APSS Student Submissions from 2025
DART – Small-Scale Rocket Payload Delivery, L. Aagaard, K. Jamal, B. Lougheed, J. O'Hara, Z. Figueroa, J. Smith, R. Struthers, N. Tardy, M. Vale, and J. Vennink
DROVER – Drone Rover Operations on Versatile Extra-hazardous Regions, Francesca Afruni, Elizabeth Beraducci, Fabrizio Chigne, Francesco De Luca, Haylee Fiske, Kyle Kinkade, Marcelo Samaan, and Rhys Wallin
AIAA Design Build Fly, Ammar Alafif, Osama Alharbi, Mohammed Aljabri, Rodina Elbadry, Feras Muathin, Soham Patel, Brandon Shor, and Aqlesiya Wondwossen
Planetary Evolution with Variable Stellar Metallicity, Justin Alderdice
S.L.O.S.H. - System for Liquid Orbital Supply and Handling, A. Alexy, J. Broussard, A. Dean, D. Garceau, J. Grady, B. Kerridge, B. Smucker, R. Wagner, and C. Zelasko
Supersonic Shock Tube, Tia Armendariz, Andrew Bimm, Diletta Crepaldi, Jesus Delgado, Helen Ibrahim, Danielle Kain, Matthew McQuinn, Coralie Range, and Miles Robinson
A Space Odyssey: Calculating the Escape Velocity from the Habitable Zone of Different Spectral Classes, Isabela Batista, Bradley Cheney, and Kayla Taylor
Project Vulcan, Timur Bedelbaev, Braden Hartlieb, Micéle Leita, Matthew Poirier, Jorge Sanchez, Abigail Smith, Joshua Spectre, Cam'ron Valliere, and Victor Zaharia
X-Ray Image Analysis of the Tycho Supernova Remnant, Mihir Bhagat, Lance Fales, Victor Ferraguz, Tilghman Kaline, Keegan Kubisiak, and Jayson Purl
Exploring The Feasibility and Habitability of Our Solar System, Austyn Brandenhoff
RangerEye: Autonomous Wildfire Detection and Patrol Drone, Onat Cakici, John Munday, Mitchell Lacle, Manuel Villamor, Otto Dorschner, Yuto Imai, Ishaben Trada, Abdulrahman Almutairi, and Abdullah Alaskar
P.E.A.N.U.T.S.:Promoting Extraterrestrial Agriculture through Novel Utilization Techniques for Sustainability, Trenton Causey and Andrew G. Palmer
Observational Testing of Stochastic Heating in Solar Wind, Darryl Chamberlin
Metal extraction of regolith by Phytomining, Davonya Cheek
Investigating a Novel Radiation-hard, High Thermal Conductivity Weld for Particle Physics Experiments, Elliyonna Lacie Chickaway
Grading Systems for CMS Phase 2 Silicon Chips, Connor Clemens
Decentralized Astronomical Data Storage on the Blockchain, Joshua Habka
Galaxy Quest: Using Gravitational Potential to Determine the Propulsion Methods Necessary for Extragalactic Travel, Colin Harrison, Kate Helminiak, and Bryce Johnson
Optimizing the Geometry of a Dyson Sphere to Maximize Power Output, Samantha Harvey
An integrative approach to studying exoplanet environments, Rahi Avinash Kashikar
The Effects of Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria on Plantsin Martian Regolith, Aiden Kelly
Habitable Zones Surrounding Active Galactic Nuclei, Emily Lohmann
Evolution of Complex Variability in Soft-to-Hard X-ray Emissions From AGN, Aaron L. Mizrahi
Investigating the Relationship Between White Dwarfs and the Milky Way's Spiral Structure, Shailyn Negron
Heli-Plane, Jonathan Pollison, Brett Nastos, Enzo Logatto, Gunnar Gluckert, Drew Law, Luke Marchisin, Colby Burton, Gregory Cantoni, and Mariam Gold Muzungu
Magnetic Hydro-Dynamic Waves(MHD), Koustav Saha
Regolith Conditioning by Carnivorous Plants, Emily Soucy
SPARCC 3.0 – Solid Propellant CubeSat Propulsion, Charley Stone, Mathieu Cote, Evan Carpenter, Josh McCarron, Tristan Leemon, Syd Freiberger, and Michael Hill
The Use of International Space Station-Derived Mixed Cultures to Improve Plant Growth, McKenna Taylor and Steven Elsaid
ADAPT: Attitude Determination And Precision Tracking, Cole Townsend, Ron Achille, Olivia Dambrauskas, Hayden Ludwick, Katherine LaCluyze, Travis MacBride, and Trey Reichard
Atmospheric Retrieval using Neural Network Methods, Timothy Wainscott
Luminosity Fluctuations of Objects Within M87, Logan Woody
APSS Student Submissions from 2024
Martian Atmospheric Rover Simulation (M.A.R.S.), Matt Berard, Shelby Beddard, Alexander Brunette, Emma Conti, Collin Duke, Delaney Novak, and Keelin Weaver
Implementation of Python Based High Voltage Tests for GEM Detectors, John Paul Hernandez
Determination of Gravitational Fields and Escape Velocity from Galactic Density Profiles, Abhro Rahman and Wesley Kozan
Novel Technique using Cherenkov Radiation for Nuclear Terrorism Prevention, Matthew Mark Romano
Adapting Digital Masking for Improved Exoplanet Detection, Elise Seaward
Modeling an Extra Planet's Effects on Earth, Emily Simpson
APSS Student Submissions from 2017
Ras Labs-CASIS-ISS NL Experiment For Synthetic Muscle Returned To Earth: Resistance To Ionizing Radiation, Leonore Rasmussen, Leila N. Albers, Simone Rodriguez, Charles Gentile, Lewis D. Meixler, George Ascione, Robert Hitchner, James Taylor, Dan Hoffman, David Cylinder, Ramona Gaza, Leon Moy, Patrick S. Mark, Daniel L. Prillaman, Robert Nodarse, Michael J. Menegus, Jo Ann Ratto, Christopher T. Thellen, Danielle Froio, Logan Valenza, Catherine Poirier, Charles Sinkler, Dylan Corl, Surbhi Hablani, Tyler Fuerst, Sergio Gallucci, Whitney Blocher, and Stephanie Liffland
APSS Student Submissions from 2016
APART, Charles Berry, Arturo Malagon, Jose Sanchez, Jeancarlo Pestana, Omesh Singh, Jainaba Faal, and Thomas Hollahan
Time Capsule to Mars (TC2M), Juliette Bido, Isaac Spence, Rob Curtin, Justin Anderson, and Brianna Tillman
Air-Ball: The Free-Flying Satellite Simulator, James Byrnes, Jerry Wang, Andrew Czap, Gonzalo Rivera, Casey Clark, William McKinnon, and Frank Savino
HYDRA (HYpersonic Dynamics Rocket Assembly), Kathryn Disher, Nicholas Germann, Christopher Kennedy, Rhonwen Gavagni, Theophilus Oguche, Christian Gotsch, Frank Perrelli, Michael Rohde, and Monty Attzs
NASA JPL Smart Breakout Box 2.0, Joseph Fisher, Carlos Gross Jones, Daniel Schultz, Tom Gambardella, and John Dillon
R.E.D. Rover, Jennifer Geehan, Steven Medico, Vicente Aycart, Joseph Horn, Joseph Miller, Katarina Vuckovic, Bonolo Mpaganga, Kevin Peavler, Rafael Almeida, William McKinnon, and Tevin Watkins
All-terrain Robotic Excavation System (A.R.E.S.), L. Mohammed, Domenick Albanese, Pablo Canseco, Khalphani Green, Zoher Kothari, Spencer R. Lower, Adrian McHargh, Jacob Netzley, Mark Thames, and Nate Voris
Diverse Air-bearing Weightless eNvironment, John Poothokaran, Kunal Badrinarayan, Nathan Baldwin, Mark Montero, Mariam Ahmadkhanlou, Robert Hastings, Tesfaye Jote, Gavin Jones, and Umut Oztekin
Sharkbait: Unmanned Underwater-Air Hybrid Vehicle, Morgan Steinert, Sal Van Casteren, Jake Watson, Nick Bueno, Alexa Eldridge, Michael Diotte, Patrick Klein, Zach Costello, Kyler Harmeling, Cameron Izzi, and Asim Conrad
APSS Student Submissions from 2015
The Devil Star: Analyzing Data from the Massive Magnetic Star HD66665, Brooke Adams
Florida Tech Robotic Mining Team, S. Alshebl, D. Alajai, N. Cunha, M. Brio, B. Dilindi, R. Ha, D. Frutchey, J. Hernandez, E. Kames, M. Kruger, C. Marley, S. Lai, A. Neiger, Y. Lu, L. Ni, K. Rieder, P. On, M. Yang, C. Perry, Q. Zhang, J. Roger, and J. Stevens
Spectral Properties of Lunar Impact Melt Flows, Charlotte Eaton
The Magnetic Field of Theta1 Orionis C, Nicholas Fatta
Sand Dune Elevations on the Earth, Mars, and Titan, Deirdra Fey
Mars Rover - URC, Niket Ghelani, Kirill Martusevich, Andrew Poe, John Bohanon, Christopher Zarlenga, and Tiziano Bernard
Lionsat, Alec Guenther, Derek Maldonado, James Throne, and Adam Truszkowski
Project Vulcan, Kyle Levin, Michael Robison, Shane Favreau, Jared Sork, Kristen Erickson, Gabrielle Leesman, Alan Cruz Gerena, Alejandro Leon Velasco, and Ismael Naranjo Velez
Roll Differential Imaging for PSF Suppression and High-Contrast Ratios, Nicholas Lowing
The Masses and Orbits of the Moons of Dwarf Planet Haumea, Mariah MacDonald
Measuring Unique Structures Within Sprite Halos, Michael Morrison, Burcu Kosar, and Nicholas Spiva
Search and Rescue Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Jake Olson, Mike Barbera, Brendan Ooi, Nathan Arledge, Fabio Maia, Evan Cosgrove, Niko Casciola, Mohamed Mohamed, Xori Deans, and Oron Bader
Statistical Evaluation of Simulated Period Distributions of Exoplanets Using Julia, Sailee Sawant
Charge Injector Card for Calibration of the CMS Hadron Calorimeter, Robert Schmelzle and Alexander Pelc
Wing Tip Vortex Reduction, Sky Seliquini, Augustus Azelis, Mohammed Al-Sulaiti, Ambonisye Kasyanju, Vanessa Lopez, Mohammed Al Metwali, Noah Vogel, and John Fry
Locating Supernovae via Artificial Neural Networks, Kristin Shahady
SX Phoenicis Stars, Suzanne Shuda
Separating Near-Object Spectra From Chandra Grating Observations, Max Smith
HAWQ DD, A. Subramanian, A. Hicks, C. Romano, G. Gatera, J. Alameri, M. Dushane, M. Rhoney, N. Momanyi, and S. Burke
APSS Student Submissions from 2000
Ocean Wave Earth Diffraction Antenna (OWEDA), Michael C. Kobold