Ghatu Subhash, PhD, is the Newton C. Ebaugh Professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at University of Florida. He has 32 years of experience researching the dynamic behavior of ceramics and is a fellow of the ASME, ACerS, and SEM. He has won numerous professional awards for his research contributions. Amnaya Awasthi, PhD, is a Computational Chemist for a nanotechnology startup. He has over 15 years of experience in atomistic modeling and simulation of advanced materials including fullerenes, self-assembled monolayers, granular media and icosahedral boron-rich ceramics. Dipankar Ghosh, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Old Dominion University (ODU), Norfolk, VA. He directs the Laboratory for Extreme and Energy Materials.