The RCOS Summer 2026 Season has finished!

Jacky Song | August 19, 2026

I am glad to announce that we have concluded another incredible season as part of the Rensselaer Center for Open Source (RCOS)!

First off, let's give the stats! Our incredible team has made over 600 commits this season! Here's the breakdown per repo:

Note: Commit numbers obtained with the list-elara-commits.sh script, which we have now made open source!

Among our numerous accomplishments as a team are:

• The creation of a prototype rectenna, one that could eventually allow us to capture energy beamed from space
• Rigorous mathematical proofs of eigenvalues of the Helmholtz equation and analytical solutions for Lorentz force equations
• A new chapter on circuits in our Handbook, as well as major improvements in our chapter on differential equations
• The addition of numerous new solvers for ODEs and PDEs to our Elara Symbolic library
• Major enhancements to our website, including responsive UI for larger screens, a variety of bug fixes, translations to Urdu and Japanese as well as partial translations to Russian and Spanish
• Improved UI and stability for our interactive calculations app
• MVP of our custom UI library
• A revamp of our technical overview paper
• And more!

As always, I thank the faculty at RCOS, and particularly Professor Kuzmin, Professor Turner and Professor Sturman, for going above and beyond to support us and our cause. And I thank my team, for their intelligence, perseverence — and how much they made me laugh :)

This season was truly a season to remember. As we make preparations for the season ahead, we will certainly look back fondly towards this past season, and remember what makes Project Elara so special — our incredible community.