1. Development and Field Testing of an Autonomous Soaring System Open Access Author: Depenbusch, Nathan Thomas Title: Development and Field Testing of an Autonomous Soaring System Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: autonomous soaringaerial roboticsthermal soaringsoaringunmanned aerial vehicleUAV File: Download Depenbusch-Dissertation.pdf Committee Members: Jacob Willem Langelaan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorJacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Chair/Co-ChairJoseph Francis Horn, Committee MemberSean N Brennan, Committee MemberConstantino Manuel Lagoa, Outside Member
2. Computational Fluid Dynamics / Flight Dynamics Simulations of an Autonomous Helicopter using Actuator Disk Couplings for Main and Tail Rotors Open Access Author: Bottai, Auriane Title: Computational Fluid Dynamics / Flight Dynamics Simulations of an Autonomous Helicopter using Actuator Disk Couplings for Main and Tail Rotors Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: Actuator Disk CouplingCoupled CFD Flight DynamicsUAVAutonomous HelicopterSFS2Ship based operations File: Download MSThesisPSU2018_Bottai_FINAL.pdf Committee Members: J.F.Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor