Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTSProgram
Please find here the ISPA 2026 program. Please note, changes are still possible.
Events
September 16, 2026
Industrial workshop, hosted by CTS Corporation
For more information on topics please read here.
| Time | Program |
|---|---|
| 12:30–13:00 | Registration |
| 13:00–13:15 | Welcome, short introduction to CTS products and capabilities |
| 13:15–14:00 | Basic concepts, application examples, FEM |
| 14:00–14:30 | Coffee break |
| 14:30–15:15 | Update on RoHS and lead-free materials |
| 15:15–16:00 | Choice of technology and materials for applications |
| 16:00–16:30 | Coffee break |
| 16:30–17:15 | Future materials, giant electrostriction, textured lead free |
| 17:15–17:30 | AI and machine learning assisted materials development |
| 17:30–18:45 | IKTS Lab tour |
| 18:45–21:00 | Get together & Exhibition |
September 17, 2026
| Time | Program |
|---|---|
| 8:00–8:45 | Registration |
| 8:45–9:00 | Welcome & ISPA Introduction Holger Neubert, Fraunhofer IKTS and Thomas Daue, Smart Material GmbH, Germany/USA |
| Session 1: Subsea 1 | |
| 9:00–9:30 | Keynote The P.A.S.S. System for De-Icing of Composite Aircrafts and Drones John Geriguis, Advanced Development, USA |
| 9:30–10:00 | Keynote MFC Actuators for Biomimetic Underwater Robotics: Toward Understanding Fish Swimming and Biomimetic Locomotion Shokoofeh Abbaszadeh, Otto - von-Guricke University Magdeburg, Germany |
| 10:00–10:30 | Self-Powered, Underwater Acoustic Transmitter for Fish Tracking Thomas Daue, Smart Material Corp., USA |
| 10:30–11:15 | Break & Exhibition |
| Session 2: Subsea 2 | |
| 11:15–11:45 | Transition from PZT to Lead-Free Materials for SONAR Transducers Stephan Rautenberg, TKMS Atlas Elektronik GmbH, Germany |
| 11:45–12:15 | The Impact on ADCP Performance from Using Lead-free Piezo Ceramic over PZT Christopher Grinde, Nortek, Norway |
| 12:15–12:45 | tbd Nicolas Josso, Thales DMS, France |
| 12:45–14:00 | Break & Exhibition |
| Session 3: Materials 1 (lead-free, texturing, single crystal) | |
| 14:00–14:30 | Scaling Considerations for Additive Manufacturing of Textured Piezo-Ceramics for Acoustic Transduction M.A. Fanton, Pennsylvania State University, USA |
| 14:30–15:00 | Effect of ZnO Submicron Spheres on SPS-Processed PZT Ceramics AKM Asif Iqbal, Saint Louis University Madrid, Spain |
| 15:00–15:30 | Processing of [001] Fiber-Textured PMN-PZT Ceramics for Piezoelectric Sensors Beecher H. Watson, Pennsylvania State University, USA |
| 15:30–16:00 | Break & Exhibition |
| Session 4: Materials 2 (composites) | |
| 16:00–16:30 | Tailoring Electroacoustic Properties of 1-3 Piezocomposites by Chemical Modification and Texture Development Sedat Alkoy, STEM Sensor Technologies and Electronic Materials Ltd., Turkey |
| 16:30–17:00 | New Piezoceramic Composites for Focus Transducer Applications Ayoub Bahba, PI Ceramic GmbH, Germany |
| 17:00–17:30 | Textured Lead-Free Piezoceramics (Templates, ML, fibers, Composites) Sylvia Gebhardt, Fraunhofer IKTS, Germany |
| 19:00–22:00 | Conference Dinner at Dresden city |
September 18, 2026
| Time | Program |
|---|---|
| Session 5: Medical Ultrasonics and Sensors | |
| 9:00–9:30 | Single-Crystal Piezocomposites as Broadband Transmitters for Multistatic Medical Ultrasonic Imaging Tönnis Trittler, TUD Dresden University of Technology, Germany |
| 9:30–10:00 | Lead-free Piezo Ceramic in Ultrasonic Devices Tanja Einhellinger-Müller, CeramTec GmbH, Germany |
| Session 6: Electromechanical, NDT, SHM, Future Developments | |
| 10:00–10:30 | Lead-free vs. Lead-based Piezoelectric Transducers for Aerospace SHM: An Experimental Comparison under Thermal Variation Shankar Galiana, DLR Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V., Germany |
| 10:30–11:00 | Ultrasonic Probes for Non-Destructive Testing Without Lead-Based Piezoceramics? Darvin Helfgen, SONOTEC GmbH, Germany |
| 11:00–11:45 | Break & Exhibition |
| 11:45–12:15 | Humanoid Robotics – an Overview on Sensor- and Acoustic Challenges and Opportunities Holger Kunze, Fraunhofer IWU, Germany |
| Closing remarks | |
| 12:15–12:45 | Progress Concerning Piezoelectric 1-3 Composites Thomas Daue and Andreas Schönecker, Smart Material GmbH, Germany, USA |
| 12:45–13:15 | Closing Remarks Holger Neubert, Fraunhofer IKTS, Germany |
| 13:15–13:45 | Break & Farewell |