April 14 - 19, 2024
Sicily, Italy

Chairs:   Diletta Sciti, CNR-ISSMC (former ISTEC), Italy
  Laura Silvestroni, CNR-ISSMC (former ISTEC), Italy
  Fréderic Monteverde, CNR-ISSMC (former ISTEC), Italy

Co-Chairs:   Gregory Thompson, University of Alabama, USA
  Raffaele Savino, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
  Jon Binner, Birmingham University, United Kingdom
  Eric Wuchina, Naval Surface Warfare Center, USA

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24 conference program - Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics: Materials for Extreme Environment Applications VI, Diletta Sciti, Laura Silvestroni, Fréderic Monteverde, Gregory Thompson, Raffaele Savino, Jon Binner, and Eric Wuchina (Article)

The technological challenges for the preparation of the future of space transportation in Europe, Lucia Pigliaru, (Abstract)

Synthesis of Ultrahigh Temperature materials using UHS and USP, Ji-Cheng ‘JC’ Zhao, Hua Xie, Liangbing Hu, and Qian Zhang (Abstract)

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Fabrication and characterization of binary to quinary transition metal diborides, Roberto Orrù, Mariano Casu, Simone Barbarossa, Sebastiano Garroni, Roberta Licheri, Antonio Mario Locci, and Giacomo Cao (Abstract and Presentation)

Thermal and chemical stability of entropy stabilised ultra-high temperature carbides, Christopher Butler (Abstract)

Twenty years of plasma wind tunnel testing on Ultra High Temperature Ceramics in Italy, Mario De Stefano Fumo (Abstract)

Thermochemical instabilities at high temperature ceramic surfaces, Francesco Panerai (Abstract)

Substoichiometric zirconium carbide exposed to inductively coupled air plasma, Matthew Konnik, Francesco Panerai, and Kelly Stephani (Abstract)

High-fidelity 3D microstructural characterization of ZrB2 during hot- pressing, Scott McCormack, Darko Kosanovic, Michael Chapman, Michael Uchic, Ashley Hilmas, William Fahrenholtz, and Scott J. McCormack (Abstract)

Multi-scale characterization and fabrication of nanocomposite ceramics with improved toughness, Marco Sebastiani, Edoardo Rossi, Elisa Fiume, Paola Palmero, and Laura Montanaro (Abstract)

Influence of GdO coatings on the oxidation behavior of Zirconium Diboride, Jan Erik Foerster, William G. Fahrenholtz, Gregory E. Hilmas, and Ravisankar Naraparaju (Abstract)

Natural advanced ceramics: shock-generated structures with superior physical properties, John Spray (Abstract)

Disordered enthalpy-entropy descriptor for high-entropy ceramics discovery, StefanoUSA Curtarolo (Abstract)

Melting temperature and mechanical properties of tantalum carbonitrides Ta2CxNy, Jérémie Manaud, Davide Robba, Daniel Freis, Rudy Konings, Marco Cologna, Luka Vlahovic, Arata Nakajo, Peter Haehner, Enrico Corniani, and Andrea Cambriani (Abstract)

Emissivity and melting temperature of dual-phase high-entropy boride- carbide Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics, Patrick Hopkins, Milena Milich, Hunter Schonfeld, Davide Robba, Luka Vlahovic, Kostantinos Boboridis, Rudy J.M. Konings, Jian Luo, and Eric Hoglund (Abstract)

Revealing Atomic Scale Structure in Chemically Complex Ceramics, Nicolas Bedford, Stephanie Chua, Haira G. Hackbarth, James F. Ponder, Timothy L Pruyn, and Matthew Dickerson (Abstract)

Hierarchical titanium carbide fiber growth by laser chemical vapor deposition, Gregory Thompson, Kenan T. Fronk, and Charles A. Cook (Abstract)

Novel contactless measurement technique to determine the thermal conductivity and spectral emissivity of UHTCs at Ultra-High Temperatures (>2000 °C), Hunter Schonfeld, Milena Milich, Elizabeth Opila, Connor Stephens, and Patrick E. Hopkin (Abstract)

Nanoindentation-based indicators for crystal plasticity of rock salt carbides, Tamás Csanádi, Yogesh K. Ravikumar, Marek Vojtko, and Michael J. Reece (Abstract)

Synthesis, densification, and transition metal distribution in dual phase, compositionally complex Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics, William Fahrenholtz, Steven M. Smith II, Suzana Filipovic, Greg E. Hilmas, and Stefano Curtarolo (Abstract)

Synthesis, constituents, and processing technologies for UHTCMCs, Michael Cinibulk (Abstract)

Polymer-derived ceramics for Ultra-High Temperature aerospace applications: Are they a viable option?, Elia Zancan, Jon Binner, Charles Footer, and Chris Hawkins (Abstract)

Liquid phase sintering of C fiber reinforced Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics Composites, Luca Zoli; Antonio Vinci; Francesca Servadei; and P. Galizia, D. Sciti (Abstract)

Fabrication of Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics Matrix Composites by slip casting followed by pressure less sintering, Matteo Mor, Simone Taraborelli, Simone Failla, Pietro Galizia, and Diletta Sciti (Abstract)

The role of carbon in oxidation of refractory metal carbides, Elizabeth Opila, Connor Stephens, Michael Richwine, Alexandra Uy, and Christopher Recupero (Abstract)

Testing compositionally complex diboride ceramics up to 2500 K in dissociated air plasma, Frederic Monteverde, Charlene Pellegrini, Marianne Balat-Pichelin, William Fahrenholtz, and Gregory Hilmas (Abstract)

UHTC high temperature characterizations using CO2 laser beam, Aurélie Julian-Jankowiak, Nelly Dorval, Pierre Beauchêne, Damien Bautista, Antoine Débarre, and Jean-François Justin (Abstract)

High Temperature oxidation of Ta and TaC in molecular and dissociated oxygen, Connor Stephens, Michael Richwine, Shannon Donaldson, Christopher Recupero, and Shannon Donaldson (Abstract)

Nb-based coatings to improve the oxidation resistance of UHTCMCs at 1700°C, Antonio Vinci, Jan Erik Foerster, and Ravisankar Naraparaju (Abstract)

Impact of arc-jet tests at 2200°C and thermal vacuum cycles on microstructure and mechanical behaviour of Cf-ZrB2 UHTCMCs, Pietro Galizia, Antonio Vinci, Luca Zoli, Alessandro Airoldi, Antonio Maria Caporale, Stefano Mungiguerra, Raffaele Savino, and Diletta Sciti (Abstract)

Modelling of residual deformations, failure and delaminations in SPS ZrB2/SiC UHTCMC in complex stress states, Antonio Maria Caporale, Alessandro Airoldi, Pietro Galizia, and Diletta Sciti (Abstract)

Influence of diamond grinding process on material removal mechanisms and surface roughness of 2d-Carbon Fiber Reinforced ZrB2, Ralf Goller, Achim Rösiger, Simon Unseld, Stefan Kleiner, and Diletta Sciti (Abstract)

Point defects and their influence on the thermodynamics and kinetics of UHTC materials, Christopher Weinberger (Abstract)

Research on the formation law of Ultra-High Temperature High-Entropy Ceramics based on machine learning, Lian Zhu, Wenjian Guo, Yicong Ye, and Shuxin Bai (Abstract)

Phase stability in high-entropy transition metal carbides MC1-x (0.5≤x≤1), Tessa Davey and Ying Chen (Abstract)

Modeling oxidation kinetics of silicon carbide-containing refractory diborides, Pavel Mogilevsky and Michael K. Cinibulk (Abstract)

Fabrication and characterization of UHTC materials, Sea Hoon Lee, Yun Zou, and Jae il So (Abstract)

Analysis of mechanical properties and oxidation resistance of zirconium diboride with chopped carbon fibers made via material extrusion, Jonathan Kaufman, Connor Wyckoff, and Lisa Rueschhoff (Abstract)

Development of sustainable UHT Ceramic Matrix Composites, Dietmar Koch, Anna Schneller, and Laura Silvestroni (Abstract)

Preceramic polymer grafted nanoparticles as a route to Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics, Matthew Dickerson, Authors: James Ponder, Jared H . Delcamp, Kara L. Martin, Nicholas D. Posey, and Timothy Pruyn (Abstract)

ZrB2 based UHTCMCs: Processing and Characterization, Manish Patel, S S N Murthy, K. Pawan Kumar, K. Gopinath, and Adarsh Ranjan Mishra (Abstract)

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Short and long-range order in compositionally complex transition metal diborides, Mattia Gaboardi, Frederic Monteverde, and William Fahrenholtz (Abstract and Presentation)

Microstructural evaluation and mechanical properties of high-entropy (TiZrHfNbTa)C carbides reinforced with SiC whiskers, Alexandra Kovalčíková, Lenka Ďaková, Monika Hrubovčáková, and Ján Dusza (Abstract)

Environmental conical nozzle levitator equipped with dual lasers, Fox Thorpe, Trevor Li, Richard Weber, and Scott McCormack (Abstract)

Near-net shape manufacturing of UHTCMCs via water-based slurry impregnation and polymer infiltration and pyrolysis, Francesca Servadei, Luca Zoli, Matteo Mor, Pietro Galizia, and Diletta Sciti (Abstract)

Breaking the brittleness barrier: Advancements in tough and versatile polymer-derived ceramic structures through Lcd 3d printing and pyrolysis, Hamidreza Yazdani Sarvestani, Vahid Karamzadeh, Ahmad Sohrabi, Thomas Lacelle, Yadienka Martinez-Rubi, Michael Jakubinek, and Behnam Ashrafi (Abstract)

Oxidation behavior of high entropy carbides and carbonitrides, Lavina Backman, Homa Keshmiri, James Tsai, Sara Mills, Heonjune Ryou, Kevin Anderson, James Wollmershauser, Eric Patterson, Elizabeth J. Opila, Edward P. Gorzkowski III, and Jesse Maxwell (Abstract)

Thermomechanical and electrical characterization of high-energy-milled TiB2 pressure-less sintered, Simone Taraborelli, Nathaniel Blatt, Steven M. Smith, Simone Failla, Diletta Sciti, Gregory E. Hilma, and William G. Fahrenholtz (Abstract)

Multi-phase solid solutions: Microstructure, mechanical properties and oxidation behavior, Laura Silvestroni, Jeremy Watts, William Fahrenholtz, Raffaele Savino, Stefano Mungiguerra, and Anselmo Cecere (Abstract)

Mechanical and oxidation behaviour of multi-component dual-phase (Ti,Zr,Ta) boride-carbide based Ultra High Temperature Ceramic, Kunwar Yadav, Shipra Bajpai, and Applied Materials Division (Abstract)

Aerothermodynamic testing of Multi-Phase Ultra-High-Temperature Ceramics in a super/hypersonic plasma wind tunnel, Stefano Mungiguerra, Laura Silvestroni, Dylan De Prisco, Raffaele Savino, Anselmo Cecere, and Raffaele Costanzo (Abstract)

Performance selection of (Hf, Zr) B2-based Ultra-High Temperature Ceramic Matrix Composites, Vinothini Venkatachalam, Louis Hennet, and Jon Binner (Abstract)

Plasma wind tunnel test of UHTCMC leading edge prototypes in hypersonic conditions, Diletta Sciti; Antonio Vinci; Luca Zoli; Matteo Mor; Francesca Servadei; Pietro Galizia; Alessandro Airoldi,; Antonio Maria Caporale; Daniele Guida; and Mario De Stefano Fumo (Abstract)

Metal-ceramic composites for extreme high temperature applications: Ir/HfO2 thermal protection coating, Fayuan Li, Zhu li’an, Yicong Ye, Zhen Wang, and Shuxin Bai (Abstract)

Oxidation of composites at around 2000°C under an oxyacetylene torch environment inside a X-ray tomography equipment, Laurence Maillé, Yann Le Petitcorps, André Ebel, Sébastien Couthures, Olivier Caty, James Braun, Thierry Malard, Thomas Bourdeau, Timothé Ménard, and Francis Rebillat (Abstract)

Oxidation kinetics and in-situ emittance measurements to 2200°C of ZrB2 solid-solution-based ceramics, Mark Opeka, Courtney Severino, and James Hawbaker (Abstract)

Ablation behavior of C/SiC composites in plasma wind tunnel, Yiguang Wang (Abstract)

Behavior of borides and carbides obtained by plasma spraying under simulated atmospheric re-entry condition, Arthur Charrue, Marianne Balat-Pichelin, Aurélie Quet, Charlotte Gregis, Vincent Génissel, and Jean-Louis Longuet (Abstract)

A Tekna PlasmoSonic High Enthalpy Wind Tunnel to reproduce hypersonic flight and spacecraft re-entry conditionsblation behavior of C/SiC composites in plasma wind tunnel, Romain Vert (Abstract)

Ultrahigh Temperature fuel forms for nuclear thermal propulsion, Gregory Hilmas, Nathaniel Blatt, Jacob Stacy, and Jeremy Watts (Abstract)

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High-temperature absorbers of concentrated solar radiation: A new application for Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics, Elisa Sani, Luca Mercatelli, Luca Zoli, Laura Silvestroni, and Diletta Sciti (Abstract and Presentation)

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Irradiation resistance of thermo-optical properties of Zirconium Diboride by 3MeV electrons, Yinglu Tang and Daniel Rønning (Abstract and Presentation)

Design of transforming UHTC metal ceramic multilayer composites, John Stotts, Gregory B .Thompson, and Christopher R. Weinberger (Abstract)

FAST/SPS: NEW industrial post-process for full densification of 3D UHTC from additive manufacturing, Arnaud Fregeac, Céline LARIGNON, and Romain EPHERRE (Abstract)

Synthesis and physical properties of super hard high entropy boride ceramics, Suzana Filipovic, William G. Fahrenholtz, Nina Obradovic, Greg E. Hilmas, and Stefano Curtarolo (Abstract)

Processing and properties of boride-silicon carbide-boron carbide ceramics, Steven Smith, Suzana; Filipovic, William Fahrenholtz, Gregory Hilmas, and Stefano Curtarolo (Abstract)

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Characterization of (Zr,Ti)B2-SiC composites obtained by hot press sintering of ZrB2-SiC- TiO2 powder mixtures, Rosa Maria da Rocha, Francisco C. L. Melo, João M. K . Assis, Miriam K.H. Yassuda, and Frank F. Sene (Abstract and Presentation)

Spark plasma sintered zirconium carbide oxidation mechanisms under different temperatures and oxygen partial pressures, Yun-Ching Lin, Hans Brouwer, and Vera Popovich (Abstract)

Improvement of prepreg fabrication process for UHTCMCs, Kiichi Nishiguchi, Mineaki Matsumoto, and Hiromichi Akiyama (Abstract)

Synthesis of Ultra High Temperature Ceramics by Spark Plasma Sintering: Non-reactive and reactive routes, Laurence Maillé, Francis Rebillat, Nicolas Ténèze, Olivier Ledain, and Laurence Maillé (Abstract)

Influence of metal type on the hardness of transition metal carbide films, Gregory Thompson, C. Hass Blacksher, and Christopher R. Weinberger (Abstract)

Sustainable additive manufacturing of ZrB2 with recycled carbon fiber, Jyoti Jyoti, Anna Schneller, Dietmar Koch, and Laura Silvestroni (Abstract)

Development of processable polymer derived Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics and composites, Timothy Pruyn, Jared H. Delcamp, Abigail Advincula, Sophia Angelopoulos, and Matthew B. Dickerson (Abstract)

Densification and mechanical property evaluation of TiB2-B4C ceramic composites using various sintering techniques, Simone Failla, Simone Taraborelli, and Diletta Sciti (Abstract)

Synthesis of HfZrTi(OCN) entropically stabilized UHTCs, Evan Schwind and Peter Kaczmarek (Abstract)

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Aqueous tape casting of ZrB2-SiC and ZrB2-MoSi2 laminates produced with low binder concentration, Rosa Maria Rocha, Francisco C. L. Melo, Frank F. Sene, and João M. K . Assis (Abstract and Presentation)

Ablation resistance of titanium diborate based composites derived from Ti-Si or Ti-Al intermetallic systems, Zbigniew Pedzich, Dawid Kozień, David Salamon, Daniel Valasek, Peter Tatarko, Michal Hičák, Paweł Nieroda, Ondrej Hanzel, Paweł Nieroda, Katarzyna Pasiut, and Leszek Chlubny (Abstract)

Synthesis of titanium carbide nanofibers, Ivan Shepa, Erika Mudra, Alexandra Kovalcikova, Veronika Kuchárová, Peter Tatarko, and Maksym Lisnichuk (Abstract)

MXene high-temperature phase behavior and application as additives in Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics (UHTCs), Laura Silvestroni, Babak Anasori, Kartik Nemani, Yooran Im, Nicola Gilli, Bibash Sapkota, Ankit Kumar, Austin Vohrees, Laura Silvestroni, Robert Klie, and Nikhilesh Chawla (Abstract)

Thermal erosion test of ZrB2-based ceramics, Dariia Chernomorets, Oleg Grigoriev, Laura Silvestroni, Vladimir Vinokurov, Irina Neshpor, Genadii Frolov, and Dmytro Vedel (Abstract)

Phase equilibrium investigations and thermodynamic modelling of the Y2O3 Ta2O5 system, Manuel Löffler, Maren Lepple, and Olga Fabrichnaya (Abstract)

Reactive sintering of dense borides-based composites derived from boron carbide and Ti- Si intermetallic system, Dawid Kozien, Zbigniew Pędzich, David Salamon, Daniel Valasek, Peter Tatarko, Michal Hičák, Ondrej Hanzel, Paweł Nieroda, Katarzyna Pasiut, and Leszek Chlubny (Abstract)

Advancing fusion energy: Exploring IV-B group transition metals Borides as promising plasma-facing materials, Pietro Galizia, Andrea Uccello, Francesco Ghezzi, Luca L abate, Martina Salvadori, Fernando Brandi3, Simone Failla, Claudio Capiani, Cesare Melandri, Anna Cremona, Leonida A. Gizzi, Marco De Angeli, Matteo Pedroni, and Diletta Sciti (Abstract)

Microstructures, phase and mechanical characterization of Al2O3-ZrO2-TiO2 coating produced by atmospheric plasma spray, Cynthia Sin Ting Chang, Marcus Wyss, Michal Andrzejewski, Geoffrey Darut, Lukas Graf, Vladimir Novak, Alexander Vogel, Simon Bode, Armando Salito, and Michael de Wild (Abstract)

Spark Plasma Sintering and Characterization of (Zr0.5Ta0.5)B2 and (Zr0.5Hf0.5)B2 Ultra High Temperature Ceramics, Mariano Casu, Simone Barbarossa, Giacomo Cao1, Antonio Mario Locci, Sebastiano Garroni, Devis Bellucci, Valeria Cannillo, and Roberto Orrù (Abstract)

Synthesis and Calorimetry of High-Purity Multicomponent Carbides, William Rosenberg and Scott McCormack (Abstract)

Vulcain set-up:assessment of material behavior under plasma jet, Aurélie Quet, Vincent Génissel, and Arthur Charrue (Abstract)

ZrB2–SiC ceramics toughened with paper-derived graphite for a sustainable approach, Luca y Zoli, Francesca Servadei, Simone Failla, Matteo Mor, Antonio Vinci, Pietro Galizia, and Diletta Sciti (Abstract)