Technical Program

This 3-day conference will showcase invited presentations from top industry leaders. Explore the latest advancements in complementary aspects of thermal spray and PVD technologies and coatings for sustainable aircraft, gain insights from experts, and connect with fellow enthusiasts in this dynamic field. Ensure you take advantage of this opportunity.

Keynotes

Ann Bolcavage, Rolls Royce
Surface Engineering – Challenges and Solutions for Sustainable Aviation

Thomas Klassen, Hamburg University
Refurbishment and Lifetime Enhancement of Aircraft Components

Ludvik Martinu, Polytechnique Montreal
Vapor-Deposited Functional Coatings: Impactful Opportunities for Aerospace Applications

Cédric Poupon, AIRBUS
Robust & Eco-Efficient Design Toward Innovative Coatings

Serge Selezneff, Safran Group
Decarbonization of Aviation: Focus on Coatings and Surface Treatments

Robert Vassen, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
Manufacture and testing of advanced environmental barrier coatings

Speakers

Mettupalayam Balachander, Delta Airlines
Thermal Spray from a perspective of a Maintenance Repair and Overhaul Organization

Dominique Billieres, Saint-Gobain
Introducing Cord Plasma Spray (CPS) : A possible alternative to Suspension Plasma Spray (SPS)

Sophie Costil, Université De Technologie De Belfort-Montbéliard
Strategies to increase the functional temperature of aeroparts in respect with the environmental challenges

Charlotte Dupressoire, AIRBUS
Wear protection for aircraft Wing to Pylon engine attachment

Julien Escobar, IRT Saint-Exupéry
Development of anti-erosion and anti-icing coatings by suspension plasma spray for aeronautical parts

Gael Fick, IRT-M2P
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Mohit Gupta, West University
Liquid Feedstock Plasma Sprayed Coatings for Improved Engine Performance

Tanzir Hussain, University of Nottingham
Clearance coatings in lower emission aviation gas turbines: Ytterbium disilicate abradable coatings spraying and combined steam-CMAS performance

Bertrand Jodoin, University of Ottawa
How SAF and hydrogen utilization as alternative fuels can challenge current  aerospace coatings: The case of MCrAlYs

Rogerio Lima, National Research Council Of Canada
Performance of SPS versus EB-PVD YSZ TBCs evaluated in thermal gradient cycling

Juergen Ramm, OERLIKON
PVD+ – Combination of PVD and PECVD deposition processes to synthesize EBC structures for SiC-based CMC materials

Celine Ruelle, Safran Group
Development of abradables and abrasives coating solutions for turbojet engines applications

Uwe Schulz, DLR, German Aerospace Center
PVD coatings for protection of aero engine components under challenging environments

Kentaro Shinoda, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Hybrid aerosol deposition process: bridging the gap between thermal spray and vapor deposition processes

Richard Trache, TREIBACHER INDUSTRIE AG
Thermally Sprayed EBCs – Feedstock considerations for a sustainable future

Thorsten Stoltenhoff, LINDE
ExoGardTM – Advanced high velocity spraying for near net shape processing and hard chrome substitution

Aurélie Vande Put, CIRIMAT – ENSIACET Toulouse
Protective PVD coatings to improve the high-temperature oxidation durability of Ti-based alloys

Scott Wilson, OERLIKON
Advanced Coatings for Improved Sustainability in Aviation

Ping Xiao, The University of Manchester
Characterisation techniques for investigating thermal barrier coating and environmental barrier coating failure