3:20 PM to 5:20 PM Concurrent Sessions Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Carbon-Carbon Composites 1
Session Chairs: Mr Christopher Tomko - Institute for Defense Analyses (Invited) and Dr Timothy Ferguson - Kratos SRE
3:20 PM - 3:40 PM
Pitch Characterization and Formulation for Low Cost High Char Yield Resin System Presenter: Ms Elizabeth Andrew - Materials Sciences LLC
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM
Utilizing Model Pyrene Pitches to Investigate the Influence of Oligomeric Composition on Structure–Property Relationships of Petroleum Pitches Presenter: Mr Jefferson Giles - Clemson University
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM
Unified Pitch Analysis as a Method to Investigate the Influence of Oligomeric Regions on the Bulk Properties of PetroleumDerived Pitches Presenter: Mr Jack Schmidt - Clemson University
4:20 PM - 4:40 PM
Modelingdriven Design of Pyrolyzed Mesophase Pitch for Liion Graphite Anode Battery Applications Presenter: Dr Joshua Kemppainen - Michigan Technological University Authors: Dr Gregory Odegard - Michigan Technological University, Mr Lawrence Osentoski - Ingenium Scientific Inc
4:40 PM - 5:00 PM
Using Electric Fields for In-Situ Curing of Carbon Fiber/Phenolic Composites in Additive Manufacturing Presenter: Mr Christian McGovern - TAMU Authors: Dr John Bernardin - Los Alamos National Lab, Mr Sayyam Deshpande - Texas A&M University, Dr Micah Green - TAMU, Dr Ethan Harkin - Texas A&M University, Dr Carolyn Long - Los Alamos National, Mr Kyle Oubre - Texas A&M University, Dr Ethan Walker - Los Alamos National Lab, Mr Christian McGovern - TAMU
