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Author:: Decerio, Dalton
Title:: Benefits of Parallel Hybrid Electric Propulsion for Aircraft and Rotorcraft
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering (MS)
Keywords:: hybrid
electric
aircraft
rotorcraft
conceptual design
optimization
propulsion
File:: Download Decerio_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
David K Hall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member
Edward Smith, Committee Member

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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:: aeroacoustics
rotorcraft simulation
broadband noise prediction
urban air mobility
UAM
electric VTOL aircraft
variable RPM
PSU-WOPWOP
File:: Download Gan2021Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Greenwood, Committee Member

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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 Control
System Identification
Adaptive Control
Lighter-than-Air Vehicle
Vehicle Design
Sparse System Identification
Flight Testing
Modeling
Simulation
Control
Aerospace
File:: Download Messinger_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Michael Andrew Yukish, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Simon W Miller, Committee Member

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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:: Multirotor
NDARC
Simulation
Validation
eVTOL
Rotorcraft
File:: Download FINAL_AERSP_MS_Thesis_Evan_Topper.pdf
Committee Members:: Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member
Edward Smith, Committee Member

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Author:: Hall, Zachary Joseph
Title:: A probabilistic framework to locate and track maneuvering satellites
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Maneuvering Target Tracking
Lost Target Tracking
Reachability Set Computation
Numerical Integration
File:: Download ZachHall-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Robert Melton, Major Field Member
Jacob Langelaan, Major Field Member
Puneet Singla, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kirk Johnson, Special Member
Christopher Rahn, Outside Unit & Field Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Yan, Sihong
Title:: PHYSICS-BASED SHAPE EVOLUTION, TRAJECTORY AND SURFACE MASS AND ENERGY MODEL OF MIXED-PHASE ICING
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Aircraft Icing
Multiphase Flow
Wind Tunnel Experiment
Melting Process of Ice Crystals
File:: Download PHYSICS-BASED_SHAPE_EVOLUTION__TRAJECTORY_AND_SURFACE_MASS_AND_ENERGY_MODEL_OF_MIXED-PHASE_ICING_V2.1.pdf
Committee Members:: Robert Kunz, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jose Palacios, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Major Field Member
Michael Kinzel, Major Field Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Jadeja, Shivrajsinh
Title:: Effects of Icing Parameters on Impact Ice Adhesion Strength
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering (MS)
Keywords:: Ice adhesion strength
freezing fraction
impact ice
File:: Download Effects_of_Icing_Parameters_on_Impact_Ice_Adhesion_Strength.pdf
Committee Members:: Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Committee Member

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Author:: Nigay, Natalia
Title:: Vacuum Chamber Experiments of Beamed Microwave Energy Propulsion
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering (MS)
Keywords:: beamed-energy propulsion
electric propulsion
advanced propulsion concept
vacuum chamber experiments
propulsion
spacecraft
File:: Download BMEP_MSThesis_Nigay_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Sven G Bilén, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jesse Kane Mc Ternan, Committee Member

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Author:: Ramdass, Kriston
Title:: Investigation of a Microwave Surface-Wave Plasma for Propulsion
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering (MS)
Keywords:: surface wave
plasma
thruster
MET
propulsion
File:: Download Kriston_Ramdass_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Sven G Bilén, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jesse Kane Mc Ternan, Committee Member

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Author:: Roessler, Arya
Title:: Resin Film Infusion Process for Carbon Fiber/Epoxy Composite Plates
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering (MS)
Keywords:: carbon fiber reinforced plastics
OOA
out-of-autoclave
B-staging
epoxy
short beam shear
ILSS
DSC
carbon fiber
composites
File:: Download Roessler_MS_Thesis_May_22.pdf
Committee Members:: Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Namiko Yamamoto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member
Xin Ning, Committee Member

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