The 28th High Temple Workshop was held in Savannah Georgia. This workshop had the highest level of attendance since 9/11/99 with 133 participants. Once again, The University of Dayton Research Institute's (UDRI) Mr. Dan McCray administered a very well run and successful workshop. Special thanks are due to the companies that sponsored the social events that facilitate information exchange in a relaxed atmosphere.
Sherwood Advanced Composite Technologies sponsored the opening reception. Both the Maverick Corporation and The Renegade Materials Corporation made the dinner cruise possible. The Wednesday social hour was compliments of Cytec Carbon Fibers LLC and Cytec Engineered Materials.
While the High Temple workshop continued to grow, we mourned the loss of Roger Morgan. As a long-time contributor to High Temple, his untimely death was felt by all. Ron Allred of Adherent Technologies best articulated what Roger meant to use at the Wednesday social hour and dinner. Ron reminded us that in addition to Roger's technical expertise with aging mechanisms of polymers and composites Roger's entertaining stories and wit also contributed to the success of many workshops.
2008 marked the first time High Temple was held in the state of Georgia. In another first, 2008 marked the first meeting on an industry subcommittee that was established to provide the steering committee with an industry perspective of the future needs of the workshop. The industry subcommittee was led by Laura Glidden-Gray of the Renegade Materials Corporation.
The technical program featured a Keynote presentation from Rick Russell. Mr. Russell is from the NASA Orbiter Sustaining Engineering Office at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. He discussed the role of materials engineering in the reconstruction and failure analysis of the Space Shuttle Columbia. Mr. Russell presented the forensic evidence that suggests a breach of the Reinforced Carbon-Carbon leading edge panels that ultimately led to the vehicle breakup.
Katie Thorp from the Air Force Research Laboratory led a panel discussion on export control regulations and procedures. The panel included both government and industry experts. In addition, the DoC Commerce Control List, the Wassenaar Arrangement, the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), and the Military Critical Technologies List were discussed in-depth. The lively panel discussion generated many practical answers to questions.
The XXVIII workshop exhibited a strong manufacturing representation amongst the attendees. During the Manufacturing of High Temperature Composites Session, two papers were presented on the development and application of a Resin Transfer Molding process for quartz/phthalonitrile composites. Maverick's MVK-3 Phthalonitrile is being developed for a Mach 3+ missile radome application. Dan McCray and Paul Childers from UDRI presented a paper on adhesive materials for the repair of honeycomb engine exhaust fairings. Among the findings, they recommend flash/pulse thermography to inspect glass or quartz/polyimide scarf joints and FM 57 was the most compatibility adhesive with AQ-III/AFR-PE-4.
