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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

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

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

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

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

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

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