3:20 PM to 5:20 PM Concurrent Sessions Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Propulsion, Refractory, and Coating Materials
Session Chairs: Mr Timothy Dominick - Northrop Grumman Corp and Mr Joseph Pluscauskis - Plus Designs Inc (Invited)
3:20 PM - 3:40 PM
3D SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION OF GROUNDTESTED MATERIALS USING SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY SEM Presenter: Mr Panagiotis Panoutsopoulos - Kratos SRE Author: Dr Dustin Kelly - Kratos SRE
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM
Development of novel UHTCs with controlled emissivity and investigating variations in oxide scale stability under extreme conditions Presenter: Mr Jonathan Kaufman - AV Inc Authors: Ms Sarah Hall - SOCHE, Dr Lisa Rueschhoff - USAF AFRL, Mr Connor Wyckoff - AV Inc
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM
High Temperature Ceramic Syntactic Foams for Structural Insulation Presenter: Dr Rachel Guarriello - Physical Sciences Inc
4:20 PM - 4:40 PM
US Navy Materials Development and Testing 19862000 CC Space Structures UHTCs and CPh Heatshields Presenter: Dr Mark Opeka - Kratos SRE