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Author:

Gilga, Michael

Title:

Optimal Solar-Sail Trajectories Using Sun-Diving

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Solar Sail
Astrodynamics
Orbital Mechanics
Particle Swarm Optimization
Trajectory Optimization
Transfer Orbits
Sun-Diving

File:

Download Gilga_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Robert G. Melton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Puneet Singla, Committee Member
Roshan Thomas Eapen, Committee Member

Author:

Mcthane, Eric

Title:

Performance and Acoustics of Coaxial Counter-Rotating Rotors in Hover and Forward Flight Conditions

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Rotor Acoustics
eVTOL
Rotorcraft
Coaxial Rotors
Phase Control
Rotor Performance
Hover
Forward Flight
UAM
Separation Distance
Counter-Rotating

File:

Download MastersThesis_EricMcthane-12.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Greenwood, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark A Miller, Committee Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Jose Palacios, Committee Member

Author:

Jaques, Emma

Title:

Receding Horizon Control for Autonomous UAS Shipboard Landing with Tau Guidance and Polynomial Trajectory Planning

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

UAS
Receding Horizon Control
Path Planning
Tau Guidance
Trajectory Planning
Polynomial Path Planning
Second Order Tau Guidance
Nondimensionaization
Control Systems
Guidance
Navigation
Control

File:

Download Emma_Jaques_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Jacob Langelaan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Eric Norman Johnson, Committee Member

Author:

Johnson, Samuel

Title:

A Computational Study of Flow Over a 6:1 Prolate Spheroid at Incidence

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

CFD
RANS
LES
Prolate Spheroid

File:

Download SamThesis_10_31.pdf

Committee Members:

Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas S Chyczewski, Jr., Committee Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Xiang Yang, Committee Member
James George Coder, Committee Member

Author:

Kravet, Ethan

Title:

Microwave Ignition of ASCENT via Surface Wave Generator

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

ASCENT
AF-M315E
Microwave Ignition
Microwave Smelting
Emergency Power Unit
EPU
Ilmenite
Lunar Regolith
ISRU
In-situ resource gathering
Plasma
Green monopropellant
Microwave resonant cavity
Microwave cavity
Hydrazine

File:

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Committee Members:

Sven G Bilén, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member
Jacob Langelaan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Sean David Knecht, Committee Member
Jesse Kane Mc Ternan, Special Signatory

Author:

Jue, Andrew

Title:

Simulation of Advanced Rotorcraft Concepts using Free Wake Aerodynamic Models

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

DEPSim
eVTOL
Lift+Cruise
Rotorcraft
Flight dynamics
Dynamic simulation

File:

Download Thesis_AndrewJue_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member
Edward Smith, Committee Member

Author:

Mangette, Mackenzie

Title:

Exploration of Direct Transfer Opportunities and Loitering Strategies for Lunar Surface Access

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Dynamical System Theory
Cislunar Travel
Circular Restricted Three-Body Problem
Loitering Strategies
Trajectory Optimization

File:

Download Mangette_MastersThesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Roshan Thomas Eapen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Puneet Singla, Committee Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

Author:

Gonzalez, Bianca

Title:

Human-Intuitable Collision Avoidance for Autonomous and Semi-Autonomous Rotorcraft

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Collision Avoidance
Urban Air Mobility
Potential Fields
Drones
Path Planning
Velocity-based Potential Field Approach

File:

Download Bianca_Gonzalez_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan Richard Wagner, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member

Author:

Lay, Kenjiro

Title:

Design, Fabrication, and Experimental Evaluation of a Centrifugally-Tuned Passive Balancer

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Passive Balancing
Balancer
Rotor
Rotorcraft
Structural Dynamics
Dynamics
Vibration
Vibration Suppression

File:

Download MSThesis_KenjiroLay.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Puneet Singla, Committee Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member

Author:

Cope, Erin

Title:

Semi-Analytic Approach to Rapid Orbit Determination for the Perturbed Two-Body Problem

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

orbit determination
general perturbation theory
NORAD Elements
Astrodynamics
Conjugate unscented transform
statistical linearization
nonlinear least squares

File:

Download Cope_PSU_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Puneet Singla, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roshan Thomas Eapen, Committee Member
Robert G. Melton, Committee Member