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Submissions from 2018
Visible aluminum monoxide emission during long pulse mid-infrared ablation of aluminum in air, Todd A. Van Woerkom, Glen P. Perram, Brian D. Dolasinski, Patrick A. Berry, and Charles D. Phelps
Polychromatic Wave-Optics Models for Image-Plane Speckle. 1. Well-Resolved Objects, Noah R. Van Zandt, Jack E. McCrae, Mark F. Spencer, Michael J. Steinbock, Milo W. Hyde IV, and Steven T. Fiorino
Polychromatic Wave-Optics Models for Image-Plane Speckle 2 Unresolved Objects, Noah R. Van Zandt, Mark F. Spencer, Michael J. Steinbock, Brian M. Anderson, Milo W. Hyde IV, and Steven T. Fiorino
A convex-programming-based guidance algorithm to capture a tumbling object on orbit using a spacecraft equipped with a robotic manipulator, Josep Virgili-Llop, Constantinos Zagaris, Richard Zappulla II, Andrew Bradstreet, and Marcello Romano
Photovoltaic System Optimization for an Austere Location Using Time Series Data, Torrey J. Wagner, Eric Lang, Warren Assink, and Douglas S. Dudis
Excitation of higher lying energy states in a rubidium DPAL, Austin J. Wallerstein, Glen P. Perram, and Christopher A. Rice
Demonstration of Versatile Whispering-gallery Micro-lasers for Remote Refractive Index Sensing, Lei Wan, Hengky Chandrahalim, and Jian Zhou
Action-angle variables near degenerate periodic orbits, William E. Wiesel
A KAM Tori Algorithm for Earth Satellite Orbits, William E. Wiesel
Characterization and Analysis of Anomalous Diffusion Modes in a 600 W Permanent Magnet Hall Thruster, Samuel D. Wright and Carl R. Hartsfield
Orbit determination using Vinti's solution, Steven P. Wright and William E. Wiesel
Statistical Photocalibration of Photodetectors for Radiometry without Calibrated Light Sources, Nicholas J. Yielding, Stephen C. Cain, and Michael D. Seal
Applied Reachability Analysis for Spacecraft Rendezvous and Docking with a Tumbling Object, Constantinos Zagaris and Marcello Romano
Reachability Analysis of Planar Spacecraft Docking with Rotating Body in Close Proximity, Constantinos Zagaris and Marcello Romano
Optimal Path Planning for SUAS Target Observation through Constrained Urban Environments using Simplex Methods, Michael D. Zollars, Richard J. Cobb, and David J. Grymin
Submissions from 2017
Micromechanical Finite Element Analysis of the Effects of Martensite Morphology on the Overall Mechanical Behavior of Dual Phase Steel, Namjul H. Abid, Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub, and Anthony N. Palazotto
Automated Software Testing in the DoD: Current Practices and Opportunities for Improvement, Darryl K. Ahner, James Wisnowski, and James R. Simpson
Periodic Traveling Interfacial Hydroelastic Waves with or without Mass, Benjamin F. Akers, David M. Ambrose, and David W. Sulon
Overturned Interfacial Traveling Waves [video presentation], Benjamin F. Akers, David M. Ambrose, J. Douglas Wright, David W. Sulon, Kevin Pond, and Jonah A. Reeger
Three Dimensional Overturned Traveling Water Waves, Benjamin F. Akers and Jonah A. Reeger
Dynamic Model Validation Metric Based on Wavelet Thresholded Signals, Andrew D. Atkinson, Raymond R. Hill, Joseph J. Pignatiello Jr., G. Geoffrey Vining, Edward D. White, and Eric Chicken
The Z-Wave Routing Protocol and Its Security Implications, Christopher W. Badenhop, Scott R. Graham, Benjamin W. Ramsey, Barry E. Mullins, and Logan O. Mailloux
An Optimization Framework for Generalized Relevance Learning Vector Quantization with Application to Z-Wave Device Fingerprinting, Trevor J. Bihl, Michael A. Temple, and Kenneth W. Bauer Jr.
Clustering-Based Online Player Modeling, Jason M. Bindewald, Gilbert L. Peterson, and Michael E. Miller
Power loss pathways and energy balance of a small four-stroke internal combustion engine, Jason R. Blantin, Joseph K. Ausserer, Marc D. Polanka, Paul J. Litke, and Jacob A. Baranski