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# NSTGRO 2022

### Loura Hall

Sep 12, 2022

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**Madison Allen***University of Michigan*Optimizing Experiments for Characterizing Pressure Related Facility Effects on High-Power Hall Thruster Testing

**Andrew Bennett***University of Michigan*Ionic Salt Cocrystals as Green Propellants

**Gilberto Briscoe-Martinez***University of Colorado, Boulder*Enabling Long-term Robot Autonomy through Adaptable Fault Resilience

**Kalima Bukenya***University of Massachusetts, Lowell*Multiscale Modeling of 3D Woven Composite Structures Optimized to Minimize Process-Induced Damage

**Willie Caraway***University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign*Computational Investigation of Wave/Mode Structure and Multiplicity in Rotating Detonation Rocket Engines

**Sofia Gianina Catalan***University of Texas at Austin*High Frequency Spacecraft State Estimation using Event-based Sensors

**Kaylee Champion***University of Colorado, Boulder*Touchless Charge Sensing of Neighboring Spacecraft in Cislunar Space

**Eric Chang***Columbia University*Multimodal Tactile Sensing for Intravehicular Robotic Manipulation

**Adam Delong***Florida State University*NiTi60 as A Bearing Material in Cryo-Vacuum Conditions

**Carl De Vries***Georgia Institute of Technology*Illumination Invariant Terrain Relative Navigation

**Miguel Diaz-Lopez***Johns Hopkins University*Thermal effects in plume-surface interaction during a powered descent landing

**Ossie Douglas***University of South Florida*Investigation of spin manipulation in phase-engineered monolayer Janus TMDCs for low power device operation in extreme environments

**Katelynn Fleming***Rochester Institute of Technology*High Efficiency Laser Power Beaming Receivers for Lunar and Extraterrestrial Exploration

**Carl Geiger***Cornell University*Neutral characterization in Electrospray Propulsion Technology Using Novel Experiment (NEPTUNE)

**Madeline Haas***Texas A&M University*Modeling of Human Thermoregulation Response to Changes in Gravitational Dose Applied to the Technological Design of EVA Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garments (LCVG)

**Joseph Hernandez-McCloskey***University of Texas at San Antonio*Generative Design of Thermal Management Strategies for In-Space Detonation Propulsion assessed by Laser Absorption Spectroscopy

**Elizabeth Juette***University of California, Berkeley*Computational Modeling of Thermionic Energy Conversion for Nuclear Electric Propulsion

**Ryan Ketzner***University of Central Florida*Rapid Computational Methods for the Evaluation of Distributed Space Mission Performance

**Grant Kirchhoff***University of Colorado, Boulder*Photon-Counting Detector Characterization and Advanced Signal Processing for Space-Based Lidar

**Joseph Kirchhoff***University of Texas at Austin*Data-Driven Modeling and Optimization of Robotic In-situ Consolidation of Thermoplastic Composites

**Ryan Kowalski***Vanderbilt University*Nano-Optic Probing of Vibrational Modes of Defects and Color Centers in Semiconductors

**Noah Lifset***University of Texas at Austin*Computationally Efficient and Scalable Optimization of Low-Thrust, Many-Revolution Trajectories in Multibody Dynamic Environments

**Shu-Yu Lin***Massachusetts Institute of Technology*Architectural Design Framework for Providing Passive Behavioral Health Countermeasures

**Kian Lopez***University of Colorado, Boulder*Application of a novel distillation reverse osmosis process to reduce mass and improve performance in spacecraft and planetary water recovery systems

**Rahil Makadia***University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign*Keyhole-Based Impact Site Selection and Post-Deflection Impact Risk Assessment for Near-Earth Objects

**Rachel Mamich***University of Texas at Austin*Autonomous Rendezvous and Docking with the Aid of Optical Maneuver Detection

**Joshua Martin***University of Maryland, College Park*Deep Reinforcement Learning of Multi-Modal Locomotion for Wheel-on-Limb Robotics

**Dean Miller***Stanford University*Electrochemical in-situ resource utilization of urine-derived nitrogen for sustainable space travel and habitation

**Stefannie Morales Jimenez***Purdue University*Development of High-Performance Green Hypergolic Propellants for Small Spacecraft In-Space Propulsion Systems

**Mason Murray-Cooper***Stanford University*Closed-Form Collision Avoidance Maneuvers with Passive Safety Considerations

**Robyn Natherson***University of Colorado, Boulder*Robust Optimization of Spacecraft Trajectories using Statistical Thruster Failure Models

**Natalia Nigay***Penn State University*Beamed Microwave Energy Propulsion Leveraging Lunar Resources and Dual-Use Infrastructure Systems

**Kazue Orikasa***Florida International University*Engineered Hybrid 2D/1D Material Foam – Polymer Composites via Freeze-Drying

**Sreevishnu Oruganti***University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign*Modeling of Intumescent Ablators

**Anusha Pai Asnodkar***Ohio State University*Dual-Aperture Fiber Nulling For High Spatial and Spectral Resolution Studies of Exoplanets

**Cristyan Quinones-Garcia***North Carolina State University*AlGaN Based Power Electronics and Deep UV Optoelectronics for Remote Sensing Applications in Extreme Temperature Environments

**Erick Ramirez***Carnegie Mellon University*Computational Framework for Predicting the Combined Effects of Porosity, Surface Roughness, and Microstructure on the Fatigue Performance of Metal Additively Manufactured Parts

**Jens Rataczak***University of Colorado, Boulder*Interdisciplinary Development of Advanced Aerocapture Guidance Algorithms using High-Fidelity Physics Modeling

**Tal Schwartz***Stanford University*Towards a robust laser-based velocity and temperature diagnostic for deployment in hypersonic ground-test facilities and high-speed flight

**Jonathan Sipps***University of Texas at Austin* Numerical Methods for Distributed Spacecraft Remote Sensing Coverage Analysis

**Charles Soulen***University of California, San Diego*Utilizing Surface Acoustic Waves for Rapid Heating in Lithium-Ion Batteries

**Jared Termini***University of Iowa*Evaluating the Performance of Cutting-Edge UV Gratings for NASA’s Next Generation Space Telescopes

**Zachary Wong***University of California, Los Angeles*Optimization of Oscillating Heat Pipes for Cooling of Space Electronics

**Stephanie Woodman***Yale University*Stretchable Shape-sensing Skins: Closing the Loop on Shape Change in Soft Robots

**Rui Xu***Columbia University* Analog/Mixed-Signal CMOS Design for Radiation and Extreme Temperature Environments

**Riley Yager***University of Alabama, Birmingham*Plasma-photocatalytic conversion of extraterrestrial CO2 using nanofibrous catalytic membrane reactors

**Kevin Yu***California Institute of Technology*Novel Hollow Anode Design for Improved Molten Regolith Electrolysis

**Duncan Zavanelli**

*Northwestern University*

Grain Boundary Engineering of Thermoelectrics for RTGs

**Chloe Zeller**

*University of Minnesota*

Quasicontinuum Fracture Modeling and Development of Amorphous Carbon

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