Tuesday, November 17, 2026
8 - 2:30 p.m.
Dynamics Testing Session
- Virtual Shaker Testing Solution for Onsite and Offsite Test De-risking (Chris Sensor, Siemens)
- Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (RST) Sine Vibration Testing and Lessons Learned (Nazli O'Grady, NASA Goddard)
- From Theory to Practice: Programming an Effective SRS Test System (Ethan Davis, m+p international)
- Integrating DFAN and Vibration Testing in a Shared Facility: Engineering Solutions for RAL Space’s New Environmental Test Center (Cassandra Dutt, Acoustic Research Systems)
- A Multi-SISO One-Third-Octave Control Architecture for Direct Field Acoustic Noise Testing (Sebastian Schwarzendahl, m+p international)
- Case Study of a Large Scale DFAN Test: Part Two (Dann Hayes, Acoustic Research Systems)
- Using DFAT for Diffuse and Non-Diffuse Acoustic Excitation (Alex Carrella, MSI-DFAT Services)
- Upgrading and Commissioning NASA Goddard’s Large Vibration Test Facility for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (Tim Schwatz, NASA Goddard)
2:50 - 5:30 p.m.
New and Refurbished Facilities Session
- Commissioning and Capabilities of Chamber D (Stephen Baker, NASA JSC)
- Updating Apollo-era Liquid Nitrogen Storage at NASA Johnson Space Center’s Building 32 for the Artemis Age and Beyond. (Brad Whitehead, NASA JSC Amentum Space Mission Division)
- Database Migration and Software Modernization of the Thermal Vacuum Data System at NASA/GSFC (Josiah Killam, MCSG Technologies)
- Dirty TVAC Facility Conversion, Operations and Reversion (Jonathan Bonebrake, NASA MSFC)
- Modernizaton of Power Control Consoles Supportng Thermal Vacuum Testng in NASA JSC Building 32 (Chris Horne, NASA JSC Amentum Space Mission Division)
Wednesday, November 18, 2026
8 - 11:30 a.m.
Contamination and Materials Session
- Quantitative Baseline Assessment for the MISSE-22 Mission (Elena Plis, Georgia Tech Research Institute)
- Investigation of the Performance of Low-Vacuum Purged Bakeouts in Comparison to High-Vacuum and Ambient Pressure Bakeouts (Alyse Turner, LASP)
- In-Process Cleanliness Testing for Space Hardware (Gabe Frigo, MIT Lincoln Laboratory)
- Investigating a Rough-Vacuum, GN2 Purged Bakeout Method to Achieve High-Vacuum Outgassing Rates (Sarah Foyer, NASA Langley)
- In-Situ Optical Scattering Monitoring of Contaminant Films Using Off-Specular Reflected Light Imaging (De-Ling Liu, The Aerospace Corporation)
- Quantitative Outgassing Characterization of the IMAP Spacecraft Using the JHU/APL Effusion Cell and Predictive Contamination Modeling (Kathryn Handler, JHU APL)
Thursday, November 19, 2026
8 - 10:15 a.m.
TVAC Session
- Enabling Space Environment Simulation For Commercial Vehicles (Christopher Briggs, NASA JSC Amentum Space Mission Division)
- Modernization of the Helium Injection and Characterization of High-Vacuum Systems Modernization of the Helium Injection and Characterization of High-Vacuum Systems for Rarefied Gas Heat Transfer Operations in NASA Chamber A (Sam Garcia, NASA JSC/BAE)
- NASA–Blue Origin Integrated Planning, Logistics, and Test Configuration for the MK-1 Moon Lander Thermal Vacuum Test Campaign (Sam Garcia, NASA JSC/Blue Origin)
10:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Special Topics
- Mechanical Design and Assessment of a Low-Cost Pyramidal Solar Sensor for Small Satellite Applications (Abdelhak Nehila, Algerian Space Agency)
- Conceptualizing Thresholds for Effective Active Debris Removal in Low Earth Orbit (500–600 km) (Sofia Yang, New Trier High School)
- One-Dimensional Feasibility Study of PaCER: A Passive Contact-conductance Enabled Thermal Regulator for Spacecraft Applications (Marcos Bernardes, Taylor University)
- Development and Implementation of Two Variable Temperature Blackbodies for Infrared Calibration in a Thermal Vacuum Chamber (Wyatt Zagorec-Marks, LASP)
- Towards Predictive and Self-Optimizing Satellite Links: A Data-Driven Framework for Adaptive Transmission Using AI-Based Channel Forecasting (Youcef Benabdellah, Algerian Space Agency)