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Submissions from 2025
Benchmark Performance of a Rust-Based Python Extension, Ethan J. Schofield and Douglas D. Hodson
Terahertz SAR measurements of 1/60th scale models for rapid object recognition development, Ryan J. Shaver, Jacob Ross, Will Coleman, Paul Sotirelis, Rob Ewing, Ben Pierce, Tomas Di Fulvo, Elliott Brown, and Michael A. Saville
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
Global Ionospheric F Region Parameters From GNSS-POD Limb Measurements: Evaluations and Comparisons With Two Empirical Models - IRI-2020 and NeQuick-2, Nimalan Swarnalingam, Dong L. Wu, Dieter Bilitza, Daniel J. Emmons, Cornelius Csar Jude H. Salinas, Artem Smirnov, and Yenca Migoya-Oru
High-Speed Aircraft Stability and Control Metrics, Timothy T. Takahashi, Jack A. Griffin, and Ramana Grandhi
Computational Characterization of Ion Beam Uniformity of Planar Pinched-Beam Ion Diodes, Anneka K. Tichy, Jesse C. Foster, Stephen B. Swanekamp, and Paul F. Ottinger
Focus: A One-vs-All Resolution Strategy for Temporal Metadata Analysis, Michael C. Todd and Gilbert L. Peterson
Dynamics analysis of a Vacuum Lighter than Air Vehicle during descent, Long T. Tran, Hui Wan, and Anthony N. Palazotto
Rubidium excited state line shapes from 4D-nF (n = 9, 12, 15, 20) broadened by helium, Timothy M. True, Dillon T. Nice, Jordan Mindrup, Christopher A. Rice, and Glen P. Perram
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