2026 ASPE Annual Meeting
Oral Sessions
October 27–30, 2026 · Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel · Norfolk, Virginia
All times Eastern (US).
Keynote Address
Andrew Lobo · President, Snap-On Industrial
Tuesday, October 27, 2026 · 7:30–8:30 PM
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Session (1) Research Lab Activities
8:00 – 9:36 AM · Chair: Kumar Arumugam
| 8:00 AM | This Talk Will Keep You in Your Seat: It’s About the Strength of Gravity — and How Well We Know It
Stephan Schlamminger · NIST
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Invited |
| 8:30 AM | Safeguarding the Legacy: Designing and Fabricating an Encasement for the 250th Anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of Independence
Jacob Ricker · NIST
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Invited |
| 8:52 AM | Engineering Precision with Photons: A New Architecture for Temperature Metrology
Nikolai Klimov · NIST
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Invited |
| 9:14 AM | A Precision Engineering Mishap in Space
Tim Babich · Navy Research Lab
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Invited |
Session (2) Precision Design
10:15 AM – 12:03 PM · Chair: Mark Kosmowski
| 10:15 AM | Quantum Mechanics at the Human Scale
Vivishek Sudhir · MIT
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Invited |
| 10:40 AM | Design of a Highly Compact and Energy Efficient Focus Actuation System
Tessa Vermeer · Eindhoven University
|
115 |
| 10:57 AM | Dynamic Performance with Uncompromising Thermal Stability: An Overconstraint Framework
Andre Ramos · ASML
|
119 |
| 11:14 AM | Visualizing and Quantifying Self-Stress in General Overconstrained 3-D Mechanisms
Marijn Nijenhuis · University of Twente
|
191 |
| 11:31 AM | Developing A New Standard for Rapid Swap Battery Interfaces
Alex Slocum · MIT
|
196 |
Session (3) Metrology Systems
1:30 – 3:18 PM · Chair: Steve Gillmer / Brandon Chalifoux
| 1:30 PM | Enabling Very Large-Scale Metrology-Optics For Lunar Ranging
Vivek Badami / Richard Boland · Zygo
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Invited |
| 1:55 PM | Ultra-Stable Composite Dilatometry Using a Flexure-Integrated Mirror and a New Interferometer
Kyle Ettinger · University of Arizona
|
187 |
| 2:12 PM | Integrating Kibble-Balance Technology into Tactile Coordinate Metrology: A 6-DoF Levitated-Probe Measuring Head
Georg Hein · TU Ilmenau
|
128 |
| 2:29 PM | Displacement Interferometry for High-Tilt Applications: An Update on Recent Developments and Performance
Lennino Cacace · Eindhoven University
|
168 |
| 2:46 PM | Modernizing Ring Gauge Measurements at NIST
Maxwell Praniewicz · NIST
|
109 |
Thursday, October 29, 2026
Session (4) Precision Manufacturing
8:00 – 9:35 AM · Chair: Ping Guo
| 8:00 AM | Three-Axis Scanning Atomic-Level Polishing Using Only PMMA and Water (WAPOP) for X-Ray Mirrors
Jianli Guo · University of Tokyo
|
138 |
| 8:19 AM | In-Situ Surface Measurement and Correction Utilizing a Low-Force Tactile Probe
Christopher Morgan · Moore Nanotech
|
153 |
| 8:38 AM | Digital Machining Database for AI in Machining
Tony Schmitz · MSC Industrial
|
110 |
| 8:57 AM | Design of a Flexure-Based Wire Feed Mechanism for Miniaturized Additive Friction Stir Deposition
Malachi Landis · Northwestern University
|
146 |
| 9:16 AM | Selective Laser Etching & Direct Ablation of Optics: Femtosecond Laser Meets Ultra-Precision Machines
Christian Wenzel · Innolite
|
195 |
Session (5) Controls and Mechatronics
10:15 AM – 12:03 PM · Chair: Burak Sencer / Dave Trumper
| 10:15 AM | Mechatronic Key-Enablers For High-NA EUV System Performance
Moiz Hyderabadwala · ASML
|
180 |
| 10:40 AM | Design and Testing of a Field-Invariantly-Steered 6-DOF Self-Bearing Motor
Eun Kyu Kim · Yonsei University
|
116 |
| 10:57 AM | Extrapolation of Delayed Acceleration Signal for Improved Disturbance Feedforward
Benjamin Friedl · TU Wien
|
152 |
| 11:14 AM | Experimental System Identification of a Multilayer LiNbO3 Substrate Table for 6-DoF Shape Control
Bas Huisman · Eindhoven University
|
131 |
| 11:31 AM | Feedforward Control of Laser Preheating Temperature in Pipe Coating
Burak Sencer · Oregon State University
|
123 |
Session (6) Micro/Nano Technologies
1:30 – 3:18 PM · Chair: Michael Cullinan
| 1:30 PM | Can Precision Engineering Solve the Mind?
Narayanan ‘Bobby’ Kasthuri · University of Chicago
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Invited |
| 1:55 PM | Demonstration of the LDA.7OL-48 Lightfield Directing Array
Robert Panas · Bright Silicon Technology
|
137 |
| 2:12 PM | Precision Stability and Uniform Irradiance in an 18-Channel Laser Diode Array for Roll-to-Roll Holographic Nanolithography
Luis Aguirre · UT Austin
|
188 |
| 2:29 PM | Enabling High-Rate Indentation Applications Through Next-Generation Nanoindentation Technology
Kurt Johanns · KLA
|
194 |
| 2:46 PM | Fluorescent Alignment of Holograms for Volumetric Lithography
Gavin Stafford · UT Austin
|
169 |
Friday, October 30, 2026
Session (7) Applications of PE 1
9:00 – 10:16 AM · Chair: Eric Buice
| 9:00 AM | Identifying Six-Degree-of-Freedom Residual Motion in Robotic In-Line 3D Measurement Systems
Stefan Hager · TU Wien
|
124 |
| 9:19 AM | Increasing the Precision of a Multi-Axis Measuring Machine via Geometric Error Model
Ronnie Fesperman · Precision Mindset
|
174 |
| 9:38 AM | Increasing Laser Power for Inverse Compton Scattering X-Ray Sources in a Burst Mode
Lowe Blom · Eindhoven University
|
154 |
| 9:57 AM | A Vertical Magneto-Elastic Low-Frequency Resonator Using Three Cuboidal Permanent Magnets
Wilbert Kamphof · University of Twente
|
149 |
Session (8) Applications of PE 2
10:45 AM – 12:10 PM · Chair: Todd Noste
| 10:45 AM | Theoretical and Experimental Study of Subsurface Damage in Low Temperature Nano-Lubrication Ultra-Precision Grinding of Binderless Tungsten Carbide
Chi Fai Cheung · HK Polytechnic University
|
104 |
| 11:02 AM | Cepstrum Prescaling for Robust Peak Detection in Single-Frame Laser-Speckle Velocity Sensing
Thomas Kern · TU Wien
|
127 |
| 11:19 AM | Gas Bearing Analysis Using the Full Reynolds Equation via a Thermal Analogy in ANSYS
Marcel van Wenveen · MI Partners
|
122 |
| 11:36 AM | Acoustics Induced Vibrations Effects on Ultra-Precision Machines
Ayman Kamal · Ametek Precitech
|
105 |
| 11:53 AM | Design of an Alnico-Based Active Stiffness-Tunable XY Stage with Low Steady-State Power for Resonance Synchronization
Dong Hyeon · Yonsei University
|
118 |