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Start Over Graduate Program Aerospace Engineering Committee Member David Bradley Spencer

2. Transfer and Capture into Distant Retrograde Orbits

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Author:
Scott, Christopher James
Title:
Transfer and Capture into Distant Retrograde Orbits
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
circular restricted three body problem
Astrodynamics
CR3BP
satellite capture
File:
Download Diss.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr David B Spencer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Bradley Spencer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Jack W Langelaan, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member

3. BRIDGING METHOD FOR THE JB2006 AND NRLMSISE-00 THERMOSPHERIC DENSITY MODELS IN THE ALTITUDE RANGE OF 140 KM THROUGH 200 KM

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Author:
Kim, Jung Soo
Title:
BRIDGING METHOD FOR THE JB2006 AND NRLMSISE-00 THERMOSPHERIC DENSITY MODELS IN THE ALTITUDE RANGE OF 140 KM THROUGH 200 KM
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
JB2006
NRLMSISE-00
THERMOSPHERIC DENSITY
File:
Download ThesisMaster_Jung_Soo_Kim_.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr David B Spencer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Bradley Spencer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

4. Optimal Trajectories For Constrained Station Change in Geo Using A Legendre Pseudospectral Method

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Author:
Kim, Seung Pil
Title:
Optimal Trajectories For Constrained Station Change in Geo Using A Legendre Pseudospectral Method
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
station change
Legendre pseudospectral methods
low-thrust
File:
Download 1-Seunp_P_Final_2012.pdfDownload Errata_Ph_d__Thesis_Aerospace_Engineering_Aug_2012_Seung_Pil_Kim.pdf
Committee Members:
Robert Graham Melton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Bradley Spencer, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Julio Urbina, Committee Member

5. Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Modeling of Condensation in Supersonic Plume Expansions of Small Polyatomic Systems

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Author:
Li, Zheng
Title:
Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Modeling of Condensation in Supersonic Plume Expansions of Small Polyatomic Systems
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Kinetic Theory
Condensation
DSMC
File:
Download Zheng-Li-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Deborah A Levin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Deborah A Levin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barbara Jane Garrison, Committee Member
David Bradley Spencer, Committee Member
Sven G Bilen, Committee Member

6. Attitude Dynamics and Control of a Spacecraft Using Shifting Mass Distribution

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Author:
Ahn, Young Tae
Title:
Attitude Dynamics and Control of a Spacecraft Using Shifting Mass Distribution
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
spacecraft attitude dynamics
attitude control
combinatorial optimization theory
File:
Download youngtaeahn_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
David Bradley Spencer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Sven G Bilen, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

7. Coupling of Nonlinear Estimation and Dynamic Sensor Tasking Applied to Satellite Tracking

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Open Access
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

10. Design of Interplanetary Trajectories with Multiple Synergetic Gravitational Assist Maneuvers via Particle Swarm Optimization

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Author:
Shaw, Matthew Joseph
Title:
Design of Interplanetary Trajectories with Multiple Synergetic Gravitational Assist Maneuvers via Particle Swarm Optimization
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
orbital mechanics
interplanetary trajectory design
interplanetary travel
astrodynamics
space mission design
Particle Swarm Optimization
gravitational assist
multiple gravitational assist
gravity assist
multiple gravity assist
synergetic flyby
powered flyby
synergetic gravitational assist
synergetic gravity assist
powered gravitational assist
powered gravity assist
trajectory design
File:
Download ShawMatthew-MastersThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Robert Graham Melton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Bradley Spencer, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member