Tuesday, November 17, 2026

8 - 11:45 a.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)


1:15 - 4:15 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 Killoam, 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

  • Satellite Materials Outgassing: Impact of Environmental Conditions (Amal Ghodhbani, CNES)
  • 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)
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12:30 - 2:50 p.m.
TVAC Session

  • Human-in-the-Loop testing within the Systems Test Branch for Artemis II and Beyond (Peter Masi, NASA JSC)
  • 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)


Thursday, November 19, 2026

8 - 11:30 a.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)