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Omar AlyousefUniversity of MemphisPolycatenated Architected Materials (PAM) for Origami-Inspired Space Docking Ports

Cade ArmstrongUniversity of Texas at AustinIntelligent Multi-Agent Constellations for Cooperative Cislunar Operations

Katie BarcakWilliam Marsh Rice UniversityCompact magnetic heat switch for thermal management of long duration low power exploration missions

Laurel BarnettHarvard UniversityPhotonic SNSPD Readout and Feed Forward System for Improved Optical Communication Capabilities

Austin BodinUniversity of Colorado, BoulderRapid Robust Trajectory Design via Motion Funnels in Multi-Body Systems

William BodnarNorth Carolina State UniversityNear-field Thermophotovoltaics for Extraterrestrial Surface Power Generation

Diana BolanosUniversity of California, BerkeleyOrigami-inspired lattice architectures for robotic assembly and reconfiguration of modular space structures

Annalise CabraUniversity of Colorado, BoulderDevelopment of RF Hydrogen Plasma for Ion-Assisted Metal Processing of Lunar Regolith

William Callahan EshlemanUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignPlume-Surface Interaction Experiments for Physics-Informed Ejecta Modeling

Alexander ChinUniversity of WashingtonAdaptive Wire-Bent Compliant Attachment Aids for Small Satellite Docking and ISAM Applications

Eric ComstockGeorgia Institute of TechnologyVlasov Simulation Methods for Air Breathing Electric Propulsion

Rachel ConstantinUniversity of TennesseeHigh-Speed Tomographic Background-Oriented Schlieren for Supersonic Retropropulsion Characterization

Andrew DeanUniversity of Central FloridaPower and Mass Determination for Scalable Molten Salt Powered Lunar Outposts

Lars EricksonUniversity of MinnesotaEmbedded Normal Form Algorithms for Low-Cost Cislunar Navigation

Elsa ForbergerUniversity of Southern CaliforniaCapability-Aware Planning and Control of Multi-Robot Teams for Resilient Lunar Cargo Transport

Abigail GloverColorado School of MinesStandardizing Regolith Terramechanics Properties via Multi-Modal Characterization for Risk-Aware Navigation in Rovers

Emily GokieUniversity of Colorado, BoulderA low-SWaP timing system for distributed in-orbit and planetary surface platforms

Elan GraupeUniversity of MinnesotaModel-Driven Navigation for Robust Spacecraft Atmospheric Entry and Descent

Nikki HartWilliam Marsh Rice UniversityLifelong Plan Adaptation for Robot Manipulation Starting from One Example

Elizabeth HoerberGeorgia Institute of TechnologyHigh-Precision Landing Using Visual-Inertial Odometry

Theodore HouserUniversity of ChicagoECLiPSe: ElectroChemical Liquid Propellant Synthesis

Hannah HuttonUniversity of MichiganRESIST: Radiation-Enabled Structural Improvement in Space Materials

Joseph HwangPurdue UniversityExperimental and Computational Study of Spray Cooling for Propellant Tank Thermal Management

John LanceNorth Carolina State UniversityPredicting RDRE Thermal Loads and Performance through Accurate Detonation Modeling

Madison LinUniversity of Colorado, BoulderAutonomous Trajectory Anomaly Detection and Replanning in Cislunar Space

Breno Macarenhas PontesUniversity of Colorado, BoulderDevelopment of a Compact, Wide-Field X-ray Navigation Sensor for Simultaneous Multi-Pulsar Tracking

Emilia MannWilliam Marsh Rice UniversityAdvanced, 3D Knit Autonomous and Reconfigurable Soft Robots for Sustainable Planetary Surface Logistics

Moises MataUniversity of Southern CaliforniaHeterogeneous Autonomy for Robotic Multi-agent Operations through learNed adaptivitY (HARMONY)

Alanis Matias-PerezColorado School of MinesLinking Thermophysical Properties and Electrochemical Behavior in Molten Regolith Electrolysis

Connor McCleeryYale UniversityUltrafast, High-Temperature Sintering of Mechanically Robust, Spectrally Selective Coatings for Cryogenic Propellant Storage

Eleni MoweryUniversity of MichiganMultiphysics Simulation of Vapor Core Nuclear Reactors with MHD Power Conversion

Robert MuldrowUniversity of FloridaEnabling Autonomous SmallSat Robotic Docking via Novel Electrical & Data Interface

Dillon MulrooneyUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignInternal Pressure in Pyrolyzing Ablators for Atmospheric Entry

Ari NadelsonUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignDesigning Solid State Batteries & Electrolytes for Low Temperature Applications

Karl PedersonUniversity of MinnesotaLightweight Metamaterial Smart Windows for Human Space Exploration

Abbey Piatt PriceColumbia UniversityLeveraging Protonic Solid-Oxide Electrochemical Cells for Process Intensification of H2 Recycling and In-Situ Resource Production

Rithvik RameshCalifornia Institute of TechnologyIntegrated Opto-Electronically Mode-Locked Laser for Space Applications

Alexander RoushColorado School of MinesAdaptive Autonomy for Lunar Regolith Construction through Graph-Based Planning and Physics-Informed Surrogate Modeling

Samuel RussellJohns Hopkins UniversityParticle concentration and surface topography during plume-surface interaction

Jamie SantosOregon State UniversityDynamic Multi-Objective Prioritization for Autonomous Robot Teams on the Moon and Mars

Liam SmegoGeorgia Institute of TechnologyA Differential Geometric Approach to Autonomous Navigation

Truman StollerUniversity of Nebraska, LincolnProposing an Advanced Heat Pipe: an Innovative Pumpless Flow Boiling Device

Tetiana TymoshevskaUniversity of MichiganLiquid Droplet Radiator Enabled by an Electrospray Array

James WallMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyA new model for cavitation in rocket engine turbopump inducers

Adam ZhengTexas A&M UniversityCoupled Thermal-Structural Design of Self-Deploying Reflectors for Solar Energy Distribution to Lunar Surface Assets

Albert ZhouCalifornia Institute of TechnologyMaster-Equation-Informed Reduced-Order Model for Non-Equilibrium Thermochemistry of Air in Planetary Entry

Eleanor ZimmermannMichigan Technological UniversityRadiative Passive Processing Technology for Offworld Resource Separation (RaPPTORS)

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