Upcoming Conferences and Exhibitions
21 – 25 June 2027
BMO Centre
ASME Turbo Expo 2027
Calgary, Canada
More information to follow soon…
Recent Conferences and Exhibitions
24-26 June 2026
International Conference on Phosphor Thermometry 2026
National Pysical Laboratory (NPL) London
Keynote Presentation: Silvia Araguas Rodriguez
“Exploiting Off-line Thermographic Phosphors for Thermal Mapping of Industrial Turbomachinery”, highlighting how off-line thermographic phosphors enable high-resolution thermal mapping in harsh, inaccessible, and rotating environments where conventional measurement techniques are impractical.
Technical Presentation: Carl Parsons
“Towards On-Engine Surface Temperature Measurements Using Continuum Robots and Thermal History Coatings” (GT2026-178089), showcasing a non-intrusive approach to on-engine thermal mapping using continuum robotics and thermal history coatings.
Technical Presentation: Abbi L Mullins
“Exploitation of Multi-phase Spectral Emissions for Off-line Temperature Sensing Up to 1600 °C”, demonstrating how multi-parametric calibration techniques can extend temperature measurement ranges and reduce uncertainty, supported by validated engine test case studies.
Exhibition stand where the team will be discussing the latest advances in thermal history coatings and SCS’s high-resolution thermal mapping technology.
15 – 19 June 2026
ASME Turbo Expo 2026
Milan, Italy
Presentation Details:
Technical Paper 1:
ASME Paper Number: GT2026-178089
Paper Title: “Towards On-Engine Surface Temperature Measurements Using Continuum Robots and Thermal History Coatings”
Watch the video summary here.
Technical Paper 2:
ASME Paper Number: GT2026-177344
Paper Title: “On the Uncertainty of Luminescent Spectra Calibration of Thermal History Coatings at High Temperatures”
Watch the video summary here.
15 – 16 October 2025
MRO Europe 2025
Excel, London
SCS attended the two-day global aviation aftermarket exhibition.
June 22–27 2025
Thermal & Environmental Barrier Coatings 2025
Irsee, Germany
Presentation Details:
Session: TBC
Date & Time: TBC
Paper Title: ‘Principle and Applications for Thermal History Mapping on Thermal and Environmental Barrier Coated Gas Turbine Components’.
Presenter: Joseph Counte, R&D Materials Engineer
Summary: Thermal History Coatings (THCs), irreversibly change under thermal exposure, enabling post-exposure temperature mapping via monitoring of coating photoluminescence. This review explores THC material performance, coating optimisation, and high-resolution thermal mapping on gas turbine components exposed under extreme engine conditions.
16 – 20 June 2025
ASME Turbo Expo 2025
Memphis, Tennessee
Find the team at booth 641 at the Renasant Convention Center.
Presentation Details:
Technical Paper:
ASME Paper Number: GT2025-152181
Session: 13-01 Heat transfer in turbines engine testing
Date & Time: Monday 16th June 1.30-3.30pm
Paper Title: ‘Utilising Thermal History Coatings for the Assessment of Hydrogen Fuel on Combustor Temperatures’.
Lead Author & Presenter: Silvia Araguas Rodriguez
Summary: When using hydrogen as a fuel, engineers might require design changes in gas turbines traditionally fired with fossil fuel. This is due to changes in combustion products and heat transfer.
In this scenario the accurate knowledge of temperature is crucial as hot spots and sharp gradients can trigger various failure mechanisms limiting the life time of the parts. This affects costs!
This paper demonstrates the use of Thermal History Coatings to deliver more than 20,000 measurement points (!) and permits a detailed insight into the effectiveness of impingement cooling. This provides the relevant data to permit more effective and more durable engine designs.
Take a look at the summary video on the SCS Youtube channel here
Exhibition Stage Presentation:
Title: Game-Changing Thermal Mapping for Industrial Use
Date & Time: Wednesday 18th June 1.45pm
Presenters: Logan Whalen
Student Poster Presentation:
Title: Uncertainty Evaluation of Thermal History Coatings Up to 1600 °C (GT2025-162861)
Session Time: Tuesday 17th June 12 – 1.30pm
8 – 9 October 2024
ATI Conference 2024
Technology & Innovation Award Winners – ‘Making the difference Award’!
ICC, Newport, South Wales
SCS will be attending the two-day aerospace event which will focus on the ultra-efficient and zero-carbon technologies powering the journey to Net Zero.
Get in touch to schedule some time to discuss SCS’s high resolution capabilities and any heat transfer requirements for your projects at enquiries@sensorcoatings.com or call +44 (0) 203 7639 456.
24 – 28 June 2024
ASME Turbo Expo 2024
London, United Kingdom
The ASME Turbo Expo is back for the annual conference and exhibition for 2024!
Find the team at booth 711 at the ExCel, London.
Industrial Tour:
SCS are hosting an Industrial Tour to their laboratory facility on a historic London Routemaster Bus on Thursday 27th June!
Presentation Details:
Technical Paper:
ASME Paper Number: GT2024-126715
Session: 19-07 Heat transfer & thermal behaviour
Date & Time: Tuesday 25th June, 1:30 -3:30pm
Paper Title: ‘Mapping Temperatures on Turbocharger Bearing Cartridge Assemblies Using Thermal History Paints’
Lead Author: Dr Jim Hickey
Take a look at the summary video on the SCS Youtube channel here
Technical Paper:
ASME Paper Number: GT2024-126737
Session: 13-10 Heat transfer in rig testing
Date & Time: Thursday 27th June, 8-10am
Paper Title: Unique High-Resolution Temperature Mapping of Stage 1 Turbine Vane in a Long-Term Engine Test
Lead Author: Dr Jim Hickey
Take a look at the summary video on the SCS Youtube channel here
Technical Paper:
ASME Paper Number: GT2024-122285
Session: 19-07 Heat transfer & thermal behaviour
Date & Time: Tuesday 25th June, 1:30 -3:30pm
Paper Title: Mapping Maximum Exposure Temperatures on Automotive Turbocharger Wheels Using Thermal History Coatings
Lead Author: Dr Jim Hickey
Take a look at the summary video on the SCS Youtube channel here
Exhibition Stage Presentation:
Title: ‘High Resolution Thermal Mapping for advanced engine diagnostics: A comparison with traditional techniques’
Date & Time: Tuesday 25th June 3.15pm
Presenters: Mike Connolly, Elmira Parsa, Logan Whalen
26 – 30 June 2023
ASME Turbo Expo 2023
Boston, USA
The ASME Turbo Expo returns for the annual in-person conference and exhibition for 2023 and Sensor Coating Systems will be exhibiting for the sixth consecutive year. Find the team at booth 323 at the Hynes Convention Centre.
More details of the event and how to register to attend can be found HERE.
Presentation Details:
Technical Paper:
ASME Paper number: GT2023-101708
Session: 05-06 Advances in pressure and temperature sensitive paints
Date & Time: Tuesday, June 27, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Paper Title: Validation of Thermal History Coating Technology on Two Stage-One Turbine Blades
Lead Author: Dr Solon Karagiannopoulos, Instrumentation & Automation Lead at SCS
Take a look at the summary video on the SCS Youtube channel here.
Technical Paper:
ASME Paper number: GT2023-102277
Session: 05-06 Advances in pressure and temperature sensitive paints
Date & Time: Tuesday, June 27, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Paper Title: Feasibility of the Use of Thermal History Paints for Long Term Exposure in Low Temperature Life Critical Components
Lead Author: Dr Silvia Araguas Rodriguez, Technical Director at SCS
Take a look at the summary video on the SCS Youtube channel here.
Exhibition Stage Presentation:
Title: Advanced thermal mapping for engine diagnostics.
Date & Time: Wednesday 28th June – 1.45PM
Presenters: Jim Hickey, Joseph Counte.
25 – 27 April 2023
10th International EVI-GTI Conference
Budapest
Technical Director Silvia Araguas Rodriguez will be presenting:
ADVANCED THERMAL MAPPING USING THERMAL HISTORY TECHNOLOGY.
April 25th 2023 at 10.30 – 11am.
More details of the event and how to register to attend can be found HERE.
3 – 7 April 2023
10th International Temperature Symposium 2023
Anaheim, USA
The tenth International Temperature Symposium, hosted by the Measurement Science Conference, along with a combined technology exhibition.
SCS’s R&D Materials Engineer Joseph Counte is travelling to Los Angeles for the event where he will be presenting ‘A review and advances in thermal history sensing for turbine applications’ on Wednesday 5th April.
More information on the International Temperature Symposium can be found HERE.
18 – 20 July 2022
International Conference on Phosphor Thermometry 2022
Magdeburg, Germany
The third International Conference on Phosphor Thermometry took place at the Otto-von-Guericke-Universität. ICPT addresses all aspects of temperature measurements using thermographic phosphors. Dr Jörg Feist was invited to present on thermal history technology.
More information on the Phosphor Thermometry Conference can be found HERE.
1 – 3 June 2022
10 RIPT Conference
Jülich, Germany
The 10th edition of ‘Les Rencontres Internationales de la Projection Thermique’ will take place at Forschungszentrum Jülich, as the most important European event on thermal spray technology. Dr Jörg Feist has been invited as a speaker at the event.
Presentation Title: Review of progress and applications in the development of air plasma sprayed thermal history coatings
More details of the event and how to register to attend can be found HERE.
14 – 15 June 2022
iMechE – VTMS15
Warwick, UK
The Institute of Mechanical Engineers held their 15th Vehicle Thermal Management Systems conference & exhibition
Presentation Title: Advanced thermal mapping technology for new engine designs
More details of the event and how to register to attend can be found HERE
13 – 17 June 2022
ASME Turbo Expo 2022
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
The ASME Turbo Expo returned to an in-person conference and exhibition for 2022 and Sensor Coating Systems exhibited for the fifth consecutive year.
Technical Paper Title: GT2022-80820 – ADVANCED THERMAL PROFILING OF TURBOCHARGER COMPRESSOR WHEELS USING PHOSPHORESCENCE THERMAL HISTORY COATINGS
More details of the event and how to register to attend can be found HERE.
7 – 11 March 2022
1st International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing
Online
The 1st International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing for Air, Space and Land Transportation took place virtually. SCS Materials Engineer, Marta Ferran Marqués, presented at the conference, details on the session below.
Presentation Title: ‘Advanced Temperature Mapping for High Thermal Loads’
Date & Time: Thursday 10th March 5PM GMT / 6PM CET
Session: Digital Manufacturing – 3, in Room D
More details of the event and how to register to attend can be found HERE.
16 November 2021
Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Hub Showcase
London, UK
Dr Jorg Feist joined the 2021 cohort of Enterprise Hub Members and in November was selected to participate in the Enterprise Hub Showcase. This event invited enterprise hub members to network with partners of the Royal Academy of Engineering and exhibit their business.
The event webpage can be found HERE.
11 – 15 October 2021
ETN – International Gas Turbine Conference
Online
Dr Jorg Feist, Dr Jim Hickey & Mike Connolly attended the IGTC virtual event with Sensor Coating Systems as the Carbon-neutral Solutions Supporter for the conference.
Across the week, there was a combination of keynote, technical and networking sessions delivered by gas turbine experts. The theme for the 10th IGTC this year was “Gas Turbines in a Carbon Neutral Society”, showcasing the latest R&D efforts and an overview of global markets.
SCS attended to highlight how thermal history technology could prove essential in the fast redesigning of engines towards a carbon-neutral future.
To learn more about the event click HERE.
14 – 15 September 2021
SpaceAM – Advanced Materials Event
Leicester, UK
Sensor Coating Systems attended SpaceAM, a showcase for the use of advanced materials in space technology, at Leicester Racecourse in September. Dr Jorg Feist & Dr Silvia Araguas Rodriguez presented at the event alongside NATEP – the National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme.
More information on the event can be found HERE.
ASME Turbo Expo 2021 – Virtual Conference
Online
Sensor Coating Systems attended the show as an exhibitor for the fourth year in a row. Following from last year’s adaptations, the exhibition involved a virtual booth with virtual roundtable sessions. SCS held live lab tours as well as several discussion topics such as comparing the benefits of thermal history paint over standard thermal paints. SCS also presented a technical paper in a heat transfer session, details can be found through following the link below.
More information on SCS at the ASME Turbo Expo 2021 can be found HERE
ASME Turbo Expo 2020
Online
After the effects of COVID-19, ASME converted the 2020 event into a virtual format. SCS attended as an exhibitor for the third time in a row, with a virtual booth providing opportunity for visitors to ask questions about our technology via chat or video calls. Members across the SCS team presented four scientific papers and one poster, outlined through the link below.
Further details on the event and the papers presented can be found
Materials Research Exchange 2020
London, England
MRE 2020 took place on the 19th & 20th February 2020 at the Business Design Centre, London. The event showcased ground-breaking new materials and their manufacturing process.
SCS was at Booth #31-33 providing information about SCS’s Thermal History Technology and the business.
More information on MRE 2020 can be found HERE.
27 – 29 July 2020
2nd International Phosphor Thermometry Conference 2020
Online
The second International Conference on Phosphor Thermometry took place as an online conference on the 27th – 29th of July 2020. ICPT addresses all aspects of temperature measurements using thermographic phosphors. SCS participated presenting two presentations covering the topics thermal history coatings and the industrial application of thermal history paints.
More information on the Phosphor Thermometry Conference can be found HERE.
22 July 2020
Farnborough International Airshow Connect 2020 (FIA)
Online
Farnborough International Airshow Connect took place as a digital conference on the 22. July 2020. SCS presented three successful NATEP – National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme projects in the area of thermal mapping.
More information on the Farnborough International Airshow can be found HERE.
21 – 25 October 2019
IAC 2019 – 70th International Astronautical Congress 2019
Washington D.C., United States
The 70th International Astronautical Congress took place from the 21 – 25 October 2019 in Washington D.C. SCS presented a interactive presentation titled ‘Sensor Coatings for High-Temperature Measurements in Space Applications‘.
More information on the International Astronautical Congress can be found HERE.
16 – 18 September 2019
10th International Charles Parsons Turbine Conference 2019
Cranfield, England
The 10th International Charles Parsons Turbine Conference took place from the 16 – 18 September 2019 in Cranfield.
The conference was organised by the IOM Communications on behalf of the High Temperature Materials Committee of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. The 2019 conference focused on the challenge of turbines operating under novel conditions, looking the interactions between environmental degradation mechanisms and mechanical interactions, in both gas and steam turbine applications. SCS participated presenting two presentations covering the topics of new temperature profiling techniques using thermal history coatings.
More information on the Charles Parsons Turbine Conference can be found HERE.
ASME Turbo Expo 2019
Arizona, US
ASME Turbo Expo will take place in Phoenix, Arizona. With three thousand visitors, a must-attend event for all turbomachinery professionals.
Sensor Coating Systems attended the show as an exhibitor for the second time. Allowing engineers to ask questions about our technology, with live demonstrations of SCS’s Thermal History Technology being provided. The demonstrations showcased SCS’ measurement equipment in both embodiments: thermal history paints and thermal history coatings.
Presentation session details:
Category: Manufacturing Materials & Metallurgy
Title: 24-07: GT2019:92087 – Reliable Temperature Measurement With Thermal History Paints: An Uncertainty Estimation Model – Part of 24-07: Prognosis and Prediction
Presenter: Dr Christopher Pilgrim
More information on ASME Turbo Expo can be found HERE
Vehicle Thermal Management Systems (VTMS14)
Twickenham (London), England
Sensor Coating Systems (SCS) were a sponsor at the IMechE’s automotive professional’s biennial conference/exhibition, which deals with thermal management within the automotive industry. Attended by OEMs and suppliers to explore different solutions in the area.
Dr Christopher Pilgrim, Technical Director at SCS presented at the VTMS giving a presentation on our technology as an industrial thermal measurement tool, with automotive OEM case studies to show SCS’s applicability and success in delivering to OEM clients.
Engine Expo 2019
Stuttgart, Germany
Sensor Coating Systems exhibited at Engine Expo, the powertrain technology show hosted in Messe Stuttgart, Germany. The 3-day exhibition was a must-attend for professionals interested in the development of new engine components and industry supporting technologies.
SCS delivered a presentation by Dr Solon Karagiannopoulos, Instrumentation Engineer, on High-definition thermal mapping using memory materials. This featured the benefits of using thermal mapping for product development or product validation using our Thermal History Technology. Successful automotive OEM and supplier case studies were also featured.
International conference on Phosphor Thermometry
Glasgow, Scotland
SCS’ technical team has pioneered thermographic phosphors for almost two decades. SCS is very pleased to have participated with three members at the first ever conference on phosphor thermometry at Strathclyde University, Glasgow.
Dr Chris Pilgrim, technical director, gave a presentation on the temperature memory phosphors and their application on a 3D printed turbo charger to understand the heat transfer of internal cooling channels. Daniel Castillo, PhD student at Imperial College and full-time employee at SCS, gave a poster presentation on the development of high temperature binders for phosphor materials.
ASME Turbo Expo 2018
Oslo, Norway
In June 2018 the ASME Turbo Expo took place in Oslo, Norway.
Sensor Coating Systems, for the first time ever, attended the show as an exhibitor. Engineers visiting the booth were enthusiastic about participating in live demonstrations of SCS’s Thermal History Technology. The demonstrations showcased SCS’ measurement equipment on both embodiments: thermal history paints and thermal history coatings. Among all the engineers visiting SCS’s booth one hundred registered with SCS for receiving more information and to discuss potential applications in their subject areas.
Emerging Technologies – Royal Society of Chemistry
Manchester, England
‘Chemistry Means Business’ is the annual flagship event for industry of the Royal Society of Chemistry. It brings together start-ups, small and medium enterprises, multinational organisations, and academic entrepreneurs from across the UK and Europe.
For more information about the conference – CLICK HERE.
Conference: EVI-GTI Conference on Gas Turbine Instrumentation
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
SCS together with D.H. LeMieux from Siemens presented a paper titled: Validation of a novel Thermal History Paint thermal mapping technology on four turbine blades on a Siemen H-Class Gas Turbine
For more information about the conference – CLICK HERE.
Conference: EC Future Dialogue
Berlin, Germany
Sensor Coating Systems presented a paper providing a high level overview about different aspects of the technology and will show some application scenarios of engine components. It will then finish with an outlook into further developments and other potential application areas other than temperature detection. Presentation: Some (engineers) like it hot – Advanced Thermal Mapping using novel Temperature Memory Paints and Coatings.
For more information about the conference – CLICK HERE.
Conference: 12th European Conference on Turbomachinery Fluid dynamics & Thermodynamics
Stockholm, Sweden
Robert Krewinkel of MAN Diesel & Turbo presented paper titled ‘Surface temperature measurements in an industrial gas turbine using Thermal History Paints’, which was co-written with SCS. The paper describes the successful implementation of Thermal History Paint in a non-dedicated engine test.
For more information about the conference – CLICK HERE.
Conference: 1st Global Power and Propulsion Forum
SCS attended the conference and presented a paper in collaboration with VZLU – Aerospace Research and Test Establishment in Czech Republic. The benefits of Thermal History Paints were demonstrated through measurements on nozzle guide vanes, with the view to compare and validate them against thermocouple measurements. The results show that the THP extends the limited information from thermocouples to provide a more complete view of the thermal processes on the component. Learn more – Link to Publication.
New Technologies for the Aero Engine Supply Chain
SCS were invited to present the successful results of their development project supported by NATEP called TIPToE (Temperature Indicating PainTs for aero Engines). During the event, SCS demonstrated their measurement instrumentation developed through the NATEP project. For more information about the event – CLICK HERE.
ASME Turbomachinery Technical Conference & Exposition
SCS attended the five day conference in Seoul, South Korea and presented a paper outlining a test in which Thermal History Paint was applied to a front panel from a combustor of an industrial gas turbine. Results was published in collaboration with MAN Diesel & Turbo. The test provided useful and accurate results and showed good agreement with other traditional temperature measurement techniques. Learn more – Link to Publication.
Aerodays
Silvia Araguas of SCS won the Young Researcher Poster Competition and an award for Young Researcher Presentation Competition. More info about the event click HERE.