10:20 AM to 12:00 PM Concurrent Sessions Thursday, January 29, 2026
Hypersonic Structural Material & Component Evaluations 3
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
*CANCELLED*U Experimental Facilities and Analysis Tools for Thermal Protection Materials Development*CANCELLED* Presenter: Dr Matthew Bratcher - DEVCOM Army Research Lab Authors: Mr Michael Golt - US Army DEVCOM, Mr Chris Mermagen - DEVCOM ARL, Dr Jennifer Sietins - US Army DEVCOM ARL, Dr Zachary Wilson - DEVCOM ARL
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM
Aerothermal Evaluation of High Temperature Coating Systems Presenter: Mr Derrick Talley - Kratos SRE
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
Performance Assessment of SiCmatrix Composites for Hypersonics Applications Presenter: Dr Christian Deck - General Atomics Authors: Dr Jeffrey Engerer - Sandia National Labs, Mr Andrew Giles - General Atomics, Dr Bernadette HernandezSanchez - Sandia National Labs, Mr Kristopher Humphreys - General Atomics, Dr George Jacobsen - General Atomics, Dr Hesham Khalifa - General Atomics, Mr Grayson Lovelace - General Atomics, Mr Alden Moore - General Atomics, Dr Samuel Swan - Sandia National Labs, Dr Justin Wagner - Sandia National Labs, Mr Jack Ward - General Atomics
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM
Tensile Strength Measurements of Composite Materials Under Simulated Hypersonic Flight and High Enthalpy Combustion Flow Environments Presenter: Dr David Oakes - Physical Sciences Inc Authors: Dr Matthew Braunstein - Physical Sciences Inc, Dr Brian Brumfield - Physical Sciences Inc, Dr Terry Rawlins - Physical Sciences Inc, Mr Jeffrey Schindler - Physical Sciences Inc
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
Common Hypersonic Arcjet Testing Program Overview Presenter: Mr Nathan McGillivray - Kratos SRE
