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21. A QUASI-POLAR LOCAL OCCUPANCY GRID APPROACH FOR VISION-BASED OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE

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Author:
Geng, Junyi
Title:
A QUASI-POLAR LOCAL OCCUPANCY GRID APPROACH FOR VISION-BASED OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Small UAV
Obstacle avoidance
Occupancy gird
Quasi-polar frame
Monocular vision
Stereo vision
File:
Download Geng-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

22. Incorporating Acoustic Assessment into the Design and Analysis of Rotorcraft

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Open Access
Author:
Sharma, Kalki
Title:
Incorporating Acoustic Assessment into the Design and Analysis of Rotorcraft
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
NDARC
PSU-WOPWOP
WOPIt
Rotorcraft Acoustics
Noise Prediction
Conceptual Design
File:
Download Kalki_Sharma_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Edward Smith, Committee Member

23. CFD analysis of ozone reaction with human surface: influence of indoor air flow conditions and surface reactivity

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Open Access
Author:
Ananthanarayanan, Sagar Sangameswaran
Title:
CFD analysis of ozone reaction with human surface: influence of indoor air flow conditions and surface reactivity
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Ozone
CFD
Ventilation
Indoor Air Quality
File:
Download Sagar_s_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Donghyun Rim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan W Stewart, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

24. Aerodynamic Analysis of Helicopter Rotors Using a Higher-Order, Free-Wake Method

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Open Access
Author:
Choephel, Tenzin
Title:
Aerodynamic Analysis of Helicopter Rotors Using a Higher-Order, Free-Wake Method
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Free-Wake
Inflow
Hover
Helicopter Rotor
Rotor Downwash
File:
Download Choephel_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Mark D. Maughmer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark D. Maughmer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth S. Brentner, Committee Member
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Virendra Puri, Outside Member
Goetz Bramesfeld, Special Member

26. DESIGN, FABRICATION, AND EVALUATION OF A PARTIALLY MELTED ICE PARTICLE CLOUD FACILITY

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Open Access
Author:
Soltis, Jared T
Title:
DESIGN, FABRICATION, AND EVALUATION OF A PARTIALLY MELTED ICE PARTICLE CLOUD FACILITY
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Engine icing
mixed phase icing
icing wind tunnel
single droplet melt
single crystal melt
File:
Download Dissertation_final_Jared_Soltis.pdf
Committee Members:
Jose Palacios, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jose Palacios, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Michael H Krane, Committee Member
Stephen P Lynch, Outside Member

27. Landmark-Aided Localization for Air Vehicles Using Learned Object Detectors

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Author:
DeAngelo, Mark Patrick
Title:
Landmark-Aided Localization for Air Vehicles Using Learned Object Detectors
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
localization
feature-based navigation
UAV
UAS
navigation
computer vision
landmark detection
object detection
cascade object detector
bag of words
bag of visual words
bag of keypoints
SVM
visual flight rules
VFR
image processing
UUV
AUV
sonar
underwater
airplane
quadcopter
aircraft
unmanned aerial vehicle
unmanned aerial system
remotely piloted vehicle
RPV
unmanned underwater vehicle
autonomous underwater vehicle
localisation
File:
Download MPDeAngeloDissertation_FinalMSWordPDF.pdf
Committee Members:
Joseph F. Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph F. Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert G. Melton, Committee Member
Sean N. Brennan, Committee Member
Richard Lee Culver, Outside Member

28. A UNIFIED FLIGHT CONTROL METHODOLOGY FOR A COMPOUND ROTORCRAFT IN FUNDAMENTAL AND AEROBATIC MANEUVERING FLIGHT

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Open Access
Author:
Thorsen, Adam Thomas
Title:
A UNIFIED FLIGHT CONTROL METHODOLOGY FOR A COMPOUND ROTORCRAFT IN FUNDAMENTAL AND AEROBATIC MANEUVERING FLIGHT
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
compound
rotorcraft
aerobatic
maneuvers
unified control
flight control
redundant controls
flight path generation
trajectory optimization
energy management
File:
Download Thorsen_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Joseph Francis Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward Smith, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Outside Member

29. STUDY OF ACTIVE ROTOR CONTROL FOR IN-PLANE ROTOR NOISE REDUCTION

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Author:
Yang, Tianxiao
Title:
STUDY OF ACTIVE ROTOR CONTROL FOR IN-PLANE ROTOR NOISE REDUCTION
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
rotor noise
noise reduction
active control
File:
Download Yang_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Kenneth S. Brentner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth S. Brentner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark D. Maughmer, Committee Member
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Anthony A. Atchley, Outside Member

30. HELICOPTER ROTOR NOISE INVESTIGATION DURING ICE ACCRETION

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Open Access
Author:
Cheng, Baofeng
Title:
HELICOPTER ROTOR NOISE INVESTIGATION DURING ICE ACCRETION
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Helicopter Rotor Noise; Rotor Broadband Noise; Helicopter Ice Accretion; Surface Roughness; Trailing Edge Noise
File:
Download Thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Kenneth S. Brentner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth S. Brentner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip J. Morris, Committee Member
Dennis K. McLaughlin, Committee Member
Victor W. Sparrow, Outside Member