Mark Metzger, senior technology advisor at the U.S. Army’s Picatinny Arsenal research and development facility, will present a seminar at noon Thursday, Dec. 3, in the Meramec Room of the Havener Center. Metzger’s lecture will cover the need to produce the next generation of energetic materials and the current lack of advanced processes for material fabrication. Lunch will be served at the event. RSVP by noon Monday, Nov. 30, to tuppers@mst.edu. Attendees will pay $15 at the door. The event is sponsored by the National Defense Industrial Association.