Thank you for joining us at TFAWS 2025! We hope you had an enjoyable and valuable experience at this year’s workshop.
We extend our sincere thanks to the entire organizing committee, the San Jose State University organizers and volunteers, the NESC, and Analytical Mechanics Associates (AMA) for their hard work in making this year’s workshop possible.
The workshop proceedings are available at https://tfaws.nasa.gov/tfaws25/proceedings/. Course materials can be found at https://tfaws.app/courses. The workshop photo gallery is accessible at https://tfaws.app/photos. If you would like to add any of your photos to the TFAWS album, please upload them through this link. Workshop proceedings will also be added to this website in the coming weeks.
We’re excited to announce that TFAWS 2026 will be hosted at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. We look forward to seeing you there!
What is TFAWS?
The Thermal and Fluids Analysis Workshop (TFAWS) is an annual training and professional development workshop that is designed to encourage knowledge sharing, professional development, and networking throughout the thermal and fluids engineering community within NASA and the aerospace community at large. The vision of TFAWS is to maintain continuity over time and between disciplines throughout the thermal and fluids engineering community.
Please plan to join us for the 36th edition of TFAWS, which will be held in San Jose, CA from August 4th to 7th, 2025. TFAWS 2025 is organized by NASA Ames Research Center and San Jose State University, situated in the heart of Silicon Valley, CA. Details about the venue coming soon!
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For questions relating to TFAWS 2025, please contact us at ARC-TFAWS2025@mail.nasa.gov.
TFAWS 2025 Overview
- Event Location: San Jose, CA
- Host Center: NASA Ames Research Center (ARC)
- Co-organizers:
- Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc. (AMA)
- Dr. Papadopoulos, SJSU Aerospace Engineering Department
- Sponsored by: NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC)
- NESC Sponsoring Technical Discipline Teams (TDTs):
- Thermal Control and Protection
- Aerosciences
- Cryogenics
- Conference Dates: August 4-7, 2025
- Conference Location: Diaz Compean Student Union (SJSU), One Washington Sq, San Jose, CA 95192
- Registration Cost: Free
- Hotel Information: San Jose Marriott, 301 South Market Street, San Jose, CA 95113
- Reservations: San Jose Marriott
- We currently have a block of 100 rooms at the government per-diem rate ($192/night + tax). The room block reservation ends July 11th, 2025. If more rooms are needed, we will try to expand the room block.
- SJSU Student Housing: SJSU Campus Village Building 2, 375 South 9th Street, San Jose, CA 95112
- Reservations: SJSU Student Housing
- We also offer a more budget friendly option at SJSU with a total of 50 rooms available for overnight stays. Reservations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. More information available in the travel information section.
- NCTS Number (for Civil Servants): 51653-25
- Other Important Dates
- Abstract Submissions Deadline: Friday June 13, 2025
- Vendor Registration: If your company is interested in hosting a demo session or having a vendor booth, please contact ARC-TFAWS2025@mail.nasa.gov.
- Conference Registration: Walk-up registration will be available at the event
Workshop Features
- Technical Sessions / Presentations
- Software Demonstrations and Training
- Technical Short Courses
- Student Poster Session
- Guest Speakers
- Speed Mentoring
- Networking Events
Who Should Attend?
- Engineers
- Scientists
- Educators
- Students
- International Guests and Partners
- Thermal and Fluids Analysis Tool Users
- Anyone interested in thermal and fluids analysis
All levels of experience are welcome!
Workshop Benefits
- Participants have the opportunity to share their work on the latest application of new and established methods to aerospace missions, impart engineering lessons learned, and compare/contrast engineering practices.
- Annual sharing of knowledge, hands-on instruction in relevant state-of-the-art engineering analysis tools, and seminars/short courses taught by the veterans in the thermal and fluids engineering community helps to ensure that the expertise of the community is maintained.
- Networking at TFAWS gives each engineer an extensive network of contacts which serves as an excellent source of advice and technical knowledge.
- TFAWS provides tremendous opportunities for enhancing collaboration between NASA centers, other government agencies, industry, academia, and the international thermal and fluids engineering community.