Tommy Sewell (IMAGE) University of Missouri-Columbia Caption Tommy Sewell, a professor of chemistry, and his team will receive up to $7.5 million over the next five years. Sewell and his team are working -- through a theoretical framework reinforced by specifically designed experiments -- to predict the behavior of energetic materials such as military munitions, rocket propellants, pyrotechnics and industrial explosives. Credit University of Missouri Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.