From R&D to commercialization
Thursday, May 7, 2026: 1:15 PM-3:15 PM
Grand Ballroom D/E (Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines)
Dr. Burkhard Maass, Ingpuls GmbH and Mr. Eric Lehuta, Norman Noble, Inc.
1:55 PM
Vertically Ejecting Shape Memory Alloy based Flat Pack Hold Down and Release Mechanism
Mr. Sankalp Jain, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus;
Mr. Kaushik Ved Dhanush, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus;
Mr. Ashwin Kumar Goel, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus;
Mr. Bhuvaneswaran Sukumar, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus;
Prof. Abhishek Sarkar, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus;
Prof. Pardha Saradhi GV, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus;
Prof. Amit Kumar Gupta, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus
2:15 PM
A CASMART Review of Processing Case Studies of NiTi and NiTiHf Shape Memory Alloy Torque Tubes for Actuation Devices
Dr. Marcus L. Young, University of North Texas;
Dr. Othmane Benafan, NASA Glenn Research Center;
Dr. Glen S. Bigelow, NASA Glenn Research Center;
Dr. Frederick Calkins, The Boeing Company;
Dr. Peter E. Caltagirone, HX5, LLC;
Maria Chikhareva, University of Central Florida;
Prof. Jun Cui, Iowa State University;
Dr. Sabrina Curtis, Khanjur R&D;
Prof. Mohammad Elahinia, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Toledo;
Mr. Drew J Forbes, Fort Wayne Metals;
Dr. Faith Gantz, University of North Texas, Confluent Medical Technologies;
Dr. Peter Jardine, Shape Change Technologies;
Dr. Mohammad Ibraheem Khan, PhD, Smarter Alloys;
Dr. Douglas E Nicholson, The Boeing Company;
Dr. Santo A Padula, NASA Glenn Research Center;
Mr. Dean Pick, P.Eng., Kinitics Automation Limited;
Dr. Travis L Turner, NASA Langley Research Center;
Dr. Raj Vaidyanathan, University of Central Florida
