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Author:: Pitchaiah, Sivakumar
Title:: Feedback control and optimization using adaptive reduced order models
Graduate Program:: Chemical Engineering
Keywords:: Nonlinear control
Process control
Proper orthogonal decomposition
Partial differential equation
Model reduction
File:: Download SP-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Antonios Armaou, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Antonios Armaou, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Costas D Maranas, Committee Member
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member

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Author:: Williams, Patrick
Title:: Coupling of Nonlinear Estimation and Dynamic Sensor Tasking Applied to Satellite Tracking
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Nonlinear Estimation
Sensor Tasking
Space Situational Awareness
Satellite Dynamics
File:: Download PatrickWilliams-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: David Bradley Spencer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member
Karl Martin Reichard, Special Member
Richard Lee Erwin, Special Member

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Author:: Yomchinda, Thanan
Title:: Real-time Path Planning and Autonomous Control for Helicopter Autorotation
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Autorotation
Path Planning
Helicopter Control
Dynamic Inversion
Trajectory Tracking
File:: Download ThananYomchindaDissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Joseph Francis Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Special Member

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Author:: Brown, Alexander Allen
Title:: Model-based Inclusion of Previewed Information for Lateral Vehicle State and Environment Estimation
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: MODEL-BASED ESTIMATION
PREVIEW ESTIMATION
STATE ESTIMATION
VEHICLE DYNAMICS
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
File:: Download Brown-Dissertation_Final_ETD.pdf
Committee Members:: Sean Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Special Member
Richard Laurence Tutwiler, Special Member

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Author:: Okita, Noriaki
Title:: Development of a novel foot slip sensor algorithm
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: slip sensor
gait cycle detection
walking robot
stick-slip
stochastic state estimation
anomaly detection
File:: Download Nori_Okita_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member
Jason Zachary Moore, Committee Member

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Author:: Pentzer, Jesse Lorenzo
Title:: Utilization of ICR Kinematics in Estimation, Control, and Energy-Aware Mission Planning for Skid-Steer Vehicles
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: ground robotics
robot performance
motion estimation
state estimation
skid-steer robotics
path planning
File:: Download Pentzer_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Sean Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karl Martin Reichard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member

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Author:: Suarez Mullins, Astrid
Title:: Observations and Modeling of the Effects of Waves and Rotors on Submeso and Turbulence Variability within the Stable Boundary Layer over Central Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:: Meteorology
Keywords:: high-resolution modeling
wavelets
model verification
waves
rotors
submeso
turbulence variability
stable boundary layer
File:: Download Suarez_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: David R Stauffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
George Spencer Young, Committee Member
Fuqing Zhang, Committee Member
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member

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Author:: Depenbusch, Nathan Thomas
Title:: Development and Field Testing of an Autonomous Soaring System
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: autonomous soaring
aerial robotics
thermal soaring
soaring
unmanned aerial vehicle
UAV
File:: Download Depenbusch-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Jacob Willem Langelaan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Sean N Brennan, Committee Member
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Outside Member

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Author:: Eipper, Daniel Thomas
Title:: INLAND STRUCTURE AND PENETRATION OF LAKE ONTARIO LAKE-EFFECT DOMINANT BANDS IN BAROCLINIC ENVIRONMENTS
Graduate Program:: Meteorology
Keywords:: Lake-effect
Snowbands
Cold Air Advection
Boundary Layer
Mesoscale
Baroclinic
File:: Download EIPPER_DISSERTATION_V2.pdf
Committee Members:: George Spencer Young, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
George Spencer Young, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Steven J Greybush, Committee Member
Yvette Pamela Richardson, Committee Member
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Outside Member

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Author:: Denlinger, Michelle
Title:: Extremum Seeking Algorithms for Optimal Periodic Control with Application to Buoyant Air Turbines
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Extremum seeking
Optimal Periodic Control
Wind Energy
Buoyant Air Turbines
Optimal Control
Periodic Control
Airborne Wind Energy
File:: Download MDenlinger_Dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Hosam Kadry Fathy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Outside Member
Chris Vermillion, Special Member

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