1. Benefits of Parallel Hybrid Electric Propulsion for Aircraft and Rotorcraft Open Access Author: Decerio, Dalton Title: Benefits of Parallel Hybrid Electric Propulsion for Aircraft and Rotorcraft Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering (MS) Keywords: hybridelectricaircraftrotorcraftconceptual designoptimizationpropulsion File: Download Decerio_Thesis_Final.pdf Committee Members: Amy Pritchett, Program Head/ChairDavid K Hall, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorKaren Ann Thole, Committee MemberEdward Smith, Committee Member
2. Time-Varying Rotor Noise Computations and Analysis of Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing Aircraft Open Access Author: Gan, Ze Feng Title: Time-Varying Rotor Noise Computations and Analysis of Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing Aircraft Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering (MS) Keywords: aeroacousticsrotorcraft simulationbroadband noise predictionurban air mobilityUAMelectric VTOL aircraftvariable RPMPSU-WOPWOP File: Download Gan2021Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Amy Pritchett, Program Head/ChairKenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorEric Greenwood, Committee Member
3. Modeling, Adaptive Control, and Flight Testing of a Lighter-than-Air Vehicle Validated Using System Identification Open Access Author: Messinger, Steve Title: Modeling, Adaptive Control, and Flight Testing of a Lighter-than-Air Vehicle Validated Using System Identification Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering (MS) Keywords: Model Reference Adaptive ControlSystem IdentificationAdaptive ControlLighter-than-Air VehicleVehicle DesignSparse System IdentificationFlight TestingModelingSimulationControlAerospace File: Download Messinger_MS_Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Amy Pritchett, Program Head/ChairMichael Andrew Yukish, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorSimon W Miller, Committee Member
4. Calibration and Validation of a Rotorcraft Design and Analysis Tool for Electric Powered Multirotor Configurations Open Access Author: Topper, Evan Title: Calibration and Validation of a Rotorcraft Design and Analysis Tool for Electric Powered Multirotor Configurations Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering (MS) Keywords: MultirotorNDARCSimulationValidationeVTOLRotorcraft File: Download FINAL_AERSP_MS_Thesis_Evan_Topper.pdf Committee Members: Amy Pritchett, Program Head/ChairJoseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorJacob Willem Langelaan, Committee MemberEdward Smith, Committee Member
5. Effects of Icing Parameters on Impact Ice Adhesion Strength Open Access Author: Jadeja, Shivrajsinh Title: Effects of Icing Parameters on Impact Ice Adhesion Strength Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering (MS) Keywords: Ice adhesion strengthfreezing fractionimpact ice File: Download Effects_of_Icing_Parameters_on_Impact_Ice_Adhesion_Strength.pdf Committee Members: Amy Pritchett, Program Head/ChairJose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorDouglas Edward Wolfe, Committee Member
6. Vacuum Chamber Experiments of Beamed Microwave Energy Propulsion Open Access Author: Nigay, Natalia Title: Vacuum Chamber Experiments of Beamed Microwave Energy Propulsion Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering (MS) Keywords: beamed-energy propulsionelectric propulsionadvanced propulsion conceptvacuum chamber experimentspropulsionspacecraft File: Download BMEP_MSThesis_Nigay_Final.pdf Committee Members: Amy Pritchett, Program Head/ChairSven G Bilén, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorJesse Kane Mc Ternan, Committee Member
7. Investigation of a Microwave Surface-Wave Plasma for Propulsion Open Access Author: Ramdass, Kriston Title: Investigation of a Microwave Surface-Wave Plasma for Propulsion Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering (MS) Keywords: surface waveplasmathrusterMETpropulsion File: Download Kriston_Ramdass_MS_Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Amy Pritchett, Program Head/ChairSven G Bilén, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorJesse Kane Mc Ternan, Committee Member
8. Resin Film Infusion Process for Carbon Fiber/Epoxy Composite Plates Open Access Author: Roessler, Arya Title: Resin Film Infusion Process for Carbon Fiber/Epoxy Composite Plates Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering (MS) Keywords: carbon fiber reinforced plasticsOOAout-of-autoclaveB-stagingepoxyshort beam shearILSSDSCcarbon fibercomposites File: Download Roessler_MS_Thesis_May_22.pdf Committee Members: Amy Pritchett, Program Head/ChairNamiko Yamamoto, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorCharles E Bakis, Committee MemberXin Ning, Committee Member
9. Theoretical and experimental study of the effects of cyclic pitch variations on rotor noise Open Access Author: Weitsman, Daniel Title: Theoretical and experimental study of the effects of cyclic pitch variations on rotor noise Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering (MS) Keywords: eVTOL NoiseeVTOLHelicopter NoiseAcousticsCyclic PitchRotorcraft File: Download Weitsman_MS_Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Amy Pritchett, Program Head/ChairEric Greenwood, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorKenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
10. Shape Control of Tendon-Actuated Tensegrity Structures Open Access Author: Osikowicz, Nathaniel Title: Shape Control of Tendon-Actuated Tensegrity Structures Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering (MS) Keywords: tensegritycontrol theoryspace structuretensegrity structureroboticssoft robotics File: Download exp-triplex-1.mp4Download exp-triplex-2.mp4Download osikowicz-MS-thesis.pdf Committee Members: Amy Pritchett, Program Head/ChairPuneet Singla, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorGeorge A Lesieutre, Committee MemberRobert G. Melton, Committee Member