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Author:

Mallapragada, Goutham

Title:

A language theoretic framework for decision and control of autonomous systems

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Robotics
Language Measure
Discrete-Event Systems
Path Planning
Navigation
Symbolic Dynamics
Pattern Recognition

File:

Download Goutham-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
William Kenneth Jenkins, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Ishanu Chattopadhyay, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Changkun

Title:

Understanding Human Spatial Navigation Behaviors: A Cognitive Modeling Approach

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Cognitive Modeling
ACT-R
Navigation
Spatial
Cognitive Model.

File:

Download Thesis_Zhao_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Frank Edward Ritter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Xiaolong Zhang, Committee Member
John Yen, Committee Member
Richard Alan Carlson, Special Member

Author:

Mokhtari, Kasra

Title:

Incorporating Social Information into An Autonomous Vehicle's Decision-Making Process and Control

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Autonomous Vehicles
Navigation
Pedestrians
Path Planning
Risk-Aware Decision-Making

File:

Download Dissertation_KasraMokhtari_Summer2021.pdf

Committee Members:

Alok Sinha, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Alan Wagner, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Bo Cheng, Major Field Member
Vikash Gayah, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sean Brennan, Major Field Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Jaques, Emma

Title:

Receding Horizon Control for Autonomous UAS Shipboard Landing with Tau Guidance and Polynomial Trajectory Planning

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

UAS
Receding Horizon Control
Path Planning
Tau Guidance
Trajectory Planning
Polynomial Path Planning
Second Order Tau Guidance
Nondimensionaization
Control Systems
Guidance
Navigation
Control

File:

Download Emma_Jaques_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Jacob Langelaan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Eric Norman Johnson, Committee Member

Author:

Goodyear, Andrew

Title:

A Nonlinear Bingham Filter for Pose Using Dual-Quaternions

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Estimation
Filtering
Dual-Quaternion
Relative Motion
Navigation
Pose

File:

Download andrew_goodyear_dissertation_final4.pdf

Committee Members:

David Bradley Spencer, Dissertation Advisor
Robert G. Melton, Committee Member
Puneet Singla, Chair of Committee
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Outside Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair