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Submissions from 2022
Influence of Nano-Sized SiC on the Laser Powder Bed Fusion of Molybdenum, Nathan E. Ellsworth, Ryan A. Kemnitz, Cayla C. Eckley, Brianna M. Sexton, Cynthia T. Bowers, Joshua R. Machacek, and Larry W. Burggraf
A Statistical Analysis of Sporadic-E Characteristics Associated with GNSS Radio Occultation Phase and Amplitude Scintillations, Daniel J. Emmons, Dong L. Wu, and Nimalan Swarnalingam
Efficient optimization of nonlinear optical devices with ITO/SiO2 layered hyperbolic metamaterials, James A. Ethridge, John G. Jones, Manuel R. Ferdinandus, Michael J. Havrilla, and Michael A. Marciniak
Optimizing Switching of Non-linear Properties with Hyperbolic Metamaterials, James A. Ethridge, John G. Jones, Manuel R. Ferdinandus, Michael J. Havrilla, and Michael A. Marciniak
Effect of Trigonometric Transformations on the Machine Learning Prediction and Quality Control of Air Temperature, Andrea Fenoglio, Torrey J. Wagner, Paul Auclair, and Brent T. Langhals
Infrastructure Decision-Making under Climate Change Uncertainty: Case Study of Centralized Heating at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, Tyler A. Ferry, Justin D. Delorit, and Christopher M. Chini
A Note on Totally Symmetric Equi-Isoclinic Tight Fusion Frames, Matthew C. Fickus, Joseph W. Iverson, John Jasper, and Dustin Mixon
Techniques to Quantify Ambient Aerosol Optical Properties from Measurements of Extinction and Scattering, Steven T. Fiorino, Benjamin Rinaldi, Kevin Keefer, and Jack McCrae
Feasibility of Obtaining Surface Layer Moisture Flux Using an IR Thermometer, Steven T. Fiorino, Lance Todorowski, Jaclyn Schmidt, Yogendra Raut, and Jacob Margraf
A Statistical Principal Component Regression-Based Approach to Modeling the Degradative Effects of Local Climate and Traffic on Airfield Pavement Performance, Evan M. Fortney, Steven J. Schuldt, Sarah L. Brown, James P. Allen, and Justin D. Delorit
Particle-in-cell Simulations of Ion Dynamics in a Pinched-beam Diode, Jesse C. Foster, John W. McClory, S. B. B. Swanekamp, D. D. Hinshelwood, A. S. Richardson, Paul E. Adamson, J. W. Schumer, R. W. James, P. F. Ottinger, and D. Mosher
Modeling a Lossy Dieletric Polymer-based Thermoacoustic High Power Microwave Directed Energy Exposure Detection System, James J. Frey, Richard G. Cobb, and John W. McClory
An Experimental Investigation of the Governing Properties in a Vortex Tube, Matthew N. Fuqua and James L. Rutledge
Characterization of Overall Effectiveness Under the Influence of Two Coolant Temperatures, Matthew N. Fuqua and James L. Rutledge
Dimensionless Scaling and Prediction of Vortex Tube Temperature Separation, Matthew N. Fuqua and James L. Rutledge
Optimal Strategies for the Game of Protecting a Plane in 3-D, Eloy Garcia, Isaac Weintraub, David W. Casbeer, and Meir Pachter
Studying the Conditions for Magnetic Reconnection in Solar Flares with and without Precursor Flares, Seth H. Garland, Daniel J. Emmons, and Robert D. Loper
Testing and Characterization of Additive and Traditionally Manufactured Inconel 718 in a Combustion Materials Test Facility, Matthew R. Gazella, Marc D. Polanka, Ryan A. Kemnitz, Cayla C. Eclkey, Brianna M. Sexton, James R. Sebastian, and Reece C. Hunt
A Framework for Collaborative All-Source Navigation With Fault Detection and Exclusion, Jonathon S. Gipson and Robert C. Leishman
Resilience Monitoring for Multi-Filter All-Source Navigation Framework with Assurance, Jonathon S. Gipson and Robert C. Leishman
Velocimetry Measurements in a Mach 6 Ludwieg Tube, Stephen W. Grib, Naibo Jaing, Paul Hsu, Sukesh Roy, Jonathan L. Hill, Levi M. Thomas, Mark F. Reeder, and Matthew Borg
Determining solar cell BRDF model parameters by fitting to high-resolution out-of-plane measurement data, Michael Gross, Todd V. Small, Michael A. Marciniak, and Samuel Butler
Transition-metal ions in β-Ga2O3 crystals: Identification of Ni acceptors, Timothy D. Gustafson, Nancy C. Giles, Brian C. Holloway, J. Jesenovec, B. L. Dutton, M. D. McCluskey, and Larry E. Halliburton
Cu2+ and Cu3+ Acceptors in β-Ga2O3 Crystals: A Magnetic Resonance and Optical Absorption Study, Timothy D. Gustafson, Nancy C. Giles, Brian C. Holloway, Christopher A. Lenyk, J. Jesenovec, J. S. McCloy, M. D. McCluskey, and Larry E. Halliburton
Electron Traps in Ag-doped Li2B4O7 Crystals: The role of Ag Interstitial Ions, Timothy D. Gustafson, Brant E. Kananen, Nancy C. Giles, Brian C. Holloway, Volodymyr T. Adamiv, Ihor M. Teslyuk, Yaroslav V. Burak, and Larry E. Halliburton