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Monday, January 26, 2026
3:20 PM to 5:20 PM
Concurrent Sessions
Monday, January 26, 2026
  Structural Ceramics
Session Chair: Dr W Howard Poisl - MACH20
3:20 PM - 3:40 PM
Properties of Production-scalable Domestically Produced UHTC Powders and Components
Presenter: Dr Terence Whalen - CoorsTek


Author: Mr Matthew Sato - CoorsTek
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM
Microstructure Processing and Properties of Ultra High Temperature Ceramics via Reactive Sintering for Extreme Environment
Presenter: Dr Ramasis Goswami - US Naval Research Lab


Authors: Dr James Wollmershauser - US Naval Research Lab, Dr Ramasis Goswami - US Naval Research Lab
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM
Thermal Shock Tolerant Tantalum Carbide Forming MAX Phase Materials
Presenter: Mr Craig Iwano - Materials Research & Design Inc


4:20 PM - 4:40 PM
*CANCELLED*An Exploratory Study on the Pressureless Sintering of UltraHigh Temperature Hafnium Tantalum Carbide*CANCELLED*
Presenter: Mr Samuel Molina - SURVICE Engineering


Author: Mr Tucker Moore - US Army DEVCOM
4:40 PM - 5:00 PM
Mechanical and Oxidation Testing of CTR Produced ZrC and HEC Monolithics
Presenter: Mr Nathaniel Blatt - Missouri University of Science & Technology


Authors: Dr Gregory Hilmas - Missouri S&T, Dr Jason Lonergan - Missouri University of Science & Technology, Dr Jeremy Watts - Missouri S&T
5:00 PM - 5:20 PM
Neural Network-machine Learning Methods for Near Net Shape Sintering of Ceramics
Presenter: Dr Jorgen Rufner - Idaho National Lab


Authors: Dr William Chuirazzi - Idaho National Lab, Dr Andrew Gorman - Idaho National Lab, Mr Mario Matos - Idaho National Lab, Mr Eli Murdock - Idaho National Lab, Dr Stephanie Pitts - Idaho National Lab, Dr Arin Preston - DEVCOM Army Research Lab, Dr Victor Walker - Idaho National Lab
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