL OXIDE’ 9,082,524, US Patent, July 2015
  9. Gash A.; Han T.Y.; Sirbuly, D.J. "ORGANIZED ENERGETIC COMPOSITES BASED ON MICRO AND NANOSTRUCTURES AND METHODS THEREOF" US Patent 8,257,520 B2, September 4, 2012.
  10. Barbee T.W.; Simpson, R.L., Gash A.; Satcher J. "NANO-LAMINATE-BASED IGNITORS" US Patent 8,328,967 B2.
  11. Pagoria, P.; Maiti, A.; Gash, A.; Han T.J.; Orme C.; Fried L. "METHOD OF USING IONIC LIQUIDS WITH A FLUORIDE ION AS SOLVENTS" US Patent 8,071,813 B2, December 6, 2011
  12. Morse, J.; Sopchak, D.; Upadhye, R.; Reynolds, J.; Satcher, J.; Gash, A. CATALYST FOR MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS MICROEACTORS US Patent 8,057,988 B2, November 15, 2011.
  13. Gash, A.; Satcher, J.; Simpson, R.; Baumann, T.; Worsley, M. "PYROPHORIC METAL-CARBON FOAM COMPOSITES AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME" US Patent 8,172,964 B2, May 8, 2012.
  14. Marcus A. Worsley, Thomas Yong-Jin Han, Joshua D. Kuntz, Octavio Cervantes; Gash A.E., Theodore F. Baumann, Joe H. Satcher, Jr.  HIGH SURFACE AREA, ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE NANOCARBON-SUPPORTED METAL OXIDE  8,664,143 Granted 2011.
  15. Morse JD; Sopchak AD; Upadhye RS; Satcher JH; Gash, AE CATALYST FOR MICROELECTRICAL MECHANICAL SYSTEMS MICROREACTORS” US Patent 7,744,830 B2, Date of Patent June 29, 2010.
  16. Tringe, JW, Gash, AE, Barbee TW "Electrical Ignition of an Energetic Nanolaminate Film" US 7,687,746 B2, Date of patent March 09, 2010.
  17. Gash, A.E.; Satcher, J.H., Jr. METHOD FOR PRODUCING HIGH SURFACE AREA CHROMIA MATERIALS FOR CATALYSIS US Patent 7211607, assigned May 2007.
  18. Baumann, T.F.; Satcher, J.H., Jr.; Gash, A.E.  PREPARATION OF HYDROPHOBIC AEROGELS US Patent 7291653B2, assigned 2007.
  19. Satcher, J.H., Jr.; Gash, A.E.; Simpson, R.L.; Landingham, R.; Reibold, R.A. NANOCERAMICS AND METHOD THEREOF US Patent 7,087,544, assigned August 2006.
  20. Tillotson, T.M..; Satcher, J.H., Jr.; Gash, A.E., Simpson, R.L. METHOD FOR PRODUCING NANOSTRUCTURED METAL-OXIDES US Patent 6986818B2, assigned 2005.
  21. Gash, A.E., Satcher, J.H.; Simpson, R.L. INORGANIC METAL OXIDE/ORGANIC POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE AND METHOD THEREOF US patent 6712917B2, assigned March 2004.
  22. Baumann, T.F.; Satcher, J.H., Jr.; Gash, A.E.  PREPARATION OF HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC AEROGELS US Patent 6806299B2, assigned October 2004.

Ph.D., Chemistry, Colorado State University, 1999

B.S., Chemistry, University of California at Davis, 1992

Last 10 years

  1. H. E. Mason, G. J. Guillen, A. E. Gash. “Fast Magic Angle Spinning Solid State 1H NMR Reveals Structural Relationships in the Hihg Explosive 2,6-Diamino-3,5-Dinitropyrazine-1-Oxide (LLM-105)”. J. Phys. Chem C, 123(35) (2019)
  2. A. E. Golobic, M. M. Durban, S. E. Fisher, M. D. Grapes, J. M. Ortega, C. M. Spadaccini, E. B. Duoss, A. E. Gash, K. T. Sullivan. “Active mixing of reactive materials for 3D printing”. Advanced Engineering Materials, 1900147, 1-7 (2019)
  3. M. M. Durban, A. M. Golobic, E. V. Bukovsky, A. E. Gash, K. T. Sullivan. “Development and characterization of 3D printable thermite component materials”. Advanced Materials Technologies, 3, 1800120-1-6 (2018).
  4. X-ray structures and electronic properties of the 1,1 ',2,2 '- and 1,1 ',3,3 '-tetra-t-butylferrocenium(1+) cations Gansle, Kristina M.; Gash, Alexander E.; Chambliss, C. Kevin, Strauss, S.H. POLYHEDRON , 2017, 121, 88-94   
  5. Worsley, M. Gash A.E.; Baumer, M. et al.“Chlorine-free Monolithic lanthanide series rare earth oxide aerogels via epoxide assisted sol-gel method”  J. Sol-gel Sci. Technol. 2018, 88, 1-13.
  6. “Controlling Material Reactivity Using Architecture” Sullivan, Kyle T.; Zhu, Cheng; Duoss, Eric B.; Gash, A.E. ADVANCED MATERIALS 2016, 28 (10), 1934.
  7. “Microreactor Flow Synthesis of the Secondary High Explosive 2,6-Diamino-3,5-dinitropyrazine-1-oxide (LLM-105)”  Zuckerman, Nathaniel B.; Shusteff, Maxim; Pagoria, Philip F.; Gash, A.E. JOURNAL OF FLOW CHEMISTRY  2015, 5(3), 178.
  8. “Quantifying Dynamic Processes in Reactive Materials: An Extended Burn Tube Test” Sullivan, Kyle T.; Cervantes, Octavio; Densmore, John M.; Gash, Alexander PROPELLANTS EXPLOSIVES PYROTECHNICS   2015, 40(3), 394.
  9. “Sol-gel preparation of Samaria Catalysts for the oxidative coupling of methane”  Neumann, B.; Elkins T. W.; Gash, A. E.;Baumer M. Catalysis Letters 2015, 145 (6).
  10. “Ultralow density monolithic WS2 and MoS2, and MoS2/graphene Aerogels” Worsley M.A.; Merrill, M.; Gash, A.E. et al.  ACS NANO 2015 9(5).
  11.  “Sol-gel Preparation of Alumina-stabilized rare earth aero- and xerogel and their use as Oxidation Cataslysts;  Neumann, Bjoern; Gesing, Thorsten M.; Rednyk, Andrii; Matolin V.; Gash A.E.; Baumer M.  .Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2014,  Volume: 422   Pages: 71-78.
  12. “Deformation and fracture of LLM-105 molecular crystals studied by nanoindentation”  Kucheyev, S.O.; Gash, A.E.; Lorenz, K.T.  Materials Research Express 2014, 1(2).
  13. “Sol gel synthesis and spark plasma sintering of lanthana-doped alumina glass” Daniela M. Fredrick, Alexander E. Gash, Richard L. Landingham, Joe H. Satcher, Zuhair A. Munir J. Non-Cryst. Solids 2013 363, 64
  14. “A sol–gel methodology for the preparation of lanthanide-oxide aerogels: preparation and characterization “ Brady J. Clapsaddle, Björn Neumann, Arne Wittstock, David W. Sprehn, Alexander E. Gash, Joe H. Satcher Jr., Randall Simpson Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, 2012  DOI: 10.1007/s10971-012-2868-6.
  • 2022 WCI Silver Award for Creativity in the completion of the LLNL large scale explosives formulation project
  • 2021 WCI Gold Award for 2021 NA-50 Deep Dive Review of HE Facilities and Capabilities.
  • 2021 WCI Bronze Award for Multiscale HE Thermal Aging and Compatibility Test Facility and Program.
  • 2019 NNSA Defense Programs Award of Excellence

Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Propellants, Explosives and Pyrotechnics (A Wiley Journal)