8:40 AM to 10:00 AM Concurrent Sessions Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Carbon-Carbon Composites 2
Session Chairs: Mr Christopher Tomko - Institute for Defense Analyses (Invited) and Dr Timothy Ferguson - Kratos SRE
8:40 AM - 9:00 AM
Manufacturing of CarbonCarbon Composites for Hypersonic Applications MOC3HA Program Update Presenter: Dr Suhithi Peiris - Battelle Memorial Institute Authors: Mr John O'Brien - Battelle, Ms Rachel Thurston - Battelle Memorial Institute
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM
Modified Automatic Tape Laying (mATL) and Single Cycle Densification of C/C Hypersonic Structures Presenter: Dr Zachary Tobin - Textron Systems Corp
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM
Manufacturing Parameter Study for Multifunctional Unidirectional CNT Yarn CarbonCarbon Laminates Presenter: Mr Alex Urschel - High Performance Materials Institute
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM
Development of PseudoWoven Composite Presenter: Mr Aaron Freer - Ronald E. McNair Center for Aerospace Innovation and Research Authors: Dr Paul Ziehl - University of South Carolina, Mr Anthony Sabido - The University of South Carolina, Mr Joshua Widawsky - University of South Carolina
