Dr. Carl Lundell, Ph.D. Laboratory Program Director Chemistry & Life Science carl.lundell [at] westpoint.edu About Education Research & Publications Carl Lundell serves as the laboratory program director, provides oversight on all department instrumentation and responsible for executing the department’s financial resources. He retired after serving 24 years as an Army officer having held numerous positions within both the conventional force and the Joint Special Operations community. He deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan and Africa. He received his Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Chemistry from Temple University. Upon leaving the Army, he served as a delivery weapons expert for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), before returning to the Academy to take his current role. Ph.D. in Chemistry - Temple University M.A. in Chemistry - Temple University B.A. in Chemistry - State University of New York (SUNY) at Potsdam Current Research Dr. Lundell’s research involves the development of novel burn rate modifiers and stabilizer molecules for propellant formulas. Selected Publications Lundell, C.E., Loupe, N., Absil, C., Hudspeth, J., Parry, G.O., Bartram, C.J., Kim, E.S., Lee, P.H., Han, H., Yuk, S.F., Zdilla, M.J., Synthesis of Metal-ligand Complexes as Double-Base Propellant Burn Rate Additives, JANNAF, December 2024. (Oral).Lundell, C., Zdilla, M., Patent pending 63/495,154. Low Toxicity Metal-Ligand Complexes and Compositions Thereof for Methods of Enhancing Burn Rate; 2023.Lundell, C.E. Development of Novel Burn Rate Additives for Double Base Propellants, Thesis, Temple University, Philadelphia PA, 2022.Eslinger. M., Lundell, C., Rodriguez, R.,A Calculated Bang: Explosive Predictions and the Ideal Gas Law, National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science, 1 June 2020.Lundell, C., O’Sullivan, O., Gau, M., Zdilla, M., Synthesis of Two Lead Complexes of Propellant Stabilizer Compounds: In Pursuit of Novel Propellant Additives. Chemistry Select. 2017, 35, 11673-11676.