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Submissions from 2018
Comparison of Plume Dynamics for Laser Ablated Metals: Al and Ti, William A. Bauer, Glen P. Perram, and Timothy Haugan
Improved Space Object Detection Using Short-Exposure Image Data with Daylight Background, David J. Becker and Stephen C. Cain
Multivariate Stochastic Approximation to Tune Neural Network Hyperparameters for Criticial Infrastructure Communication Device Identification, Trevor J. Bihl and Daniel W. Steeneck
Influence of Basis-set Size on the X2Σ+1/2, A2Π1/2, A2Π3/2, and B2Σ1/2 potential-energy curves, A2Π3/2 2 vibrational energies, and D1 and D2 line shapes of Rb+He, L. Aaron Blank, Amit R. Sharma, and David E. Weeks
Energy Balance and Power Loss Pathway Study of a 120 cc Four-Stroke Internal Combustion Engine, Jason R. Blantin, Marc D. Polanka, Joseph K. Ausserer, Paul J. Litke, and Jacob A. Baranski
Measurements of temperature, pressure, velocity, and frequency in an ultra compact combustor, Brian T. Bohan, Marc D. Polanka, and Larry P. Goss
A Framework for Investigating Optimization of Service Parts Performance with Big Data, Christopher A. Boone, Benjamin T. Hazen, Joseph B. Skipper, and Robert E. Overstreet
Estimation of Atmospheric Turbulence Using Differential Motion of Extended Features in Time-lapse Imagery, Santasri R. Bose-Pillai, Jack E. McCrae, Christopher A. Rice, Ryan A. Wood, Conner E. Murphy, and Steven T. Fiorino
Measuring Leak Rates from Abandoned Natural Gas Wells in Western Pennsylvania, John Bradshaw, Jeremy M. Slagley, Nicole Iannacchione, and Matthew Lees
Military-Related Exposures, Social Determinants of Health, and Dysbiosis: The United States-Veteran Microbiome Project (US-VMP), Lisa A. Brenner, Andrew J. Hoisington, Kelly A. Stearns-Yoder, Christopher E. Stamper, Jared A. Heinze, Teodor T. Postolache, Daniel A. Hadidi, Claire A. Hoffmire, and Maggie A. Stanislawski
Parameter Extraction Algorithm for Conductor Backed, Bi-Layered Uniaxial Materials, Adam L. Brooks and Michael J. Havrilla
Non-GNSS Smartphone Pedestrian Navigation Using Barometric Elevation and Digital Map-Matching, Daniel Broyles, Kyle J. Kauffman, John F. Raquet, and Piotr Smagowski
Utilizing Supercomputing to Analyze Risks of an Emergent Large-scale Debris Field in Low Earth Orbit, David J. Buehler, Dane F. Fuller, John M. Colombi, William E. Wiesel, David Meyer, and Richard G. Cobb
Evaluating Annual Fixed Wing Maintenance Costs, Kirsten Bunecke, Edward D. White, Jonathan D. Ritschel, and Brett A. Bush
The Effectiveness of Using Diversity to Select Multiple Classifier Systems with Varying Classification Thresholds, Harris K. Butler IV, Mark A. Friend, Kenneth W. Bauer, and Trevor J. Bihl
Challenges and solutions with exponentiation constraints using decision variables via the BARON commercial solver, William N. Caballero, Alexander G. Kline, and Brian J. Lunday
Solution of a Pursuit–Evasion Game Using a Near-Optimal Strategy, Ryan W. Carr, Richard G. Cobb, Meir Pachter, and Scott J. Pierce
The Target Differential Game with Two Defenders, David W. Casbeer, Eloy Garcia, and Meir Pachter
Reversing a Lattice ECP3 FPGA for Bitstream Protection, Daniel J. Celebucki, Scott R. Graham, and Sanjeev Gunawardena
Effects of Edge Inclination Angles on Whispering-gallery Modes in Printable Wedge Microdisk Lasers, Cong Chen, Lei Wan, and Hengky Chandrahalim
Investigation of the Thermochemical Non-Equilibrium Phenomena in the Wake of a Hypersonic Vehicle using Three-Temperature Models, Matthew P. Clarey and Robert B. Greendyke
Parametric Study of the Wake of Slender Hypersonic Vehicles using a Three-Temperature Model, Matthew P. Clarey and Robert B. Greendyke
Three-Temperature Models for Thermochemical Non-Equilibrium in Compression and Expansion, Matthew P. Clarey and Robert B. Greendyke
Cost Performance Index Stability: Insights from Environmental Remediation Projects, Denis S. Clayson, Edward D. White, and Alfred E. Thal Jr.
Vibrational Properties of Additively Manufactured Inconel 718, Gregory R. Cobb, Adam D. C. Nesmith, Andrew J. Lingenfelter, and Ryan P. O'Hara