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Author:: Murray, Gabriel Jon
Title:: Two Novel Uses of Cellular Structures
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: bistable system
Cellular Structures
damping
File:: Download Gabriel_Murray_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Farhan Gandhi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farhan Gandhi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Ozdemir, Gurbuz Taha
Title:: FLIGHT CONTROL DESIGN OF TANDEM DUCTED FAN AIRCRAFT USING REDUNDANT CONTROL EFFECTORS
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Control Systems
Ducted Fan Vehicles
Rotorcrafts
Simulation
File:: Download Ozdemir_MSThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Joe F Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Deng, Hao
Title:: ANALYSIS OF CHEMISTRY MODELS FOR DSMC SIMULATIONS OF THE ATMOSPHERE OF IO
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Chemistry Model
Io
DSMC
MD/QCT
File:: Download Deng-MSthesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Deborah A Levin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Deborah Levin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Ross, James Alton
Title:: Computer Vision and Target Localization Algorithms for Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: autonomous
georeferencing
target localization
computer vision
unmanned aerial vehicle
UAV
File:: Download James_Ross_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Lyle Norman Long, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Corbets, Jeffrey
Title:: Real-Time Trajectory Generation for Target Localization Using Micro Air Vehicles
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: uav
mav
localization
planning
path
trajectory
real time
micro
target
tracking
File:: Download JeffCorbetsThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Stergiou, Jonathan Chris
Title:: Numerical Simulations of Two-Dimensional Laminar Flow Over Bluff Bodies Using the Immersed Boundary Method with Cartesian Grids
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: fluid
computational
cylinder
immersed boundary
cfd
dynamics
bluff body
File:: Download JonathanStergiou_DissertationMS.pdf
Committee Members:: Philip John Morris, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sue Ellen Haupt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Bluman, James Edward
Title:: REDUCING TRAILING EDGE FLAP DEFLECTION REQUIREMENTS IN PRIMARY CONTROL THROUGH A MOVEABLE HORIZONTAL TAIL
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: trailing edge flaps
elevons
primary control
horizontal tail control
File:: Download MS_Thesis_Bluman_04_17.pdf
Committee Members:: Farhan S Gandhi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Coder, James George
Title:: CFD INVESTIGATION OF UNSTEADY ROTORCRAFT AIRFOIL AERODYNAMICS
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: gurney flap
mite
airfoil
unsteady
aerodynamics
blade
rotor
helicopter
rotorcraft
CFD
aerospace engineering
grid
overset
RANS
DES
File:: Download CoderThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Blum, Jacob
Title:: PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF AN 8-GHz MICROWAVE ELECTROTHERMAL THRUSTER
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: MET
microwave electrothermal thruster
electric propulsion
aerospace engineering
File:: Download Masters_Thesis_Jacob_Blum.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Steiner, Jason Henry
Title:: AN INVESTIGATION OF PERFORMANCE BENEFITS AND TRIM REQUIREMENTS OF A VARIABLE SPEED HELICOPTER ROTOR
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: helicopter performance
Variable rotor speed
trim requirements
File:: Download ThesisMaster.pdf
Committee Members:: Farhan Gandhi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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