International Thermal Spray Conference and Exposition - ITSC 2021

Monday, May 24, 2021

8:00 AM-9:45 AM


Biomedical Applications
Session Chair: Dr. Jan Cizek and Dr. Eric Irissou

Cold Spray Metals, Ceramics and Metal Matrix Composite Coatings I
Session Chair: Dr. Timothy Eden and Mr. Komal Laul

Engineering & Testing of TBCs, Bond-coats, EBCs and Abradables I
Session Chair: Dr. Nicholas Curry and Dr. Rogerio S. Lima

Materials & Technology I
Session Chair: Mr. Hendrik Heinemann and Prof. Stephen Yue

9:30 AM-1:30 PM

9:45 AM-10:00 AM

10:00 AM-11:00 AM

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

1:30 PM-2:00 PM


Special Q&A with Mitch Dorfman
Session Chair: Dr. Rogerio S. Lima and Mr. Mitchell R Dorfman

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

8:00 AM-10:00 AM


Cold Spray Metals, Ceramics and Metal Matrix Composite Coatings II-a
Session Chair: Dr. Amirhossein Mahdavi and Prof. Sinan Muftu

Cold Spray and Cold Spray Additive Manufacturing I-a
Session Chair: Prof. Mario Guagliano and Julio Villafuerte

Engineering & Testing of TBCs, Bond-coats, EBCs and Abradables II-a
Session Chair: Molly O'Connor and Mr. Matthew R. Gold

Modeling and Simulation
Session Chair: Prof. Christian Moreau and Dr. Filofteia-Laura Toma

9:30 AM-1:30 PM

10:00 AM-10:15 AM

10:15 AM-11:45 AM


Suspension & Solution Plasma and Thermal Spray I
Session Chair: Prof. Christian Moreau and Dr. Filofteia-Laura Toma

10:15 AM-12:30 PM


Cold Spray Metals, Ceramics and Metal Matrix Composite Coatings II-b
Session Chair: Dr. Amirhossein Mahdavi and Prof. Sinan Muftu

Cold Spray and Cold Spray Additive Manufacturing I-b
Session Chair: Prof. Mario Guagliano and Julio Villafuerte

Engineering & Testing of TBCs, Bond-coats, EBCs and Abradables II-b
Session Chair: Mr. Matthew R. Gold and Dr. Li Li

12:30 PM-1:30 PM

Wednesday, May 26, 2021

8:00 AM-9:00 AM


Cold Spray Processing, Simulation, Particle Impact I-a
Session Chair: Dr. Hanqing Che and Dr. Bahman Daneshian

Suspension & Solution Plasma and Thermal Spray II
Session Chair: Dr. Heli Koivuluoto and Mr. Edward J. Gildersleeve V, Ph.D. Candidate

Wear, Corrosion and Tribology I-a
Session Chair: Dr. Christiane Schulz and Prof. Jocelyn Veilleux

8:00 AM-10:30 AM


R&D of Protective Coatings for Aircraft Structural Parts
Session Chair: Mr. Alan W. Burgess and Dr. Rogerio S. Lima

9:00 AM-9:30 AM

9:30 AM-10:15 AM


Polymer Coatings and Nanomaterial Coatings
Session Chair: Dr. Heli Koivuluoto and Mr. Edward J. Gildersleeve V, Ph.D. Candidate

9:30 AM-10:30 AM


Cold Spray Processing, Simulation, Particle Impact I-b
Session Chair: Dr. Hanqing Che and Dr. Bahman Daneshian

Wear, Corrosion and Tribology I-b
Session Chair: Dr. Christiane Schulz and Prof. Jocelyn Veilleux

9:30 AM-1:30 PM

10:30 AM-11:00 AM

11:00 AM-12:00 PM


Oerlikon Metco Young Professionals Session
Session Chair: Prof. Alfredo Valarezo and Dr. Rogerio S. Lima

Thursday, May 27, 2021

8:00 AM-9:15 AM


Automotive, Rail, Heavy and Marine Industries
Session Chair: Dr. Jose Colmenares-Angulo and Dr. Luc Leblanc

8:00 AM-9:30 AM


Characterization & Testing Mechanical and Chemical Properties I-a
Session Chair: Prof. Thomas W. Coyle and Dr. John Koppes

New Coatings Materials Development I-a
Session Chair: Prof. Fardad Azarmi and Mr. Aaron Nardi

8:00 AM-9:45 AM


Wear, Corrosion and Tribology II-a
Session Chair: Dr. Giovanni Bolelli and Dr. Lutz-Michael Berger

9:30 AM-10:15 AM

10:15 AM-12:00 PM


Characterization & Testing Mechanical and Chemical Properties I-b
Session Chair: Prof. Thomas W. Coyle and Dr. John Koppes

New Coatings Materials Development I-b
Session Chair: Prof. Fardad Azarmi and Mr. Aaron Nardi

Power generation, Renewable energy and Environmental Applications
Session Chair: Dr. Luc Leblanc and Dr. Jose Colmenares-Angulo

Wear, Corrosion and Tribology II-b
Session Chair: Dr. Lutz-Michael Berger and Dr. Giovanni Bolelli

12:00 PM-1:15 PM

Friday, May 28, 2021

8:00 AM-9:30 AM


Cold Spray Processing, Simulation, Particle Impact II-a
Session Chair: Dr. Jan Cizek and Prof. Ali Dolatabadi

8:00 AM-9:45 AM


Materials & Technology II-a
Session Chair: Dr. Alexander List and Dr. Andrew Vackel

9:30 AM-10:15 AM

10:15 AM-11:15 AM


Cold Spray Processing, Simulation, Particle Impact II-b
Session Chair: Dr. Jan Cizek and Prof. Ali Dolatabadi

10:15 AM-11:30 AM


Equipment, Consumables and Economics
Session Chair: Mr. James Berberian and Dr. Eric Irissou

10:15 AM-12:00 PM


Materials & Technology II-b
Session Chair: Dr. Alexander List and Dr. Andrew Vackel