Graduate Student, Zachary Stein, presented work on the “Abrasive Effects of Lunar Regolith on Material Wear for Long-Term Lunar Applications” and “In situ Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction Studies Assessing the Responses of EB-PVD Ceramic Coatings due to CMAS Infiltration under Thermal Gradients” at the 49th International Conference and Expo on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC2025) hosted by The American Ceramic Society in Daytona Beach, Florida. 

Left: Zachary Stein’s picture taken during ICACC. Top Right: Zachary Stein presenting the lunar regolith research. Bottom Right: Zachary Stein presenting the CMAS research. 

The lunar regolith work Zachary presented was performed in collaboration with NASA Langley; meanwhile, the sand infiltration work Zachary presented was in collaboration with the German Aerospace Center as well as with the synchrotron beamline scientists at the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory.