NSTGRO 2026
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NSTGRO Homepage 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 Laurel BarnettHarvard UniversityPhotonic SNSPD Readout and Feed Forward System for Improved Optical Communication Capabilities Katie BarcakWilliam Marsh Rice UniversityCompact magnetic heat switch for thermal management of long duration low […] The post NSTGRO 2026 appeared first on NASA Science .
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Omar Alyousef University Of Memphis Polycatenated Architected Materials (PAM) for Origami-Inspired Space Docking Ports
Cade Armstrong University Of Texas at Austin Intelligent Multi-Agent Constellations for Cooperative Cislunar Operations
Laurel Barnett Harvard University Photonic SNSPD Readout and Feed Forward System for Improved Optical Communication Capabilities
Katie Barcak William Marsh Rice University Compact magnetic heat switch for thermal management of long duration low power exploration missions
Austin Bodin University Of Colorado, Boulder Rapid Robust Trajectory Design via Motion Funnels in Multi-Body Systems
William Bodnar North Carolina State University Near-field Thermophotovoltaics for Extraterrestrial Surface Power Generation
Diana Bolanos University of California, Berkeley Origami-inspired lattice architectures for robotic assembly and reconfiguration of modular space structures
Annalise Cabra University Of Colorado, Boulder Development of RF Hydrogen Plasma for Ion-Assisted Metal Processing of Lunar Regolith
William Callahan Eshleman University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Plume-Surface Interaction Experiments for Physics-Informed Ejecta Modeling
Alexander Chin University of Washington Adaptive Wire-Bent Compliant Attachment Aids for Small Satellite Docking and ISAM Applications
Eric Comstock Georgia Institute of Technology Vlasov Simulation Methods for Air Breathing Electric Propulsion
Rachel Constantin University Of Tennessee High-Speed Tomographic Background-Oriented Schlieren for Supersonic Retropropulsion Characterization
Andrew Dean University Of Central Florida Power and Mass Determination for Scalable Molten Salt Powered Lunar Outposts
Lars Erickson University Of Minnesota Embedded Normal Form Algorithms for Low-Cost Cislunar Navigation
Elsa Forberger University Of Southern California Capability-Aware Planning and Control of Multi-Robot Teams for Resilient Lunar Cargo Transport
Abigail Glover Colorado School Of Mines Standardizing Regolith Terramechanics Properties via Multi-Modal Characterization for Risk-Aware Navigation in Rovers
Emily Gokie University Of Colorado, Boulder A low-SWaP timing system for distributed in-orbit and planetary surface platforms
Elan Graupe University Of Minnesota Model-Driven Navigation for Robust Spacecraft Atmospheric Entry and Descent
Nikki Hart William Marsh Rice University Lifelong Plan Adaptation for Robot Manipulation Starting from One Example
Elizabeth Hoerber Georgia Institute of Technology High-Precision Landing Using Visual-Inertial Odometry
Theodore Houser University Of Chicago ECLiPSe: ElectroChemical Liquid Propellant Synthesis
Hannah Hutton University of Michigan RESIST: Radiation-Enabled Structural Improvement in Space Materials
Joseph Hwang Purdue University Experimental and Computational Study of Spray Cooling for Propellant Tank Thermal Management
John Lance North Carolina State University Predicting RDRE Thermal Loads and Performance through Accurate Detonation Modeling
Madison Lin University of Colorado, Boulder Autonomous Trajectory Anomaly Detection and Replanning in Cislunar Space
Breno Macarenhas Pontes University Of Colorado, Boulder Development of a Compact, Wide-Field X-ray Navigation Sensor for Simultaneous Multi-Pulsar Tracking
Emilia Mann William Marsh Rice University Advanced, 3D Knit Autonomous and Reconfigurable Soft Robots for Sustainable Planetary Surface Logistics
Alanis Matias-Perez Colorado School Of Mines Linking Thermophysical Properties and Electrochemical Behavior in Molten Regolith Electrolysis
Connor McCleery Yale University Ultrafast, High-Temperature Sintering of Mechanically Robust, Spectrally Selective Coatings for Cryogenic Propellant Storage
Eleni Mowery University of Michigan Multiphysics Simulation of Vapor Core Nuclear Reactors with MHD Power Conversion
Dillon Mulrooney University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Internal Pressure in Pyrolyzing Ablators for Atmospheric Entry
Robert Muldrow University of Florida Enabling Autonomous SmallSat Robotic Docking via Novel Electrical & Data Interface
Ari Nadelson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Designing Solid State Batteries & Electrolytes for Low Temperature Applications
Karl Pederson University Of Minnesota Lightweight Metamaterial Smart Windows for Human Space Exploration
Abbey Piatt Price Columbia University Leveraging Protonic Solid-Oxide Electrochemical Cells for Process Intensification of H2 Recycling and In-Situ Resource Production
Rithvik Ramesh California Institute of Technology Integrated Opto-Electronically Mode-Locked Laser for Space Applications
Alexander Roush Colorado School Of Mines Adaptive Autonomy for Lunar Regolith Construction through Graph-Based Planning and Physics-Informed Surrogate Modeling
Samuel Russell Johns Hopkins University Particle concentration and surface topography during plume-surface interaction
Jamie Santos Oregon State University Dynamic Multi-Objective Prioritization for Autonomous Robot Teams on the Moon and Mars
Liam Smego Georgia Institute of Technology A Differential Geometric Approach to Autonomous Navigation
Truman Stoller University Of Nebraska, Lincoln Proposing an Advanced Heat Pipe: an Innovative Pumpless Flow Boiling Device
Tetiana Tymoshevska University of Michigan Liquid Droplet Radiator Enabled by an Electrospray Array
James Wall Massachusetts Institute of Technology A new model for cavitation in rocket engine turbopump inducers
Adam Zheng Texas A&M University Coupled Thermal-Structural Design of Self-Deploying Reflectors for Solar Energy Distribution to Lunar Surface Assets
Albert Zhou California Institute of Technology Master-Equation-Informed Reduced-Order Model for Non-Equilibrium Thermochemistry of Air in Planetary Entry
Eleanor Zimmermann Michigan Technological University Radiative Passive Processing Technology for Offworld Resource Separation (RaPPTORS)
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