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Submissions from 2025
Exploring Emotion Classification of Indonesian Tweets using Large Scale Transfer Learning via IndoBERT, Connor Shaw, Phillip M. LaCasse, and Lance E. Champagne
Risk-based stormwater fragility curves for urbanized coastal flooding, Ashish Shrestha and Christopher M. Chini
Predictive Analysis of Defense Language Proficiency Test Outcomes: A Comparative Study Using Neural Networks and Logistic Regression, Jared Smith, Eric M. Mbonimpa, Torrey Wagner, and Brent Langhals
Development of a Neuromorphic-Friendly Spiking Neural Network for RF Event-based Classification, Michael Smith, Michael A. Temple, and James W. Dean
Analyzing LF/VLF Lightning Waveforms to Estimate D-region Electron Density Profiles, William R. Smith, Erin H. Lay, Kyle E. Fitch, and Daniel J. Emmons
Measurements of Test Objects for Maritime Signature Validation, Paul Sotirelis, Ben Lewis, Rob Ewing, Ben Pierce, Tomas Di Fulvio, Elliott Brown, Sean Gilmore, and Michael A. Saville
Assessing the Effects of Internal Blockage on Cavity Aeroacoustics, Jackson A. Spexarth and Darrell S. Crowe
An Entanglement Swapping Throughput Analysis for Quantum Networks Using Linear Quantum Optics, Kurt T. Spranger, Michael R. Grimaila, and Douglas D. Hodson
Computational Investigation of Flow in a Triangular Cavity, John Sreenan and Darrell S. Crowe
Effect of Film Cooling Hole Location on Flow Dynamics in a Rotating Detonation Combustor, S. Ramanagar Sridhara, Marc D. Polanka, Myles D. Bohon, and Antonio Andreini
Model validation levels: an automatable framework for model validation, Corinne Stafford, Kyle Provost, and Nicholas Jones
Stabilized and unstabilized sampling methods result in differential fecal 16S rRNA microbial sequencing results, Christopher E. Stamper, Andrew J. Hoisington, Joseph C. Ellis, Christopher A. Lowry, and Lisa A. Brenner
Machine Learning for Reactor Power Monitoring with Limited Labeled Data, C. L. Stewart, B. L. Goldblum, R. G. Abbott, L. Appleby, Brett J. Borghetti, V. Hollingshead, and J. H. Whetzel
Visualization and Measurement of Shock Movement during Transonic Limit-cycle Oscillation, Eric D. Stubblefield, Donald L. Kunz, and Nicholas W. Dona
Creep of polycrystalline Y3 Al5 O12 and Lu3 Al5 O12 garnet in air and steam, D. D. Swanson, Marina B. Ruggles‐Wrenn, and R. S. Hay
High-Speed Aircraft Stability and Control Metrics, Timothy T. Takahashi, Jack A. Griffin, and Ramana Grandhi
Focus: A One-vs-All Resolution Strategy for Temporal Metadata Analysis, Michael C. Todd and Gilbert L. Peterson
Undergraduate Pacific Studies Exam Generation and Answering Using Retrieval Augmented Generation and Large Language Models, Erick Tyndall, Colleen Gayheart, Alexandre Some, Joseph Genz, Brent T. Langhals, and Torrey J. Wagner
Impact of Retrieval Augmented Generation and Large Language Model Complexity on Undergraduate Exams Created and Taken by AI Agents, Erick S. Tyndall, Colleen Gayheart, Alexandre Some, Joseph Genz, Torrey J. Wagner, and Brent T. Langhals
Feasibility Evaluation of Secure Offline Large Language Models with Retrieval-Augmented Generation for CPU-Only Inference, Erick Tyndall, Torrey J. Wagner, Colleen Gayheart, Alexandre Some, and Brent T. Langhals
Adaptive optics for single photons with parametrically varied emulated turbulence, Robert Von Holle, Keith A. Wyman, and Anil K. Patnaik
Complete Solution of the Lady in the Lake Scenario, Alexander Von Moll and Meir Pachter
Analyzing Stability of Estimates at Completion for Long Duration Development Efforts, Bradley Vuu, Jonathan D. Ritschel, Brandon M. Lucas, and Edward D. White
A Molecular Dynamics Study of Single Crystal and Intergranular Crack Growth Behavior in Wx M1−x Binary Aloys (M = V, Mo, Ta, Re), Samuel C. Wagers and Adib J. Samin
Impact of Prior Exposures on Biomarkers of Blast during Military Tactical Training, Zhaoyu Wang, Shengnan Sun, Alis Aksar Kranfli, Jeffrey Nemes, Molly J. Sullan, Andrew J. Hoisington, Lisa A. Brenner, Miciej Skotak, Christina R. LaValle, Yongchao Ge, Walter Carr, and Fatemah Haghighi