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Author:: Chakrabarty, Anjan
Title:: FLIGHT PATH PLANNING OF UAV BASED ON ATMOSPHERIC ENERGY HARVESTING
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: path planning
UAV
energy harvestation
File:: Download Chakrabarty_MS.pdf
Committee Members:: Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Corbets, Jeffrey
Title:: Real-Time Trajectory Generation for Target Localization Using Micro Air Vehicles
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: uav
mav
localization
planning
path
trajectory
real time
micro
target
tracking
File:: Download JeffCorbetsThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Depenbusch, Nathan Thomas
Title:: Atmospheric Energy Harvesting for Small Uninhabited Aircraft by Gust Soaring
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: gust energy harvesting
File:: Download NathanDepenbusch-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Tierney, Shane
Title:: AUTOROTATION PATH PLANNING USING BACKWARDS REACHABLE SET AND OPTIMAL CONTROL
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: reachable set
optimal control
autorotation
File:: Download ShaneTierney-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jack Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Sarfraz, Sana
Title:: STEREO VISION FOR AUTONOMOUS GROUND-BASED TRACKING OF MIGRATING RAPTORS
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: computer vision
systems
distributed
tracking
estimation
bird migration
File:: Download Thesis_Corrected_Format.pdf
Committee Members:: Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Grande, Nicholas Alexander
Title:: Safe Autonomous Flare and Landing During Autorotation Through Wind Shear
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: flare
wind shear
autorotation
backwards reachable set
safe landing set
File:: Download NickGrande-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Daugherty, Shawn Christopher
Title:: Improving Autonomous Soaring via Energy State Estimation and Extremum Seeking Control
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: autonomous soaring
uav
sb-xc
autonomous
thermal
thermal soaring
File:: Download Shawn_Daugherty-Final_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Bird, John Joseph
Title:: Wind Estimation and Closed-loop Control of a Soaring Vehicle
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: soaring
uav
uas
drone
energy harvesting
bio-inspired
dynamic soaring
wind mapping
atmosphere
glider
File:: Download Bird-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Makovkin, Dmitriy
Title:: Optimal Persistent Monitoring Using Coordinated Soaring
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Persistent
monitoring
surveillance
thermalling
thermal
glider
soaring
MacCready
optimal
cruise
airspeed
aggregate
departure
File:: Download Dmitriy_Makovkin_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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