The ISEE Conference Program Committee is pleased to announce the Call for Student Papers to be presented at the 41st Annual Conference on Explosives & Blasting Technique, the largest gathering of its kind involving field blasters, manufacturers of explosives related products, educators and researchers, to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana, Feb. 1 - 4, 2015.

This is an excellent opportunity for students to network with senior researchers and professionals from academia and industry alike. Ideas should be submitted in the form of a 200-400 word abstract highlighting the major points of the proposed 8-10 page paper and be approved by the student's faculty adviser. Papers addressing all explosives and blasting-related topics will be considered.

Please contact the conference director at meetings@isee.org to receive the online student submission instructions. Abstract submissions must be in by October 1. The deadline for paper submission is Nov. 1, 2014.