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Author:

Rosenberger, Tyler

Title:

An Open-Loop Trajectory Implementation for Free Fall to Powered Flight Transition for Multirotor Aircraft

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Particle Swarm Optimization
Trajectory Design
PSO
Heuristic
Quadcopter
Quadrotor
Gazebo
ROS
Controls
Implementation
Free Fall
Optimization
Open-Loop

File:

Download Tyler_Rosenberger_Open-Loop_Free_Fall_to_Powered_Flight_Transition.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Eric Norman Johnson, Committee Member
Puneet Singla, Committee Member

Author:

Uwazuruonye, Kaosisochi

Title:

Modeling Pilots' Visual Attention Using Enhanced Flight Vision Systems

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

pilot's visual attention
Enhanced flight vision system
machine learning
time series analysis
pilot's control behavior
low visibility

File:

Download Modeling_Pilots__Visual_Attention_Using_Enhanced_Flight_Vision_Systems.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Ruth Pritchett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member

Author:

Jois, Himavath

Title:

Evaluating Human Response to Robot-Administered Punishment

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

human-robot interaction
ethics
roboethics
authority
punishment
exoskeleton

File:

Download Jois-MS-Thesis-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Alan Richard Wagner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert G. Melton, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member

Author:

Reddington, Jacob

Title:

Design, Development, and Tuning of a Gimbaled Coaxial UAV

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

aircraft design
aerospace engineering
rotorcraft
co-axial tilting-head rotor
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
flight test

File:

Download Design__Development__and_Tuning_of_a_Gimbaled_Coaxial_UAV_final.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Topper, Evan

Title:

Calibration and Validation of a Rotorcraft Design and Analysis Tool for Electric Powered Multirotor Configurations

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Multirotor
NDARC
Simulation
Validation
eVTOL
Rotorcraft

File:

Download FINAL_AERSP_MS_Thesis_Evan_Topper.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:

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:

Jaques, Emma

Title:

Receding Horizon Control for Autonomous UAS Shipboard Landing with Tau Guidance and Polynomial Trajectory Planning

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

UAS
Receding Horizon Control
Path Planning
Tau Guidance
Trajectory Planning
Polynomial Path Planning
Second Order Tau Guidance
Nondimensionaization
Control Systems
Guidance
Navigation
Control

File:

Download Emma_Jaques_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Jacob Langelaan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Eric Norman Johnson, 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:

Gonzalez, Bianca

Title:

Human-Intuitable Collision Avoidance for Autonomous and Semi-Autonomous Rotorcraft

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Collision Avoidance
Urban Air Mobility
Potential Fields
Drones
Path Planning
Velocity-based Potential Field Approach

File:

Download Bianca_Gonzalez_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan Richard Wagner, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member

Author:

Lay, Kenjiro

Title:

Design, Fabrication, and Experimental Evaluation of a Centrifugally-Tuned Passive Balancer

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Passive Balancing
Balancer
Rotor
Rotorcraft
Structural Dynamics
Dynamics
Vibration
Vibration Suppression

File:

Download MSThesis_KenjiroLay.pdf

Committee Members:

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