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1. 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

2. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. Development of an Acoustic Prediction System for Conceptual Design and Analysis of Rotorcraft

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Open Access
Author:
Jaworski, Thomas
Title:
Development of an Acoustic Prediction System for Conceptual Design and Analysis of Rotorcraft
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Acoustics
Rotorcraft
Aerospace
BVI
HSI
Noise
File:
Download Thomas_Jaworski_Thesis_2020_Release.pdf
Committee Members:
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member
Eric Greenwood, Committee Member

19. Simulation of a Helicopter Operating in a Turbulent Airwake with Atmospheric Boundary Layer Effects

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Open Access
Author:
Christoffel, Tyler T
Title:
Simulation of a Helicopter Operating in a Turbulent Airwake with Atmospheric Boundary Layer Effects
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Rotorcraft Simulation
CFD
Atmospheric Boundary Layer
Aerospace Engineering
Turbulent Airwake
OpenFOAM
MATLAB
SIMULINK
File:
Download Tyler_Christoffel_ThesisFINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jules Washington Lindau, V, Committee Member
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

20. Benchtop and rotating tests of a fluidic flexible matrix composite lag damper for stiff-inplane hingeless rotor blades

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Open Access
Author:
Lanari, Valentin
Title:
Benchtop and rotating tests of a fluidic flexible matrix composite lag damper for stiff-inplane hingeless rotor blades
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Fluidic flexible matrix composite
lag damper
hingeless
stiff-inplane
soft-inplane
rotor blade
lead-lag
damped absorber
benchtop
rotor stand
experimental testing
Adverse environment rotor test stand
File:
Download Valentin_Lanari_-_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher D. Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jose Palacios, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

21. Fiber Reinforced Composites with Carbon Nanotubes for Structural Damping of a Rotorcraft Blade

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Open Access
Author:
Prakash, Keerti
Title:
Fiber Reinforced Composites with Carbon Nanotubes for Structural Damping of a Rotorcraft Blade
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
composites
rotorcraft
carbobnanotubes
hybrid-nanocomposite
damping
File:
Download Prakash_PhD_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Edward Smith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Namiko Yamamoto, Committee Member
Christopher D. Rahn, Outside Member
Charles E Bakis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Charles E Bakis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

22. Control, Estimation and Planning for Coordinated Transport of a Slung Load By a Team of Aerial Robots

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Open Access
Author:
Geng, Junyi
Title:
Control, Estimation and Planning for Coordinated Transport of a Slung Load By a Team of Aerial Robots
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Slung Load Transportation
Coordinated Control
Parameter Estimation
Trajectory Planning
UAV
Multi Robot
File:
Download Geng-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Eric Norman Johnson, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Outside Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

23. Experiments On The Reduced Noise Benefits of A New Configuration of Fluid Shields In Aircraft Engine Exhaust Nozzles

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Open Access
Author:
Scupski, Nick
Title:
Experiments On The Reduced Noise Benefits of A New Configuration of Fluid Shields In Aircraft Engine Exhaust Nozzles
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
supersonic
jet
noise
dual stream
tactical
aeroacoustics
single-stream;
dual-stream
Acoustics
Aircraft
Fluid Shield
bypass
core
File:
Download MS_thesis-JetNoise_12-14-20_V12_submitted.pdf
Committee Members:
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip John Morris, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Greenwood, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

24. Urban Air Mobility Rotor Icing Performance Degradation

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Open Access
Author:
Scroger, Shawn
Title:
Urban Air Mobility Rotor Icing Performance Degradation
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Urban Air Mobility
Advanced Aerial Mobility
Icing
Rotorcraft Icing
Performance Degradation
UAV
UAM
AAM
Performance Prediction
File:
Download ShawnScroger_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yiqiang Han, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

25. A Preliminary Investigation of Propeller-Wing Interaction Noise for eVTOL Aircraft

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Open Access
Author:
Mukherjee, Bhaskar
Title:
A Preliminary Investigation of Propeller-Wing Interaction Noise for eVTOL Aircraft
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
aeroacoustics
propeller-wing aerodynamics
propeller-wing acoustics
low speed propeller noise
eVTOL
UAM
low-fidelity
fundamental noise
File:
Download Bhaskar_thesis_corrections_ver1.pdf
Committee Members:
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Greenwood, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

26. Design, Control, and Acoustics of a Marine Hydrokinetic Cycloturbine Vehicle

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Open Access
Author:
Goldschmidt, Margalit Zipora
Title:
Design, Control, and Acoustics of a Marine Hydrokinetic Cycloturbine Vehicle
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
acoustics
marine hydrokinetic
cycloturbine
control
nonlinear
dynamics
File:
Download MargalitZGoldschmidtThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Joseph Francis Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Lester Jonson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Outside Member
Michael Lester Jonson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair