Shape Memory and Superelastic Technology Conference and Exposition (SMST), (May 4-8, 2026)

Monday, May 4, 2026

9:00 AM-5:00 PM

Nitinol Education Workshop

5:30 PM-7:00 PM

Welcome Reception

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

8:00 AM-8:10 AM

Opening Remarks

8:10 AM-8:50 AM

Keynote: Othmane Benafan, NASA

9:00 AM-10:00 AM

Primary and secondary processing
Session Chair: Dr. Scott Robertson, Ph.D. and Dr. Andreas Wick

Surface engineering, corrosion and biocompatibility
Session Chair: Dr. Srinidhi Nagaraja and Prof. Andreas Undisz

10:00 AM-10:30 AM

Morning Refreshment Break

10:30 AM-12:00 PM

Innovative actuation
Session Chair: Dr. Douglas E Nicholson and Mr. Jeff Brown

Primary and secondary processing II
Session Chair: Dr. Scott Robertson, Ph.D. and Dr. Andreas Wick

1:15 PM-3:15 PM

Innovative actuation II
Session Chair: Dr. Douglas E Nicholson and Mr. Jeff Brown

Test methods and standards
Session Chair: Mr. Dean Pick, P.Eng., Dr. Stacey Sullivan and Dr. Matthias Frotscher

3:15 PM-3:45 PM

Afternoon Refreshment Break

3:45 PM-4:30 PM

Primary and secondary processing III
Session Chair: Dr. Scott Robertson, Ph.D. and Dr. Andreas Wick

3:45 PM-5:00 PM

Miniaturization and lightweighting
Session Chair: Dr. Sabrina Curtis and Dr. Rodrigo Lima de Miranda

5:00 PM-6:30 PM

Exhibit Hall Open

Poster Session

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

7:45 AM-8:10 AM

Founders Grant

8:10 AM-8:50 AM

Keynote: Dimitris Lagoudas, Texas A&M

9:00 AM-10:00 AM

Alloy development
Session Chair: Dr. Jeremy E. Schaffer and Prof. Suto Yuji

Microstructural characterization
Session Chair: Prof. Ashley N. Bucsek and Dr. Behnam Aminahmadi

10:00 AM-10:30 AM

Morning Refreshment Break

10:30 AM-12:00 PM

Alloy development II
Session Chair: Dr. Jeremy E. Schaffer and Prof. Suto Yuji

Modeling and simulation
Session Chair: Dr. Kenneth I. Aycock, Dr. Miroslav Frost and Dr. Harshad M. Paranjape

6:00 PM-9:00 PM

Social Networking Event

Thursday, May 7, 2026

8:00 AM-8:10 AM

Journal Awards

8:10 AM-8:50 AM

Keynote: Alan Pelton, G.Rau Inc.

9:00 AM-10:00 AM

Fatigue and fracture
Session Chair: Prof. William LePage, Dr. Maximilien E. Launey and Dr. Jason D. Weaver

Microstructural characterization II
Session Chair: Prof. Ashley N. Bucsek and Dr. Behnam Aminahmadi

10:00 AM-10:30 AM

Morning Refreshment Break

10:30 AM-12:00 PM

Fatigue and fracture II
Session Chair: Prof. William LePage, Dr. Maximilien E. Launey and Dr. Jason D. Weaver

Modeling and simulation II
Session Chair: Dr. Kenneth I. Aycock, Dr. Miroslav Frost and Dr. Harshad M. Paranjape

1:15 PM-3:15 PM

Fatigue and fracture III
Session Chair: Prof. William LePage, Dr. Maximilien E. Launey and Dr. Jason D. Weaver

From R&D to commercialization
Session Chair: Dr. Burkhard Maass and Mr. Eric Lehuta

3:15 PM-3:45 PM

Afternoon Refreshment Break

3:45 PM-5:15 PM

Elastocalorics
Session Chair: Prof. Paul Motzki and Prof. Jun Cui

Fatigue and fracture IV
Session Chair: Prof. William LePage, Dr. Maximilien E. Launey and Dr. Jason D. Weaver

5:15 PM-7:00 PM

Student Design Competition

Friday, May 8, 2026

7:50 AM-8:10 AM

CASMART Awards

8:10 AM-8:50 AM

Keynote: Qingping Sun, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

9:00 AM-9:45 AM

Additive manufacturing
Session Chair: Dr. Aaron Stebner and Dr. Kadri C. Atli

9:00 AM-10:00 AM

Elastocalorics II
Session Chair: Prof. Paul Motzki and Prof. Jun Cui

10:00 AM-10:30 AM

Morning Refreshment Break

10:30 AM-11:45 AM

Elastocalorics III
Session Chair: Prof. Paul Motzki and Prof. Jun Cui

10:30 AM-12:00 PM

Additive manufacturing II
Session Chair: Dr. Aaron Stebner and Dr. Kadri C. Atli