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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:: Basu, Kaushik
Title:: Rigid Body Satellite Time-Optimal Attitude Control Using Inversion
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Time Optimal Control
Particle Swarm Optimization
Spacecraft Attitude Control
Pseudospectral Method
Rigid Body Dynamics
File:: Download Ko_Basu-Phd_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Robert Melton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Robert Melton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr David Spencer, Committee Member
Dr Joseph Horn, Committee Member
Dr Joseph Cusumano, Outside Member

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Author:: Premi, Amandeep
Title:: DEVELOPMENT OF AN ADAPTIVE, MULTISCALE, NONLINEAR DISTURBANCE EQUATIONS SOLVER
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: NLDE
gust modeling
Transition
Pressure-velocity coupling
wavelets
multiscale
AMR
adaptive mesh refinement
File:: Download Thesis_apremi.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr. Mark D. Maughmer, Committee Member
Dr. Phillip J. Morris, Committee Member
Dr. Michael P. Kinzel, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Michael P. Kinzel, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amanda D Hanford, Outside Member

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Author:: Yang, Junfeng
Title:: Autonomous Control Modes and Optimized Path Guidance for Shipboard Landing in High Sea States
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Rotorcraft
Flight Simulation
Flight Control
Guidance and navigation
Autonomous System
Shipboard Landing
File:: Download PhD_Dissertation_final__-_Junfeng_Yang.pdf
Committee Members:: Joseph F. Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph F. Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C. Smith, Committee Member
Jack W. Langelaan, Committee Member
Christopher D. Rahn, Outside Member

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Author:: Morgan, Jessica
Title:: Development of the Fluid Insert Noise Reduction Method Investigating Azimuthal Asymmetry
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Aeroacoustics
Supersonic
Noise Reduction
Jet Noise
PIV
File:: Download JessicaMorgan-Dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Philip John Morris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip John Morris, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jose Palacios, Committee Member
Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Committee Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Outside Member

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Author:: Haidar, Ahmad M
Title:: Vibration Control of Shafts via Automatic Passive Balancing
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: structural dynamics
vibration control
rotordynamics
aerospace engineering
automatic passive balancing
File:: Download AhmadHaidar-PhD-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Jose Palacios, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jose Palacios, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Edward Smith, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Outside Member
Namiko Yamamoto, Committee Member

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Author:: Yildiz, Kaan
Title:: Cable Actuated Tensegrity Structures for Deployable Space Booms with Enhanced Stiffness
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: tensegrity structures
space structures
deployment
optimization
effective stiffness
deployable booms
form finding
force finding
transformation
cylindrical tensegrity booms
File:: Download kaanyildiz_dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: George A Lesieutre, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Namiko Yamamoto, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Outside Member

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