1. Wind Estimation and Closed-loop Control of a Soaring Vehicle Open Access Author: Bird, John Joseph Title: Wind Estimation and Closed-loop Control of a Soaring Vehicle Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: soaringuavuasdroneenergy harvestingbio-inspireddynamic soaringwind mappingatmosphereglider File: Download Bird-Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
2. Optimal Persistent Monitoring Using Coordinated Soaring Open Access Author: Makovkin, Dmitriy Title: Optimal Persistent Monitoring Using Coordinated Soaring Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: PersistentmonitoringsurveillancethermallingthermalglidersoaringMacCreadyoptimalcruiseairspeedaggregatedeparture File: Download Dmitriy_Makovkin_MS_Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorJoseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorGeorge A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
