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Author:

Sezer-Uzol, Nilay

Title:

UNSTEADY FLOW SIMULATIONS AROUND COMPLEX GEOMETRIES USING STATIONARY OR ROTATING UNSTRUCTURED GRIDS

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

unsteady flow
ship airwake
wind turbine
large eddy simulation
LES
unstructured
computational fluid dynamics
CFD

File:

Download NilayPhDThesis-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Lyle Norman Long, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Yousry Azmy, Committee Member

Author:

Turgut, Ozhan Hulusi

Title:

NONAXISYMMETRIC ENDWALL CONTOURING AND LEADING EDGE MODIFICATIONS ON TURBINE NOZZLE GUIDE VANES

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

nonaxisymmetric endwall contouring
secondary flows
gas turbine
leading edge fillets

File:

Download OzhanTurgut-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Deborah A Levin, Committee Member
Anil Kamalakant Kulkarni, Committee Member

Author:

Leon, Olivier

Title:

Reducing Helicopter Main Rotor Power Requirements Using Multiple Trailing Edge Flaps And Extendable Chord Sections

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

stall alleviation
helicopter power reduction
TEFs
trailing edge flaps
extendable chord
SETE
flight envelope expansion
rotor lift redistribution

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Leon_082009.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Farhan Gandhi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farhan Gandhi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Montanye, Pamela L.

Title:

Shipboard Helicopter Gust Response Alleviation Using Active Trailing Edge Flaps

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

helicopter
rotorcraft
trailing edge flap
active rotor
flight dynamics
gust
gust response
shipboard
dynamic interface

File:

Download PamMontanyeMSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward C Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Clarke Conlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rao, Preetham P

Title:

High Order Unstructured Grid Methods For Computational Aeroacoustics

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

SUPG method
Discontinuous Galerkin Methods
Computational Aeroacoustics
Frequency domain
FEM
Jet noise

File:

Download ppraothesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip John Morris, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Dr Paul E Plassmann, Committee Member

Author:

Romano, Peter Quinn

Title:

Investigation of Contact Acoustic Nonlinearities on Metal and Composite Structures via Intensity Based Health Monitoring Systems

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Health Monitoring
Structural Dynamics
CAN
Contact Acoustic Nonlinearity
Structural Acoustics
Vibration
Dynamics

File:

Download PSU_Thesis_PQR_revFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen Clarke Conlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Clarke Conlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Williams, Patrick

Title:

Using Numerical Optimization Techniques and General Perturbation Equations to Find Optimal Near-Earth Orbit Transfers

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Low-thrust
Optimization
Molniya Orbits
Evolutionary Comuptation
Satellite Toolkit

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_-_Patrick_Williams.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr David B Spencer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr David B Spencer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Anusonti-Inthra, Phuriwat

Title:

SEMI-ACTIVE CONTROL OF HELICOPTER VIBRATION USING CONTROLLABLE STIFFNESS AND DAMPING DEVICES

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

controllable damper
controllable stiffness
semi-active control
helicopter vibration reduction

File:

Download Final_draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward C Smith, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Farhan Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

Author:

Mohanamuraly, Pavanakumar

Title:

ACOUSTIC PREDICTION OF HEAVY LIFT ROTOR CONFIGURATIONS USING MOMENTUM SOURCE METHOD

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

momentum source
rotorcraft aeroacoustics
actuator model
interactional aeroacoustics

File:

Download Muraly-thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Branam, Richard

Title:

Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Supercritical Fluids

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

molecular dynamics poiseuille flow

File:

Download Branam.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Deborah A Levin, Committee Member
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Barbara Jane Garrison, Committee Member

Author:

Hook, Ryan Franklin

Title:

Aerodynamic Experiments of a Dual Ducted Fan Vehicle in Hover and Edgewise Flight

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Computational Fluid Dynamics
Aerodynamics
Experimental
Ducted Fan / Rotor / Propeller
Shrouded Fan / Rotor / Propeller
Dual Duct
Tandem
Wind Tunnel

File:

Download Hook_Ryan_MS_Thesis_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Dennis Mc Laughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rufino, Russell John

Title:

Morphing Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Adaptive Structures
Morphing
Torpedos
UUVs
Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
Submarines

File:

Download RussellJohnRufino_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Farhan Gandhi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Francis Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Roedts II, Robert Lee

Title:

Rotorcraft Performance Enhancements Due to a Lower-Surface Miniature Effector

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

performance
aerodynamics
rotorcraft

File:

Download Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Adusumilli, Rohit Prasad

Title:

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF HIGH POWER 14.5-GHz MINIATURE MICROWAVE ELECTROTHERMAL THRUSTER

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Microwave Electrothermal Thruster

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_Rohit_Adusumilli.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven G Bilen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cheng, Rui

Title:

LONG-RANGE WIND TURBINE NOISE ROPAGATION BY THE PARABOLIC EQUATION METHOD

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Sound Propagation
Parabolic Equation

File:

Download RuiCheng-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Committee Member

Author:

Kumar, Rakesh

Title:

Development of a Kinetic Particle-based Method to Model the Multi-scale Physics of Expanding Flows

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

molecular dynamics
DSMC-ESBGK hybrid method
Particle-particle hybrid scheme
homogeneous condensation modeling

File:

Download DissertationRK.pdf

Committee Members:

Prof Deborah A Levin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Deborah A Levin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Barbara Jane Garrison, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member

Author:

Hanford, Scott David

Title:

A cognitive robotic system based on the Soar cognitive architecture for mobile robot navigation, search, and mapping missions

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

cognitive robotics
Soar
cognitive architecture
intelligent mobile robot

File:

Download hanford.pdf

Committee Members:

Lyle Norman Long, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Victoria A Braithwaite, Committee Member
Richard Alan Carlson, Committee Member
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member

Author:

Peterson-Burch, Shea Donald Forrest

Title:

A Reusable Spacecraft Command and Telemetry Storage Framework

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

spacecraft
commands
telemetry
command and telemetry database

File:

Download Thesis_Peterson-Burch.pdf

Committee Members:

Lyle Norman Long, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lyle Norman Long, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gratiy, Sergey

Title:

Modeling Radiation from the Atmosphere of Io with Monte Carlo Methods

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Io
radiative transfer
spherical-shell atmospheres
atmospheric dynamics
spherical shell atmosphere

File:

Download disser_Gratiy_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Deborah A Levin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Deborah A Levin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Eugene Edmund Clothiaux, Committee Member
Michael F Modest, Committee Member
David B Goldstein, Committee Member

Author:

McIntyre, Sean Michael

Title:

An Adaptive Immersed Boundary Method for CFD Simulation of Multiphase Flows with Moving Internal Bodies

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Multiphase Flow
Immersed Boundary Method
Water Entry Simulation

File:

Download SeanMcIntyre-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Francis Kunz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Francis Kunz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jules Washington Lindau V, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sparbanie, Sade M

Title:

MODELING AND IDENTIFICATION OF UNSTEADY AIRWAKE DISTURBANCES ON ROTORCRAFT

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Unsteady Airwake
Genhel
Ship Airwake
Shipboard Landing

File:

Download Sade_Sparbanie_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Tierney, Shane

Title:

AUTOROTATION PATH PLANNING USING BACKWARDS REACHABLE SET AND OPTIMAL CONTROL

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

reachable set
optimal control
autorotation

File:

Download ShaneTierney-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jack Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Marlow, Sean Quinn

Title:

Local Terrain Mapping for Obstacle Avoidance using Monocular Vision

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

occupancy grid
optical flow
obstacle avoidance
rotorcraft

File:

Download SeanQuinnMarlow-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jack Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jack Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ha, Su San

Title:

Application of the polar correlation technique for source location in subsonic jets

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

noise source
polar correlation technique

File:

Download Thesis_SusanHa_0731.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip John Morris, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip John Morris, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dennis K Mclaughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

WANG, SHENGLAN

Title:

EMBEDDED INERTIAL DAMPERS FOR CONTROL OF TRANSIENT ROTOR LOADS DURING RESONANCE CROSSING

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Inertial Damper
transient loads reduction

File:

Download Shenglan_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lee, Seongkyu

Title:

Prediction of Acoustic Scattering in the Time Domain and its Applications to Rotorcraft Noise

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

acoustic scattering
helicopter noise
equivalent source method
pressure gradient
aeroacoustics

File:

Download Lee_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Steven Brentner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Committee Member

Author:

Miller, Steven Arthur Eric

Title:

The Prediction of Broadband Shock-Associated Noise Using Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes Solutions

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Jet
Noise
Supersonic
Fluid Dynamics
Shock
Broadband

File:

Download SAEMiller-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip John Morris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip John Morris, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

Author:

Narayanan Nampy, Sreenivas

Title:

Advanced grid-stiffened composite shells for applications in heavy-lift helicopter rotor blade spars

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

composites
structures
rotor blades
grid-stiffened
grid
spar
heavy-lift rotor blade
buckling
stiffness
strength

File:

Download Sreeni_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward C Smith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member
Farhan S Gandhi, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member

Author:

Saxena, Swati

Title:

A New Algorithm for Nonlinear Propagation of Broadband Jet Noise

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

shock
Burgers equation
nonlinear acoustics
broadband jet noise
power spectral density

File:

Download SwatiSaxena-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip John Morris, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

Author:

Sarfraz, Sana

Title:

STEREO VISION FOR AUTONOMOUS GROUND-BASED TRACKING OF MIGRATING RAPTORS

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

computer vision
systems
distributed
tracking
estimation
bird migration

File:

Download Thesis_Corrected_Format.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Saurav, Samarth

Title:

HEAT TRANSFER TO SPORES IN AN ABRUPTLY EXPANDING AXISYMMETRIC FLOW FIELD COMPUTED USING CFD

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

abruptly expanding internal flows
computational fluid dynamics
heat transfer

File:

Download Samarth_MS_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Deborah Levin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Deborah Levin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Johnson, Terrence

Title:

BISTABLE DEVICES FOR MORPHING ROTOR BLADES

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

bistable
morphing
rotor blades

File:

Download Final_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Farhan Gandhi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farhan Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary I Frecker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward A Smith, Committee Member
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Member

Author:

MacTavish, Teri Marie

Title:

UV and Visible Radiation from Magnesium Powder Combustion in Air

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

ultraviolet and visible radiation
magnesium
combustion

File:

Download mactavish_ms_thesis_1_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Francis Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Marotta, Taylor Ries

Title:

ENHANCEMENTS AND INVESTIGATION OF CAPABILITIES TO THE LANDING GEAR MODEL AND ACOUSTIC PREDICTION SOFTWARE

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Boeing
airframe noise
LGMAP
landing gear
acoustics
aerospace
trailing edge
aeroacoustics
aircraft
airframe noise
noise
nosie prediction
prediction
Gulfstream

File:

Download TRM_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip John Morris, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Yomchinda, Thanan

Title:

Integrated Flight Control Design and Handling Qualities Analysis for a Tiltrotor Aircraft

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Model Inversion Control Law
Flight Control
Aircraft Handling Qualities

File:

Download Thanan_Yomchinda_MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Choephel, Tenzin

Title:

Experimental Investigation of Dynamic Roughness as an Aerodynamic Flow Control Method

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

dynamic roughness
flow control
stall

File:

Download Tenzin_MS_thesis2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ozawa, Takashi

Title:

IMPROVED CHEMISTRY MODELS FOR DSMC SIMULATIONS OF IONIZED RAREFIED HYPERSONIC FLOWS

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

MD
QCT
Stardust
Ionization
Rarefied gas
DSMC
Hypersonic flows

File:

Download main.pdf

Committee Members:

Deborah A Levin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
James Bernhard Anderson, Committee Member

Author:

Paliath, Umesh

Title:

Numerical Simulation of Jet Noise

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Large eddy simulation
Detached eddy simulation
Jet noise

File:

Download paliath.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip John Morris, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Committee Member

Author:

Patel, Ujas

Title:

THE MAPPING OF SUPERSONIC FLOW AND CALIBRATION OF A FOUR ELEMENT HOT-FILM PROBE

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Pitot measurements
supersonic flow
hot-films

File:

Download Thesis_Final_-_Ujas_Patel_Su_2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Dennis K Mclaughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Padala, V Santhosh

Title:

Noise generation mechanisms in short ducted rotors

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

aerodynamic noise
ducted rotors
unsteady loading response
strut wake
CFD

File:

Download SANTHOSH_MSTHESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Schmidt, Walter Thomas

Title:

OPEN-CRACK DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS OF ALUMINUM PANELS USING STRUCTURAL INTENSITY-BASED TECHNIQUES

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

aerospace engineering
damage detection
structural intensity

File:

Download Walter_Schmidt_MS_Thesis_120109_.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen Clarke Conlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Clarke Conlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Guo, Wei

Title:

Flight Control Design for Rotorcraft with Variable Rotor Speed

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

rotorcraft
flight control
variable rotor speed
rotor state feedback

File:

Download Dissertation_WeiGuo.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Francis Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jack W Langelaan, Committee Member
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Qian Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Yu, Wen-Sheng

Title:

Sturctured and Unstructured Computations of Unsteady Turbomachinery Flows Using Pressure Based Methods

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

unstructured grid
pressure based method
rotor-stator interaction
turbomachinery flow

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Lyle Norman Long, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vigor Yang, Committee Member

Author:

Kong, William

Title:

A Method of Selecting and Configuring Optimal energy Absorbing Cargo Restraint Systems to Improve Crashworthiness

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

multi-objective optimization
cargo restraints
crashworthiness
cargo dynamics
crash simulation
energy absorbers

File:

Download Willam_Kong_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward C Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Andrew Yukish, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Han, Yiqiang

Title:

THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF SCALING METHOD IN THE ROTOR BLADE ICE ACCRETION TEST

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Helicopter Icing
Scaling Method
Ice Accretion Test

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Final_Manuscript_-_Aug_2_2011.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Du, Yongle

Title:

Supersonic jet noise prediction and noise source investigation for realistic baseline and chevron nozzles based on hybrid RANS/LES simulations

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Computational aeroacoustics
jet noise
noise sources
LES

File:

Download Dissertation_YongleDu_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip John Morris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip John Morris, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member

Author:

Liew, Yih-Pin

Title:

Computation of Interactions of Blast with Responding Solids using an "Embedded Solid" Approach

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Structured Grid
Evolving Grid method
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Immersed Boundary Method
Blast and Responding Solid Interactions

File:

Download Yih-Pin_Liew-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip John Morris, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Member
Andrea Schokker, Committee Member

Author:

Saribay, Zihni Burcay

Title:

ANALYTICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE PERICYCLIC VARIABLE-SPEED TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FOR HELICOPTER MAIN-GEARBOX

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Helicopter Transmission
face-gear
pericyclic variable-speed transmission
elastohydrodynamic lubrication

File:

Download Analytical_Investigation_of_the_Pericyclic_Variable_Speed_Transmission_system_for_helicopter_main-gearbox.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward C Smith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Surendra B Rao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Charles Bill, Committee Member
Kon Well Wang, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Liming Chang, Committee Member

Author:

Gokce, Zeki Ozgur

Title:

COMPARATIVE NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF FLOW DEVELOPMENT IN THE PRESENCE OF ENDWALL FENCES UPSTREAM OF A VERTICAL CYLINDER IN CROSS FLOW

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

horseshoe vortex formation around a vertical cylin
upstream endwall fences

File:

Download Zeki_Ozgur_Gokce_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

Author:

Marr, Conor Matthew

Title:

Conceptualization, Modeling, and Characterization of a Cf Driven Multi-State Lead-lag Bypass Damper

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Damper
Fluidlastic
Hydraulic
CFD
Modeling
Multi-State
Bypass
Passive Damping
Lead-Lag Damper
Ground Resonance

File:

Download CMarrPhDThesis2012FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Special Member

Author:

Town, Jason Edward

Title:

An Automated Calibration and a Correction Scheme for Total Pressure Gradient Effects of Subminiature Five-Hole Probe

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Five-hole probe
automated
calibration
correction
total pressure gradient

File:

Download JasonTown_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Savas Yavuzkurt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Saxena, Swati

Title:

The Prediction of Noise and Installation Effects of High-subsonic Dual-stream Jets in Flight

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

aeroacoustics
subsonic jet noise
dual-stream jets
forward flight
installation effects
turbulence modeling
DES

File:

Download Swati-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip John Morris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dennis K Mclaughlin, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Committee Member

Author:

Taylor, Brian Dale

Title:

Transient Evaporation Induced by High Energy Laser-matter Interaction

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Transient Evaporation
Evaporation Rate
Laser-Matter Interaction
Mass Transfer
High Energy Laser

File:

Download Brian_Taylor_M.S._Thesis_May_2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Vladimir Semak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

Author:

Herzog, Jan Rampada

Title:

Experimental Method to Measure Pressure-coupled Responses of Induced Solid Rocket Instabilities Using a Next-generation Magnetic Flowmeter

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

solid rocket instabilities
pressure-coupled response
magnetic flowmeter

File:

Download J._R._Herzog_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Taunay, Pierre-Yves

Title:

Testing and optimizaton of a miniature microwave ion thruster

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

microwave ion thruster
MMIT
electric propulsion
electron cyclotron resonance heating
miniature microwave ion thruster

File:

Download PY_Taunay_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven G Bilen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Garzon, Maria M

Title:

DEVELOPMENT AND ANALYSIS OF THE THERMAL DESIGN FOR THE OSIRIS-3U CUBESAT

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

CubeSat
OSIRIS-3U
Thermal Design

File:

Download MariaGarzon_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sven G Bilen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Henry, Todd Carl

Title:

Static and Dynamic Characterization of Composite Materials for Future Driveshaft Systems

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Flexible Matrix Composite
FMC
Driveshaft
Filament Winding
Helicopter

File:

Download 1-Henry_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhu, Tong

Title:

DSMC Analysis of Fractal-like Aggregates of Spores in the Semi-rarefied Flow Regime

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

DSMC
heat transfer
fractal

File:

Download Tong_Zhu--MS_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Deborah A Levin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Overmeyer, Austin David

Title:

Actuator Bondline Optimization and Experimental Deicing of a Rotor Blade Ultrasonic Deicing System

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

deicing
de-icing
icing
ultrasonic
electro-thermal
low power
ice protection
helicopter
rotor blades

File:

Download Overmeyer_MS_Thesis_2012_FINAL_V4.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Tiwari, Chandrashekhar

Title:

Innovative Energy Absorbing Devices Based on Composite Tubes

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Energy Absorbing
Extension Twist Coupling
Crush Tubes
Sandwich Core Device
Non-linear Model
Rate Effects
Foam Model

File:

Download Chandrashekhar_Tiwari_PhD_Thesis_AUG_2012_revised.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward C Smith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles E Bakis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Farhan S Gandhi, Committee Member
Reginald Felix Hamilton, Special Member

Author:

Bae, Eui Sung

Title:

The Reduction of Rotorcraft Power and Vibration Using Optimally Controlled Active Gurney Flap

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Rotorcraft
Performnce Improvement
vibration Reduction
Gurney flap
MiTEs
microflap
vibration
power

File:

Download ESBae_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Farhan Gandhi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward A Smith, Committee Member
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

Author:

DeAngelo, Mark Patrick

Title:

Optimal Search Strategies for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

search
UAV
UAVs
UAS
optimal
unmanned
aerial
vehicles
camera
cameras
airplane
optimization
surveillance

File:

Download DeAngeloMSthesis2.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hayden, Eric William

Title:

Design and Testing of a Helicopter Rotor Blade Chord Extension System

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

aerospace
helicopter
morphing
rotor
chord
extension
design
test

File:

Download HAYDEN_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Farhan Gandhi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Autran, Pauline

Title:

Radial multi-layered isolator for helicopter interior noise reduction

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

helicopter noise reduction
gearbox isolation
radial multi-layered isolator
natural frequencies of rings
transmissibility

File:

Download Pauline_Autran_-_thesis_final_version.pdf

Committee Members:

George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Khoshlahjeh Mozafar, Maryam

Title:

Extendable chord rotors for helicopter performance improvement and flight envelope expansion

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

chord extension
helicopter performance
Trailing Edge Plate
Flight envelope expansion
High lift device
variable rotor speed

File:

Download PhD_thesis_Maryam_Khoshlahjeh.pdf

Committee Members:

Farhan Gandhi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farhan Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward A Smith, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Timothy Francis Miller, Committee Member

Author:

Phillips, Ryan Stephen

Title:

Cavitation Assessment and Hydrodynamic Performance Characteristics of a Marine Hydrokinetic Turbine Foil Design

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

MHK Turbine
Hydrokinetic
cavitation
roughness sensitivity
renewable energy
hydrodynamic performance
hydrofoil
experiment

File:

Download Phillips-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Arnold Anthony Fontaine, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dennis K Mclaughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Goldman, Benjamin A

Title:

Modifications to Psu-wopwop For Enhanced Noise Prediction Capabilities

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Benjamin
Goldman
FW-H
PSU-WOPWOP

File:

Download Goldman_Ben-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Miles, Kirk Potter

Title:

Winglet Design for the Pipistrel Taurus Electro G2 and Twin-taurus G4 with Performance Comparison made Using Flight-path Optimization.

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Winglet
flight path planning
green flight challenge
aerodynamics
electric airplane

File:

Download KPM_THESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Quindlen, John Francis

Title:

Low-Cost Wind Sensing for Dynamic Soaring UAVs.

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

flush air data sensing
dynamic soaring
unmanned aerial vehicles

File:

Download Qui12_thesis_v4.pdf

Committee Members:

Jack Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Powers, Russell

Title:

Investigation of Noise Reduction Methods on Supersonic Jets Exhausting from Scale Models of Military Style Nozzles

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Acoustics
Jet Noise
Noise Reduction
Corrugations
Corrugation
Bevel
Beveled
Experiment
Supersonic
Model
Military
Nozzle

File:

Download RWP_MSThesis_2012_vFINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wimmer, Benjamin Michael

Title:

Experimental Evaluation of Fluidic Flexible Matrix Composite Actuators

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

FMC
Flexible Matrix Composites
Actuators
Composites
Active Structures

File:

Download Ben_wimmer_thesis_final_draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Johansson, Reed Halden

Title:

Investigation of Solid Oxidizer and Gaseous Fuel Combustion Performance Using an Elevated Pressure Counterflow Experiment and Reverse Hybrid Rocket Engine

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

reverse
inverse
hybrid
rocket
counterflow
ammonium perchlorate
solid oxidizer

File:

Download Reed_Johansson_Masters_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Grant Alexander Risha, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Halwick, Jason Michael

Title:

Implementation of Blade Element Theory in CFD Analysis of Edgewise Ducted Fan Vehicles

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Ducted Fan
CFD
Blade Element Theory
Aerodynamics

File:

Download JHalwick_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dennis K Mclaughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jules Washington Lindau V, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kauffman, Jeffrey Lynn

Title:

Vibration Reduction of Integrally Bladed Rotors Using Piezoelectric Materials

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

resonance frequency detuning
vibration reduction
turbomachinery damping
piezoelectric device
rotating structures

File:

Download KauffmanPhD.pdf

Committee Members:

George A Lesieutre, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Clarke Conlon, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Member
Kirsten P Duffy, Special Member
Heath F Hofmann, Special Member

Author:

Dogan, Gulkiz

Title:

Modeling Of Human Respiratory Flow

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

CFD
pulsatile flow
pipe flow
CFD solver
human respiratory flow
lung geometry
nphase
medical image

File:

Download MSThesis_Gulkiz_Dogan.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Francis Kunz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Malovrh, Brendon

Title:

Non-harmonic Root-pitch Individual-blade Control for the Reduction of Blade-vortex Interaction Noise in Rotorcraft

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Blade-Vortex Interaction
BVI
noise
acoustic
helicopter

File:

Download MalovrhDissertationFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Farhan Gandhi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Farhan Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Edward A Smith, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Kevin James Noonan, Special Member

Author:

Gokce, Zeki Ozgur

Title:

ENDWALL SHAPE MODIFICATION USING VORTEX GENERATORS AND FENCES TO IMPROVE GAS TURBINE COOLING AND EFFECTIVENESS

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Vortex generator
heat transfer enhancement
gas turbine cooling channel flow

File:

Download Zeki_Ozgur_Gokce_PhD_Thesis_Final_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Timothy Francis Miller, Committee Member

Author:

Maniaci, David Charles

Title:

Wind Turbine Design Using A Free-wake Vortex Method With Winglet Application

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Wind turbine
winglet
free-wake
vortex method
rotor aerodynamics
blade design

File:

Download psu-thesis-Dmaniaci-18m_FIN_4-5-13_DateChange.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark David Maughmer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barnes Warnock Mccormick Jr., Committee Member
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Sue Ellen Haupt, Committee Member
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member

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

Author:

Yomchinda, Thanan

Title:

Real-time Path Planning and Autonomous Control for Helicopter Autorotation

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Autorotation
Path Planning
Helicopter Control
Dynamic Inversion
Trajectory Tracking

File:

Download ThananYomchindaDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Francis Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Special Member

Author:

Tachie-menson, Yooku

Title:

Male Molding Fabrication Process Development with Composite Materials

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

debulk
spar
composite
materials
caul
male molding

File:

Download yqt5009_thesis_fall2012__ytm_12_11.pdf

Committee Members:

Dennis K Mclaughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas David Juska, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Dowler, Joshua Lyle

Title:

A Solution-based Stall Delay Model for Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Wind Turbine
Aerodynamics
Stall Delay
Rotational Augmentation

File:

Download JLD_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Winslow, Anna Tatum

Title:

Calibration of a Four Degree of Freedom Stewart Platform Sensor Subject to Translational and Rotational Constraints

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Stewart platform
sensor
Gough platform
orientation
calibration

File:

Download ATW_FinalThesis_ForRelease.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward A Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mistry, Mihir

Title:

Quasi-static rotor morphing concepts for rotorcraft performance improvements

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

rotorcraft
rotor
morphing
smart structure
blade
span
camber
RPM
rotor speed
variation
rotating wing
warping
twist

File:

Download PhD_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Farhan Gandhi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Farhan Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward Smith, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Timothy Miller, Special Member

Author:

Shank, Brian Steven

Title:

Development of an Optimized Lambert Problem Solver for Targeting Elliptical Orbits

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Lambert's Problem
Pork Chop Plot
ATSV
Visual Data Techniques
Orbital Mechanics
Astrodynamics
Mission Planning
Propulsion Optimization

File:

Download BrianShank_FinalThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr David B Spencer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Murray, Gabriel Jon

Title:

Structural and Aerodynamic Considerations of an Active Piezoelectric Trailing-edge Tab on a Helicopter Rotor

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Trailing-edge Tab
Helicopter
Smart Materials
Piezoelectric
Macro Fiber Composite

File:

Download gjm_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Farhan Gandhi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farhan Gandh, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward A Smith, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Timothy Francis Miller, Committee Member

Author:

Moore, Russell David

Title:

Ponderomotive force corrections in laser ablation and melt formation in ultra-short pulse laser drilling.

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Laser Ablation
Melt Dynamics
Ultra-short Pulse
Ponderomotive Force
Two-Temperature Model

File:

Download Moore_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Vladimir Semak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Igor Jovanovic, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Johnson, Samuel Craig

Title:

Design and Testing of a Small, Semi-span, Prop-rotor Model for Whirl Flutter Stability

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

tiltrotor
wind tunnel
testing
whirl
flutter
stability

File:

Download SamuelJohnson-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Myers, Philip Lynn

Title:

Application of a Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm for the Spacecraft Stationkeeping Problem

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Evolutionary Algorithms
spacecraft operations

File:

Download Thesis_Myers_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

David Spencer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wozniak, Michael Vincent

Title:

Design, Analysis, and Characterization of Lead Magnesium Niobate - Lead Titanate (PMN-PT) Single Crystal Energy Harvesters for Rotorcraft Wireless Sensor Applications

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

PMN-PT
Single Crystal
Energy Harvester
Piezoelectric
Rotorcraft
Wireless Sensor
Lead
Magnesium
Niobate
Titanate

File:

Download Wozniak_Full_Thesis_Final_July_12_2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen Clarke Conlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Martin Reichard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cheng, Kwok Kit

Title:

Guided Exploration for Coordinated Autonomous Soaring Flight

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

autonomous flight
atmospheric energy
mapping
small unmanned aircraft
wind prediction
coordinated soaring
energy map

File:

Download 1-KwokCheng-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jack W Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Topcuoglu, Ilker

Title:

Aerodynamic Loss Models and Multi-Dimensional Prediction of Discrete Hole Film Cooling on Gas Turbine Blades

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Film cooling
gas turbine cooling
aerodynamic loss prediction
total pressure loss model

File:

Download IlkerTopcuoglu-_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Truskin, Benjamin Louis

Title:

Vision-based Deck Estimation for Autonomous Ship-board Landing

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Vision
Estimation
Aerospace
Engineering

File:

Download BenTruskin-MS.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Raic, Zeljko

Title:

Cerebrospinal Fluid and Brain Tissue Segmentation in Hydrocephalic Patients via Three Dimensional Level Set Method

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

3D level set
hydrocephalus
volume segmentation
medical image segmentation
level set method

File:

Download ZeljkoRaic-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jack Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Grande, Nicholas Alexander

Title:

Safe Autonomous Flare and Landing During Autorotation Through Wind Shear

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

flare
wind shear
autorotation
backwards reachable set
safe landing set

File:

Download NickGrande-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Soltis, Jared T

Title:

Design and Testing of an Erosion Resistant Ultrasonic De-icing System for Rotorcraft Blades

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

aircraft icing
de-icing systems
ice adhesion strength
ultrasonic de-icing
erosion resistant materials

File:

Download Soltis_MS_Thesis_Final_V3.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Oruc, Ilker

Title:

Implementation Of Ducted Fans On A Low Cost Semi-autonomous Lighter-than-air Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

airship
blimp
arduino
autopiot
ducted
fans
electric
uninhabited
aerial
vehicle
unmanned
control
sensors
lighter-than-air

File:

Download Ilker_Oruc_-_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor