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Author:: Brown, Alexander Allen
Title:: Model-based Inclusion of Previewed Information for Lateral Vehicle State and Environment Estimation
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: MODEL-BASED ESTIMATION
PREVIEW ESTIMATION
STATE ESTIMATION
VEHICLE DYNAMICS
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
File:: Download Brown-Dissertation_Final_ETD.pdf
Committee Members:: Sean Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Special Member
Richard Laurence Tutwiler, Special Member

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Author:: Okita, Noriaki
Title:: Development of a novel foot slip sensor algorithm
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: slip sensor
gait cycle detection
walking robot
stick-slip
stochastic state estimation
anomaly detection
File:: Download Nori_Okita_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member
Jason Zachary Moore, Committee Member

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Author:: Pentzer, Jesse Lorenzo
Title:: Utilization of ICR Kinematics in Estimation, Control, and Energy-Aware Mission Planning for Skid-Steer Vehicles
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: ground robotics
robot performance
motion estimation
state estimation
skid-steer robotics
path planning
File:: Download Pentzer_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Sean Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karl Martin Reichard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member

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Author:: Denlinger, Michelle
Title:: Extremum Seeking Algorithms for Optimal Periodic Control with Application to Buoyant Air Turbines
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Extremum seeking
Optimal Periodic Control
Wind Energy
Buoyant Air Turbines
Optimal Control
Periodic Control
Airborne Wind Energy
File:: Download MDenlinger_Dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Hosam Kadry Fathy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Outside Member
Chris Vermillion, Special Member

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