Doctoral Theses: Recent submissions

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    • Rapid In-Space Assembly and Manufacturing of Large Reticulated Truss Structures 

      Bhundiya, Harsh G. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-09)
      Modern deployable space structures have enabled spectacular missions like the James Webb Space Telescope, but they are constrained by the rocket fairing and a tradeoff between deployed size and structural precision that ...

    • Space Optical Interferometry for High-Resolution Coherent Imaging of Astronomical Objects 

      Black, Mason R. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-09)
      The hunt for Earth-like exoplanets is one of the great scientific endeavors of the 21st century. To date, the characterization of known exoplanets with instruments like JWST has been spatially unresolved—we can study ...

    • Synthetic Mucins for Microbial Modulation 

      Barnes, Carolyn E. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-09)
      Mucus is a ubiquitous hydrogel that coats all epithelial cell surfaces. Once thought to be an inert hydrogel, the mucosal barrier is now recognized as a critical component of the innate immune system. It serves not only ...