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Submissions from 2021
Quantifying the Effects of Aircraft Engine Upgrades on Operating and Support Costs, Bradford A. Myers, Edward D. White, Jonathan D. Ritschel, and R. David Fass
Beam Formation and Vernier Steering off of a Rough Surface, Eric K. Nagamine, Kenneth W. Burgi, and Samuel D. Butler
Numerical Optimization of a Vortex Generating Jet on a Non-Slender Delta Wing, Shawn Naigle, Samuel Hiltner, and Michael M. Walker
Sortie-Based Aircraft Component Demand Rate to Predict Requirements, Thomas R. O'Neal, John M. Dickens, Lance Champaign, Aaron V. Glassburner, Jason R. Anderson, and Timothy W. Breitbach
On the Synthesis of Optimal Control Laws, Meir Pachter and Isaac E. Weintraub
Numerical Solution of Singularly Perturbed Two Parameter Problems using Exponential Splines, P Padmaja, P. Aparna, Rama S. R. Gorla, and N. Pothanna
Acquiring and modeling of Si solar cell transient response to pulsed X-ray, Lei Pan, Praneeth Kandlakunta, Matthew Van Zile, Xuezeng Dai, Jinsong Huang, John W. McClory, and Lei R. Cao
Thermal Ignition of a Combustible over an Inclined Hot Plate, Salaika Parvin, Nepal Chandra Roy, and Rama S. R. Gorla
Historic Water and Carbon Footprints of Electricity, Rebecca A. M. Peer and Christopher M. Chini
Reinvigorating a Technical Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Distance Learning Graduate Certificate Program, James C. Petrosky, Gaiven Varshney, Jeremy Slagley, and Sara Shaghaghi
Exploring Performance in Air Force Science and Technology Programs, Eric A. Plack, Jonathan D. Ritschel, Edward D. White, and Clay M. Koschnick
Shifting Satellite Control Paradigms: Operational Cybersecurity in the Age of Megaconstellations, Carl A. Poole, Robert A. Bettinger, and Mark Reith
Evolving Satellite Control Challenges: The Arrival of Mega-Constellations and Potential Complications for Operational Cybersecurity, Carl Poole, Mark Reith, and Robert A. Bettinger
Toxoplasma gondii, Suicidal Behavior, and Intermediate Phenotypes for Suicidal Behavior, Teodor T. Postolache, Abhishek Wadhawan, Dan Rujescu, Andrew J. Hoisington, Aline Dagdag, Enrique Baca-Garcia, Christopher A. Lowry, Olaoluwa O. Okusaga, and Lisa A. Brenner
Developing a Resilient, Robust and Efficient Supply Network in Africa, Jade F. Preston, Bruce A. Cox, Paul P. Rebeiz, and Timothy W. Breitbach
Flight Tests of Passive Flow Control for Suppression of Cavity Aeroacoustics, Daniel Prudhomme, Daniel Chin, Mark F. Reeder, Ryan Schmit, Ian Maatz, and Rudy Johnson
Regularized heuristic method for activation monitor neutron spectrum unfolding, Nicholas J. Quartemont and James E. Bevins
Uranium Integral Fission Product Yields for a Spectrally-shaped 14.1 MeV Neutron Source at the National Ignition Facility, Nicholas J. Quartemont, N. Gharibyan, K. Moody, and James E. Bevins
ATHENA: A Unique Radiation Environment Platform at the National Ignition Facility, Nicholas J. Quartemont, George Peterson, Colton Moran, Adib J. Samin, Buguo Wang, Charles Yeamans, Brandon Woodworth, Darren Holland, James C. Petrosky, and James E. Bevins
Designing a Vehicle of a Celestial Icosahedron Shape, Torin Quick, Kevin Greenoe, Anthony N. Palazotto, and Travis Shelton
Comparison of machine learning techniques to optimize the analysis of plutonium surrogate material via a portable LIBS device, Ashwin P. Rao, Phillip R. Jenkins, John D. Auxier II, and Michael B. Shattan
Rapid quantitative analysis of trace elements in plutonium alloys using a handheld laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) device coupled with chemometrics and machine learning, Ashwin P. Rao, Phillip R. Jenkins, Dung Vu, John D. Auxier II, Anil K. Patnaik, and Michael B. Shattan
Integrating Cost as a Decision Variable in Wargames, Joshua N. Reese, Jonathan D. Ritschel, Brent T. Langhals, and Ryan D. Engle
Extending Critical Infrastructure Element Longevity using Constellation-based ID Verification, Christopher M. Rondeau, Michael A. Temple, J. Addison Betances, and Christine M. Schubert Kabban
Simulation of Anisoplanatic Lucky Look Imaging and Statistics through Optical Turbulence Using Numerical Wave Propagation, Michael A. Rucci, Russell C. Hardie, and Richard K. Martin