Test methods and standards
Tuesday, May 5, 2026: 1:15 PM-3:15 PM
Scripps Ballroom (Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines)
Mr. Dean Pick, P.Eng., Kinitics Automation Limited, Dr. Stacey Sullivan, Food and Drug Administration and Dr. Matthias Frotscher, Teleflex Warnemuende / Cortronik GmbH
2:15 PM
A Specification for Wrought NiTi-based SMA for Actuation
Mr. Dean Pick, P.Eng., Kinitics Automation Limited;
Dr. Othmane Benafan, NASA Glenn Research Center;
Dr. Glen S. Bigelow, NASA Glenn Research Center;
Dr. Santo A Padula, NASA Glenn Research Center;
Dr. Peter E. Caltagirone, HX5, LLC;
Dr. Douglas E Nicholson, The Boeing Company;
Dr. Frederick Calkins, The Boeing Company;
Mr. Luca Fumagalli, SAES Getters S.p.A;
Dr. Kyle Fezi, Fort Wayne Metals Research Products, LLC;
Dr. Jeremy E. Schaffer, Fort Wayne Metals Research Products, LLC;
Mr. Jack Davis, Fort Wayne Metals;
Prof. Jun Cui, Iowa State University;
Ms. Maria Lebedeva, Iowa State University;
Dr. Weimin Yin, Resonetics;
Dr. Alexander Demblon, Texas A&M University;
Prof. Darren J. Hartl, Texas A&M University;
Dr. Burkhard Maaß, Ingpuls GmbH;
Dr. Marcus L. Young, University of North Texas;
Dr. Michael L Kuntz, PhD, NiTi Now;
Dr. Faith Gantz, Confluent Medical Technologies;
Prof. Paul Motzki, ZeMA - Center for Mechatronics and Automation Technology, Smart Material Systems;
Dr. Mohammad Ibraheem Khan, PhD, Smarter Alloys
