3:20 PM to 5:20 PM Concurrent Sessions Monday, January 26, 2026
Advanced Manufacturing Technologies and Methods 1
Session Chairs: Mr Gary Tiscia - Materials Research & Design Inc and Dr Daniel Butts - MACH20 (Invited)
3:20 PM - 3:40 PM
Process Modelling Testing and Validation Providing Ground Truth Inputs to Improve Manufacturing Efficiency Presenter: Mr James Hawbaker - Kratos SRE
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM
Furnace Modeling for Optimum Pyrolysis Conditions Presenter: Dr James Klett - Oak Ridge National Labratory
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM
Autonomous damage recognition in High Temperature Composites using a generative adversarial machine learning framework Presenter: Prof Sourav Banerjee - University of South Carolina Authors: Mr Jon Paul Hooks - University of South Carolina, Mr Corey Leydig - University of South Carolina
4:20 PM - 4:40 PM
Demonstrating Model Value Beyond the Lab: A Digital Engineering Platform for Translating Materials Science to Manufacturing Impact Presenter: Mr Nathan Ulmer - Integer Technologies LLC
4:40 PM - 5:00 PM
Development of CarbonCarbon Process Modeling Benchmarks and Validation Presenter: Dr Andrew Gross - University of South Carolina Author: Mr Gary Tiscia - Materials Research & Design Inc
5:00 PM - 5:20 PM
IBAS Partnering for Manufacturing Excellence within the Defense Industrial Base Presenter: Mr Michael Benjamin - IBAS Program
