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Submissions from 2026
Measurements and Scaling of Ion Propulsion Impulse during Driven Magnetic Reconnection, Fatima Ebrahimi, Nicholas A. O'Gorman, Kush Maheshwari, Jongsoo Yoo, Alexandre Sainterme, and Hantao Ji
A Comparison of Modeled Daytime E Regions from E-PROBED and PyIRI with Ionosonde Observations, Daniel J. Emmons, Cornelius C. J. H. Salinas, Dong L. Wu, Nimalan Swarnalingam, Eugene V. Dao, Jorge L. Chau, Yosuke Yamazaki, Kyle E. Fitch, and Victoriya V. Forsythe
Classical ghost imaging with nondiffracting, self-healing light structures in simulated atmospheric turbulence, Joseph D. Fasone, Keith A. Wyman, and Anil K. Patnaik
Evaluating neutron induced displacement damage in gallium oxide based rectifiers, Aaron J. Ferguson, John W. McClory, J. S. Li, Chao-Ching Chiang, Jsiao-Hsuan Wan, and Fan Ren
Preliminary Design of a Re-Configurable Transforming 12U CubeSat for Radar Operations, Toledo Figueroa Toledo and Robert A. Bettinger
Dynamic Magnetic Null Behavior in Planar Ion Diodes: Particle-in-cell Analysis of Field Oscillations and Ion Beam Dynamics, Jesse C. Foster, Stephen B. Swanekamp, and Paul F. Ottinger
Residual biological surrogate aerosol risk reduction during disrobing litter-bound manikin patients using two dry air treatments for cold regions, Clayton Garner, Darrah Sleeth, Jeremy Slagley, Kimberly Shoaf, Vera Peters, Faina Feldman, Julie Skipper, Gaiven Varshney, and Doug Lewis
Boundary Layer Theory, Rama Subba Reddy Gorla
Uncertainty propagation for transient heat transfer in a hollow cylinder, Rama Subba Reddy Gorla and Lochlan Joyce
Small polarons in selenium-doped ferroelectric Sn2P2S6 crystals, Timothy D. Gustafson, Mariacristina Rumi, P. Shiv Halsyamani, Yujie Zhang, Nancy C. Giles, and Larry E. Halliburton
Spectroscopic properties of high-concentration Ho3+ in YLiF4 and BaY2 F8 crystals, Vivian Hedberg, Thomas R. Harris, Bradley R. Deshano, and Jonathan W. Evans
Powdered Activated Carbon Treatment of PFAS‐Containing Washwater from Aircraft Hangar Pipe Rinsing, Jennifer Hensley, Jaya Das Schober, Matthew Magnuson, and Willie F. Harper Jr.
Special Issue introduction: Advanced Methodologies for Space Operations and Security in the Complex Orbital Environment, Joshuah A. Hess, Constantinos Zagaris, Bryan D. Little, and Robert A. Bettinger
Preliminary 3- and 6-Degree-of-Freedom Investigation of Aerobraking to Support Cislunar Operations, Erica C. Higginbotham, Robert A. Bettinger, and Emma L. Webb
The Influence of In-Hole Roughness on Leading-Edge Overall Effectiveness, Bailey W. Hopkins and James L. Rutledge
Does Patient History Influence Capsular Contracture? An Exploratory Analysis with Machine Learning, Thomas M. Johnstone, Daniel Najafali, Jennifer K. Shaw, Justin M. Camacho, Chancellor Johnstone, Rahim S. Nazerali, and Gordon K. Lee
Comparison of Anomaly Detection Methods on Event-Based Vision Sensor Data in a High Noise Environment, Will Johnston, Anthony L. Franz, Shannon R. Young, Rachel Oliver, Zachary Theis, Brian McReynolds, and Michael L. Dexter
Discovery of Dynamical Structures Mapping Chaotic Transport Pathways in the Earth–Moon CR3BP, Tyler J. Kapolka, Christina E. Paljug, Robert A. Bettinger, Rachel Oliver, Bruce A. Cox, and Jeremiah A. Specht
Nowcasting 3D Cloud Fields Using Forward Warping Optical Flow, Matthew P. King, Jason M. Apke, Steven D. Miller, Katherine Haynes, Yoo-Jeong Noh, and John M. Haynes
Laser-driven fusion and accelerator facility to generate kHz-rate mixed radiation, Benjamin M. Knight, Nathaniel Tamminga, Connor M. Gautam, Scott Feister, Kyle D. Frische, Enam A. Chowdury, Michael L. Dexter, and Anil K. Patnaik
Uranium Chemical Compound Classification Using Sub-images and Statistical Machine Learning for Nuclear Forensics, Lee C. Lambert, Brett J. Borghetti, and Abigail A. Bickley
Cognitive team models in press Diplomacy, Joshua A. Lapso, Gilbert L. Peterson, and Michael E. Miller
Spline-Based Factor-Graph Optimization with High-Grade Inertial Sensors, Kyle Leland, Clark N. Taylor, David Woodburn, and Randal Beard
Effects of Niobium on the Mechanical and Oxidation Properties of Additively Manufactured Tungsten, Alexander LeSieur, Cayla Eckley, and Ryan A. Kemnitz
A Comprehensive Analysis of Triply Periodic Minimal Surface Structures Applied to Additively Manufactured Conformal Heat Exchangers for High-Speed Applications, Nathan Lewan, Mitch Wolff, Abdeel J. Roman, Zachary J. Carner, John S. Brewer, and Tanner S. Barber