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Author:

Nicholson, Duncan

Title:

Scaled Experiments in Vision-Based Approach and Landing in High Sea States

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Ship
Deck
Landing
UAV
UAS
Fiducial
Control
Estimation
Precision Landing
shipboard
sUAS

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Duncan_Nicholson.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Eric Norman Johnson, Committee 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:

Tsang, Bryan

Title:

Classification and Discrimination of Drones and Birds Using micro-Doppler Images

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

micro-Doppler
UAV
Drone
Bird
Classification
SVM
Radar

File:

Download Tsang_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair
Ram Mohan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tim Kane, Committee Member
Ramesh Bharadwaj, Special Signatory

Author:

Yuan, Alex

Title:

Antenna Radiation Pattern Mapping with an Unmanned Aerial System

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

UAS
UAV
SDR
drone
quadcopter
antenna
radiation pattern
RF
HackRF
Pixhawk
Ardupilot
Mission Planner
GRC
GNU Radio
Python
MATLAB

File:

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Committee Members:

Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair
James Kenneth Breakall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory Huff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Erik H. Lenzing, Special Signatory

Author:

Canto, Maxfield

Title:

Prevention of Frost Damage to Apple Tree Bud Stages Using an Autonomous Multi-Vehicle System

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

precision agriculture
agriculture
robotics
sensing
frost
frost damage
UAV
UGV
autonomy
autonomous vehicles
apple buds
apple orchard
cyber-physical system
IoT
ROS
thermal mapping
RTK GPS

File:

Download MaxfieldCanto_Thesis2022.pdf

Committee Members:

Suat Irmak, Program Head/Chair
David James Lyons, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Heinz Heinemann, Committee Member
Long He, Committee Member
Henry Joseph Sommer, III, Committee Member
Daeun Choi, Special Signatory

Author:

Fehl, Matthew

Title:

Design and Implementation of an Autonomy Framework for UAV Research and Development

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

UAV
autonomy
PCB
flight control
quadrotor
state estimation
lighter than air vehicle
robotics
aerospace

File:

Download Matthew_Fehl_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacob Willem Langelaan, Program Head/Chair
Michael Andrew Yukish, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Simon W Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor