Loki Incorporated, founded in 1999 and headquartered in Rolla, Missouri maintains testing and laboratory facilities at our main office and in Lubbock, Texas. Our primary focus is to provide engineering services to the explosives, propellant and pyrotechnics industry.

Loki's strength lies in its ability to provide world first solutions to technological problems. We are sought by government or private sector agencies because we are among the leaders in this specialized field. With an extensive background in energetic materials research, explosive-driven pulsed power, and ballistic projectile defeat, our award-winning research team leads the way toward breakthrough technology.

We are affiliated with The Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S & T), leveraging Dr. Baird's position as an Associate Professor at the Explosives Laboratory into applications important to academic, commercial, and military areas of concern. We also provide work experience and informal assistance with possible job placement for students drawn from all fields of engineering and science.

Executive Biography of President, Jason Baird, Ph.D.

Baird's Education:
Ph.D. (Mining Engineering), University of Missouri-Rolla, 2001
M.Sc. in Aeronautical Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, 1982
B.Sc. in Engineering Sciences, United States Air Force Academy, 1974

Specialization and Recent Work:
Gas turbine and chemical rocket propulsion, energetic materials, advanced polymeric and composite materials, explosive taggant research, blast testing of composite material/masonry construction retrofits, structure demolitions, development of new explosives and blasting agents, shock hydrodynamics and shock physics, and most recently, explosive-driven generators for pulsed power applications.

Currently consulting on anti-blast and vehicle barrier systems for U.S. nuclear power generation stations. Designed a barricade system for defense against blast and impact damage currently in use at 12 nuclear power generation stations, and at Sandia and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory facilities. Holds a Blaster Certificate from the Missouri Limestone Producers' Association, an Explosives License from the U.S. BATFE, and a Pyrotechnician Certificate from the State of Missouri.

Professional Affiliations:
Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration; International Society of Explosives Engineers; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Reviewer/Referee for IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science); American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Directed Energy Professional Society.

The Legend of Loki

Since the original company partners intended to start a consulting firm in explosives research and pyrotechnics, and because of our slightly twisted sense of humor, we chose the Norse mythology mischief-maker, Loki, to represent the company. Loki's craftiness and his association with fire and magic made him a good fit.

Melissa Barr created the Loki logo. Melissa can be contacted at 256-876-4232.

For more info about the mythology of Loki, go to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loki

Loki Incorporated, 2006 Tibbetts Award winner,
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