Apr 16 – 17, 2026
Wright State University, Dayton, OH
America/New_York timezone

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the Materials Solutions Network at CHESS (MSN-C), a partnership between the AFRL and Cornell University, are hosting a targeted workshop bringing together scientists from industry, academia, DoD and other government-based laboratories with interests and challenges related to ceramic and polymer matrix composites. The workshop will highlight the capabilities, expertise, and experimental infrastructure of MSN-C beamlines and other networked resources, with a focus on leveraging synchrotron X-ray radiation to address critical structure–processing–performance challenges relevant to industry. Through technical presentations and discussion, participants will explore opportunities for collaborative research,  practical challenges, and targeted capability development enabled by the AFRL–Cornell partnership.

 

Note: Participation is by invitation only from an organizer or one of their delegates. Please direct inquiries to msnc@cornell.edu.

Conference information

Date/Time

Starts

Ends

All times are in America/New_York

Location

Wright State University, Dayton, OH
Dicovery A/B
Student Union Wright State University

Extra information

General program runs Thursday morning through lunch Friday. See Timetable for a block schedule.  Friday afternoon reserved for closed sessions with individual companies. See the registration page to indicate interest.

Free parking is available adjcent to the venue.

Organizing Committee:

  • Mia Carrola, AFRL
  • Sven Gustafson, CHESS
  • Hilmar Koerner, AFRL
  • Matt Miller, Cornell University
  • Kelly Nygren, CHESS
  • Kirt Page, AV Inc.
  • Jonathan Seppala, NIST
  • Mathew Schey, AFRL
  • Paul Shade, AFRL
  • Arthur Woll, CHESS

Annotated Campus Map - WSU