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Author:

Gan, Ze Feng

Title:

Time-Varying Rotor Noise Computations and Analysis of Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing Aircraft

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

aeroacoustics
rotorcraft simulation
broadband noise prediction
urban air mobility
UAM
electric VTOL aircraft
variable RPM
PSU-WOPWOP

File:

Download Gan2021Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Greenwood, Committee Member

Author:

Jadeja, Shivrajsinh

Title:

Effects of Icing Parameters on Impact Ice Adhesion Strength

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Ice adhesion strength
freezing fraction
impact ice

File:

Download Effects_of_Icing_Parameters_on_Impact_Ice_Adhesion_Strength.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Committee Member

Author:

Nigay, Natalia

Title:

Vacuum Chamber Experiments of Beamed Microwave Energy Propulsion

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

beamed-energy propulsion
electric propulsion
advanced propulsion concept
vacuum chamber experiments
propulsion
spacecraft

File:

Download BMEP_MSThesis_Nigay_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Sven G Bilén, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jesse Kane Mc Ternan, Committee Member

Author:

Ramdass, Kriston

Title:

Investigation of a Microwave Surface-Wave Plasma for Propulsion

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

surface wave
plasma
thruster
MET
propulsion

File:

Download Kriston_Ramdass_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Sven G Bilén, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jesse Kane Mc Ternan, Committee Member

Author:

Osikowicz, Nathaniel

Title:

Shape Control of Tendon-Actuated Tensegrity Structures

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

tensegrity
control theory
space structure
tensegrity structure
robotics
soft robotics

File:

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Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Puneet Singla, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Robert G. Melton, Committee Member

Author:

Sato, Masahiro

Title:

autonomous approach to a moving ship's mast via motion prediction

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

UAV
motion prediction
image processing
AR model
Burg's Method
System Design
Target Detection
SCONE
IARC
D435
model predictive control
MPC

File:

Download Autonomous_Approach_to_a_Moving_Ships_Mast_via_Motion_Prediction_Masahiro_Sato.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Eric N. Johnson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor