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2026
Hypersonic Non-Equilibrium CFD and DSMC Model Comparisons With the Varda Reentry Capsule, Jack D. Crespo, Paolo Valentini, Ashwin P. Rao, and Zach S. Davis; AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum
Demonstration of Coherent Optical Phase-Shift Keying With a Watt-Class 1550 nm Tapered Diode Laser Amplifier for Free-Space Optical Communication Applications, Charlotte K. Duda, Aaron Cross, Chadwick Lindstrom, and Julie Smith; SPIE LASE 2026
A Low Noise, High QE, Large Format CCD Camera System for the NASA MIGHTI Instrument, Jed Hancock, Joel Cardon, Mike Watson, James Cook, Mitch Whiteley, James Beukers, Chris Englert, Charlie Brown, and John Harlander
Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) Thermal Control System: Review of On-Orbit Performance, Matthew I. Ralphs and Mike Holt; AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum
A Suite of Thermal Switches for Surviving Extreme Thermal Environments in Space, Matthew I. Ralphs, Matt Jensen, Alexis Eames, and Matt Sinfield; AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum
Beyond the Honeypot: Increasing Adversarial Cognitive Load Through Interactionless Cyber Deception, Marcus Rozier, Connor Dedic, Ted McDaniel, and Hadley Westover
SuperDARN as a Signal of Opportunity, R. Troyer, Jeffrey Holmes, E. Thomas, S. Shepherd, J. Carilli, E. Dao, E. Burnside, K. Robinson, I. Geraghty, P. Cook, and G. Mineau
An Investigation of a Mach 15 Flow Over a Blunt Wedge Using First-Principles Potential Energy Surfaces: Influence of Wall Temperature, Paolo Valentini, Zach Davis, Maninder S. Grover, and Nicholas J. Bisek; AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum
2025
Observing Mesospheric Gravity Waves With NASA's AWE Mission and Correlating to GNSS TEC Maps, Jaime Aguilar Guerrero, Björn Bergsson, Sehin Mesfin, Pavel Inchin, Matthew Zettergren, Ludger Scherliess, Yucheng Zhao, and Dominique Pautet; EGU General Assembly 2025
Geometric Calibration of Near Focus Infrared (IR) Sensors for Spacecraft Missions, Alex Allgrunn
Development of a High-Doppler Shift Optical Simulator to Test Femtosecond-Level Optical Time-Frequency Transfer, Matthew S. Bigelow, Kyle W. Martin, Nolan Matthews, Benjamin K. Stuhl, Richard Gonzales, Alexandre de Pinho E Braga, John Elgin, and Kimberly A. Frey; Journal of Physics: Photonics
RESET Reengineering, System Engineering & Test Services, David Brenchley, Matt Dayley, and Al Dubovik
Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor Introduction “NEOS”, Brent Carlsen; NEOS Family Event
Space Dynamics Laboratory, Brent Carlsen and Doug Jewell
Principles of Modular Open Architectures for Enabling Future Capabilities, Jacob Christensen
Satellite Passive Ranging Metasurface Optics for Space Rendezvous and Proximity Operations, Zachary Coppens, Cameron Vo, Addison Long, and Jeremy Harris
AFRL Validated Principles and Building Blocks of Ground-Based Ops Automation, Tyler de Caussin, Jarred Langhals, Brandon Shirley, and Lee Jasper
Structural Design & Analysis, Poti G. Doukas
Demonstration of Coherent Optical Phase-Shift Keying With a Tapered-Diode Laser Amplifier for Free-Space Optical Communication, Charlotte K. Duda, Aaron Cross, Chadwick Lindstrom, and Julie Smith
Evaluation of a Semiconductor Optical Amplifier for Free Space Optical Communication Applications, Charlotte K. Duda, Chadwick Lindstrom, Francisco Fonta, Ben Stuhl, Aaron Cross, and Julie Smith
Data-Driven D Region Model (D3R) SVDD: Software Version Description Document (SVDD), James Vincent Eccles
ARctic Over-The-Horizon-Radar ONtic (AROTHRON): A Model Definition for the Support of Radio Frequency Radars, J. Vincent Eccles, John Retterer, and Jeffrey M. Holmes
ATMS and CrIS Geolocation, Mark Esplin, Kris Robinson, Ben Esplin, Nephi Grant, Deron Scott, and Likun Wang
Deriving Nonlinearity Coefficients From Changing Background, Mark Esplin, Deron Scott, Bryce Walker, and Ben Esplin
High-Performance Small Satellites for Demanding Missions, Lance Fife
Mesopause-Region Gravity Wave Activity Due to Tropical Convection as Observed by AWE, Jeffrey M. Forbes, Xiaoli Zhang, Jiarong Zhang, Stephen D. Eckermann, Yucheng Zhao, Pierre-Dominique Pautet, Jun Ma, Ludger Scherliess, and Michael J. Taylor; Geophysical Research Letters
Qualification of Titanium 3D-Printed Volume-Optimized Propulsion Tanks for Small Satellites, Robert M. Fowler
Generalized Reference Targeting for Spacecraft, David Geller, David Woffinden, and Collin York; 47th Annual American Astronautical Society (AAS) Guidance, Navigation and Control (GN&C) Conference
100 Days, Phil Hale
Optical Coating Characterization System (OCCS), Scott Hansen, Kendall Johnson, Dean Wada, and Alan Thurgood
Satellite Passive Ranging Metasurface Optics for Space Rendezvous and Proximity Operations, Jeremy Harris, Zachary Coppens, Cameron Vo, and Addison Long
Systems Intelligence Manager: Warfighter Dominance 2025 Technical Review Key Program, Daniel Hornberger
Kinetic Takedown Methods for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), Boston John
Work Experience at Space Dynamics Laboratory Summer 2025, North Logan, Erik Johnson
Calibration for Small Satellite Payloads, Jason Knudsen, Christian Conkle, Alex Allgrunn, and Deron Scott
RBI Ground Calibration, Harri Latvakoski, Greg Cantwell, James Peterson, and Joel Cardon
Phase Change Cells and Verification of Gallium as Thermal Calibration Reference in Space, Harri Latvakoski, T. Shane Topham, Gail Bingham, Mike Watson, and Igor Podolski
Atom-Chip Compatible Optical Lattice, Robert Leonard and Spencer E. Olson; Quantum Physics
Near-Earth Object (Neo) Surveyor Development: Challenges and Opportunities in Support of Planetary Defense, G. Loftus, B. Carlsen, P. Scott, S. Backlund, L. Reinhart, T. Martin, T. Hoenes, R. Burgon, S. Ashby, J. Peterson, B. Lamborn, and J. Bowman; 9th IAA Planetary Defense Conference
Demonstration of Real-Time Precision Optical Time Synchronization in a True Three-Node Architecture, Kyle W. Martin, Nader Zaki, Nolan Matthews, Matthew S. Bigelow, Benjamin K. Stuhl, John D. Elgin, and Kimberly Frey; Physics
AWE AMTM Geolocation Algorithms, Eric McKinney, Keith Blonquist, Zack Hatfield, Connor Waite, Pedro Sevilla, Ludger Scherliess, Harri Latvakoski, and Greg Cantwell
Geolocation Algorithms and On-Orbit Calibration for Atmospheric Waves Experiment, Eric McKinney, Keith Blonquist, Zack Hatfield, Connor Waite, Brooke Wursten, Pedro Sevilla, Ludger Scherliess, Harri Latvakoski, and Greg Cantwell
Advancements in Near Real-Time Bolide Detection: Continuum Calibration, Altitude Estimation, and Velocity Approximation Using NOAA GOES GLM Data, Eric McKinney, Ryan Frazier, John Pratt, Mike Larsen, Philip Nelson, and Hans Gunther
A Review of Automation in Small Satellite Operations, Joseph Melville, Andrew Narvaez, and Lee Jasper; 2025 IEEE Aerospace Conference
Comparison of Co-Located Mid-Latitude Sporadic E and SIMONe Wind Observations, Ivana Molina, Kenneth Obenberger, Jorge Chau, and Matthias Clahsen
CELiS: Compact Eyesafe Lidar System, A Portable 1.5 μm Elastic Lidar System for Rapid Aerosol Concentration Measurement: Part 2, Retrieval of Particulate Matter Concentration, Kori D. Moore, Alan W. Bird, Michael D. Wojcik, Robert Lemon, and Jerry L. Hatfield
Defense in Depth Exercise (DiDEX) 25: Technology Quad Chart, Kori Moore and Troy Johnson
Deep Learning for Absorption-Image Analysis, Jacob Morrey, Isaac Peterson, Robert H. Leonard, Joshua M. Wilson, Francisco Fonta, Matthew B. Squires, and Spencer E. Olson; Quantum Physics
Passive Thermal Control Technologies: Short Course, Holly Mortensen and Matt Ralphs; Thermal & Fluids Analysis Workshop 2025
Advanced Doppler Wind and Temperature Sounder, Trent Newswander, Scott Bailey, Mark Hervig, Phillip Scott, and Zack Hatfield; 2025 NASA HELIOTECH & Suborbital Symposium
Cryogenic Gas Cell for Infrared Space Instrumentation, Trent Newswander, Scott Bailey, Mark Hervig, Phillip Scott, Ryan Luder, Mike Watson, Mike Oksness, Cody Secrist, and Zack Hatfield; SPIE Optics + Photonics 2025
Cryogenic Gas Cell for Infrared Space Instrumentation, Trent Newswander, Scott Bailey, Mark Hervig, Phillip Scott, Ryan Luder, Mike Watson, Mike Oksness, Cody Secrist, and Zack Hatfield; SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2025
Thermal Infrared Earth Resource Monitoring Instrument (THERMI) SWaP Reduction, Trent Newswander, Scott Hansen, Jed Hancock, and Darrel Williams
F-Layer Parameters Derived by Airglow Emissions at Pituffik SB, Greenland, Jessica Norrell, Ivana Molina, Michael Negale, and Jeffrey Holmes
Orographic Wave Activity at Mesospheric Altitude Over the Southern Ocean Islands Observed by the Atmospheric Waves Experiment, P.-D. Pautet, S. D. Eckermann, L. Scherliess, J. Ma, and Y. Zhao; IAGA/IASPEI Joint Scientific Meeting 2025
AWE Data Status, P.-Dominique Pautet, Anh Phan, Ludger Scherliess, Yucheng Zhao, Jiarong Zhang, Dallin Tucker, Connor Waite, Pedro Sevilla, Russell Kirkham, Harri Latvakoski, Jacob Adams, and Keith Paskett; CEDAR Workshop
Iterative Refinement of Arbitrary Micro-Optical Surfaces, Megan Plummer, Stephen Taylor, Matthew Marshall, David Brown, Robert Leonard, Seth Hyra, and Spencer E. Olson
Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) Thermal Balance: Internal Characterization, Correlation, and Lessons Learned, Matt Ralphs and Mike Holt; Thermal & Fluids Analysis Workshop 2025
Return of OSPREE: In Situ Spectroscopic Measurements During Atmospheric Reentry, Ashwin P. Rao, Jack D. Crespo, Paolo Valentini, Vanessa J. Murray, Erin I. Vaughan, Zach Davis, Robert Alviani, and Marat Kulakhmetov; Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets
Time-to-Digital Conversion in the Lattice CertusPro FPGA for the CAPE Instrument, Zakk B. Rhodes, James Cook, Cameron Weston, and Daniel J. Gershman
SDL Optomechanical Engineering Discussion, Tyrel Rupp
Preventing Mission-Ending Failure: Lessons From and Changes to the Iris Radio, Tom Russell, Dana Sorensen, and Tim Nielsen
STANAG 4575 CST M35, Will Scheirer, Lee Sublett, George Weiss, Tina Howell, Ben Hill, and Jared Sanders; STANAG 4575 Custodial Support Team (M35) Biannual Meeting
The Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE), L. Scherliess, M. J. Taylor, P.-Dominique Pautet, Y. Zhao, B. Lamborn, H. Latvakoski, G. Cantwell, P. Sevilla, E. Syrstad, J. Forbes, S. Eckermann, D. Fritts, D. Janches, H. Liu, and J. Snively; IAGA Meeting 2025
AWE Mission Overview, Ludger Scherliess, Michael J. Taylor, Jonathan Snively, Jeffrey M. Forbes, David Fritts, Stephen Eckermann, Diego Janches, Hanli Liu, and Burt Lamborn
The Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE), Ludger Scherliess, Yucheng Zhao, and Pierre-Dominique Pautet
Small Satellite Payload Calibration, Deron Scott, Cole Miller, Eli Salay, Shane Canfield, Scott Hansen, Matt Berghout, Jan Kunzler, and Duane Miles
Streamlined Calibration for Small Satellite Optical Payloads, Deron Scott, Eli Salay, and John Wilson
Nitric Oxide Radiometer Development, Deron Scott, Phil Scott, Trent Newswander, and Marty Mlynczak; 2025 Heliophysics Technology and Suborbital Symposium
Opto-Mechanical Properties of Monocrystalline Germanium, Phil Scott, Lennon Reinhart, Patrick Strong, Ryan Luder, Shayler Backlund, and Trent Newswander; 2025 SPIE Optics + Photonics
Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) Mission Overview, Pedro Sevilla
Multi-Layered Security Approaches for a Modular Open Network Architecture-Based Satellite, Brandon Shirley, Quinn Young, Peter Wegner, Jacob Christensen, and Jeffrey Janicik
Distributed Coherent Beamforming at 60 GHz Enabled by Optically-Established Coherence, Drake Silbernagel, Yu Rong, Isabella Lenz, Prithvi Hemanth, Carl Morgenstern, Owen Ma, Nolan Matthews, Nadar Zaki, Kyle W. Martin, John D. Elgin, Jacob Holtom, Daniel W. Bliss, and Kimberly Frey; arXiv
Acoustic-Gravity Wave Evolutions and Layered Observables in the MLT, Jonathan B. Snively
Agile in Orbit: Enabling Our Mission Partners to Thrive in the Ever-Changing Space Domain, Space Dynamics Laboratory
Radiation Hardness Drivers for Mission Success – What We Have Learned, Space Dynamics Laboratory
Range Safety and Design for Launch, Space Dynamics Laboratory
Requirements and C&DH Design, Space Dynamics Laboratory
SmallSat PCB Engineering, Space Dynamics Laboratory
Software Management, Space Dynamics Laboratory
Design and Characterization of the ICON FUV CCD Cameras, Erik Syrstad, Brian Thompson, Robert Burt, Mitch Whiteley, James Champagne, and Pedro Sevilla
Radiometric Sensor Level Calibration for Remote Sensing (Planning, Testing, and Operation), Joe Tansock
Space 101 (EPS Electrical Power System), Shane Topham
Phase Change Cells, T. Shane Topham, Gail Bingham, Harry Latvakoski, and Mike Watson
Using Oblique, Bistatic Receptions of SuperDARN Signals to Measure HF Propagation in the Auroral and Polar Cap Region, Riley Troyer, Jeffrey Holmes, Evan Thomas, Simon Shepherd, Eugene Dao, and John Carilli
SuperDARN Signal of Opportunity: Using Bistatic Links to Measure Auroral and Polar Cap Ionospheric Dynamics, Riley N. Troyer, Jeffrey M. Holmes, Evan G. Thomas, Simon S. Shepherd, John Carilli, Eugene Dao, Eric Burnside, Kris Robinson, and Ashar Ali; Radio Science
Detecting Ionospheric Disturbances Using High Frequency Coastal Radar Transmissions From the West Coast of the United States, Riley N. Troyer, Kenneth Obenberger, Michael Negale, Eugene Dao, Zsolt Balint, Eric Burnside, Kris Robinson, Jeffrey M. Holmes, Pavel Inchin, and Jonathan Snively; Radio Science
Using Distributive Networks of Single-Frequency HF Transmitters and Receivers to Measure Spatial and Temporal Ionospheric Perturbations, Riley Troyer, Kenneth Obenberger, Ivana Molina, Eugene Dao, Zsolt Balint, Eric Burnside, Kris Robinson, Jeffrey Holmes, Pavel Inchin, and Jonathan Snively
Software, Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory
Assembly, Integration and Test, Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory
Attitude Determination & Control Algorithms, Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory
Command & Data Handling, Firmware & Software, Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory
Delivering Mission Success, Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory
Deployable Systems EAT, Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory
Electrical Power System (EPS) Overview, Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory
GNSS Technology, Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory
Guidelines for Radiometric Calibration of Electro-Optical Instruments for Remote Sensing, Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory
Personnel & Team Management, Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory
Test and Integration Facilities and Equipment EAT, Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory
Thermal Design Overview, Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory