High Temple Workshops are a series of workshops that cover the areas of design, development and application of high temperature reinforced polymeric composites.  Started in 1982, these workshops have been held at places located in Dayton, Sacramento, Cocoa Beach and Santa Fe to name a few.  

The primary purpose of High Temple workshops is to communicate ongoing high temperature polymer composite research among DoD, NASA, other governmental agencies, Industry and Universities. Over the years, interdisciplinary teams were formed to further HT polymer composites into many applications such as advanced engine and aero-structure components. These teams made and continue to make significant advances in composite related technologies such as: fiber-resin interfaces, new chemistries that enhance thermal oxidative stability, high temperature test methods, design-material databases, and low-cost and intelligent processing techniques. 

In today’s world of “better, faster, cheaper,” many long-lasting relationships, which started at High Temple workshops, generate technical advances and enable the production of light weight, low cost polymer composite hardware. Many of the original High Temple Workshop contributors are no longer active participants, yet the theme of High Temple remains the same. Today, Government overviews of federally sponsored HT composites research serve to create an awareness in both the public and private sector. Active participation from both large and small businesses report on their advances. Similarly, university researchers describe their efforts to advance high temperature polymer composites. Many of these new applications and much of the knowledge was generated from key information taught at High Temple Workshops. New monomer and polymer chemistries continue to be introduced frequently at High Temple before they are published in peer-reviewed journals. Newer technical subjects such as electron beam curing, low-cost processing and coatings are some of the recent topics that continue to make High Temple one of the premier composite technical meetings, year-in and year-out.

High Temple captures these advances in proceedings with a keyword index originally published as a paper copy in 1995. This index describes the papers presented by polymer types, test methods, processing techniques, applications and property data. Using this index and the proceeding papers as a kernel, the High Temple Steering committee decided in 1998 to fund a web-based database.  By subscribing to High Temple Virtual Library, you gain access to the index and papers generated over the years.  You will also receive up-to-date information on current workshops and contact information.