G-RADNEXT Workshop 2026

from Wednesday, 6 May 2026 (08:30) to Thursday, 7 May 2026 (23:45)
Villa Mondragone, Frascati, Italy

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
6 May 2026
7 May 2026
AM
08:30 Refreshment and registration  
09:00
Introduction (until 09:35)
09:00 Welcome and Introduction - Ennio Capria (ESRF)  
09:05 Welcome from ENEA - Giuseppe Celentano (ENEA)  
09:20 Welcome from RADNEXT - Ruben Garcia Alia (CERN)  
09:35
Session 1: Irradiation Facilities in Europe (until 11:05)
09:35 Session Chair Introduction - Yolanda Morilla (University of Seville)  
09:40 Overview on irradiation facilities within RADNEXT 2030 - Gerd Luis Datzmann (Datzmann interact & innovate)  
10:05 Database of irradiation facilities: Extension to industry-related information - José De Martín Hernández (CNA)  
10:20 Co‑60 TID Irradiation Testing Intercomparisons: Review of Previous Campaigns and Outlook for an Extended Exercise - Alessandra Costantino (ESA/ESTEC)  
10:40 ISO/IEC 17025 in Practice: Ensuring Quality in Radiation Testing - Christoph Tscherne (Seibersdorf Laboratories)  
10:50 Discussion with audience  
11:05 --- Facility Poster Session & Coffee Break ---
11:35
Session 2: From Industry to Industry (until 12:50)
11:35 Session Chair Introduction - Francesco Pintacuda (STMicroelectronics) Philipp Bender (Infineon)  
11:40 ESCC system & The Radiation Working Group - Renaud Mangeret (Airbus Defence & Space)  
11:50 On Single-Event Effects Sensitivity Characterization of Modern FinFET technologies - Maxim Gorbunov (IMEC)  
12:10 CR robustness testing of power semiconductor devices and requirements on test facilities - Christian Felgemacher (ROHM)  
12:30 Discussion with audience  
09:00 Announcements - Gerd Luis Datzmann (Datzmann interact & innovate) Ennio Capria (ESRF)  
09:10
Session 5: Photonics - Aleksandra Chumakova (until 10:30)
09:10 Session Chair Introduction - Aleksandra Chumakova (ESRF)  
09:15 Fiber-Optic Dosimetry: Recent Progress and Emerging Applications - Sylvain Girard (University of Saint-Etienne)  
09:35 Radiation Testing of Perovskite Solar Cells - Andreas Pahler (Uni Stuttgart)  
09:55 Dose, Dopants, and Data – Lessons Learned the Hard Way in Optical Fiber Radiation Testing - Jochen Kuhnhenn (Fraunhofer FKIE)  
10:15 Discussion with audience  
10:30 --- Coffee break ---
11:00
Session 6: Miscellaneous - Andrea Colangeli (ENEA) (until 13:05)
11:00 Artifact-Free Decapsulation: Using Highly Selective Microwave Induced Plasma Etching - Yashan Peng (Jiaco Instruments)  
11:20 LELAPE: An open-source tool to classify SEUs according to their multiplicity in radiation-ground tests on memories - Juan Antonio Clemente (Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM))  
11:40 The NERITA Project and its experiments supported by RADNEXT - Martin Dentan (CERN)  
12:00 Evaluation of neutron irradiation-induced displacement damage for Pressure Sensor - Roberta Pilia (Thales Alenia Space Italy)  
12:20 Wrap up - Gerd Luis Datzmann (Datzmann interact & innovate) Ennio Capria (ESRF)  
PM
12:50 --- Lunch ---
13:40 Group picture  
13:50 Keynote Talk - Radiation Hardness Assurance in ESA projects: From a CubeSat to a Space Weather Mission - Cristina Plettner (ESA)  
14:35
Session 3: System and Board Level Testing (until 15:55)
14:35 Session Chair Introduction - Richard Sharp (Radtest) Daniel Söderström (CERN)  
14:40 Methodology and Results of a Cost-Effective Radiation Characterization of the Artemis Crew Imagery Handheld System - Jeremy Myers (NASA)  
15:00 Testing at board level: The Impact in Terms of Radiation Qualification and lessons learned - Pierre Garcia (TRAD)  
15:20 System-level Avionics Testing for Extreme Space Weather conditions - Camille Bélanger-Champagne (TRIUMF) Alex Hands (TRIUMF)  
15:40 Discussion with audience  
15:55 --- Coffee break ---
16:25
Session 4: Wide-bandgap power devices for aerospace applications (until 18:05)
16:25 Session Chair Introduction - Corinna Martinella (University of Montpellier)  
16:30 Single-Event Destructive Effects in Wide Bandgap High Voltage Power Devices in Space Environments - Art Witulski (Vanderbilt University)  
17:00 WBG Device Integration into a Deep-Space Rotorcraft - Joseph P. Kozak (Johns Hopkins University)  
17:18 Radiation Hardened GaN Components for Space - Simon Wainwright (Semi Zabala)  
17:36 SiC JFETs: Building blocks for radiation tolerant power applications - Ausias Garrigos Sirvent (Universidad Miguel Hernández)  
17:54 Discussion with audience  
18:05 Closing remarks & Announcements - Ennio Capria (ESRF) Dr Gerd Luis Datzmann  
19:30 Dinner  
13:05 --- Lunch ---
14:05
Presentation about ENEA Frascati (until 14:55)
14:05 R&D in Fusion Energy: the role and contributions of ENEA - Rosaria Villari (ENEA Nuclear Department)  
14:30 Overview of ENEA facilities in RADNEXT 2030 - Andrea Colangeli (ENEA)  
14:55 Announcement: Organisation of the site visit - Andrea Colangeli (ENEA)  
15:05 Transfer from Villa Mondragone to ENEA  
15:35 Site Visit