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Start Over Graduate Program Aerospace Engineering Committee Member Dr David B Spencer Committee Member Robert Graham Melton

1. Transfer and Capture into Distant Retrograde Orbits

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Open Access
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

2. Trajectory Design Using Approximate Analytic Solutions of the N-Body Problem

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Open Access
Author:
Benavides, Julio César
Title:
Trajectory Design Using Approximate Analytic Solutions of the N-Body Problem
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
N-Body Problem
Series Solutions
Numerical Integration
File:
Download jcb_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr David Spencer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr David B Spencer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Dennis K Mclaughlin, Committee Member
Richard Wallace Robinett, Committee Member

3. General Framework for the Reconfiguration of Satellite Constellations

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Open Access
Author:
Ferringer, Matthew Phillip
Title:
General Framework for the Reconfiguration of Satellite Constellations
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
satellite constellation design
multi-objective optimization
evolutionary algorithms
decision support
high performance computing
satellite constellation reconfiguration
high-dimensional visualization
File:
Download Ferringer_Dissertation_Final_03-26-2009.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr David B Spencer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Spencer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Sven G Bilen, Committee Member
Patrick M Reed, Committee Member
Thomas Starchville Jr, Committee Member

4. Optimal low-thrust geostationary transfer orbit using a hybrid pseudospectral collocation method

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Author:
Goodyear, Andrew
Title:
Optimal low-thrust geostationary transfer orbit using a hybrid pseudospectral collocation method
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
low-thrust
pseudospectral
trajectory optimization
geostationary
modified equinoctial elements
File:
Download andrew_goodyear_thesis_final_v4.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr David B Spencer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Graham Melton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor