1. Real-time Path Planning and Autonomous Control for Helicopter Autorotation Open Access Author: Yomchinda, Thanan Title: Real-time Path Planning and Autonomous Control for Helicopter Autorotation Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: AutorotationPath PlanningHelicopter ControlDynamic InversionTrajectory Tracking File: Download ThananYomchindaDissertation.pdf Committee Members: Joseph Francis Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorJacob Willem Langelaan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorJoseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-ChairEdward C Smith, Committee MemberChristopher Rahn, Special Member
2. Vision-based Deck Estimation for Autonomous Ship-board Landing Open Access Author: Truskin, Benjamin Louis Title: Vision-based Deck Estimation for Autonomous Ship-board Landing Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: VisionEstimationAerospaceEngineering File: Download BenTruskin-MS.pdf Committee Members: Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
3. Safe Autonomous Flare and Landing During Autorotation Through Wind Shear Open Access Author: Grande, Nicholas Alexander Title: Safe Autonomous Flare and Landing During Autorotation Through Wind Shear Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: flarewind shearautorotationbackwards reachable setsafe landing set File: Download NickGrande-Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
4. Improving Autonomous Soaring via Energy State Estimation and Extremum Seeking Control Open Access Author: Daugherty, Shawn Christopher Title: Improving Autonomous Soaring via Energy State Estimation and Extremum Seeking Control Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: autonomous soaringuavsb-xcautonomousthermalthermal soaring File: Download Shawn_Daugherty-Final_Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
5. Wind Estimation and Closed-loop Control of a Soaring Vehicle Open Access Author: Bird, John Joseph Title: Wind Estimation and Closed-loop Control of a Soaring Vehicle Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: soaringuavuasdroneenergy harvestingbio-inspireddynamic soaringwind mappingatmosphereglider File: Download Bird-Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
