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Start Over Graduate Program Aerospace Engineering Committee Member Sven G Bilen

1. COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF AN 8-GHz MICROWAVE ELECTROTHERMAL THRUSTER

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Author:
DeForce Jr. , Christopher Allen
Title:
COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF AN 8-GHz MICROWAVE ELECTROTHERMAL THRUSTER
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
microwave electrothermal thruster
MET
computational modeling
COMSOL
Chris DeForce
electromagnetics
fluid mechanics
plasma
electric propulsion
deforce
File:
Download MS_Thesis_Chris_DeForce.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven G Bilen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

2. Performance Evaluation of the Microwave Electrothermal Thruster Using Nitrogen, Simulated Hydrazine, and Ammonia

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Author:
Clemens, Daniel E
Title:
Performance Evaluation of the Microwave Electrothermal Thruster Using Nitrogen, Simulated Hydrazine, and Ammonia
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
plasma
thrust measurements
electric field
numerical modeling
analytical modeling
File:
Download Clemens-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sven G Bilen, Committee Member
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
David Spencer, Committee Member

4. DEVELOPMENT OF A MODELING CAPABILITY FOR ENERGY HARVESTING MODULES IN ELECTRODYNAMIC TETHER SYSTEMS

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Author:
McTernan, Jesse Kane
Title:
DEVELOPMENT OF A MODELING CAPABILITY FOR ENERGY HARVESTING MODULES IN ELECTRODYNAMIC TETHER SYSTEMS
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
debris mitigation
orbital energy
enrgy harvesting
energy
space tether
electrodynamic tether
propulsion
File:
Download McTernan_Thesis_2011_C.pdf
Committee Members:
Sven G Bilen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven G Bilen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

5. DESIGN OPTIMIZATION AND DIRECT THRUST MEASUREMENT OF AN 8-GHz MICROWAVE ELECTROTHERMAL THRUSTER

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Author:
Hopkins, Jeffrey Robert
Title:
DESIGN OPTIMIZATION AND DIRECT THRUST MEASUREMENT OF AN 8-GHz MICROWAVE ELECTROTHERMAL THRUSTER
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
electrothermal
electric propulsion
thrust measurment
File:
Download Hopkins_Masters_Thesis_-_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven G Bilen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

6. General Framework for the Reconfiguration of Satellite Constellations

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Author:
Ferringer, Matthew Phillip
Title:
General Framework for the Reconfiguration of Satellite Constellations
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
satellite constellation design
multi-objective optimization
evolutionary algorithms
decision support
high performance computing
satellite constellation reconfiguration
high-dimensional visualization
File:
Download Ferringer_Dissertation_Final_03-26-2009.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr David B Spencer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Spencer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Sven G Bilen, Committee Member
Patrick M Reed, Committee Member
Thomas Starchville Jr, Committee Member

7. PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF HIGH POWER 14.5-GHz MINIATURE MICROWAVE ELECTROTHERMAL THRUSTER

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Author:
Adusumilli, Rohit Prasad
Title:
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF HIGH POWER 14.5-GHz MINIATURE MICROWAVE ELECTROTHERMAL THRUSTER
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Microwave Electrothermal Thruster
File:
Download Masters_Thesis_Rohit_Adusumilli.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven G Bilen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

8. Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Modeling of Condensation in Supersonic Plume Expansions of Small Polyatomic Systems

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Author:
Li, Zheng
Title:
Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Modeling of Condensation in Supersonic Plume Expansions of Small Polyatomic Systems
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Kinetic Theory
Condensation
DSMC
File:
Download Zheng-Li-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Deborah A Levin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Deborah A Levin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barbara Jane Garrison, Committee Member
David Bradley Spencer, Committee Member
Sven G Bilen, Committee Member

9. Attitude Dynamics and Control of a Spacecraft Using Shifting Mass Distribution

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Author:
Ahn, Young Tae
Title:
Attitude Dynamics and Control of a Spacecraft Using Shifting Mass Distribution
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
spacecraft attitude dynamics
attitude control
combinatorial optimization theory
File:
Download youngtaeahn_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
David Bradley Spencer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Sven G Bilen, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member