publications

2025

  1. Moon BRICCSS: Moon Blocks Using Regolith ISRU for Corbelled Construction of Sustainable Shielding
    Lanie McKinney, Palak Patel, Daniel Massimino, Annika Thomas, Juan Salazar, Mikita Klimenka, George Lordos, Cody Paige, Skylar Tibbits, and Dava Newman
    In 2025 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 2025

2024

  1. ROMAN: Robust Object Map Alignment Anywhere
    Mason Peterson, Yi Xuan Jia, Yulun Tian, Annika Thomas, and Jonathan How
    In 2024 IEEE/RSJ international conference on intelligent robots and systems (IROS) Workshop on Long-Term Perception, 2024
  2. Moon Blocks Using Regolith ISRU for Construction of Sustainable Settlements
    Annika Thomas, Daniel Massimino, Juan Hurtado Salazar, Lanie McKinney, Mikita Klimenka, Palak Patel, Cody Paige, Skylar Tibbets, Nicholar De Monchaux, Jeffrey Hoffman, and Ed Crawley
    In 2024 International Atronautical Congress (IAC) 6th Space Architecture Symposium, 2024
  3. SOS-Match: Segmentation for Open-Set Robust Correspondence Search and Robot Localization in Unstructured Environments
    Annika Thomas, Jouko Kinnari, Parker Lusk, Kota Konda, and Jonathan How
    In 2024 IEEE/RSJ international conference on intelligent robots and systems (IROS), 2024
  4. PUMA: Fully Decentralized Uncertainty-Aware Multiagent Trajectory Planner with Real-Time Image Segmentation-Based Frame Alignment
    Kota Kondo, Claudius T Tewari, Mason B Peterson, Annika Thomas, Jouko Kinnari, Andrea Tagliabue, and Jonathan P How
    In 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2024

2023

  1. The AEROS Mission: Characterizing Multi-Spectral Ocean Measurements through Small Satellite Connectivity
    Cadence Payne, Pedro Miguel da Silva Pinto, Madeline Loui, and Annika Thomas
    In MIT Portugal Program Conference, 2023
  2. Global Localization in Unstructured Environments Using Semantic Object Maps Built from Various Viewpoints
    Jacqueline Ankenbauer, Parker C Lusk, Annika Thomas, and Jonathan P How
    In 2023 IEEE/RSJ international conference on intelligent robots and systems (IROS), 2023
  3. Protecting Satellites in Low Earth Orbit: An Overview of Hazards and Policy Solutions
    Annika Thomas, Danisl Ammons, Kristen Green, Laman Jalil, Joe Kusters, and Kerri Cahoy
    MIT Science Policy Review, 2023

2022

  1. Introducing Experimental Design to Promote Active Learning
    Yevgeniy Yesilevskiy, Annika Thomas, Jessica Oehrlein, Melissa Wright, and Michael Tarnow
    In 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2022

2020

  1. Real-Time Estimation of Electron Dynamics in Hall Effect Thrusters Using an Extended Kalman Filter
    Christine Greve, Annika Thomas, Manoranjan Majji, and Kentaro Hara
    In AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2020 Forum, 2020