“…Another vital component is to disseminate and share the research the IRES students perform to the scientific community. This is achieved through publishing journal publications [15]- [19], attending and presenting at both domestic and international conferences [20]- [22], participating in an AIAA joint special international session to industry leaders and researchers [23]- [25], through news articles and podcasts discussing their experience with the IRES program and their research, patents and invention disclosures [26], and through organizing and hosting an IRES Symposium Teaming Aerospace Researchers (STARs) symposium filled with collaborators of the IRES program.…”