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Submissions from 2023
To the Moon: Strategic Competition in the Cislunar Region, Shawn M. Willis
Lagrangian Dynamics and the Discovery of Cislunar Periodic Orbits, Adam P. Wilmer and Robert A. Bettinger
A new approach to profiling atmospheric turbulence using a dynamically ranged Raleigh beacon system, Benjamin Wilson, Santasri Bose-Pillai, Steven Zuraski, Jack McCrae, and Steven T. Fiorino
Optimal Estimation Inversion of Ionospheric Electron Density from GNSS-POD Limb Measurements: Part I-Algorithm and Morphology, Dong L. Wu, Nimalan Swarnalingam, Cornelius C. J. H. Salinas, Daniel J. Emmons, Tyler C. Summers, and Robert Gardiner-Garden
Atmospheric Turbulence Simulator to Study Photon Pair Indistinguishability in Free-Space Optical Networks, Keith A. Wyman and Anil K. Patnaik
Atmospheric turbulence simulator to test entanglement quality during propagation of photonic qubits, Keith A. Wyman, Robert J. Von Holle, Milo W. Hyde IV, and Anil K. Patnaik
Multi-agent reinforcement learning satellite guidance for triangulation of a moving object in a relative orbit frame, Nicholas Yielding, Joseph Curro, and Stephen C. Cain
Accurate Covariance Estimation for Pose Data from Iterative Closest Point Algorithm, Rick H. Yuan, Clark N. Taylor, and Scott L. Nykl
A Computational Approach for Mapping Electrochemical Activity of Multi-Principal Element Alloys, Jodie A. Yuwono, Xinyu Li, Tyler D. Dolezal, Adib J. Samin, Javen Qinfeng Shi, Zhipeng Li, and Nick Birbilis
A Computational Approach for Mapping Electrochemical Activity of Multi-principal Element Alloys, Jodie A. Yuwono, Xinyu Li, Tyler D. Dolezal, Adib J. Samin, Javen Qinfeng Shi, Zhipeng Li, and Nick Birbilis
Minimizing 1-micron absorption losses in CdSiP2, Kevin T. Zawilski, Peter G. Schuneman, Timothy D. Gustafson, Larry Halliburton, Nancy C. Giles, Kent Averett, Jonathan E. Slagle [*], Shekhar Guha, and Robert Murray
Identification of Authentic GNSS Signals in Time-Differenced Carrier Phase Measurements with a Multi-Constellation Software Defined Radio Receiver, Zhen Zhu, Sanjeev Gunawardena, Eric Vinande, and Jason Pontious
Submissions from 2022
GNSS Software Defined Radio: History, Current Developments, and Standardization Efforts { Conference version }, Dennis Akos, Javier Arribas, M. Zahidul H. Bhuiyan, Pau Closas, Fabio Dovis, Ignacio Fernandez-Hernandez, Carles Fernandez-Prades, Sanjeev Gunawardena, Todd Humphreys, Zaher M. Kassas, Jose A. Lopez Salcedo, Mario Nicola, Thomas Pany, M. L. Psiaki, Mark L. Rügamer, Y.-J. Song, and J.-H. Won
Delaunay Walk for Fast Nearest Neighbor: Accelerating Correspondence Matching for ICP, James D. Anderson, Ryan M. Raettig, Joshua Larson, Clark N. Taylor, and Thomas Wischgoll
Evaluation of a Complementary Navigation Filter Steering a UAS Autopilot in a GNSS Contested Environment, Andrew Appleget, Josiah Watson, Jeremy Gray, and Robert C. Leishman
Magneto-Exothermic Catalytic Chemical Reaction along a Curved Surface, Muhammad Ashraf, Uzma Ahmad, Saqib Zia, Rama S. R. Gorla, Amnah S. Al-Johani, Ilyas Khan, and Mulugeta Andualem
Crosstalk is Good: Antenna Design to Enable Polarimetric Compressive Sensing, John Becker, Julie Ann Jackson, and Jeffey Massman
Incentivizing Innovation: Promoting Technical Competency to Win Future Wars., James E. Bevins
Pure Tone Audiometry Evaluation Method Effectiveness in Detecting Hearing Changes Due to Workplace Ototoxicant, Continuous Noise, and Impulse Noise Exposures, Marc Blair, Jeremy M. Slagley, and N. C. Schaal
Improving on Atmospheric Turbulence Profiles Derived from Dual Beacon Hartmann Turbulence Sensor Measurements, Alexander S. Boeckenstedt, Jack E. McCrae, Santasri Bose-Pillai, and Benjamin Wilson
Single Shear Bearing Response in Bolted Hybrid Composite Joints, John S. Brewer, Anthony N. Palazotto, Casey Holocross, and Michael Gran
Evaluating Climatic Influences on the Technical Performance of Built Infrastructure Assets, Sarah L. Brown, Steven J. Schuldt, Michael N. Grussing, Michael A. Johnson, and Justin D. Delorit
Influence of Anisotropic Thermal Conductivity on Overall Cooling Effectiveness on a Film-Cooled Leading Edge, Carol E. Bryant and James L. Rutledge
Finding the Dimension of a Non-empty Orthogonal Array Polytope, Dursun A. Bulutoglu
Utilization and Efficient Computation of Polarization Factor Q for Fast, Accurate BRDF Modeling, Samuel D. Butler and Michael A. Marciniak