TFAWS 2026 Agenda Information
From Monday, August 31 through Thursday, September 3, registration opens at 7:30 AM, followed by Opening Remarks at 8:00 AM and a daily Keynote Lecture at 8:30 AM. The program then continues with parallel Technical Sessions, Hands‑on & Short Courses, Poster Sessions and Demos in three blocks separated by morning break, lunch, and afternoon break.
Note: Friday, September 4 is reserved for facility tours in the morning; no technical sessions are scheduled.
Meals, Activities and Tours
Details on meals, evening activities, and facility tours are available on the Meals and Activities page.
Agenda Summary
Each day begins with Opening Remarks and a Keynote, followed by three blocks of parallel Technical Sessions and Hands‑on Learning (courses, software workshops, and demos). Poster presentations occur on Tuesday.
| Time | Monday 31st |
Tuesday 1st | Wednesday 2nd | Thursday 3rd | Friday 4th |
| 7:30 AM | Registration | ||||
| 8:00 AM | Opening Remarks | ||||
| 8:30 AM |
Keynote Speaker
10 min Break |
NASA MSFC Tours | |||
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| 9:30 AM | Technical Sessions, Panels, and Courses | ||||
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| 11:30 AM | Lunch | ||||
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| 1:00 PM | Technical Sessions, Panels, and Courses | NASA MSFC Tours | |||
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| 3:00 PM | Break | ||||
| 3:30 PM | Technical Sessions, Panels, and Courses | Posters | Technical Sessions, Panels, and Courses | ||
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| 5:00 PM |
Social Hour at the Hotel | ||||
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| 6:00 PM | Campus 805 Social | Banquet Dinner | Trash Panda Baseball Game | Art Museum | |
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We are working on the formatting and adding additional authors, but wanted to release this agenda as soon as possible. Corrections will be made this weekend.
| Time | Monday | |||||
| Room 1 | Room 2 | Room 3 | Room 4 | Room 5 | Room 6 | |
| 7:30 AM | Registration | |||||
| 8:00 AM | Welcome (15 min) | |||||
| 8:30 AM |
Speaker 10 min break |
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| 9:00 AM | ||||||
| 9:30 AM | Heat Pipes Short Course |
A Case Study of AI-assisted Creation of a Thermodynamics Model of Precipitation Formation During Rapid Depressurization of a Vented Container Dr. Jedediah Storey |
Design & Thermal Analysis of Hyperion: The University of Tennessee’s New 1 MW Continuous Arcjet Facility Zachary Colovos |
FROSTE: Thermal Design and Thermal Vacuum Testing of Cryogenic Stowage for Lunar Sample Return Faiyaj Khan |
Mathworks Hands On |
Maya HTT Demo |
| 10:00 AM | AI/ML Frameworks for Microgravity Flow Boiling: Identifying, Quantifying, and Generating Two-Phase Interfacial Features V.S. Devahdhanush |
Lessons Learned Developing a High-Accuracy Q-meter for Near-Earth Object Surveyor (NEOS) Environmental Testing Spencer Deveraux |
Development and Testing of Additively Manufactured Phase Change Material Thermal Storage Units Mike Pauken |
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| 10:30 AM | Techno-feasibility systems analysis of carbon dioxide and methane separation systems: From airborne carbon capture to ECLSS applications Dr. Ashwin Ravichandran |
Advanced and Efficient Thermal Model Correlation of a Satellite Electronics Box Using HEEDS and Thermal Desktop Dr. John Pederson |
Redwire Demo |
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| 11:00 AM | Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of Bio-Inspired Aerosol Collection Devices for Planetary Exploration Jennifer Salomie |
Europa Clipper Thermal System Performance In-Flight vs. Predictions9 Hared Ochoa |
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| 11:30 AM | Lunch | |||||
| 12:00 PM |
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| 1:00 PM | Structural Performance Evaluation of Titanium-Water Heat Pipe – GFRC Radiators for Fission Surface Power Sandeep Hatte |
Towards Isentropic Design Using the Entropy Map Generated from 3-D CFD Results Dr. Bijay Sultanian |
SRM Testbed for Thermal Testing of Internal Compnents Robert Frederick |
Maya HTT Hands On |
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| 1:30 PM | Fabrication and Testing of Additively Manufactured Titanium – Water Loop Heat Pipe for Space Applications Sandeep Hatte |
Multi-Fidelity Prediction of Fluid-Structure Interactions Under Shock-Boundary Layer Interactions Dr. Shubham Kesharwani |
Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor Focus Test Lessons Learned Allan Holtzman |
Quantum Thermal Control for Trapped Gas Nozzle Maged Mossallam |
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| 2:00 PM | Performance and Modeling Comparison Between Working Fluids for 3D Printed Loop Heat Pipes Jacob Sonnek |
Investigation of Peltier-based Environmental Control Systems for Low-cost/Attritable EO/IR Pods on Transonic Platforms Mark Whittum |
Thermal Design and Analysis of Green Propulsion Dual Mode CubeSat Savanna Lyles |
Enhancement of Relativistic Propulsion System Thrust Force Using Thermal Fusion of Natural Resources Maged Massallam |
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| 2:30 PM | Experimental Characterization of Additively Manufactured Nickel-Titanium Shape Memory Alloy Heat Pipes William Sixel |
Variable Emittance Coating Systems Thermal Modeling for a 3U CubeSat Sarah Stewart |
Designing tank outlets to prevent vortex formation and minimize liquid residuals Mark Wollen |
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| 3:00 PM | Break | Redwire Hands On |
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| 3:30 PM | Variable Heat Rejection System for Space Habitats Dr. Calin Tarau |
Comparative Assessment of Hypersonic Air-Breathing Inlet Architectures Under Common Freestream Conditions Mookesh Dhanasar |
Thermal Design and Thermal Vacuum Testing of the StarBurst Instrument Stephanie Mauro |
Moon Base Transportation – Deliveries to the Lunar Surface Anthony Terracciano |
Radian Systems Demo |
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| 4:00 PM | Multifunctional Pulsating Heat Pipes for Electric Motors Jeff Diebold |
Comparative Assessment of Inversely Designed Hypersonic Waverider Configurations Mookesh Dhansar |
Developmental and Cryogenic Thermal Vacuum Testing Lessons Learned Mackenzie Byrnes |
Thermal Design and Analysis of the Advanced Modular Power Systems (AMPS) Power Electronic Modules Hashmatullah Hasseeb |
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| 4:30 PM | Recent Development of High-Temperature Alkali Metal Heat Pipes at ACT Jeff Diebold |
Three-dimensional, Multi-Phase Unsteady Flow of Water Undergoing Multiple Flow Regimes (free surface, droplet, and fluid film) William Dziedzic |
Thermal Performance of Flight Imagery Launch Monitoring Real-time System (FILMRS) and Enhance FILMRS (EFILMRS) camera systems for Artemis Debby Hernandez |
Contact Line Pinning in Microgravity Joshua Whitehead |
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| 5:00 PM |
Social Hour at Hotel | |||||
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| 6:00 PM | Campus 805 Social | |||||
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| Time | Tuesday | |||||
| Room 1 | Room 2 | Room 3 | Room 4 | Room 5 | Room 6 | |
| 7:30 AM | Registration | |||||
| 8:00 AM | Welcome (15 min) | |||||
| 8:30 AM |
Speaker 10 min break |
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| 9:30 AM | Architected Lattice Wicks for Monolithic Conformal Heat Pipes and Vapor Chambers—Characterization: Permeability, Capillary, Surface Area, Thermal, and Mechanical Robin Pham |
A Scalable, Calibration-Free Multiphase Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian Solver for Sloshing Dynamics and Phase Change Dr. Antonio Cantiani |
SR-1 Freedom Thermal Architecture Challenges Scott Thomas |
Aerothermal Performance Enhancement of Supersonic TsAGI S-12 Airfoils Using Graphene Nanoplatelet Coatings: Experimental and CFD Investigations Lakshmanan Kasi |
Comsol Hands On |
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| 10:00 AM | Topology-Driven Thermofluidic Modulation of Pulsating Heat Pipes Dr MdZishan Akhter |
CFD-assisted nodal modeling of sloshing in a cryogenic propellant tank Dr. Alok Majumdar |
Power and Propulsion Element Steerable High Gain Antenna Lunar Transit Thermal Analysis Tracking Methodology Matthew Faykus |
Space Launch System Artemis II Post-Flight Ascent Aerothermal Environments Summary Brandon Mobley |
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| 10:30 AM | Passive Thermal Switching Using Freeze–Thaw Behavior in Heat Pipes for Lunar Night Survival (Lunar Outpost) Joe Durante |
Cryogenic ullage pressure collapse via condensation and ullage heat loss Dr. Samuel Darr |
Thermal Design Considerations for Venus Orbiters: Lessons Learned from VenSAR Tyler Schmidt |
High-Fidelity CFD Simulation of Liquid, Hybrid, and Solid Rocket Propulsion Systems Dr. Xiao Ren |
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| 11:00 AM | CFD Predictions of No-Vent Filling Operations in a Liquid Hydrogen Tank with Axial Jet and Top Spray Injection Riley Bridges |
Thermal Design of a FALCON Cloud Radar Instrument Concept Tyler Schmidt |
Euler-to-RANS Mapping of Shock-Interaction Regimes on Slender Biconic Forebodies at Mach 2–5 Aneesh Kukreti |
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| 11:30 AM | Lunch | |||||
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| 1:00 PM | Evaluation of AMSOIL®-ANT PGW Coolant Formula Change and Super Space AMSOIL Development Scott Hansen |
Initial Computational Analysis of Helium Subsurface Pressurization Jacob Brodnick |
An Overview of the PULSE Space Thermal Control Pump Development at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory AJ Mastropietro |
Spacecraft Radiator Protection from Ionizing Radiation, Dust, and Excessive Heat Loss Vijay Devarakonda |
GFSSP Hands On |
Form Factors, Grey Bodies, and Radiation Conductances Short Course |
| 1:30 PM | Orbit‑Informed Digital Twin Workflow for Thermo‑Mechanical Solder Fatigue Prediction of Electronics Ian Pond |
Modeling of Priming Events Using GFSSP in Liquid Propulsion Systems Alak Bandyopadhyay |
Artemis II Mission Performance of the Orion Active Thermal Control System Ellie Thurston |
Predicting Operational Performance of xEMU Boot at Lunar South Pole Temperatures using Thermal Desktop® Emma Quick |
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| 2:00 PM | ONYX-Thermal – A New Concept for General Purpose Heat Transfer Software Dr. Dean Schrage |
Validation of accurate cryogenic fluid vapor-liquid boundary conditions via molecular simulations Daniel Vigil |
BubbleTrack: A Computer Vision-Based Framework for Bubble Detection and Tracking Sara Youssoufi |
The Multi-Purpose Habitation Module (MPH): an overview of thermal modelling and lunar surface effects Lorenzo Strappato |
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| 2:30 PM | Intermediate and High Temperature Oscillating Heat Pipes: updates from ThermAvant Technologies Alex Miller |
Behavior of Ullage Bubbles during Blowdown in Low-g Experiment (BUBBLE): Overview of a Cryogenic Tank Depressurization Test Justin Pesich |
Heat Transfer and Aerodynamic Losses Caused By additively Manufactured GRX-810 Turbine Blades Enhanced With Micor-Machining and Chemical Polishing Phil Ligrani |
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| 3:00 PM | Break | |||||
| 3:30 PM | Posters | |||||
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Social Hour at Hotel | |||||
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| 6:00 PM | Banquet Dinner | |||||
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| Time | Wednesday | |||||
| Room 1 | Room 2 | Room 3 | Room 4 | Room 5 | Room 6 | |
| 7:30 AM | Registration | |||||
| 8:00 AM | Welcome (15 min) | |||||
| 8:30 AM |
Speaker 10 min break |
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| 9:30 AM | Parametric-Based Heat Rejection Trade Study for Lunar and Martian Surface Operations Noah Andersen |
Recuperator and Heat Exchanger Development at NASA MSFC for Cryocooler Applications and Methane Liquefaction Demonstration Benjamin Williams |
MSFC Thermal Testing Lessons Learned Short Course |
Design of a Novel Radiant Heat Pump Thermal Control System for Space Conditioning of Lunar Surface Habitats Dr Ardeshir Moftakhri |
Radian Systems Hands On |
Mainstream Eng Corp Demo |
| 10:00 AM | In-Situ Heat Rejection to the Martian Atmosphere Richard Schunk |
Materials for Cryogenic Propellant Dewetting Ethan Paulsen |
Additively Manufactured Porous Radiator For Static Thermal Management Kristen Ess |
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| 10:30 AM | An Update on Making Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing (UAM) of Liquid Cold Plate Heat Exchangers a Reality for NASA and Aerospace Thermal Management Applications AJ Mastropietro |
Cryogenic Far-Infrared Instrument Performance Supported by Spectrally Extended Black Coatings Dr. Tamas Rev |
Lunar Surface Crater Thermal Effects on Lander Radiator Performance Will Grier |
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| 11:00 AM | Thermal-Fluid Analysis of a Liquid-Cooled Battery Module for Electrified Aircraft Jarred Wihite |
Technology Integration Analysis of H2/N2 Gas Generator Use in Repressurization Systems for Human Lunar Landing Spacecraft Sydney Therien |
Ground Slope Effects on Lander Radiator Performance Lisa Erickson |
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| 11:30 AM | Lunch | |||||
| 12:00 PM |
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| 1:00 PM | Thermal Analysis of Large Format Lithium-Ion Batteries in Thermal Runaway Ethan Sparks |
Advanced Thermodynamic Modeling and Thermophysical Property Prediction of Cryogenic Fluids for Clean Energy Infrastructure Dr. Arash Pakravesh |
SCIFLI Artemis II Launch Observation Overview Richard Schwartz |
TDT Meeting Invite Only |
Meshed Lunar Terrain Thermal Model Building Short Course |
Ansys Demo |
| 1:30 PM | Thermal Performance of a Lunar Rover RESS Konrad Brown |
Additive Manufacturing for Cryogenic Fluid Management (AM4CFM) –Test Design for Liquid Acquisition Devices (LADs) Jack Parr |
SCIFLI Artemis II Orion Reentry Observation Summary Carey Scott Jr. |
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| 2:00 PM | Passive Thermal Runaway Propagation Prevention to Improve Safety of Li ion Batteries Vijay Devarakonda |
Additive Manufacturing for Cryogenic Fluid Management (AM4CFM) – Experimental Investigation for Liquid Acquisition Device Usage Dylan Foster |
SCIFLI Artemis II Reentry Airborne Operations Arianna Haven |
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| 2:30 PM | Geometric Optimization of a Passive Ram-Airflow Cooling Duct for Li-ion Battery Thermal Management in Electric Semi-Truck Vehicles Rohan Jain |
The ATA Technolgoy: Advanced Active Thermal Control for Space Applications Dr. Lucas Anderson |
SCIFLI Artemis II Reentry Instrumentation Dr. Matthew Boyda |
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| 3:00 PM | Break | Quantum Qool Demo |
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| 3:30 PM | Panel | Development of Argon Loop Heat Pipe with Large Area Heat Collection Nathan Van Velson |
Development and Initial Validation of a High-Vacuum Thermal Conductivity Testbed for Aerospace Thermal Interface Materials Amy Chang |
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| 4:00 PM | A 2026 Update on the Active Mechanical Pumped Fluid Loop (MPFL) Projects at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Hared Ochoa |
Gravity-Independent Heat Exchangers and Oil-Free Compressors for Modular Refrigeration System Cara Martin |
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| 4:30 PM | RANS-based assessment of transpiration cooling effectiveness in a curved porous nozzle wall exposed to high‑enthalpy supersonic flow Dr. Ram Adhikari |
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| 5:00 PM |
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| 6:00 PM | Trash Panda Game | |||||
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| Time | Thursday | |||||
| Room 1 | Room 2 | Room 3 | Room 4 | Room 5 | Room 6 | |
| 7:30 AM | Registration | |||||
| 8:00 AM | Welcome (15 min) | |||||
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Speaker 10 min break |
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| 9:30 AM | Participating Media Calculations in Ansys Thermal Desktop Douglas Bell |
Machine-Learning Coupled Phase Change Closure Model Based on Interfacial Heat Flux Discontinuity Dr. Sunjae Kim |
Coupled Thermal–Mechanical Modeling of a Deployable Radiator with Partial PCM Transformation and Runtime Radiation Articulation Joshua Taylor |
Kairo Suites | Panel | |
| 10:00 AM | Post-Processing Results from Complicated Thermal Desktop(TM) Models Cheyn Worn |
Physics-Based Postprocessing of 3-D CFD Results Dr. Bijay Sultanian |
Development of a Thermal Radiator Optimization Tool with Alternate Coolants Richard Schunk |
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| 10:30 AM | Thermal Modeling Philosophy for the Dragonfly Lander: Integrating Thermal Desktop and CFD for Titan Surface Operations Dr. Hui Liu |
Closed-Cycle Transpiration-Cooled Flash Combustor with Cryogenically-Coupled Water Recovery for Thrust Augmentation in Pre-Cooled Airbreathing Vehicles Steven Schryba |
Enhanced Diurnal Thermal Simulation Using a Combined MIL-HDBK-310 and ASHRAE Climatic Design Methodology Approach Daniel Dannelley |
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| 11:00 AM | Improved post-processing workflow for space thermal design insight Joel Gagnon |
Hot Moon: Designing a 20 kg Rover to Survive the Heat of Equatorial Lunar Noon (Lunar Outpost) Izzy Golemme |
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