21. Human-Intuitable Collision Avoidance for Autonomous and Semi-Autonomous Rotorcraft Open Access Author: Gonzalez, Bianca Title: Human-Intuitable Collision Avoidance for Autonomous and Semi-Autonomous Rotorcraft Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering (MS) Keywords: Collision AvoidanceUrban Air MobilityPotential FieldsDronesPath PlanningVelocity-based Potential Field Approach File: Download Bianca_Gonzalez_MS_Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Amy Pritchett, Program Head/ChairJacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorAlan Richard Wagner, Committee MemberJoseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
22. Design, Fabrication, and Experimental Evaluation of a Centrifugally-Tuned Passive Balancer Open Access Author: Lay, Kenjiro Title: Design, Fabrication, and Experimental Evaluation of a Centrifugally-Tuned Passive Balancer Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering (MS) Keywords: Passive BalancingBalancerRotorRotorcraftStructural DynamicsDynamicsVibrationVibration Suppression File: Download MSThesis_KenjiroLay.pdf Committee Members: Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorPuneet Singla, Committee MemberAmy Pritchett, Program Head/ChairJacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member
23. Semi-Analytic Approach to Rapid Orbit Determination for the Perturbed Two-Body Problem Open Access Author: Cope, Erin Title: Semi-Analytic Approach to Rapid Orbit Determination for the Perturbed Two-Body Problem Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering (MS) Keywords: orbit determinationgeneral perturbation theoryNORAD ElementsAstrodynamicsConjugate unscented transformstatistical linearizationnonlinear least squares File: Download Cope_PSU_Thesis_final.pdf Committee Members: Amy Pritchett, Program Head/ChairPuneet Singla, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorRoshan Thomas Eapen, Committee MemberRobert G. Melton, Committee Member
24. Experimental Scaling of Hovering Rotorcraft Aerodynamics in Hyperbaric Conditions Open Access Author: Kandias, Constantinos Title: Experimental Scaling of Hovering Rotorcraft Aerodynamics in Hyperbaric Conditions Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering (MS) Keywords: RotorcraftExperimentalAerospaceEngineeringAerospace EngineeringAerodynamics File: Download kandias-thesis-ms.pdf Committee Members: Mark A Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorEric Greenwood, Committee MemberAmy Pritchett, Program Head/ChairSven Schmitz, Committee Member
25. Robot Guided Emergency Evacuation from a Simulated Space Station Open Access Author: Sheeran, Brett Title: Robot Guided Emergency Evacuation from a Simulated Space Station Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering (MS) Keywords: Evacuation robotvirtual realityinternational space stationhuman robot interactionactive shooterevacuationfirepresencecybershoesemergy File: Download Brett_Sheeran_Masters_Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Amy Pritchett, Program Head/ChairAlan Richard Wagner, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorAlan Richard Wagner, Committee MemberPuneet Singla, Committee Member
26. Preparation of Polyetheretherketone-Nickel Composite Particles Using Ball Milling for Cold Sprayed Coatings on Fiber Reinforced Plastics Open Access Author: Zarader, Chloe Title: Preparation of Polyetheretherketone-Nickel Composite Particles Using Ball Milling for Cold Sprayed Coatings on Fiber Reinforced Plastics Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering (MS) Keywords: composite particlesball millingcold sprayerosion coatingplasma treatment File: Download Zarader-CompositeColdSpray.pdf Committee Members: Namiko Yamamoto, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorDouglas Edward Wolfe, Committee MemberAmy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
27. Value Alignment in Ethical Dilemmas Through Reinforcement Learning Open Access Author: Melo Cruz, Arthur Title: Value Alignment in Ethical Dilemmas Through Reinforcement Learning Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering (MS) Keywords: RoboticsReinforcement LearningEthical DilemmaRobot EthicsMachine EthicsMachine LearningArtificial Intelligence File: Download Melo_Cruz_MSThesis.pdf Committee Members: Alan Richard Wagner, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorJacob Willem Langelaan, Committee MemberAmy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
28. Spectroscopy of Chamber Plasma and Plume of a 2.4-GHz Microwave Electrothermal Thruster Open Access Author: Feng, Vincent Title: Spectroscopy of Chamber Plasma and Plume of a 2.4-GHz Microwave Electrothermal Thruster Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering (MS) Keywords: METElectric PropulsionSpectroscopy File: Download Vincent_Feng_Master_Thesis_Final_V2.pdf Committee Members: Amy Pritchett, Program Head/ChairSven G Bilén, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorRobert G. Melton, Committee MemberJesse Kane Mc Ternan, Committee Member
29. Effective Use of an Analytical Approximation for the Relative Motion of Spacecraft on Hyperbolic Trajectories Open Access Author: Stueck, Clifford Title: Effective Use of an Analytical Approximation for the Relative Motion of Spacecraft on Hyperbolic Trajectories Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering (MS) Keywords: Hyperbolic OrbitsRelative MotionLagrange ExpansionAnalytical Model File: Download Clifford_Stueck_Master_s_Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Robert G. Melton, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorPuneet Singla, Committee MemberAmy Pritchett, Program Head/ChairDaning Huang, Committee Member
30. Fabrication and Characterization of a Large-array Surface-mount Hot-film Open Access Author: Wang, Sean Title: Fabrication and Characterization of a Large-array Surface-mount Hot-film Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering (MS) Keywords: Hot-filmArrayPIVSurface-mountedLarge-scaleFabricationAnemometryCharacterization File: Download Sean_Wang_Master_s_Thesis_V2.2.pdf Committee Members: Mark A Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorXin Ning, Committee MemberAmy Pritchett, Program Head/ChairTamy Guimarães, Committee Member