Emerging Materials and Processes

Wednesday, June 3, 2026: 1:00 PM-2:30 PM
1F (Palm Beach County Convention Center)
Dr. Eli Ross, UTC Pratt & Whitney
1:00 PM
Eliminating Thermally Induced Porosity: Advances in HIP and High-Pressure Heat Treatment (HPHT™)
Mr. Chad Beamer, MS, Quintus Technologies LLC; Jackson Hise, Quintus Technologies LLC
1:30 PM
High Energy Hydroforming Friction Stir Welded 2050 Al-Li Blanks for Aerospace Domes and Cones
Dr. Michael Eller, Lockheed Martin; Dr. Wesley Tayon, NASA Langley Research Center; Mr. Michael Niedzinski, FASM, Constellium LLC, Customer Application Engineering
2:00 PM
Seeing wear as it happens: revealing track evolution in gradient-engineered Hadfield steel coatings via interval profilometry
Dr. Pawel Sokolowski, Wroc?aw University of Science and Technology; Dr. Aleksandra Malachowska, Wrocław University of Science and Technology; Mr. Adam Sajbura, Wrocław University of Science and Technology; Prof. Marcin Winnicki, Wrocław University of Science and Technology; Dr. Marcin Korzeniowski, Wrocław University of Science and Technology