2026 Symposium

The Climate Adaptation and Resilience Monitoring Alliance: 

New Technologies for Ecological Monitoring in a Rapidly Changing Environment – M. Thomas, K. Gill, A. Anderson, C. Koch, K. Pena, U. Mandavilli, C. Dwyer, N. Quirk, and T. Pachuda 

CU 

Measuring the Ratio of Water to other Atmospheric Gas Concentration at Different Altitudes – A. Diener, L. Libelo, and A. Levin 

CU 

From Ethical Frameworks to Engineering Practice: Student-Driven Aerospace Systems in the Emerging Space Economy – E. Herzog 

CU 

Your Orthopedic Dynamic Alignment – A. Anand, C. Bowen, M. Gutke, J. Hickman, and L. Toth 

CU 

Development of Autonomous Octopod Programming – M. Troyer 

PCC 

Integrated Rover–HDM–LunaSat Testing in a Lunar Regolith Analog Environment – E. Herzog, J. Leites, E. Taylor, N. Starkey, S. Donthula, A. Shalev Merin 

CU 

Rover on The Red Horizon – E. Callahan, J. Bossert, C. Auer, J. Taylor, and M. Schnese 

UCCS 

Use of Spine Articulation in Aerospace Robotics with Monocular SLAM Navigation – M. Stembridge, D. Thornton, R. Sauzameda-Carbajal, B. Carpenter, and L. Tarpey 

PCC 

2nd Eye in the Sky – T. Hartzell, and A. Peruzzi 

PPSC 

Atmospheric Impact on Solar Cell Efficiency – J. Lee, I. Thyer, G. Yannotta, M. Avdyunin, and C. Somayajula 

CU 

DemoSat: Team Hot Air – A. Church, S. Weatherby, and N. Jacobs 

PPSC 

SPARC: Space Particle and Radiation Counter – S. Barrionuevo, M. Olson, S. Santosh, and L. Tisher 

CU 

Engineering Analysis of Diffusion-Dominated Osmotic Transport in 

a Passive RhFET-01 Microgravity Germination System – J. Johnson, S. Ritchie, D. W. Elmore, and K. Lowerre 

UCCS 

Space Fried Rice 2025-26: Monitoring Rice Growth in Lunar Regolith – W. Taylor, G. Dreeszen, G. Perez-Soler, A. Garza, F. Champlin, S. Selph, N. Smith, M. Telford, M. Heng, and R. Axtell-Aretz 

RRCC 

Optimizing Buoyant Airborne Turbines for Maximum Performance in Limited Space – C. Gagliano, K. Karges, J. Knott, O. Knott, and M. Lott 

FRCC 

The Efficacy of Reclaimed Water on Spinach Growth in Lunar Regolith – M. Osborne, M. Angell, P. M. Matthews, and G. Hutauruk 

CCA 

Balancing Motion and Biology: Payload Stabilization and Blood Integrity in Near-Space Flight Sirius – R. Buffington, J. David, M. Zubrod, B. Schick, and O. Mackenzie 

FRCC 

Development of a Six-Legged Autonomous Robot for Rough Terrain Navigation – R. Ganey, A. Garcia, and S. Rangel 

FRCC 

Cold Welding and Data Protection in Suborbital Flight – K. Shirley, A. Zollinger, D. Baker, M. Morgan, C. Foland, E. Eastman, A. Zeller, X. Lees, A. Castaneda, S. Kennett, and Y. Mehta 

RRCC / ACC 

P-01: SpectroSat Using a NASA STELLA spectrometer to determine the relationship between the concentration of water vapor and other gases in the lower atmosphere - A. Diener, L. Libelo, and A. Levin 

CU 

P-02: Development of a Head Impact Telemetry System for mTBI/CTE Research - A. Silberman, T. Connelly, E. Batdorj, and R. McHale 

ACC 

P-03: Monitoring Dynamic Posture Changes Through Inertial Measurement Units - A. Anand, C. Bowen, M. Gutke, J. Hickman, and L. Toth 

CU 

 P-04: Solarpunk Parasol: A Sustainable Wearable Platform for Energy Harvesting and Passive Environmental Sensing – M. H seeb, S. Johnston, R. King, R. Motheral, A. Nakarmi, and M. E. West 

Longmont HS 

P-05: Investigating the Dynamical Nature of Unipedal Balance - K. Villarreal, M. Semak, and A. Ferris 

UNC 

P-06: Two Men and a Marschine - T. Tatum, and T. Hartzell 

PPSC 

P-07: Mechanical and Electrical Design of an Octopod - M. Troyer 

PCC 

P-08: Dune Crawler – F. Camplin, C. Travis, L. Crossett, B. Andrie, L. Winfrey, E. DeWeese, J. Myers, R.B.T. Jenkins, F. Ridgeway, T. Micciche-Hall, N. Aguilera, N. Orndoff, and G.A.P. Soler 

RRCC 

P-09: Optimizing Buoyant Airborne Turbines for Maximum Performance in Limited Space – C. Gagliano, J. Knott, K. Karges, M. Lott, and O. Knott 

FRCC 

P-10: Effect of near-space conditions on the survival rate of Juvenile and mature C.elegans - S. BC, A.C. Rodriguez, Q. Dixon, T. Fuller, L. Giardello, A. Ruiz, and B. Wisener  

RU 

P-11: Exploration of High-Altitude Chemistry using an Ozonesonde, Turbine, and UV-Degradable Polymers – K. Dickson, M. Telford, A. Martin, J. Baldwin, D. Benson, J. Ferrell, C. Holman, H. Ozaslan, L. Coto, F. Champlin, and T. Micciche-Hall 

RRCC 

P-12: Stratospheric Observation of Light And Renewables – J. Lee, I. Thyer, G. Yannotta, M. Ardyunin, and C. Somayajula 

CU 

P-13: JAKE NOT FOUND – D. Ghilia, L. Flannery, A. Jannamon, and J. Coppom 

Longmont HS 

P-14: “Martians and Moon Bugs:” Progress Report on Extracting DNA from Lunar and Martian Regolith – V. Pinto, E. Vencer, R. Axtell-Aretz, M. Telford, A. Martin, A. Garza, W. Taylor, L. Albert, and T. Williams  

RRCC 

P-15: The Great Lunar Expedition for Everyone (GLEE): Distributed Lunar Surface Science – D. Kroneberger, E. Levin, V. Pathi, A. Joshi, K. Stathopulos, and the GLEE team 

CU 

P-16: Mission SCOUT: Satellite Collision Observation & Unified Tracking – L. Berger, Z. Dyre, L. Leal De Ibarra, W. Jolley, M. Pahade, R. Patel, S. Redhorse, F. Sharman, T. Suxe, and L. Ward 

CU 

P-17: Winds of Change: Investigating Variability in Quasars with Outflows – M. Carrasco, and M. Lazarova 

UNC 

P-18: Housing and Deployment Module Redesign for Distributed Lunar Sensor Deployment in the GLEE Mission – P. Mertens, S. Donthula, F. Garza Cancino, M. Alperovich, G. Smith, and E. Letendre 

CU 

P-19: Cold Welding in Suborbital Flight – M. Morgan, E. Eastman, C. Foland, K. Shirley, D. Baker, A. Zeller, X. Lees, A. Zollinger, S. Kennett, Y. Mehta, and A. Castaneda 

ACC / RRCC 

P-20: PULSAR: Suborbital Flight Validation of LunaSat V8 and Deployment Systems for Distributed Lunar Science Missions – L. Bassett, M. Menzies, F. Radebaugh, J. Gabbard, J. Doyle, J. Diamond, C. Preedom, and the GLEE Team  

CU 

P-21: Rapid Prototyping and Additive Manufacturing for the Functional Implementation of Expanding Wheel Suspension – Betelhem, TJ, Ayo, Chava, Lai, Jesus, Marco, Jessica 

CCA 

P-22: Development of a Six-Legged Autonomous Robot for Rough Terrain Navigation – R. Ganey, A. Garcia, and S. Rangel 

FRCC 

P-23: HARP Robotics Project - S. Garrett, D. Morales, A. Bachtiar, J. Lerch, J. Swain, O. Banks, C. Randolph, and L. Naden 

CU 

P-24: Team Hot Air – A. Church, S. Weatherby, N. Jacobs 

PPSC 

P-25: RRCC Astrobio Investigates Chlorophyll Production in Different Growth Factors - Red Rocks Community College Astrobio team 

RRCC 

P-26: Balancing Motion and Biology – J. David, O. Mackenzie, R. Buffington, M. Zubrod, and B. Schick 

FRCC 

P-27: Glowing Tardigrades – L. Albert, J. Andrews Garcia, and N. Thibodaux 

RRCC