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, CORTRONIK GmbH (Biotronik Vascular Intervention, now part of Teleflex)
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, Starlight Cardiovascular;
Prof. Paul Motzki, ZeMA - Center for Mechatronics and Automation Technology, Smart Material Systems
2:30 PM
Development of an Integrated Joule Heating based Tensile Testing System forThermo-Mechanical Characterization of Shape Memory Alloy Springs
Mr. Huzef UR Rahman, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus;
Mr. Akash Dwivedi, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus;
Mr. Samarth Tomar, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus;
Prof. Pardha Saradhi GV, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus;
Prof. Abhishek Sarkar, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus;
Prof. Amit Kumar Gupta, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus
