GeoSonics/Vibra-Tech is excited to announce that Nate Skopak, Vice President, Dykon Blasting Corporation will be a speaker at Re:Con 2025.
Mr. Skopak will be presenting, “Origins of Air Overpressure” during Re:Con 2025. His presentation will look at the origins of air overpressure and the evolution of that research. Mr. Skopak will discuss how knowing the precise origin of blast-induced air overpressure will assist in being able to better control it through appropriate blast design.
Nate Skopak has been working in explosives and blasting since 2009. He is the Vice President of Dykon Blasting Corp, owner of ExPAK Explosive Solutions and a Major in the United States Army. His education started at the University of Oklahoma with a Degree in Construction Science followed by his master’s degree in Explosives Engineering at Missouri Science and Technology. He is pursuing his Doctorates at MS&T. He has been the principal designer for highly technical projects with extremely restrictive seismic specifications for Dykon Blasting. Recently, his research in Air Overpressure Origins received honors as Paper of the Year at the 2024 ISEE Annual Conference in Savannah, GA.