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Author:

Stueck, Clifford

Title:

Effective Use of an Analytical Approximation for the Relative Motion of Spacecraft on Hyperbolic Trajectories

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Hyperbolic Orbits
Relative Motion
Lagrange Expansion
Analytical Model

File:

Download Clifford_Stueck_Master_s_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert G. Melton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Puneet Singla, Committee Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Daning Huang, Committee Member

Author:

Lewis, Jeffrey Arthur

Title:

Robust Adaptive Control for Control Reversal

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

adaptive control
control reversal
dynamic inversion
large attitude upset
robust adaptive control
inverse gain switching control
IGSC
rotation vector
swashplate actuator
PSU-GUST
fault tolerant control
large attitude errors
fault tolerant autonomy
adaptive control architectures
pseudocontrol hedge
fast adaptation
model reference adaptive control
attitude parameterization

File:

Download JA_Lewis-Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Constantino Lagoa, Outside Unit & Field Member
Eric Feron, Special Member
Eric Johnson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Edward Smith, Major Field Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Joseph Francis Horn, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Joseph Horn, Major Field Member

Author:

Wang, Sean

Title:

Fabrication and Characterization of a Large-array Surface-mount Hot-film

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Hot-film
Array
PIV
Surface-mounted
Large-scale
Fabrication
Anemometry
Characterization

File:

Download Sean_Wang_Master_s_Thesis_V2.2.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark A Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xin Ning, Committee Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Tamy Guimarães, Committee Member

Author:

Gosin, Samuel

Title:

Computational Analysis of Boundary-Layer Instabilities on a Slotted, Natural-Laminar-Flow Airfoil

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Computational Fluid Dynamics
Stationary Crossflow
SNLF Airfoils
ILES
RANS
Discrete Roughness Elements
LPSE
Boundary-Layer Transition
Wind-Tunnel Testing

File:

Download Samuel_Gosin_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James George Coder, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member

Author:

Stephans, Tyler

Title:

Material Management and Progress Detection for Construction on Earth and Beyond

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

mars
construction
automated construction
robot
simulation
material selection
progress monitoring
material management
robotics
computer vision

File:

Download StephansTyler_msThesis2023_MaterialManagemantAndProgressDetectionForConstructionOnEarthAndBeyond.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Alan Richard Wagner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert G. Melton, Committee Member
Rob Leicht, Committee Member

Author:

Jain, Amit

Title:

Stochastic Reachability Analysis And Optimal Feedback Control Using Sparse-Collocation Method

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Reachability Analysis
Hamilton Jacobi (HJ) equation
Conjugate Unscented Transformation
sparse collocation method
Uncertainty Propagation
Optimal Feedback Control

File:

Download Amit_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Herschel Pangborn, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jacob Langelaan, Major Field Member
Puneet Singla, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Eric Johnson, Major Field Member
Roshan Thomas Eapen, Major Field Member

Author:

Konzel, Nicholas

Title:

Ground Based Measurements and Acoustic Characterization of Small Multirotor Aircraft

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Acoustics
UAV
Data Collection
Noise Characterization
Multirotor

File:

Download MastersThesis_Konzel_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Eric Greenwood, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Norman Johnson, Committee Member

Author:

Purzak, Jake

Title:

Structural Design of a Rigid Coaxial Rotor System for Wind Tunnel Testing

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

rotorcraft
coaxial
structural design
structural analysis
dragonfly
rotor design
rigid rotor
coaxial test system
wind tunnel test system

File:

Download PurzakJake_MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member
Edward Smith, Committee Member

Author:

Villa, Amber

Title:

Computational Modeling of Monitoring within Human-Autonomy Teams with Novel Delegations of Authority and Responsibility

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

human-autonomy teams
computational modelling
Work Models that Compute
Advanced Air Mobility
Authority/Responsibility

File:

Download A._Villa_Revised_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member
Russell Richard Barton, Committee Member

Author:

Roffman, Kaila

Title:

Design of Tensegrity Structures for Shape Changing Applications

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

tensegrity structures
morphing structures
shape change analysis
form finding
space structures
deployable structures

File:

Download Roffman_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Puneet Singla, Major Field Member
Xin Ning, Major Field Member
Mary Frecker, Outside Unit & Field Member
George Lesieutre, Chair & Dissertation Advisor