10:20 AM to 12:00 PM 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
10:20 AM - 10:40 AM
From Preform to Densified Composite A Route for Manufacturing CarbonCarbon in Days Presenter: Dr Wesley Chapkin - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab Authors: Mr William Fahy - Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, Ms Clare Sabata - Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM
Scalable Method for Manufacturing Domestic Cellulose-Based Carbon-Carbon Using Needle Punched Precursors Presenter: Mr Carl Kosut - TexTech Engineered Composites
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
CarbonCarbon Composite Densification Process Modeling Presenter: Dr Marc Russell - ATA Engineering Inc
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM
MultiScale Modeling of Delamination and Manufacturing Anomalies in CarbonCarbon Composites During Pyrolysis Presenter: Mr Yug Desai - University of South Carolina Author: Dr Andrew Gross - University of South Carolina