10:20 AM to 12:00 PM Concurrent Sessions Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Hypersonic Structural Material & Component Evaluations 1
Session Chairs: Mr Craig Stephens - NASA Armstrong Flight Research Ctr and Mr Larry Hudson - NASA Armstrong Flight Research Ctr and Dr Lisa Rueschhoff - USAF AFRL
10:20 AM - 10:40 AM
Preceramic Polymers Generating Ultra-High Temperature Carbonitride Ceramics that Form a Stabilized Oxide Phase Upon Oxidation Presenter: Dr William Meador - AV Inc Authors: Dr Jared Delcamp - USAF AFRL, Dr Matthew Dickerson - USAF AFRL, Dr Timothy Pruyn - USAF AFRL, Dr William Meador - AV Inc
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM
2nd Iteration of Insert Fabrication and Wind Tunnel Testing of Ultrasonically Absorptive Aeroshell Materials Presenter: Ms Kerry Howren - Materials Research & Design Inc
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
Simulationbased Design of Mesostructures for Hypersonic Flight Conditions Presenter: Dr Rae Waxman - CFD Research Corp
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM
Survivability Analysis of GunLaunched CarbonCarbon Projectiles Presenter: Mr Daniel Hladio - Materials Research & Design Inc
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
*CANCELLED*Near-Net Shape Processing and Gun Launch Testing of UHTC Leading Edges*CANCELLED* Presenter: Mr Michael Golt - DEVCOM Army Research Lab Authors: Dr Kevin Estelle - ORAU, Mr Michael Golt - US Army DEVCOM, Mr Joseph Haire - SURVICE Engineering Co, Dr Nicholas Ku - Army Research Lab, Mr Tucker Moore - US Army DEVCOM, Dr Steven Smith - ORAU
