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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

Author:

Lani, Brian Phillip

Title:

Microwave Ignition of Green Monopropellants

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

microwave ignition
monopropellant
HAN
ADN
plasma torch
ionic liquid
microwave igniter
ohmic heating
green fuels

File:

Download 1-MS_Thesis_Lani.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven G Bilen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Goldschmidt, Margalit Zipora

Title:

Unsteady Force Measurement Using Small Piezoelectric End Sensors

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

unsteady
piezoelectric
dynamometry

File:

Download Goldschmidt-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Lester Jonson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Thurier, Pierre F

Title:

A Two-material Topology Optimization Method for the Design of a Passive Thermal Control Interface

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Topology optimization
Thermo-mechanical
Thermal control
contact
compliant mechanisms
two-material
design

File:

Download thesis_PT.pdf

Committee Members:

George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Hansell Adair, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Long, Justin Allan

Title:

Nonlinear Active Vibration Based Damage Detection and Localization

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

nonlinear
vibration
damage
detection
structural
health
monitoring
automation
airframe
rotorcraft
localization

File:

Download JustinLong_MS_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen Clarke Conlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Soneson, Gregory Lorentz

Title:

Development and Piloted Simulation Testing of Advanced Response Types for Ship-based Rotorcraft

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Helicopter
Rotorcraft
Controls
Simulation
Handling Qualities
Shipboard
Response Types
Non-Linear Dynamic Inversion

File:

Download Soneson-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jack W Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mahmood, Raheel Sheikh

Title:

Vibration energy harvesting from rotorcraft drive systems using thermoelectric conversion of heat generated by mechanical damping

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

energy harvesting
vibration
rotorcraft

File:

Download RaheelMahmood_MSThesis_Dec2014.pdf

Committee Members:

George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward A Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor