Congratulations YPSE 2024 conference participants, we hope to see you all back next year!
We would like to thank everyone who attended and presented at the 2024 AIAA Region 1, Mid-Atlantic Section Young Professionals, Students, and Educators conference – each of you did an excellent job!
Thank you to all of the presenters who were willing to share and celebrate their work. Thank you to all of the attendees who engaged with our aerospace community. Thank you to all of the speakers who graciously took the time out of their busy lives to talk with us. Thank you to the volunteers who served as session chairs and as judges for the technical sessions. Everyone’s support helped ensure we had a successful conference.
Congratulations to our 2024 Top Presentations!
We would like to recognize and congratulate the following individuals and groups who earned top honors at the conference.
High School:
Winner: Cecelia Curtis; Athena Zhou; Aya Elamrani-Zerifi; Amanda Shener; Rachel Holbrook - Investigating the Efficacy of Ferrofluid in Atmospheric Microplastic Collection
Runner Up: Rushil Kukreja; Nived Nandakumar; Nikhil Krishna - Autonomous Space-Based Laser System for Efficient Debris Removal Using Physics-Informed Machine Learning and Ablation Techniques
Undergraduate:
Winner: Ryan Hall; Craig Merrett - The Design and Manufacturing of a Dedicated Flutter Demonstrator Aircraft
Runner Up: Andrew Bui; Andrew Cabral; Abbey Parker; Connor Pettigrew; Lev Salov - Passive Liquid to Vapor Propellant System to Lengthen Orbit Lifetime of Small Satellites in VLEO
Graduate:
Winner: Adetola Koiki - Grand Challenges: Observing Wildfires Through UAVs and Fire Imaging Technologies
Runner Up: Casey Fuller - Design and Testing of a Cleaning Alert Sensor for Gecko Roller Lunar Dust Removal System
Young Professional:
Winner: Sara Margala - Optical Characterization of Heat Transport in Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Arrays
Runner Up: Ben Schmachtenberger; Zach Watson; Julian Brew - Event Cameras for Space Situational Awareness Applications