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Author:

Henry, Todd Carl

Title:

Static and Dynamic Characterization of Composite Materials for Future Driveshaft Systems

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Flexible Matrix Composite
FMC
Driveshaft
Filament Winding
Helicopter

File:

Download 1-Henry_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhu, Tong

Title:

DSMC Analysis of Fractal-like Aggregates of Spores in the Semi-rarefied Flow Regime

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

DSMC
heat transfer
fractal

File:

Download Tong_Zhu--MS_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Deborah A Levin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Autran, Pauline

Title:

Radial multi-layered isolator for helicopter interior noise reduction

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

helicopter noise reduction
gearbox isolation
radial multi-layered isolator
natural frequencies of rings
transmissibility

File:

Download Pauline_Autran_-_thesis_final_version.pdf

Committee Members:

George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Tachie-menson, Yooku

Title:

Male Molding Fabrication Process Development with Composite Materials

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

debulk
spar
composite
materials
caul
male molding

File:

Download yqt5009_thesis_fall2012__ytm_12_11.pdf

Committee Members:

Dennis K Mclaughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas David Juska, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Winslow, Anna Tatum

Title:

Calibration of a Four Degree of Freedom Stewart Platform Sensor Subject to Translational and Rotational Constraints

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Stewart platform
sensor
Gough platform
orientation
calibration

File:

Download ATW_FinalThesis_ForRelease.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Brillembourg, Dwight David

Title:

Wind Turbines Under Atmospheric Icing Conditions - Ice Accretion Modeling, Aerodynamics, and Control Strategies for Mitigating Performance Degradation

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

wind turbine
icing

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Stavely, Rebecca Lee

Title:

Design of Contact-aided Compliant Cellular Mechanisms for Use as Passive Variable Thermal Conductivity Structures

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

passive thermal switch
thermal contact resistance
compliant mechanism
thermal conductivity

File:

Download Stavely_Rebecca_Thesis_CORRECTED.pdf

Committee Members:

George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

Lieberknecht, Erika Nikole

Title:

A Numerical Algorithm for High Reynolds Number Fluid-structure Interaction Simulations

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

high Reynolds numbers
fluid-structure interaction
Streamline Upwind Petrov-Galerkin
turbulence
finite element method

File:

Download Lieberknecht-MastersDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Francis Kunz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan S Pitt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott Miller, 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

Author:

Yu, Tianliang

Title:

Vibration Reduction of Sandwich Composites Via 3-D Manufactured Acoustic Metamaterial Cores

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Vibration reduction
acoustic metamaterial
sandwich panel
3-D manufacture

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Tianliang_Yu_Final_version.pdf

Committee Members:

George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Blumenthal, Brennan Theodore

Title:

Computational Investigation of a Boundary-layer Ingestion Propulsion System for the Common Research Model

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Boundary-layer Ingestion
Propulsion
CFD
USM3D
NPSS
CDISC
Common Research Model
CRM

File:

Download B_Blumenthal_MS_Thesis_V8-ZS.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Knuth, Taylor Dayton

Title:

Ice Adhesion Strength Modeling Based on Surface Morphology Variations

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

adhesion strength
surface morphology
predictive
topography
surface geometry
Newtonian mechanics
two-dimensional loading

File:

Download Knuth_Taylor_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Corle, Ethan Lewis

Title:

Optimization of Active Flap Deployment for Efficient In-plane Rotor Noise Reduction

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

active flap
rotor noise
aeroacoustics
genetic algorithm
helicopter quieting

File:

Download Corle_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Walsh, Gregory Daniel

Title:

A PRELIMINARY ACOUSTIC INVESTIGATION OF A COAXIAL HELICOPTER IN HIGH-SPEED FLIGHT

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Acoustics
Coaxial Helicopter
Rotorcraft
Rotorcraft Acoustics
Helicopter

File:

Download Walsh_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

Author:

Haibat, Jatin Pramod

Title:

PROCESSING OF MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES AS MAGNETIC ADDITIVES FOR POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

carbon nanotubes
manufacturing
nanocomposites
magnetic assembly

File:

Download JatinHaibat-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Namiko Yamamoto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member

Author:

Saetti, Umberto

Title:

Rotorcraft Simulations with Coupled Flight Dynamics, Free Wake, and Acoustics

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

rotorcraft
noise
control
control systems
dynamic inversion
feedback
flight dynamics
free wake
CHARM
PSUHeloSim
PSUWOPWOP

File:

Download UmbertoSaetti_Thesis_v9.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

Author:

Mainwaring, Philip B

Title:

Design and Development of a K-Band Microwave Electrothermal Thruster

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

microwave electrothermal thruster
electric propulsion
space propulsion
microwave plasma
plasma propulsion
resonant cavity

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Geng, Junyi

Title:

A QUASI-POLAR LOCAL OCCUPANCY GRID APPROACH FOR VISION-BASED OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Small UAV
Obstacle avoidance
Occupancy gird
Quasi-polar frame
Monocular vision
Stereo vision

File:

Download Geng-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

Author:

Liu, Yande

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF A CONTROLLER AND INDOOR FLIGHT TEST EXPERIMENT FOR RESEARCH ON QUADROTOR GUST RESPONSE

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

quadrotor
control

File:

Download Thesis_Yande_Liu.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

Author:

Sharma, Kalki

Title:

Incorporating Acoustic Assessment into the Design and Analysis of Rotorcraft

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

NDARC
PSU-WOPWOP
WOPIt
Rotorcraft Acoustics
Noise Prediction
Conceptual Design

File:

Download Kalki_Sharma_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Edward Smith, Committee Member

Author:

Ananthanarayanan, Sagar Sangameswaran

Title:

CFD analysis of ozone reaction with human surface: influence of indoor air flow conditions and surface reactivity

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Ozone
CFD
Ventilation
Indoor Air Quality

File:

Download Sagar_s_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Donghyun Rim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan W Stewart, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

Author:

Roffman, Kaila

Title:

Shape Change and Structural Performance of Cable-Actuated Cylindrical Tensegrities

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Tensegrity
triplex
deployable booms
triplex boom
cable actuated
shape change
shape changing tensegrity

File:

Download Roffman_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Puneet Singla, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Osikowicz, Nathaniel

Title:

Shape Control of Tendon-Actuated Tensegrity Structures

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

tensegrity
control theory
space structure
tensegrity structure
robotics
soft robotics

File:

Download exp-triplex-1.mp4Download exp-triplex-2.mp4Download osikowicz-MS-thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Puneet Singla, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Robert G. Melton, Committee Member

Author:

Mangette, Mackenzie

Title:

Exploration of Direct Transfer Opportunities and Loitering Strategies for Lunar Surface Access

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Dynamical System Theory
Cislunar Travel
Circular Restricted Three-Body Problem
Loitering Strategies
Trajectory Optimization

File:

Download Mangette_MastersThesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Roshan Thomas Eapen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Puneet Singla, Committee Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

Author:

Brownell, Matthew

Title:

A Time-Varying Subspace Method for Shape Estimation of a Flexible Spacecraft Membrane

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

subspace
spacecraft
flexible
solar
solar power
ERA
reduced-order modeling
analytical modeling
dynamics
structures
space structure
large

File:

Download Brownell_MastersThesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Puneet Singla, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert G. Melton, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Roshan Thomas Eapen, Committee Member
Andrew Sinclair, Special Signatory