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Author:

Cornelius, Jason

Title:

Mid-Fidelity Performance Analysis for Fixed-Pitch Speed-Controlled Multirotor Aircraft

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Helicopter
Multirotor
CFD
Rotorcraft
High Performance Computing
GPU
Coaxial
Coaxial Rotor
Machine Learning
Surrogate Models
Dragonfly
Drone
UAS
Urban Air Mobility
Unmanned Aerial Systems
BEMT
Aerodynamics
Aircraft
C81 Tables
OVERFLOW
ARC2D
Airfoil Performance
NASA
Langley TDT
Langley 14-by 22-ft. Subsonic Tunnel Facility
Langley Transonic Dynamics Tunnel
Hybrid BEMT-URANS CFD
Linux Bash Scripting
GPU CFD Acceleration
Gaussian Process Regression
Neural Networks
Conceptual Design
Preliminary Design

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Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Daniel Haworth, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sven Schmitz, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jacob Langelaan, Major Field Member
Jose Palacios, Major Field Member
Edward Smith, Major Field Member
Larry Young, Special Signatory

Author:

Gilga, Michael

Title:

Optimal Solar-Sail Trajectories Using Sun-Diving

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Solar Sail
Astrodynamics
Orbital Mechanics
Particle Swarm Optimization
Trajectory Optimization
Transfer Orbits
Sun-Diving

File:

Download Gilga_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Robert G. Melton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Puneet Singla, Committee Member
Roshan Thomas Eapen, Committee Member

Author:

Mcthane, Eric

Title:

Performance and Acoustics of Coaxial Counter-Rotating Rotors in Hover and Forward Flight Conditions

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Rotor Acoustics
eVTOL
Rotorcraft
Coaxial Rotors
Phase Control
Rotor Performance
Hover
Forward Flight
UAM
Separation Distance
Counter-Rotating

File:

Download MastersThesis_EricMcthane-12.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Greenwood, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark A Miller, Committee Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Jose Palacios, Committee Member

Author:

Johnson, Samuel

Title:

A Computational Study of Flow Over a 6:1 Prolate Spheroid at Incidence

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

CFD
RANS
LES
Prolate Spheroid

File:

Download SamThesis_10_31.pdf

Committee Members:

Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas S Chyczewski, Jr., Committee Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Xiang Yang, Committee Member
James George Coder, Committee Member

Author:

Jue, Andrew

Title:

Simulation of Advanced Rotorcraft Concepts using Free Wake Aerodynamic Models

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

DEPSim
eVTOL
Lift+Cruise
Rotorcraft
Flight dynamics
Dynamic simulation

File:

Download Thesis_AndrewJue_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member
Edward Smith, Committee Member

Author:

Mangette, Mackenzie

Title:

Exploration of Direct Transfer Opportunities and Loitering Strategies for Lunar Surface Access

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Dynamical System Theory
Cislunar Travel
Circular Restricted Three-Body Problem
Loitering Strategies
Trajectory Optimization

File:

Download Mangette_MastersThesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Roshan Thomas Eapen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Puneet Singla, Committee Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

Author:

Metkowski, Leonard P

Title:

Aerodynamic Design and Analysis for a Strut-Braced Transport Aircraft Utilizing Slotted, Natural-Laminar-Flow Airfoils

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Aircraft Design
Slotted Natural Laminar Flow Airfoil
Transonic Truss Braced Wing
Winglet Design
Aerodynamic Design of Transport Aircraft
Truss Braced Wing

File:

Download Dissertation_Metkowski_FinalUpdated.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Maughmer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Miller, Major Field Member
Sven Schmitz, Major Field Member
Robert Campbell, Outside Unit & Field Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Surendran, Vidullan

Title:

The Role of Surface Cues in Human Intent Recognition

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

HRI
surface cues
human intent recognition
computer vision
human robot interaction
human computer interface
gesture recognition

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Committee Members:

Alan Wagner, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jacob Langelaan, Major Field Member
Amy Pritchett, Major Field Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Susan Simkins, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Biswas, Saptarshi

Title:

An Investigation of Plasma Dynamics within Microwave Electrothermal Thruster Cavities

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Electric Propulsion
Microwave Electrothermal Thruster
Low Earth Orbit
Satellite Constellation
MET
Microwaves

File:

Download SaptarshiBiswas_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Melton, Major Field Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Michael Lanagan, Outside Unit Member
Sean Knecht, Outside Field Member
Sven Bilén, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jesse Kane Mc Ternan, Special Member

Author:

Schneeberger, Grant M

Title:

Ice Adhesion Strength Mitigation via Low Surface Roughness Erosion Resistant Coatings

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

ice adhesion
ice protective coatings
ice protection
aircraft icing
anti-ice coating
rotorcraft icing
helicopter icing
erosion resistant coatings
icing

File:

Download GrantSchneeberger-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Puneet Singla, Major Field Member
Edward Smith, Major Field Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Jose Palacios, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephen Lynch, Outside Unit & Field Member
Douglas Wolfe, Dissertation Co-Advisor