Aerospace Ceramics and Composites

Co-lead organizers: Valerie Wiesner (valerie.l.wiesner@nasa.gov, NASA Langley, U.S.) and Jon Binner (j.binner@bham.ac.uk, University of Birmingham, U.K.)

Abstract: A high-level global platform for scientists, engineers, business leaders, and ceramists to discuss the latest innovations and scientific achievements involving ceramics as monolithics, composites, and coatings in the aerospace field. With a focus on being applications-led, presenters will share ideas and visions of the future for conventional and new materials, processing technologies, characterization techniques, performance goals, and modeling approaches. It is hoped that this symposium will persuade industrialists to set the stage with their goals and desires, whether they are for new, higher performance, and/or longer-life materials; faster, cheaper, and/or more sustainable manufacturing processes; or the creation of new testing regimes. Presenters are encouraged to consider the technology readiness level of their development, and to conclude their oral or poster presentation with an indication of what they believe the future holds and how their work is contributing to it. Abstracts relevant, but not limited, to the sessions listed below are welcomed.

Proposed sessions:

• Ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) and ultrahigh-temperature CMCs
• Protective coatings, including thermal and/or environment barrier coatings (T/EBCs)
• Mechanical testing and advanced characterization methods of ceramics, composites, and coatings
• Improving damage tolerance and performance of ceramics, composites, and/or coatings in extreme environments
• Simulation and theory for predicting stability or behavior under extreme environments
• Processing–microstructure–property relationships of existing or new ceramic systems
• Novel testing and/or application of ceramics, composites, or coatings for lunar and planetary exploration

Co-organizers:

Diletta Sciti, ISTEC, Italy, diletta.sciti@istec.cnr.it

Dietmar Koch, Univ of Augsburg, Germany, dietmar.koch@mrm.uni-augsburg.de

Gerard Vignoles, Univ of Bordeaux, France, vinhola@lcts.u-bordeaux.fr

Tatsuki Ohji, AIST, Japan, t-ohji@aist.go.jp

Michael Cinibulk, AFRL, U.S., michael.cinibulk@us.af.mil

Seetha Raghavan, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, U.S., Seetha.Raghavan@erau.edu RAGHAVS3@erau.edu

Emmanuel Maillet, GE Research, U.S., emmanuel.maillet@ge.com

Anthony Rossi, Pratt & Whitney, Canada, anthony.rossi@prattwhitney.com