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1. Health Monitoring Applications for Small Wind Turbines

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Open Access
Author:
Forshey, Brenton Ross
Title:
Health Monitoring Applications for Small Wind Turbines
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
bearing
detection
fault
condition
monitoring
health
energy
wind
imbalance
structural health monitoring
File:
Download Thesis_BRF_V10.pdf
Committee Members:
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dennis K Mclaughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Martin Reichard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan W Stewart, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

2. COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF AN 8-GHz MICROWAVE ELECTROTHERMAL THRUSTER

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Author:
DeForce Jr. , Christopher Allen
Title:
COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF AN 8-GHz MICROWAVE ELECTROTHERMAL THRUSTER
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
microwave electrothermal thruster
MET
computational modeling
COMSOL
Chris DeForce
electromagnetics
fluid mechanics
plasma
electric propulsion
deforce
File:
Download MS_Thesis_Chris_DeForce.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven G Bilen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

6. Modeling and Simulation of Radiation from Hypersonic Flows using Monte Carlo Methods

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Author:
Sohn, Ilyoup
Title:
Modeling and Simulation of Radiation from Hypersonic Flows using Monte Carlo Methods
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Radiation
Hypersonic
Monte Carlo Methods
Nonequilibrium
File:
Download mythesis_Sohn_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Deborah A Levin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Deborah A Levin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Member
Michael F Modest, Committee Member

7. DEVELOPMENT OF A MODELING CAPABILITY FOR ENERGY HARVESTING MODULES IN ELECTRODYNAMIC TETHER SYSTEMS

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Author:
McTernan, Jesse Kane
Title:
DEVELOPMENT OF A MODELING CAPABILITY FOR ENERGY HARVESTING MODULES IN ELECTRODYNAMIC TETHER SYSTEMS
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
debris mitigation
orbital energy
enrgy harvesting
energy
space tether
electrodynamic tether
propulsion
File:
Download McTernan_Thesis_2011_C.pdf
Committee Members:
Sven G Bilen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven G Bilen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

8. ROTOR HUB VIBRATION AND BLADE LOADS REDUCTION, AND ENERGY HARVESTING VIA EMBEDDED RADIAL OSCILLATOR

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Author:
Austruy, Julien
Title:
ROTOR HUB VIBRATION AND BLADE LOADS REDUCTION, AND ENERGY HARVESTING VIA EMBEDDED RADIAL OSCILLATOR
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
vibration control
rotorcraft
energy harvesting
File:
Download Dissertation_JulienAustruy_Dec2011.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Farhan Gandhi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farhan S Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Sean N Brennan, Committee Member
Karl Martin Reichard, Committee Member

9. DESIGN OPTIMIZATION AND DIRECT THRUST MEASUREMENT OF AN 8-GHz MICROWAVE ELECTROTHERMAL THRUSTER

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Author:
Hopkins, Jeffrey Robert
Title:
DESIGN OPTIMIZATION AND DIRECT THRUST MEASUREMENT OF AN 8-GHz MICROWAVE ELECTROTHERMAL THRUSTER
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
electrothermal
electric propulsion
thrust measurment
File:
Download Hopkins_Masters_Thesis_-_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven G Bilen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

10. CELLULAR STRUCTURES WITH INTERNAL FEATURES FOR ENHANCED STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE

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Author:
Pontecorvo, Michael Eugene
Title:
CELLULAR STRUCTURES WITH INTERNAL FEATURES FOR ENHANCED STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
cellular structure
elastic arch
bistable
hexagonal cell
internal features
cell modulus
File:
Download Michael_E_Pontecorvo_-_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Farhan Gandhi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farhan S Gandhi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

11. THE DEVELOPMENT AND SYNTHESIS OF MULTIFUNCTIONAL EROSION AND CORROSION RESISTANT TITANIUM-CHROMIUM-NITRIDE COATINGS FOR TURBOMACHINERY APPLICATIONS

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Author:
Reedy, Michael
Title:
THE DEVELOPMENT AND SYNTHESIS OF MULTIFUNCTIONAL EROSION AND CORROSION RESISTANT TITANIUM-CHROMIUM-NITRIDE COATINGS FOR TURBOMACHINERY APPLICATIONS
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
corrosion
TiCrN
erosion
cathodic arc
titanium chromium nitride
coating
characterization
File:
Download Mike_Reedy_Masters_2011_-_Final__4-25-2011_.pdf
Committee Members:
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

13. NONAXISYMMETRIC ENDWALL CONTOURING AND LEADING EDGE MODIFICATIONS ON TURBINE NOZZLE GUIDE VANES

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Author:
Turgut, Ozhan Hulusi
Title:
NONAXISYMMETRIC ENDWALL CONTOURING AND LEADING EDGE MODIFICATIONS ON TURBINE NOZZLE GUIDE VANES
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
nonaxisymmetric endwall contouring
secondary flows
gas turbine
leading edge fillets
File:
Download OzhanTurgut-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Cengiz Camci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Deborah A Levin, Committee Member
Anil Kamalakant Kulkarni, Committee Member

14. Investigation of Contact Acoustic Nonlinearities on Metal and Composite Structures via Intensity Based Health Monitoring Systems

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Open Access
Author:
Romano, Peter Quinn
Title:
Investigation of Contact Acoustic Nonlinearities on Metal and Composite Structures via Intensity Based Health Monitoring Systems
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Health Monitoring
Structural Dynamics
CAN
Contact Acoustic Nonlinearity
Structural Acoustics
Vibration
Dynamics
File:
Download PSU_Thesis_PQR_revFinal.pdf
Committee Members:
Stephen Clarke Conlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Clarke Conlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

15. Aerodynamic Experiments of a Dual Ducted Fan Vehicle in Hover and Edgewise Flight

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Open Access
Author:
Hook, Ryan Franklin
Title:
Aerodynamic Experiments of a Dual Ducted Fan Vehicle in Hover and Edgewise Flight
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Aerodynamics
Experimental
Ducted Fan / Rotor / Propeller
Shrouded Fan / Rotor / Propeller
Dual Duct
Tandem
Wind Tunnel
File:
Download Hook_Ryan_MS_Thesis_v2.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Dennis Mc Laughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

16. PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF HIGH POWER 14.5-GHz MINIATURE MICROWAVE ELECTROTHERMAL THRUSTER

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Author:
Adusumilli, Rohit Prasad
Title:
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF HIGH POWER 14.5-GHz MINIATURE MICROWAVE ELECTROTHERMAL THRUSTER
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Microwave Electrothermal Thruster
File:
Download Masters_Thesis_Rohit_Adusumilli.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven G Bilen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

17. Development of a Kinetic Particle-based Method to Model the Multi-scale Physics of Expanding Flows

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Author:
Kumar, Rakesh
Title:
Development of a Kinetic Particle-based Method to Model the Multi-scale Physics of Expanding Flows
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
molecular dynamics
DSMC-ESBGK hybrid method
Particle-particle hybrid scheme
homogeneous condensation modeling
File:
Download DissertationRK.pdf
Committee Members:
Prof Deborah A Levin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Deborah A Levin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Barbara Jane Garrison, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member

18. A cognitive robotic system based on the Soar cognitive architecture for mobile robot navigation, search, and mapping missions

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Author:
Hanford, Scott David
Title:
A cognitive robotic system based on the Soar cognitive architecture for mobile robot navigation, search, and mapping missions
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
cognitive robotics
Soar
cognitive architecture
intelligent mobile robot
File:
Download hanford.pdf
Committee Members:
Lyle Norman Long, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Victoria A Braithwaite, Committee Member
Richard Alan Carlson, Committee Member
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member

19. An Adaptive Immersed Boundary Method for CFD Simulation of Multiphase Flows with Moving Internal Bodies

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Open Access
Author:
McIntyre, Sean Michael
Title:
An Adaptive Immersed Boundary Method for CFD Simulation of Multiphase Flows with Moving Internal Bodies
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Multiphase Flow
Immersed Boundary Method
Water Entry Simulation
File:
Download SeanMcIntyre-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Robert Francis Kunz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Francis Kunz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jules Washington Lindau V, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

20. ENHANCEMENTS AND INVESTIGATION OF CAPABILITIES TO THE LANDING GEAR MODEL AND ACOUSTIC PREDICTION SOFTWARE

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Author:
Marotta, Taylor Ries
Title:
ENHANCEMENTS AND INVESTIGATION OF CAPABILITIES TO THE LANDING GEAR MODEL AND ACOUSTIC PREDICTION SOFTWARE
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Boeing
airframe noise
LGMAP
landing gear
acoustics
aerospace
trailing edge
aeroacoustics
aircraft
airframe noise
noise
nosie prediction
prediction
Gulfstream
File:
Download TRM_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip John Morris, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor