Call for Posters
We look forward to receiving your poster presentation abstract for the 2012 National Space & Missile Materials Symposium. The poster session will accompany the technical program and will take place in the exhibit hall. Posters will be available to the general audience Monday evening through Wednesday evening while the exhibit hall is open. Unless otherwise specified on your abstract form, your poster will be included in the general poster session. Special areas will be set aside for the following specialized posters. To be included in these areas you must indicate so on your abstract submission form.
Small Business Innovative Research Poster Session
We are soliciting abstracts from small businesses engaged in an active SBIR program that can address technology issues regarding Breakthrough Innovations, Space Exploration, Hypersonics, Orbital Technologies & Operations, Missiles & Missile Defense, and Space Materials Experiments and Environmental Effects Simulation. The SBIR Poster Session will take place in the NSMMS exhibit hall and will provide opportunity for direct discussion with representatives from government agencies and industry. Break out rooms will be available to continue discussions in a more confidential environment.
Student Poster Session
NSMMS is pleased to announce the return of the student poster session at the 2012 Symposium. The student program is intended to encourage student involvement and promote networking among students with industry, academia, and government. Abstract topics should address one of the session topics listed previously. Full-time graduate or undergraduate students in good academic standing are eligible. We look forward to reviewing your application. Keep up the quality research!
Student Travel Grant
A competitive student grant program is anticipated to cover all the major costs associated with attending the symposium including travel, student fee, lodging and meals (government per diem rates for meals). Applicants will be required to either give a talk or present a poster on their research at this year’s venue.
Poster Abstract Submission
New this Year: We will now accept ITAR restricted abstracts. Acceptable distribution levels include A, C, or X ONLY. To submit an abstract and find more information on distribution levels, see below. Please note: ITAR ABSTRACTS MUST BE PASSWORD PROTECTED. Though abstract submission is done on-line, passwords for the password protected documents should be emailed to Nancy_Johnson@gdit.com. For information on how to password protect your document, see below. Non-ITAR documents do not need to be password protected. For questions concerning submission of your abstract, please contact Nancy Johnson at Nancy_Johnson@gdit.com, 937-476-2156. Please note, presentation of a poster does not waive any applicable registration fees.
Password Protecting Your Document
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Breakthrough Innovations
Breakthrough innovations in materials science and engineering that far exceed state of the art - including, materials providing superior properties, innovative materials manufacturing and processing, rapid analysis and qualification of new materials, and computationally-driven materials science. Of particular interest are papers describing recent or planned applications of these materials innovations.
New Materials – This area focuses on the development and/or application of new materials that yield unanticipated and significantly improved properties that approach theoretical/natural limits, provide unique combinations of properties/multifunctional materials, demonstrate property retention in extreme service environments, or the application of nanomaterials to space systems and missiles.
Manufacturing – This area focuses on innovative materials processing and manufacturing to dramatically improve material properties including lightweight materials processing, roll-to-roll processing, radiant energy processing, additive manufacturing, ambient temperature/pressure processing of materials, and feedback-loop control methodologies for robust manufacturing.
Analytics and Qualification – This area focuses on novel materials analysis, characterization and qualification tools for rapid deployment in space and missile applications.
Computational Materials Science – This area focuses on novel approaches to computationally driven materials design, verification of predicted structure/property relationships/models, and the interplay between computation and experiments for more rapid advanced materials development.
Missiles & Missile Defense
Abstracts for this session should address materials and material processes supporting missile defense, tactical missiles, high energy kinetic projectile, and reentry systems for military applications. Paper topics include missile material/component performance, material producibility, affordability, and sustainability; ground- and flight-test materials evaluations; weather encounter; material manufacturing advances and innovative techniques; and laboratory characterization of missile materials. Program and system overviews with pertinent materials issues and program materials updates related to current missile programs are also of interest. Focus topics include structural insulators, axial thrust and divert attitude control system materials, aging and surveillance, and technologies for insensitive munitions.
Space Exploration
Abstracts for this session should address space exploration critical materials and processes technologies enabling access to and from space, and protection of personnel while in space for extended durations. The session solicits innovative research for advanced material concepts that support the development of technologies that are applicable for space transportation vehicle systems, propulsion systems, and planetary access and operations. Abstracts are solicited supporting the following: materials, processes, structures design, development, manufacturing and materials processes in/for Low Earth Orbit (LEO), planetary (beyond earth orbit), and other exploration activities. Topics of interest include materials and processes for structures, propulsion systems, propellant tanks, engine materials, solid rocket booster materials, thermal protection systems, heat shields and deployable and/or inflatable structures, and supplier base and production capabilities for conventional and new materials for use with new exploration systems. Abstracts are welcome to address the challenges in research and development of high performance or multifunctional radiation shield materials, thermal management, micrometeoroid/orbital debris (MMOD) damage protection, and all critical technologies for astronaut safety.
Contributions are also requested on the subject of Commercial Space Activities, including Commercial Crew, Commercial Cargo, Space Tourism and other potential commercial space ventures. Abstracts are solicited supporting the following: materials, processes, structures design, development, manufacturing and materials processes in/for Low Earth Orbit (LEO), suborbital and other exploration activities. Topics of interest include innovative methods to reduce the time to deployment of novel concepts, technology maturation, materials and processes for structures (including inflatable structures), propulsion systems, propellant tanks, engine materials, thermal protection systems, heat shields, risk mitigation, supplier base and production capabilities for conventional and new materials for use with new exploration systems. Abstracts are welcome to address the challenges in novel architectures, novel propulsion systems, MMOD damage protection, human-rating of commercial crew spacecraft, and other commercial space technology.
Hypersonic & Responsive Operations
Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, reusable long life, operable propulsion, aerostructures, tanks, durable and rapid turnaround thermal protection systems, thermal management, hot structures, seals, and highly reliable active Integrated System Health Monitoring (ISHM) for in-flight trajectory modification and vehicle recovery and turn-around. Abstracts are desired on materials and structures that have recently flown, planned for flight, or trade studies that are enabling for hypersonic flight, and on technologies that enable prompt strike capability across the globe.
Hypersonics - Materials and structures activities focused on enabling hypersonic flight for both acceleration/deceleration and cruise. Topics include materials for air-breathing propulsion, airframe, and re-entry systems. These include, but are not limited to: combined cycle engines; dual mode, ram and scram-jet engines; active cooling; hot structures; leading edges; thermal protection systems; and inflatable decelerators.
Global Strike - Materials and structural concepts which support responsive strike architectures which may include launch systems or platforms, delivery systems, and payload. These technologies may touch upon topics of the previous headings but are explicitly tied to a global strike mission.
Orbital Technologies & Operations
Abstracts for this session should address key materials technologies, requirements, process improvements, novel designs/applications, or materials innovations for current and future satellites, spacecraft, or payloads for either commercial or government missions.
Payloads – This area focuses on the performance of sensors, communications, mirrors and other Payload materials. Proposed material topics include signal processing, optics, coatings, semiconductors, detectors, MEMS, nonlinear optics, antennas, computational design, dimensionally stable materials, and materials for deployable structures.
Bus Applications – Abstracts are solicited in the areas of structures (deployable, large membranes, lighter weight, ultra-high strength, smart materials, nanomaterials, durability, and NDE), propulsion, power (generation, storage, or transmission), thermal management, MEMS, survivability (man-made and natural hazards including space weather), radiation hardened materials, electrically dissipative materials, health monitoring, energy and power in space, and on-orbiting servicing.
Space Environmental Effects – This area focuses on the performance of spacecraft materials when subjected to the synergistic effects of the space environment including end of life performance. The proposed material topics include thermal control materials, coatings, thin films, solar power system materials, optical materials, structural materials, radiation resistance, spacecraft charging, and orbital debris issues.
Space Materials Experiments and Environmental Effects Simulation
Abstracts for this session should address findings following the retrieval of specimens or data from space experiment platforms, such as the Materials on the International Space Station Experiments (MISSE). The finding’s impact on materials development, selection, qualification, and plans for further study should be discussed. Furthermore, ground simulation capabilities/results and analytical models of space environment effects on materials are of interest. The forum also offers the opportunity for materials scientists, engineers, and designers to review and critically assess the results with regard to significance, relevance, and respective impact to spacecraft design practices.
Focus Topics Include:
- Summarize flights, duration, exposure conditions, scope, significant lessons, external factors/limitations, for space experiments
- Ground simulation capabilities and experimental results/correlation
- Analytical model development
- Data collection and utilization
- Active experiment design and performance
- Thermal Control / Protection Materials / Thin Films
- Solar Power System Materials
- Optical Materials
- Structural Materials
- Ongoing and Future Experiments (MISSE-8/PRELSE, MISSE-X, etc.)