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401. Aeroacoustic Characterization of Dual-Stream, Supersonic, Rectangular Exhaust Jets

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Author:
Hromisin, Scott Michael
Title:
Aeroacoustic Characterization of Dual-Stream, Supersonic, Rectangular Exhaust Jets
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Aeroacoustics
Jet Noise
Supersonic jets
Multi-stream jets
File:
Download Hromisin_PhD_Dissertation_-_26Nov19_edit.pdf
Committee Members:
Philip John Morris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip John Morris, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Jose Palacios, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Outside Member
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Special Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

402. Maximizing Propellant Consumption To Prepare An Impaired Satellite For Retrieval

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Open Access
Author:
Shenoy, Ashish
Title:
Maximizing Propellant Consumption To Prepare An Impaired Satellite For Retrieval
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
PSO
Particle Swarm Optimization
Satellite
Retrieval
Impaired Satellite
Propellant Consumption
Orbital Elements
Gauss Variational Equations
GVE
File:
Download Ashish-Shenoy-Thesis-2019_Final_Form_Fixed.pdf
Committee Members:
Robert Graham Melton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Puneet Singla, Committee Member

403. A Method for the Exploitation of Microlift for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

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Open Access
Author:
Kimmel, Nathan
Title:
A Method for the Exploitation of Microlift for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
autonomy
soaring
microlift
thermal
thermal wall
thermal stream
thermal strand
autonomous
uav
autonomous soaring
File:
Download Nathan_Kimmel_A_Method_for_the_Exploitation_of_Microlift_for_Unmanned_Aerial_Vehicles.pdf
Committee Members:
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member

404. Spacecraft State Estimation and Stealth Through Orbit-Perturbing Maneuvers: A Game Theory Approach

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Open Access
Author:
Reiter, Jason A
Title:
Spacecraft State Estimation and Stealth Through Orbit-Perturbing Maneuvers: A Game Theory Approach
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
sensor avoidance
astrodynamics
competitive coevolution
proximal policy optimization
strategy optimization
mission design
operations analysis
File:
Download Reiter-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
David Bradley Spencer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Bradley Spencer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Puneet Singla, Committee Member
Christopher C Byrne, Committee Member
Karl Martin Reichard, Outside Member
Richard Linares, Special Signatory
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member

405. Parameterized Trajectory Planning for Dynamic Soaring

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Open Access
Author:
Li, Zhenda
Title:
Parameterized Trajectory Planning for Dynamic Soaring
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Dynamic Soaring
Trajectory Planning
Reinforcement Learning
Wind Field Estimation
File:
Download MS_Thesis_updated_format__2_.pdf
Committee Members:
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Daning Huang, Committee Member
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Special Signatory

407. Uncertainty propagation for perturbed two-body orbits using Gaussian mixture models

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Open Access
Author:
Pujet-Mercier, Mehdi
Title:
Uncertainty propagation for perturbed two-body orbits using Gaussian mixture models
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Kalman
Filtering
Gaussian Mixture
Molniya
Uncertainties
Two-body
Mixture models
Gaussian Sum Filter
Adaptive Gaussian
Ballistic coefficient
File:
Download MehdiPujetMercier-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Puneet Singla, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

408. Time-Domain Aeroelastic Stability Predictions of a Semi-Span Tiltrotor

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Open Access
Author:
Corle, Ethan Lewis
Title:
Time-Domain Aeroelastic Stability Predictions of a Semi-Span Tiltrotor
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
tiltrotor
whirl flutter
aeroelastic
stability analysis
rotorcraft
vortex particle method
time-domain stability
File:
Download corle-dissertation-final.pdf
Committee Members:
Sven Schmitz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven Schmitz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Edward Smith, Committee Member
Robert Lee Campbell, Outside Member
Dr. Matthew Floros, Special Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

409. Design of Low Thrust Trajectories from Low Earth Orbit to Distant Retrograde Orbits by Particle Swarm Optimization

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Open Access
Author:
Sharan, Sharad
Title:
Design of Low Thrust Trajectories from Low Earth Orbit to Distant Retrograde Orbits by Particle Swarm Optimization
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Distant Retrograde Orbits
Particle Swarm Optimization
Low thrust transfer
File:
Download Sharan_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Robert Graham Melton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Puneet Singla, Committee Member

410. Rolling-Shutter Correction for Monocular Vision-Based Obstacle Mapping

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Open Access
Author:
Dunbabin, Oliver
Title:
Rolling-Shutter Correction for Monocular Vision-Based Obstacle Mapping
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Rolling shutter
progressive scan
Monocular vision
Visual mapping
SLAM
feature-point estimation
obstacle detection
obstacle avoidance
EKF
UKF
time-delay
time delay
time delay compensation
mapping algorithm
UAV
UAV mapping
localization
Simultaneous localization and mapping
Cameras
Image sequences
Layout
Trajectory
camera
image sequences
trajectory
image sensors
Kalman filters
motion estimation
nonlinear filters
SLAM (robots)
kalman filter
real-time vision
inverse depth parametrization
monocular SLAM
monocular simultaneous localization and mapping
extended Kalman filter
feature initialization
camera motion estimates
inverse depth
inverse depth parameterization
monocular mapping
rolling shutter time delay
GPS denied
navigation
feature-extraction
robot vision
computer vision
rolling-shutter model
File:
Download OliverDunbabin_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Eric Norman Johnson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Program Head/Chair
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member
Puneet Singla, Committee Member

411. Evaluation of a Commercially Available Visual-Inertial Odometry Solution for Indoor Navigation

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Open Access
Author:
Agarwal, Ankit
Title:
Evaluation of a Commercially Available Visual-Inertial Odometry Solution for Indoor Navigation
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
computer vision
vision based navigation
slam
autonomy
File:
Download agarwal_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Eric Norman Johnson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Puneet Singla, Committee Member
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

412. INVESTGATION OF BEAMED-MICROWAVE PLASMA GENERATION IN SUPERSONIC FLOW

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Open Access
Author:
Ho, Chien Hsiu
Title:
INVESTGATION OF BEAMED-MICROWAVE PLASMA GENERATION IN SUPERSONIC FLOW
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Propulsion
Beamed Energy Propulsion
Plasma
File:
Download Dissertation_Ho_Full_200805.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Victor P Pasko, Outside Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Sven G Bilen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Matthew Micci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

414. active stabilization of rotorcraft external slung loads in high speed flight using an active cargo hook

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Open Access
Author:
Chen, Zhouzhou
Title:
active stabilization of rotorcraft external slung loads in high speed flight using an active cargo hook
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Rotorcraft
Slung load
High-speed carriage
Active stabilization
Active cargo hook
Wind-tunnel test
System identification
Feedback control
Dynamic simulation
File:
Download AERSP_MS_Thesis_Zhouzhou_Chen.pdf
Committee Members:
Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Enciu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

415. Rotorcraft noise prediction system validation and analysis for generating noise abatement procedures

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Open Access
Author:
Botre, Mrunali
Title:
Rotorcraft noise prediction system validation and analysis for generating noise abatement procedures
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Rotorcraft
Acoustics
PSU-WOPWOP
Validation
File:
Download Dissertation.pdfDownload Appendices.pdf
Committee Members:
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Outside Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

416. Fully Implicit Schemes for Low Mach Number Flows

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Open Access
Author:
Topcuoglu, Ilker
Title:
Fully Implicit Schemes for Low Mach Number Flows
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
computational fluid dynamics
navier-stokes
thermally driven flows
confined flows
fully implicit solution of navier-stokes equations
newton linearization of navier-stokes equations
block algebraic multigrid
fully coupled solution of navier-stokes equations
momentum continuity energy coupling
block coupled solution of navier-stokes
finite volume method
File:
Download itopcuoglu_dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Robert Francis Kunz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
David M Williams, Outside Member
Michael Kinzel, Outside Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

417. Large Eddy Simulations of Scaled Wind-Tunnel Experiments for Ship Airwake Analysis

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Open Access
Author:
Farish, David
Title:
Large Eddy Simulations of Scaled Wind-Tunnel Experiments for Ship Airwake Analysis
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Large Eddy Simulations
LES
Computational Fluid Dynamics
CFD
Ship Airwake
Aerodynamics
Wind Tunnel Validation
File:
Download davidFarish-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

418. Passive Balancer Development for Rotor Systems in Icing Conditions

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Open Access
Author:
Blessington, Ryan
Title:
Passive Balancer Development for Rotor Systems in Icing Conditions
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Passive
Balancing
Passive Balancer
Structural
Dynamics
Structural Dynamics
Icing
Adverse environment
Rotor
rotorcraft
helicopter
imbalance
mass balance
File:
Download Blessington_MS_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Edward Smith, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member

419. An Open-Loop Trajectory Implementation for Free Fall to Powered Flight Transition for Multirotor Aircraft

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Open Access
Author:
Rosenberger, Tyler
Title:
An Open-Loop Trajectory Implementation for Free Fall to Powered Flight Transition for Multirotor Aircraft
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Particle Swarm Optimization
Trajectory Design
PSO
Heuristic
Quadcopter
Quadrotor
Gazebo
ROS
Controls
Implementation
Free Fall
Optimization
Open-Loop
File:
Download Tyler_Rosenberger_Open-Loop_Free_Fall_to_Powered_Flight_Transition.pdf
Committee Members:
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Eric Norman Johnson, Committee Member
Puneet Singla, Committee Member

420. Linear Model Predictive Control with Envelope Detection for Aerial Vehicle-Ship Intercept Scenarios

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Open Access
Author:
Crouse, Jacob
Title:
Linear Model Predictive Control with Envelope Detection for Aerial Vehicle-Ship Intercept Scenarios
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
control systems
model predictive control
signal processing
ship motion
multirotor
digital control
optimal control
MATLAB
path planning
File:
Download JacobCrouse-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Eric N. Johnson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair