8:40 AM to 10:00 AM Concurrent Sessions Thursday, January 29, 2026
Ablative and Reusable TPS Development, Testing, and Modeling 1
Session Chairs: Dr Matthew Gasch - NASA Ames Research Ctr and Dr Steven Violette - Fiber Materials Inc
8:40 AM - 9:00 AM
Multistable Morphing Thermal Protection System Presenter: Maj Nathan Misenheimer - Purdue University Authors: Dr Andres Arrieta - Purdue University, Mr Gunes Kosterit - Purdue University, Prof Rodney Trice - Purdue University, Mr Juan Osorio - Purdue University
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM
PROTECT: Production and Reuse of Thermally Efficient Ceramic Thermal Protection Systems Presenter: Dr Nathaniel Olson - NASA JSC Authors: Dr Adam Caldwell - NASA Ames Research Ctr, Dr Jaehyun Cho - Analytical Mechanics Associates, Dr Peter Marshall - NASA Ames Research Ctr, Dr Francesco Panerai - University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Dr Krishnan Swaminathan Gopalan - Analytical Mechanics Associates
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM
NASA’S DEVELOPMENT OF FLEXIBLE CARBON PHENOLIC TPS MERINO Presenter: Dr Matthew Gasch - NASA
