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Author:: Rosenberger, Tyler
Title:: An Open-Loop Trajectory Implementation for Free Fall to Powered Flight Transition for Multirotor Aircraft
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Particle Swarm Optimization
Trajectory Design
PSO
Heuristic
Quadcopter
Quadrotor
Gazebo
ROS
Controls
Implementation
Free Fall
Optimization
Open-Loop
File:: Download Tyler_Rosenberger_Open-Loop_Free_Fall_to_Powered_Flight_Transition.pdf
Committee Members:: Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Eric Norman Johnson, Committee Member
Puneet Singla, Committee Member

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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

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Author:: Jaworski, Thomas
Title:: Development of an Acoustic Prediction System for Conceptual Design and Analysis of Rotorcraft
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Acoustics
Rotorcraft
Aerospace
BVI
HSI
Noise
File:: Download Thomas_Jaworski_Thesis_2020_Release.pdf
Committee Members:: Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member
Eric Greenwood, Committee Member

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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

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Author:: Lanari, Valentin
Title:: Benchtop and rotating tests of a fluidic flexible matrix composite lag damper for stiff-inplane hingeless rotor blades
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Fluidic flexible matrix composite
lag damper
hingeless
stiff-inplane
soft-inplane
rotor blade
lead-lag
damped absorber
benchtop
rotor stand
experimental testing
Adverse environment rotor test stand
File:: Download Valentin_Lanari_-_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher D. Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jose Palacios, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Axten, Rachel Marie
Title:: VTOL Freewing Proof of Concept Vehicle Development and Testing
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: adaptive
flight control
UAVs
VTOL
dynamic modeling
File:: Download VTOLFreewing_Axten_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Eric Norman Johnson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member
Simon W Miller, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member

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Author:: Prakash, Keerti
Title:: Fiber Reinforced Composites with Carbon Nanotubes for Structural Damping of a Rotorcraft Blade
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: composites
rotorcraft
carbobnanotubes
hybrid-nanocomposite
damping
File:: Download Prakash_PhD_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Edward Smith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Namiko Yamamoto, Committee Member
Christopher D. Rahn, Outside Member
Charles E Bakis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Charles E Bakis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

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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

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Author:: Steratore, Benjamin
Title:: A Study of Heuristic Optimizers in Spacecraft Trajectory Problems
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Heuristic
Trajectory Optimization
Optimization
Particle Swarm Optimization
Gray Wolf Optimization
Ant Colony Optimization
Spacecraft
File:: Download Ben_Steratore_Final_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Robert Graham Melton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Puneet Singla, Committee Member
Daning Huang, Committee Member

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Author:: Scupski, Nick
Title:: Experiments On The Reduced Noise Benefits of A New Configuration of Fluid Shields In Aircraft Engine Exhaust Nozzles
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: supersonic
jet
noise
dual stream
tactical
aeroacoustics
single-stream;
dual-stream
Acoustics
Aircraft
Fluid Shield
bypass
core
File:: Download MS_thesis-JetNoise_12-14-20_V12_submitted.pdf
Committee Members:: Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip John Morris, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Greenwood, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

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