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Submissions from 2020
Long-Range Pose Estimation for Aerial Refueling Approaches Using Deep Neural Networks, Andrew Lee, William Dallmann, Scott L. Nykl, Clark N. Taylor, and Brett J. Borghetti
Sparse Representation of Targets with Mixed Scattering Primitives, John Lee, Peter J. Collins, and Julie Ann Jackson
MagSLAM: Aerial Simultaneous Localization and Mapping using Earth's Magnetic Anomaly Field, Taylor N. Lee and Aaron J. Canciani
Experimental Determination of the (0/−) Level for Mg Acceptors in β-Ga2O3 Crystals, Christopher A. Lenyk, Trevor A . Gustafson, Sergey A. Basun, Larry E. Halliburton, and Nancy C. Giles
An Argument against Satellite Resiliency: Simplicity in the Face of Modern Satellite Design, Dax Linville and Robert A. Bettinger
A Fully Quantum Calculation of Broadening and Shifting Coefficients of the D1 and D2 spectral lines of alkali-metal atoms colliding with noble-gas atoms, Robert D. Loper and David E. Weeks
Targeted Heavy-Ion Radiation of Aluminum Gallium Nitride/Gallium Nitride HEMTs, Melanie E. Mace, John W. McClory, James C. Petrosky, Eric R. Heller, and G. Vizhelethy
Effects of Temperature and Antioxidants on the Oxidation of Biodiesel Derived from Waste Vegetable Oil, Randy L. Maglinao, Torrey J. Wagner, and Keegan Duff
Solar Photovoltaic Considerations for Operational and Warfighter Support Capabilities, Dylan Martin-Abood, Douglas Dudis, and Torrey J. Wagner
Measurements of Optical Turbulence over 149-km Path, Jack E. McCrae, Santasri Bose-Pillai, Steven T. Fiorino, Aaron J. Archibald, Joel Meoak, Brannon Elmore, Thomas Kesler, and Christopher A. Rice
Approximate Dynamic Programming for the Military Inventory Routing Problem, Rebekah S. McKenna, Matthew J. Robbins, Brian J. Lunday, and Ian M. McCormack
Systems Modeling Language Extension to Support Modeling Of Human-Agent Teams, Michael E. Miller, John M. McGuirl, Michael F. Schneider, and Thomas C. Ford
Relational Database for PNT Data, Sean Mochocki, Kyle J. Kauffman, Robert C. Leishman, and John Raquet
A Review on Municipal Solid Waste-to-energy Trends in the USA, Chandrani Mukherjee, Jacob M. Denney, Eric G. Mbonimpa, Jeremy M. Slagley, and R. Bhowmik
Creep-rupture Performance of a Recrystallizing Solution Treatment for Inconel 718 Fabricated by Laser Powder-bed Fusion, David Newell, Anthony N. Palazotto, and Ryan P. O'Hara
Middleware Unifying Framework for Independent Nodes System (MUFFINS), James S. Okolica, Gilbert L. Peterson, and Michael J. Mendenhall
Maximum Likelihood Reconstructions for Rotating Scatter Mask Imaging, Robert J. Olesen, Darren E. Holland, Erik M. Brubaker, and James E. Bevins
Characterization of Novel Rotating Scatter Mask Designs for Gamma Direction Identification, Robert J. Olesen, Buckley E. O'Day III, Darren E. Holland, Larry W. Burggraf, and James E. Bevins
Machine Learning Modeling of Horizontal Photovoltaics Using Weather and Location Data, Christil Pasion, Torrey J. Wagner, Clay Koschnick, Steven J. Schuldt, Jada B. Williams, and Kevin Hallinan
End-to-End Direct Digital Synthesis Simulation and Mathematical Model to Minimize Quantization Effects of Digital Signal Generation, Pranav R. Patel and Richard K. Martin
Cost Analysis of Optimized Islanded Energy Systems in a Dispersed Air Base Conflict, Jay F. Pearson, Torrey J. Wagner, and Justin D. Delorit
Meeting Temporary Facility Energy Demand with Climate-Optimized Off-Grid Energy Systems, Jay F. Pearson, Torrey J. Wagner, Justin D. Delorit, and Steven J. Schuldt
An Integrated Assessment of the Global Virtual Water Trade Network of Energy, Rebecca A. M. Peer and Christopher M. Chini
Analysis of an Energy Tuning Assembly for Simulating Nuclear Weapon Environments at the National Ignition Facility, Nicholas J. Quartemont, James E. Bevins, Rachel N. Slaybaugh, and Lee A. Bernstein
Nuclear Data Covariance Analysis in Radiation-Transport Simulations Utilizing SCALE Sampler and the IRDFF Nuclear Data Library, Nicholas J. Quartemont, Abigail A. Bickley, and James E. Bevins