An ECI Conference Series
May TBA, 2028
Irsee, Germany
About This Conference
This conference will be the eighth in a series of conferences sponsored by ECI at Irsee, Germany on Thermal Barrier and Environmental Barrier Coatings. Thermal Barrier Coating (TBC) Systems continue to be key materials technology that offer great benefit to the operation of gas turbines for aviation, marine and land-based power generation, and for aircraft engines, gas turbine shipboard engines, land based industrial gas turbine engines, and, recently, for diesel reciprocating engines. For protecting silicon- based ceramic matrix composites for similar applications, Environmental Barrier Coatings (EBCs) have become an area of increased materials research studies. It is noteworthy that research in TBCs and EBCs has accelerated greatly in the past twenty years and that this work has resulted in the commercial and military use of new bond coats, low conductivity coatings, coatings that resist degradation induced by environmental deposits ingested into the engine, and the introduction of EBCs into service. Current research includes development of coatings capable of operating at higher temperatures, new
and cost-effective manufacturing routes especially in the area of thermal spray, and recently TBCs that will resist reaction with deposits such as CMAS or volcanic ash. Additional areas for EBC of research include new silicide-based materials and multi-element refractory alloys where the coatings are key for successful introduction of the materials into application. TBC and EBC systems are now key elements in the design of new and advanced engines and are enabling many new designs with improved efficiencies and higher thrusts. Extensive research and development of TBCs and EBCs is being carried out in every major industrialized country by industry, academia, and national institutions and laboratories.
ECI sponsored very successful conferences at Kloster Irsee, Germany during August 17-22, 2003, August 12-17 2007, August 7-12 2011, June 22-27, 2014, June 24-29, 2018, and June 19 – 24, 2022. Over 500 researchers and practitioners in total have attended these conferences. Several technologies that were in the developmental phase and reported on at previous conferences are now being deployed and can be discussed.
Thermal barrier and environmental barrier coatings are complex, multi-layered, and multi-material systems with many variants related to composition, processing and microstructure. Further understanding of the science and behavior of these materials that will result in further advancement of the technology. Progress made within high resolution and scale bridging characterization tools can play a major role. The field has attracted a diverse group of scientists and engineers especially in the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, Japan and China and combines ceramics, metals, metal-ceramic interfaces, processing, mechanisms of TBC and EBC performance and degradation including environmental attack and oxidation, thermal transport, diffusion and applications in a variety of aggressive environments.
Previous Conference Information
Conference Organization
Dr. Ravi Shankarn Naraparaju, DLR, Germany
Prof. Elizabeth Opila, University of Virginia, USA
Dr. Margeaux Wallace, GE Aviation, USA
Dr. Ram Darolia, GE Aviation (Retired)
Previous Conferences in this Series
Thermal and Environmental Barrier Coatings
Aug 17-22, 2003
Irsee, Germany
Conference Chairs:
David R. Clarke, University of California Santa Barbara, USA
Anthony Evans, Princeton University, USA
Manfred Ruehle, MPI, Germany
Thermal Barrier Coatings II
August 12-17, 2007
Irsee, Germany
Conference Chairs:
Ram Darolia, GE Aviation, USA
Michael J. Maloney, Pratt & Whitney, USA
Kevin Hemker, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Yutaka Kagawa, University of Tokyo, Japan
Christoph Leyens, Technical University of Brandenburg at Cottbus, Germany
Thermal Barrier Coatings III
Aug. 7-12, 2011
Irsee, Germany
Conference Chairs:
Michael J. Maloney, Pratt & Whitney, USA
Uwe Schulz, German Aerospace Center, Germany
David Rickerby, Rolls-Royce, UK
Ram Darolia, GE Aviation, USA
Odile Lavigne, ONERA DMSM/MAT, France
Hideyuki Murakami, National Institute of Materials Science, Japan
Hongbo Guo, Beihang University, China
Thermal Barrier Coatings IV
June 22-27, 2014
Irsee, Germany
Conference Chairs:
Uwe Schulz, German Aerospace Center, Germany
Ram Darolia, GE Aviation, USA
Michael J. Maloney, Pratt & Whitney, USA
Thermal Barrier Coatings V
June 24 – 29, 2018
Irsee, Germany
Conference Chairs:
Robert Vaßen, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany
Brian Hazel, Pratt & Whitney, USA
Uwe Schulz, German Aerospace Center, Germany
Ram Darolia, GE Aviation, USA
Michael J. Maloney, Pratt & Whitney, USA
Thermal Barrier Coatings VI
June 19 – 24, 2022
Irsee, Germany
Conference Chairs:
Brian Hazel, Pratt & Whitney, USA
Uwe Schulz, German Aerospace Center, Germany
Mike Maloney (retired), Pratt & Whitney, USA
Robert Vaβen. Research Center, Julich, Germany
Ram Darolia (retired), GE Aviation, USA
Thermal Barrier Coatings VII
June 22 – 27, 2025
Irsee, Germany
Conference Chairs:
Bruce Pint, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA (lead)
Elizabeth Opila, University of Virginia, USA
Brian Hazel, Pratt & Whitney, USA
Uwe Schulz, DLR, Germany
Robert Vassen, Research Center, Julich, Germany
Arturo Flores-Renteria, Siemens Energy, Germny
Bryan Harder, NASA, USA
Ram Darolia, GE Aerospace (retired)