Innovative actuation II

Tuesday, May 5, 2026: 1:15 PM-3:15 PM
Dr. Douglas E Nicholson, The Boeing Company and Mr. Jeff Brown, DYNALLOY, Inc.
1:15 PM
A CASMART Review of Multifunctional Shape Memory Alloy Elements
Dr. Frederick Calkins, The Boeing Company; Dr. Othmane Benafan, NASA Glenn Research Center; Dr. Glen S. Bigelow, NASA Glenn Research Center; Dr. Peter E. Caltagirone, HX5, LLC; Maria Chikhareva, University of Central Florida; Prof. Jun Cui, Iowa State University; Dr. Sabrina Curtis, Khanjur R&D, LLC; Mr. Drew J Forbes, Fort Wayne Metals; Dr. Faith Gantz, Starlight Cardiovascular; Dr. Peter Jardine, University of North Texas; 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; Dr. Marcus L. Young, University of North Texas
1:35 PM
Early Explorations of Shape Memory Alloy Tubular Sealing Geometries and Drop Tower Impact Absorption
Dr. Jacob L Mingear, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Dr. Nick Baumann, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Mr. Nam Khalsa, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Dr. John D Bernardin, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Dr. Amy J. Clarke, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Mr. Arshan Aga, Texas A&M University; Prof. Darren J. Hartl, Texas A&M University; Mr. Taresh Guleria, Texas A&M University; Prof. Alaa Elwany, Texas A&M University
1:55 PM
Shape Memory Alloy Ring-based Actuators for Thermally Activated Emergency Venting System
Dr. Peter E. Caltagirone, HX5, LLC, NASA Glenn Research Center; Dr. Othmane Benafan, NASA Glenn Research Center; Dr. Glen S. Bigelow, NASA Glenn Research Center; Mr. Steven G. Watson, Naval Surface Warfare Center; Mr. Patrick R. Van Dam, Naval Surface Warfare Center; Mr. Eldy E. Zuniga, Naval Surface Warfare Center
2:15 PM
Thermal Energy Harvesting using Nitinol Rotary Actuators
Dr. Julie Slaughter, Legov Systems Group; Mr. Rick Zrostlik, Legov Systems Group; Mr. Kelly Rowles, Legov Systems Group
2:35 PM
Spring-based SMA Heat Engines and Elastocaloric Heat Pumps: Analyses and Experiments
Maria Chikhareva, University of Central Florida; Dr. Raj Vaidyanathan, University of Central Florida
2:55 PM
Laser Structuring Expands the Design Space for Shape Memory Alloy Actuators
Dr. Sabrina Curtis, Khanjur R&D, LLC; Dr. Don Schmadel, Khanjur R&D; Dr. Lisa Hanke, Khanjur R&D, LLC
3:15 PM
Shape Memory Alloy Thermal Management in Aerospace
Dr. Douglas E Nicholson, The Boeing Company; Dr. F. Tad Calkins, The Boeing Company; Dr. Othmane Benafan, NASA Glenn Research Center; Dr. Glen S. Bigelow, NASA Glenn Research Center
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