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Author:

Soltis, Jared T

Title:

DESIGN, FABRICATION, AND EVALUATION OF A PARTIALLY MELTED ICE PARTICLE CLOUD FACILITY

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Engine icing
mixed phase icing
icing wind tunnel
single droplet melt
single crystal melt

File:

Download Dissertation_final_Jared_Soltis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose Palacios, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jose Palacios, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Michael H Krane, Committee Member
Stephen P Lynch, Outside Member

Author:

DeAngelo, Mark Patrick

Title:

Landmark-Aided Localization for Air Vehicles Using Learned Object Detectors

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

localization
feature-based navigation
UAV
UAS
navigation
computer vision
landmark detection
object detection
cascade object detector
bag of words
bag of visual words
bag of keypoints
SVM
visual flight rules
VFR
image processing
UUV
AUV
sonar
underwater
airplane
quadcopter
aircraft
unmanned aerial vehicle
unmanned aerial system
remotely piloted vehicle
RPV
unmanned underwater vehicle
autonomous underwater vehicle
localisation

File:

Download MPDeAngeloDissertation_FinalMSWordPDF.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph F. Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph F. Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert G. Melton, Committee Member
Sean N. Brennan, Committee Member
Richard Lee Culver, Outside Member

Author:

Thorsen, Adam Thomas

Title:

A UNIFIED FLIGHT CONTROL METHODOLOGY FOR A COMPOUND ROTORCRAFT IN FUNDAMENTAL AND AEROBATIC MANEUVERING FLIGHT

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

compound
rotorcraft
aerobatic
maneuvers
unified control
flight control
redundant controls
flight path generation
trajectory optimization
energy management

File:

Download Thorsen_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Francis Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward Smith, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Outside Member

Author:

Yang, Tianxiao

Title:

STUDY OF ACTIVE ROTOR CONTROL FOR IN-PLANE ROTOR NOISE REDUCTION

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

rotor noise
noise reduction
active control

File:

Download Yang_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth S. Brentner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth S. Brentner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark D. Maughmer, Committee Member
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Anthony A. Atchley, Outside Member

Author:

Cheng, Baofeng

Title:

HELICOPTER ROTOR NOISE INVESTIGATION DURING ICE ACCRETION

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Helicopter Rotor Noise; Rotor Broadband Noise; Helicopter Ice Accretion; Surface Roughness; Trailing Edge Noise

File:

Download Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth S. Brentner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth S. Brentner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip J. Morris, Committee Member
Dennis K. McLaughlin, Committee Member
Victor W. Sparrow, Outside Member

Author:

Dai, Jingyao

Title:

Mechanical Properties and Deformation Behaviors of Nanoporous Anodic Aluminum Oxide Membrane

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Ceramics
Fracture
Nanoporous
Anodic Aluminum Oxide
Nanoindentation

File:

Download JingyaoDai-MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Namiko Yamamoto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jogender Singh, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member

Author:

Cole, Julia A

Title:

A Higher-Order Free-Wake Method for Aerodynamic Performance Prediction of Propeller-Wing Systems

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Aerodynamic analysis
free-wake method
propeller-wing interaction

File:

Download jcole_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark David Maughmer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Edward Smith, Committee Member
Gul Kremer, Outside Member
Goetz Bramesfeld, Special Member

Author:

McKay, Vernecia Sharae

Title:

Numerical Simulation of Conditionally Turbulent Oscillatory Boundary Layers in Thermoacoustic Devices

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

intermittent turbulence
oscillatory flow
thermoacoustics

File:

Download VSMcKay-Dissertation_21Nov2016good.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Philip Morris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Kenneth Brentner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Lyle Long, Committee Member
Dr. Victory Sparrow, Committee Member
Dr. Anthony Atchley, Outside Member

Author:

Grasser, Nicholas Jared

Title:

DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF THE MXS-R WINGLETS AND AIRFOILS TO IMPROVE AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE IN THE RED BULL AIR RACES

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Aircraft Design
Aerodynamics
Airplane Simulation
Winglets
Airfoils
Red Bull
Air Racing
MXS-R
Airplane Performance
Airplane Design

File:

Download Grasser_-_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member

Author:

Basu, Kaushik

Title:

Rigid Body Satellite Time-Optimal Attitude Control Using Inversion

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Time Optimal Control
Particle Swarm Optimization
Spacecraft Attitude Control
Pseudospectral Method
Rigid Body Dynamics

File:

Download Ko_Basu-Phd_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Robert Melton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Robert Melton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr David Spencer, Committee Member
Dr Joseph Horn, Committee Member
Dr Joseph Cusumano, Outside Member