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General Sessions
| Mission and Program Experience Organizers Valerie Ang, The Aerospace Corporation Brandon Klefman, NASA Glenn Research Center Christopher Le, The Aerospace Corporation |
| Power Systems for Future Mars Missions Humphrey (Hoppy) Price, Jet Propulsion Laboratory ♦ Charts |
| Maintaining Reliability in a Harsh Environment – The Design and Delivery of the CADRE Lunar Rovers and Basestation Molly Shelton, Jet Propulsion Laboratory ♦ Charts |
| Mission and development heritage – Faster and cheaper Eric Trehet, Airbus Defence and Space ♦ Charts |
| Revisiting Solar Array String Failures on the International Space Station Steven Korn, NASA Glenn Research Center ♦ Charts |
| Reliability and Resiliency of High Voltage Transmission and Distribution in support of Space Mission Craig Lamascus, The Aerospace Corporation ♦ Charts |
| Energy Storage I—Space Battery Level Topics |
| Organizers Kevin MacDougall, The Aerospace Corporation Alec Jackson, Air Force Research Laboratory Michael Angell, The Aerospace Corporation |
| Airbus Space Battery Heritage – Powering the future Kévin Allenbach, Airbus Defence and Space ♦ Charts |
| Thermal Runaway Single Cell Material Testing and Puncture Location Investigation Delaney Mann, EnerSys Advanced Systems ABSL ♦ Charts |
| GS Yuasa MA 12x Modular Battery Platform Qualification Test Results Thomas Pusateri, GS Yuasa Lithium Power, Inc. ♦ Charts |
| High Temperature Batteries for Planetary Missions John-Paul Jones, Jet Propulsion Laboratory ♦ Charts |
| Enhanced Cell and Pack Qualification Tal Sholklapper, Voltaiq, Inc. ♦ Charts |
| Reducing Development and Manufacturing with Scalable Designs* Richard Coffin, EaglePicher Technologies ♦ Charts |
| Energy Generation I—Space Solar Cell Technologies |
| Organizers Kyle Virgil, The Aerospace Corporation Alex Grede, Naval Research Laboratory |
| AZUR SPACE Product Portfolio for Versatile Space Applications Torsten Torunski, AZUR SPACE Solar Power GmbH ♦ Charts Unavailable |
| Resilient supply of Ge substrates for US space market Kristof Dessein, Umicore ♦ Charts |
| Quad-Junction Solar Cell Production, Solar Array Products, and Capacity Expansion at SolAero by Rocket Lab Nate Miller, SolAero by Rocket Lab ♦ Charts Unavailable |
| Development of CIGS solar cells on glass substrates for space applications Hiroshi Tomita, Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. ♦ Charts |
| Spectrolab’s Pathway Forward: Modular Solutions for Bespoke Space Power Needs Chris Fetzer, Spectrolab ♦ Charts |
| Advanced Concepts |
| Organizers Vien Vu, The Aerospace Corporation Michael Kelzenberg, California Institute of Technology |
| Progress in Small, Modular Radioisotope Thermoelectric Power Systems E. Joseph Nemanick, The Aerospace Corporation ♦ Charts |
| Alternative Radioisotope Power for Small Missions Vladimir Jovovic, Jet Propulsion Laboratory ♦ Charts |
| Developing Transition Metal Oxide-Based Carrier-Selective Contacts for Non-Epitaxial InP Solar Cells Anish Chaluvadi, University of Cambridge ♦ Charts |
| Space Wireless On-demand Optical Power (SWOOP) Performance Modeling Grant Erickson, Lockheed Martin Space ♦ Charts |
| MOSSA-Ultra High-Efficiency Solar Arrays for Small Satellites Kiel Davis, Opterus Research & Development ♦ Charts |
| Mitigating Arc Inception via Transformational Array Instrumentation Jeremiah Sims, NASA Glenn Research Center ♦ Charts |
| Power Systems Architecture |
| Organizers Kelsey Dougherty, The Aerospace Corporation Markell Hardee, The Aerospace Corporation Joshua Stewart, The Aerospace Corporation |
| Satellite Power Analysis, A Fast, Composable, Open-Source Approach Ranjan Anantharaman and David Dinh, JuliaHub, Inc. ♦ Charts |
| Need for Efficient and Reliable Power: GaNFET design solution for resiliency in the age of faster and cheaper Jason Stange, Packet Digital ♦ Charts |
| MSR Subsystem: Flexible GaN based power architecture for Deep Space missions Roberto Gutiérrez, Airbus Crisa ♦ Charts |
| Gallium Nitride (GAN) Device Characterization and Evaluation Techniques Lee Gill, Sandia National Laboratories ♦ Charts Unavailable |
| Energy Generation II—Modules and Arrays Design |
| Organizers Yao Lao, The Aerospace Corporation Christopher Kerestes, Air Force Research Laboratory |
| Ultra-light alternatives to space coverglass for solar arrays Pilar Espinet Gonzalez, The Aerospace Corporation ♦ Charts |
| Flexible and lightweight solar power modules for LEO satellites and next-generation arrays Chris Youtsey, MicroLink Devices, Inc. ♦ Charts Unavailable |
| Silicon Solar Power Modules for Roll Out Deployment Stanislau Herasimenka, Solestial, Inc. ♦ Charts |
| Development of a Synchronized Deployment Solar Array Wing for SmallSats Ismael Sanchez, DHV Technology ♦ Charts |
| ROSA’s Transformative Technology for GEO and Resilient Spacecraft Applications Matt LaPointe, Redwire Space ♦ Charts |
| 3M encapsulant films for satellite solar cell arrays* Sean Sweetnam, 3M ♦ Charts |
| PMAD – Power System Design and Analytical Techniques |
| Organizers John Morales, The Aerospace Corporation Horacio Saldivar, The Aerospace Corporation James Becker, The Aerospace Corporation |
| Airbus Crisa Next Space Designs: MEGA and MV Product Lines Roberto Gutiérrez, Airbus Crisa ♦ Charts |
| Optimizing SWaP-C Through Multi-Phase Power Clock Distribution Kiran Bernard, Renesas Electronics America ♦ Charts |
| Lunar Tethered Power System: Advancing Power Distribution Through Diverse Partnerships Brandon Burns, Jet Propulsion Laboratory ♦ Charts |
| RREAD Observer: Perceptive test as you fly David Caldwell, The Aerospace Corporation ♦ Charts |
| Laser Power Beaming for Applications on the Moon Geoffrey Landis, NASA Glenn Research Center ♦ Charts |
| Energy Storage III – Advanced Energy Storage Topics |
| Organizers Albert Zimmerman, The Aerospace Corporation Martin Dann, Rochester Institute of Technology |
| Liquified Gas Electrolyte, LiGas®, as the Next Generation Electrolyte for Lithium Ion Batteries Ryo Tamaki, South 8 Technologies ♦ Charts |
| Lithium Sulfur Batteries for Aerospace and Defense at JHU/APL Nicholas Pavlopoulos, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory ♦ Charts |
| Lyten Lithium- Sulfur Cells for Space and DoD Applications Ratnakumar Bugga, Lyten ♦ Charts |
| Data-Driven and Physics-Informed Li-ion Battery Performance Modeling Christopher Choi, The Aerospace Corporation ♦ Charts |
| Model for Voltage Hysteresis in Li-Ion Cells Albert Zimmerman, The Aerospace Corporation ♦ Charts |
| Energy Generation III – Reliability and Characterization |
| Organizers Pilar Espinet Gonzalez, The Aerospace Corporation Jeremiah Sims, NASA Glenn Research Center |
| Solar Cell Displacement Damage Testing Using Co-60 Gamma Rays Scott Messenger, Northrop Grumman Corporation ♦ Charts |
| Impact of Radiation Environment and Solar Array Uncertainty on Achieving Mission Power Requirements Don Walker, The Aerospace Corporation ♦ Charts |
| Experimental Validation of Electro-Thermal Models for Solar Arrays Pilar Espinet Gonzalez, The Aerospace Corporation ♦ Charts |
| Proton Radiation Resilience of Industry-Grade CdSeTe/CdTe PV Cells for Space Applications Randy Ellingson, The University of Toledo ♦ Charts |
| The Importance and Limitations of Light I-V and Dark IV Testing for Space Solar Arrays Bao Hoang, Maxar Technologies ♦ Charts |
| Energy Storage II – Cell Level Developments for Energy Storage |
| Organizers Christopher Choi, The Aerospace Corporation Lloyd Zilch, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division Alexandria Kilzer, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division |
| VL10ES Cell and Battery Qualification Update Chengsong Ma, Saft ♦ Charts |
| Effects of Low Temperature Freeze Cycles on COTS Li-ion Cells Justin Rauchwarg, EnerSys Advanced Systems ABSL ♦ Charts |
| Advanced 18650 Battery Cells for Extreme Space Environments William Hadala, American Lithium Energy Corporation ♦ Charts |
| CAMX Power High Sensitivity Cell Screening Technology Christopher McCoy, CAMX Power, LLC ♦ Charts |
| Cell Performance Mapping Steve Weiss, Xilectric, Inc. ♦ Charts Unavailable |
* Not presented at workshop
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