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Start Over Graduate Program Aerospace Engineering Committee Member Robert Graham Melton

1. Transfer and Capture into Distant Retrograde Orbits

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Open Access
Author:
Scott, Christopher James
Title:
Transfer and Capture into Distant Retrograde Orbits
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
circular restricted three body problem
Astrodynamics
CR3BP
satellite capture
File:
Download Diss.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr David B Spencer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Bradley Spencer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Jack W Langelaan, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member

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

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Open Access
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

5. Trajectory Design Using Approximate Analytic Solutions of the N-Body Problem

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Author:
Benavides, Julio César
Title:
Trajectory Design Using Approximate Analytic Solutions of the N-Body Problem
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
N-Body Problem
Series Solutions
Numerical Integration
File:
Download jcb_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr David Spencer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr David B Spencer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Dennis K Mclaughlin, Committee Member
Richard Wallace Robinett, Committee Member

6. General Framework for the Reconfiguration of Satellite Constellations

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Open Access
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. WALL MODEL EFFECTS ON TWO PHASE FLOWS AND PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION IN NANOCHANNELS

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Open Access
Author:
SELLAMI, NADIA
Title:
WALL MODEL EFFECTS ON TWO PHASE FLOWS AND PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION IN NANOCHANNELS
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Molecular Dynamics
Nanoflows
Surface interactions
Virial Pressure
Nanojets
File:
Download Final_Thesis-Nadia_Sellami.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael Matthew Micci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Deborah A Levin, Committee Member
Melik C Demirel, Committee Member

9. A cognitive robotic system based on the Soar cognitive architecture for mobile robot navigation, search, and mapping missions

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Open Access
Author:
Hanford, Scott David
Title:
A cognitive robotic system based on the Soar cognitive architecture for mobile robot navigation, search, and mapping missions
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
cognitive robotics
Soar
cognitive architecture
intelligent mobile robot
File:
Download hanford.pdf
Committee Members:
Lyle Norman Long, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Victoria A Braithwaite, Committee Member
Richard Alan Carlson, Committee Member
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member

10. Modeling Radiation from the Atmosphere of Io with Monte Carlo Methods

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Open Access
Author:
Gratiy, Sergey
Title:
Modeling Radiation from the Atmosphere of Io with Monte Carlo Methods
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Io
radiative transfer
spherical-shell atmospheres
atmospheric dynamics
spherical shell atmosphere
File:
Download disser_Gratiy_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Deborah A Levin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Deborah A Levin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Eugene Edmund Clothiaux, Committee Member
Michael F Modest, Committee Member
David B Goldstein, Committee Member