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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:

Hall, Zachary Joseph

Title:

A probabilistic framework to locate and track maneuvering satellites

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Maneuvering Target Tracking
Lost Target Tracking
Reachability Set Computation
Numerical Integration

File:

Download ZachHall-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Melton, Major Field Member
Jacob Langelaan, Major Field Member
Puneet Singla, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kirk Johnson, Special Member
Christopher Rahn, Outside Unit & Field Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Yan, Sihong

Title:

PHYSICS-BASED SHAPE EVOLUTION, TRAJECTORY AND SURFACE MASS AND ENERGY MODEL OF MIXED-PHASE ICING

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Aircraft Icing
Multiphase Flow
Wind Tunnel Experiment
Melting Process of Ice Crystals

File:

Download PHYSICS-BASED_SHAPE_EVOLUTION__TRAJECTORY_AND_SURFACE_MASS_AND_ENERGY_MODEL_OF_MIXED-PHASE_ICING_V2.1.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Kunz, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jose Palacios, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Major Field Member
Michael Kinzel, Major Field Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

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:

Download exp-triplex-1.mp4Download exp-triplex-2.mp4Download osikowicz-MS-thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Lin, Charis I

Title:

Sintering and Solid-State Joining of Nickel-based Superalloys using Field-Assisted Sintering Technology

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

nickel
field-assisted sintering
spark plasma sintering
solid state joining
microstructure
mechanical properties
diffusion bonding
superalloy
powder metallurgy

File:

Download Lin-Dissertation-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Namiko Yamamoto, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anil Kulkarni, Outside Unit & Field Member
Edward Smith, Major Field Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Jacob Langelaan, Major Field Member
Jogender Singh, Special Member

Author:

Yenigelen, Evren

Title:

Numerical Analysis of Rocket Launch Acoustics

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

jet noise
rocket launch
aeroacoustics
computational fluid dynamics
ffowcs williams and hawkings analogy
noise reduction

File:

Download EvrenYenigelen_PhDDissertation_Numerical_Analysis_of_Rocket_Launch_Acoustics.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Haworth, Outside Field Member
Kenneth Brentner, Major & Minor Field Member
Philip Morris, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Victor Sparrow, Outside Unit Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

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