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1. Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Trajectory Planning with Direct Methods

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Author:
Geiger, Brian Raymond
Title:
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Trajectory Planning with Direct Methods
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
direct collocation
uav
path planning
trajectory optimization
neural network
flight test
File:
Download BrianGeiger-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Joseph Francis Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Member
Jack W Langelaan, Committee Member
Alok Sinha, Committee Member

2. INTEGRATED HEALTH MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF COMPLEX DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS

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Open Access
Author:
Tolani, Devendra Kumar
Title:
INTEGRATED HEALTH MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF COMPLEX DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Anomaly detection
health management
prognosis
discrete event system
probabilistic robust control
damage mitigating control
life extending control
File:
Download Devendra_Tolani_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Committee Member
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Qian Wang, Committee Member

3. Simulation and Control of a Helicopter Operating in a Ship Airwake

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Open Access
Author:
Lee, Dooyong
Title:
Simulation and Control of a Helicopter Operating in a Ship Airwake
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
helicopter simulation
stochastic airwake
pilot model
validation
SAS optimization
File:
Download DooyongLee_thesis_etd.pdf
Committee Members:
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Member
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Qian Wang, Committee Member

4. ACTIVE AND PASSIVE TECHNIQUES FOR TILTROTOR AEROELASTIC STABILITY AUGMENTATION

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Open Access
Author:
Hathaway, Eric L
Title:
ACTIVE AND PASSIVE TECHNIQUES FOR TILTROTOR AEROELASTIC STABILITY AUGMENTATION
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
aeroelastic stability
whirl flutter
tiltrotor
active control
optimization
File:
Download hathaway_phd_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Farhan Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

6. Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Trajectory Optimization with Neural Network Approximation Methods

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Open Access
Author:
Schmidt, Eric
Title:
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Trajectory Optimization with Neural Network Approximation Methods
Graduate Program:
Electrical Engineering
Keywords:
Receding Horizon Optimal Control
Trajectory Optimization
UAVs
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Neural Networks
File:
Download Eric_Schmidt_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Joseph Horn/Kenneth Jenkins, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Kenneth Jenkins, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

8. Reynolds Stress Modeling of Separated Turbulent Flows over Helicopters

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Open Access
Author:
Alpman, Emre
Title:
Reynolds Stress Modeling of Separated Turbulent Flows over Helicopters
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Reynolds Stress Model
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Parallel Processing
Helicopter Fuselage Aerodynamics
Separated Flow
File:
Download EmreAlpmanPhDThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barnes Warnock Mccormick Jr., Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Yousry Y Azmy, Committee Member

9. A language theoretic framework for decision and control of autonomous systems

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Open Access
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

12. Quantitative Control of Probabilistic Discrete Event Systems: A Measure-theoretic Approach

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Open Access
Author:
Chattopadhyay, Ishanu
Title:
Quantitative Control of Probabilistic Discrete Event Systems: A Measure-theoretic Approach
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Discrete Event Systems
Regular Languages
Language Measure
Optimal Control
Partial Observation
File:
Download armageddon.pdf
Committee Members:
Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Dr Qian Wang, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Eric Keller, Committee Member

13. Computer Vision and Target Localization Algorithms for Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

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Open Access
Author:
Ross, James Alton
Title:
Computer Vision and Target Localization Algorithms for Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
autonomous
georeferencing
target localization
computer vision
unmanned aerial vehicle
UAV
File:
Download James_Ross_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Lyle Norman Long, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

14. The Aeroelastic Stability Improvements of Soft-Inplane Tiltrotors By Active and Passive Approaches

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Open Access
Author:
Paik, Jinho
Title:
The Aeroelastic Stability Improvements of Soft-Inplane Tiltrotors By Active and Passive Approaches
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
design optimization
whirl flutter
soft-inplane rotor
tiltrotor aircraft
feedback control
File:
Download Jinho-Paik-Dissertation-Aug09.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Farhan Gandhi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farhan Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

15. Design and Analysis of Rotor Systems with Multiple Trailing Edge Flaps and Resonant Actuators

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Open Access
Author:
Kim, Jun-Sik
Title:
Design and Analysis of Rotor Systems with Multiple Trailing Edge Flaps and Resonant Actuators
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
helicopter dynamics
vibration reduction
trailing edge flap
piezoelectric
resonant actuator
File:
Download JSKIM-Dissertation-2005-DEC.pdf
Committee Members:
Edward C Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Farhan S Gandhi, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member

16. HYBRID SUPERVISORY CONTROL OF COMPLEX DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS

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Open Access
Author:
Yasar, Murat
Title:
HYBRID SUPERVISORY CONTROL OF COMPLEX DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
supervisory control
discrete event systems
aircraft propulsion
c4isr
File:
Download MuratYasar_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Jeffrey Scott Mayer, Committee Member

18. UNSTEADY FLOW SIMULATIONS AROUND COMPLEX GEOMETRIES USING STATIONARY OR ROTATING UNSTRUCTURED GRIDS

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Open Access
Author:
Sezer-Uzol, Nilay
Title:
UNSTEADY FLOW SIMULATIONS AROUND COMPLEX GEOMETRIES USING STATIONARY OR ROTATING UNSTRUCTURED GRIDS
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
unsteady flow
ship airwake
wind turbine
large eddy simulation
LES
unstructured
computational fluid dynamics
CFD
File:
Download NilayPhDThesis-Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Yousry Azmy, Committee Member

20. Optimal Trajectories For Constrained Station Change in Geo Using A Legendre Pseudospectral Method

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Open Access
Author:
Kim, Seung Pil
Title:
Optimal Trajectories For Constrained Station Change in Geo Using A Legendre Pseudospectral Method
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
station change
Legendre pseudospectral methods
low-thrust
File:
Download 1-Seunp_P_Final_2012.pdfDownload Errata_Ph_d__Thesis_Aerospace_Engineering_Aug_2012_Seung_Pil_Kim.pdf
Committee Members:
Robert Graham Melton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Bradley Spencer, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Julio Urbina, Committee Member

21. Integrated Flight Control Design and Handling Qualities Analysis for a Tiltrotor Aircraft

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Open Access
Author:
Yomchinda, Thanan
Title:
Integrated Flight Control Design and Handling Qualities Analysis for a Tiltrotor Aircraft
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Model Inversion Control Law
Flight Control
Aircraft Handling Qualities
File:
Download Thanan_Yomchinda_MSThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

22. Flight Control Design for Rotorcraft with Variable Rotor Speed

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Open Access
Author:
Guo, Wei
Title:
Flight Control Design for Rotorcraft with Variable Rotor Speed
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
rotorcraft
flight control
variable rotor speed
rotor state feedback
File:
Download Dissertation_WeiGuo.pdf
Committee Members:
Joseph Francis Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jack W Langelaan, Committee Member
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Qian Wang, Committee Member

23. Nonlinear Robust Control Design for a High-speed Supercavitating Vehicle

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Open Access
Author:
Mao, Xiaofeng
Title:
Nonlinear Robust Control Design for a High-speed Supercavitating Vehicle
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
nonlinear system
robust control
supercavitating vehicle
LPV
File:
Download PhD_Dissertation_Xiaofeng_Mao_after_defense.pdf
Committee Members:
Qian Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qian Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Alok Sinha, Committee Member

24. ANALYTICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE PERICYCLIC VARIABLE-SPEED TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FOR HELICOPTER MAIN-GEARBOX

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Open Access
Author:
Saribay, Zihni Burcay
Title:
ANALYTICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE PERICYCLIC VARIABLE-SPEED TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FOR HELICOPTER MAIN-GEARBOX
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Helicopter Transmission
face-gear
pericyclic variable-speed transmission
elastohydrodynamic lubrication
File:
Download Analytical_Investigation_of_the_Pericyclic_Variable_Speed_Transmission_system_for_helicopter_main-gearbox.pdf
Committee Members:
Edward C Smith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Surendra B Rao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Charles Bill, Committee Member
Kon Well Wang, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Liming Chang, Committee Member

26. Extendable chord rotors for helicopter performance improvement and flight envelope expansion

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Open Access
Author:
Khoshlahjeh Mozafar, Maryam
Title:
Extendable chord rotors for helicopter performance improvement and flight envelope expansion
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
chord extension
helicopter performance
Trailing Edge Plate
Flight envelope expansion
High lift device
variable rotor speed
File:
Download PhD_thesis_Maryam_Khoshlahjeh.pdf
Committee Members:
Farhan Gandhi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farhan Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward A Smith, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Timothy Francis Miller, Committee Member

27. Distributed Data Fusion Across Multiple Hard and Soft Mobile Sensor Platforms

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Open Access
Author:
Sinsley, Gregory
Title:
Distributed Data Fusion Across Multiple Hard and Soft Mobile Sensor Platforms
Graduate Program:
Electrical Engineering
Keywords:
sensor data fusion
information fusion
soft sensor data fusion
random set theory
particle filter
File:
Download SinsleyThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Lyle Norman Long, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Kenneth Jenkins, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Miller, Committee Member
David J Hall, Committee Member
John Yen, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

28. Algorithms for Sum-of-Squares-Based Stability Analysis and Control Design of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems

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Open Access
Author:
Ataei-esfahani, Armin
Title:
Algorithms for Sum-of-Squares-Based Stability Analysis and Control Design of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
nonlinear systems
randomized algorithms
robust control
uncertain systems
sum of squares method
ellipsoid method
File:
Download Armin_Ataei_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Qian Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Qian Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member

29. Real-time Path Planning and Autonomous Control for Helicopter Autorotation

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Open Access
Author:
Yomchinda, Thanan
Title:
Real-time Path Planning and Autonomous Control for Helicopter Autorotation
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Autorotation
Path Planning
Helicopter Control
Dynamic Inversion
Trajectory Tracking
File:
Download ThananYomchindaDissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Joseph Francis Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Special Member

30. Quasi-static rotor morphing concepts for rotorcraft performance improvements

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Open Access
Author:
Mistry, Mihir
Title:
Quasi-static rotor morphing concepts for rotorcraft performance improvements
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
rotorcraft
rotor
morphing
smart structure
blade
span
camber
RPM
rotor speed
variation
rotating wing
warping
twist
File:
Download PhD_thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Farhan Gandhi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Farhan Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward Smith, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Timothy Miller, Special Member

31. Structural and Aerodynamic Considerations of an Active Piezoelectric Trailing-edge Tab on a Helicopter Rotor

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Open Access
Author:
Murray, Gabriel Jon
Title:
Structural and Aerodynamic Considerations of an Active Piezoelectric Trailing-edge Tab on a Helicopter Rotor
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Trailing-edge Tab
Helicopter
Smart Materials
Piezoelectric
Macro Fiber Composite
File:
Download gjm_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Farhan Gandhi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farhan Gandh, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward A Smith, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Timothy Francis Miller, Committee Member

33. In-flight Performance Optimization for Rotorcraft with Redundant Controls

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Open Access
Author:
Ozdemir, Gurbuz Taha
Title:
In-flight Performance Optimization for Rotorcraft with Redundant Controls
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Rotorcraft
Redundant Controls
Optimization
Compound Helicopter
Flight Dynamics and Control
Performance
File:
Download Ozdemir_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Joseph Francis Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Farhan Gandhi, Special Member

34. Optimal Persistent Monitoring Using Coordinated Soaring

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Open Access
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

35. Energy Aware Path Planning in Complex Four Dimensional Environments

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Open Access
Author:
Chakrabarty, Anjan
Title:
Energy Aware Path Planning in Complex Four Dimensional Environments
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
path planning
UAV
complex environment
energy aware
ground vehicle
wind
File:
Download Chakrabarty_PhD.pdf
Committee Members:
Jack Langelaan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jack Langelaan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Committee Member

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

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Open Access
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

39. Sparse Representation for Information Fusion

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Open Access
Author:
Bahrampour, Soheil
Title:
Sparse Representation for Information Fusion
Graduate Program:
Electrical Engineering
Keywords:
Multimodal Dictionary Learning
Sparse Representation
Information Fusion
File:
Download SoheilBahrampour-PhDThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Kenneth Jenkins, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shashi Phoha, Committee Member
Jeffrey Scott Mayer, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member

41. Investigation of Bandwidth and Disturbance Rejection Properties of a Dynamic Inversion Control Law for Ship-Based Rotorcraft

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Open Access
Author:
Zheng, Albert
Title:
Investigation of Bandwidth and Disturbance Rejection Properties of a Dynamic Inversion Control Law for Ship-Based Rotorcraft
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Helicopter
Rotorcraft
Flight Controls
Simulation
Handling Qualities
Shipboard
Bandwidth
Disturbance Rejection
Pilot
File:
Download 1-Albert_Zheng_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

42. Development and Field Testing of an Autonomous Soaring System

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Open Access
Author:
Depenbusch, Nathan Thomas
Title:
Development and Field Testing of an Autonomous Soaring System
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
autonomous soaring
aerial robotics
thermal soaring
soaring
unmanned aerial vehicle
UAV
File:
Download Depenbusch-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Sean N Brennan, Committee Member
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Outside Member

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

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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

46. DATA-DRIVEN PATTERN IDENTIFICATION IN COMPLEX SYSTEMS USING SYMBOLIC DYNAMIC FILTERING

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Open Access
Author:
Rao, Chinmay R
Title:
DATA-DRIVEN PATTERN IDENTIFICATION IN COMPLEX SYSTEMS USING SYMBOLIC DYNAMIC FILTERING
Graduate Program:
Electrical Engineering
Keywords:
Parameter estimation
Symbolic Dynamic Filtering
Pattern Recognition
File:
Download CRRDissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shashi Phoha, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Jeffrey Mayer, Committee Member
Kenneth Jenkins, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

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

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Open Access
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

48. External Load Stabilization Across the Flight Envelope Using an Active Cargo Hook

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Open Access
Author:
Singh, Ajay
Title:
External Load Stabilization Across the Flight Envelope Using an Active Cargo Hook
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Slung
External Load
Active Cargo Hook
LQR
Full-State Feedback
Reduced Order Model
Relative Cable Angle
Cable Angle Feedback
CONEX
Dryden
Bifurcation
Sling
File:
Download AjaySinghThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

49. Rotorcraft Flight Control Design with Alleviation of Unsteady Rotor Loads

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Open Access
Author:
Saetti, Umberto
Title:
Rotorcraft Flight Control Design with Alleviation of Unsteady Rotor Loads
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
rotorcraft
flight controls
flight dynamics and control
flight dynamics
simulation
aerospace
aircraft
rotorcraft control
aircraft control
load alleviation
automatica flight control system
AFCS
control systems
File:
Download PhD_Dissertation_rev6.pdf
Committee Members:
Joseph Francis Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Puneet Singla, Committee Member
Edward Smith, Committee Member
Stephanie Stockar, Outside Member
J.V.R. Prasad, Outside Member
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Special Member

50. An Investigation of coupled atmospheric turbulence and ship airwakes for helicopter-ship dynamic interface simulations

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Open Access
Author:
Santos Thedin, Regis
Title:
An Investigation of coupled atmospheric turbulence and ship airwakes for helicopter-ship dynamic interface simulations
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
CFD
Atmospheric Boundary Layer
Ship Airwakes
Flight Dynamics
Rotorcraft
File:
Download thedin2019phdthesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Sven Schmitz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven Schmitz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Xiaofeng Liu, Outside Member
Michael P Kinzel, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

51. Handling Qualities Requirements and Control Design for High-Speed Rotorcraft

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Open Access
Author:
Berger, Tom
Title:
Handling Qualities Requirements and Control Design for High-Speed Rotorcraft
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Rotorcraft
Handling Qualities
Flight Control System
Control Laws
Tiltrotor
Compound Helicopter
File:
Download TomBerger-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Joseph Francis Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Norman Johnson, Committee Member
Edward Smith, Committee Member
Christopher D. Rahn, Outside Member
Mark B. Tischler, Special Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

52. active stabilization of rotorcraft external slung loads in high speed flight using an active cargo hook

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Open Access
Author:
Chen, Zhouzhou
Title:
active stabilization of rotorcraft external slung loads in high speed flight using an active cargo hook
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Rotorcraft
Slung load
High-speed carriage
Active stabilization
Active cargo hook
Wind-tunnel test
System identification
Feedback control
Dynamic simulation
File:
Download AERSP_MS_Thesis_Zhouzhou_Chen.pdf
Committee Members:
Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Enciu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

54. Rotorcraft noise prediction system validation and analysis for generating noise abatement procedures

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Open Access
Author:
Botre, Mrunali
Title:
Rotorcraft noise prediction system validation and analysis for generating noise abatement procedures
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Rotorcraft
Acoustics
PSU-WOPWOP
Validation
File:
Download Dissertation.pdfDownload Appendices.pdf
Committee Members:
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Outside Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

55. Large Eddy Simulations of Scaled Wind-Tunnel Experiments for Ship Airwake Analysis

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Open Access
Author:
Farish, David
Title:
Large Eddy Simulations of Scaled Wind-Tunnel Experiments for Ship Airwake Analysis
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Large Eddy Simulations
LES
Computational Fluid Dynamics
CFD
Ship Airwake
Aerodynamics
Wind Tunnel Validation
File:
Download davidFarish-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

56. Linear Model Predictive Control with Envelope Detection for Aerial Vehicle-Ship Intercept Scenarios

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Open Access
Author:
Crouse, Jacob
Title:
Linear Model Predictive Control with Envelope Detection for Aerial Vehicle-Ship Intercept Scenarios
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
control systems
model predictive control
signal processing
ship motion
multirotor
digital control
optimal control
MATLAB
path planning
File:
Download JacobCrouse-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Eric N. Johnson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

57. Simulation of a Helicopter Operating in a Turbulent Airwake with Atmospheric Boundary Layer Effects

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Open Access
Author:
Christoffel, Tyler T
Title:
Simulation of a Helicopter Operating in a Turbulent Airwake with Atmospheric Boundary Layer Effects
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Rotorcraft Simulation
CFD
Atmospheric Boundary Layer
Aerospace Engineering
Turbulent Airwake
OpenFOAM
MATLAB
SIMULINK
File:
Download Tyler_Christoffel_ThesisFINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jules Washington Lindau, V, Committee Member
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

58. Control, Estimation and Planning for Coordinated Transport of a Slung Load By a Team of Aerial Robots

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Open Access
Author:
Geng, Junyi
Title:
Control, Estimation and Planning for Coordinated Transport of a Slung Load By a Team of Aerial Robots
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Slung Load Transportation
Coordinated Control
Parameter Estimation
Trajectory Planning
UAV
Multi Robot
File:
Download Geng-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Eric Norman Johnson, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Outside Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

59. Modeling Pilots' Visual Attention Using Enhanced Flight Vision Systems

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Open Access
Author:
Uwazuruonye, Kaosisochi
Title:
Modeling Pilots' Visual Attention Using Enhanced Flight Vision Systems
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
pilot's visual attention
Enhanced flight vision system
machine learning
time series analysis
pilot's control behavior
low visibility
File:
Download Modeling_Pilots__Visual_Attention_Using_Enhanced_Flight_Vision_Systems.pdf
Committee Members:
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member

60. Design, Development, and Tuning of a Gimbaled Coaxial UAV

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Open Access
Author:
Reddington, Jacob
Title:
Design, Development, and Tuning of a Gimbaled Coaxial UAV
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
aircraft design
aerospace engineering
rotorcraft
co-axial tilting-head rotor
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
flight test
File:
Download Design__Development__and_Tuning_of_a_Gimbaled_Coaxial_UAV_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Greenwood, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

61. Noise Prediction of Rotorcraft Acoustics for a Conceptual eVTOL Design and Conventional Helicopters

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Open Access
Author:
Zachos, Damaris
Title:
Noise Prediction of Rotorcraft Acoustics for a Conceptual eVTOL Design and Conventional Helicopters
Graduate Program:
Acoustics (MS)
Keywords:
Helicopter
Acoustics
eVTOL
Noise Abatement
File:
Download Zachos-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Andrew Barnard, Program Head/Chair
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Greenwood, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member

62. Calibration and Validation of a Rotorcraft Design and Analysis Tool for Electric Powered Multirotor Configurations

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Open Access
Author:
Topper, Evan
Title:
Calibration and Validation of a Rotorcraft Design and Analysis Tool for Electric Powered Multirotor Configurations
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering (MS)
Keywords:
Multirotor
NDARC
Simulation
Validation
eVTOL
Rotorcraft
File:
Download FINAL_AERSP_MS_Thesis_Evan_Topper.pdf
Committee Members:
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member
Edward Smith, Committee Member

63. Scaled Experiments in Vision-Based Approach and Landing in High Sea States

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Open Access
Author:
Nicholson, Duncan
Title:
Scaled Experiments in Vision-Based Approach and Landing in High Sea States
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering (MS)
Keywords:
Ship
Deck
Landing
UAV
UAS
Fiducial
Control
Estimation
Precision Landing
shipboard
sUAS
File:
Download MS_Thesis_Duncan_Nicholson.pdf
Committee Members:
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Eric Norman Johnson, Committee Member

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

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Open Access
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

65. Simulation of Advanced Rotorcraft Concepts using Free Wake Aerodynamic Models

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Open Access
Author:
Jue, Andrew
Title:
Simulation of Advanced Rotorcraft Concepts using Free Wake Aerodynamic Models
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering (MS)
Keywords:
DEPSim
eVTOL
Lift+Cruise
Rotorcraft
Flight dynamics
Dynamic simulation
File:
Download Thesis_AndrewJue_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member
Edward Smith, Committee Member

66. Human-Intuitable Collision Avoidance for Autonomous and Semi-Autonomous Rotorcraft

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Open Access
Author:
Gonzalez, Bianca
Title:
Human-Intuitable Collision Avoidance for Autonomous and Semi-Autonomous Rotorcraft
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering (MS)
Keywords:
Collision Avoidance
Urban Air Mobility
Potential Fields
Drones
Path Planning
Velocity-based Potential Field Approach
File:
Download Bianca_Gonzalez_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan Richard Wagner, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member

67. Design, Control, and Acoustics of a Marine Hydrokinetic Cycloturbine Vehicle

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Open Access
Author:
Goldschmidt, Margalit Zipora
Title:
Design, Control, and Acoustics of a Marine Hydrokinetic Cycloturbine Vehicle
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
acoustics
marine hydrokinetic
cycloturbine
control
nonlinear
dynamics
File:
Download MargalitZGoldschmidtThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Joseph Francis Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Lester Jonson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Outside Member
Michael Lester Jonson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

68. Robust Adaptive Control for Control Reversal

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Open Access
Author:
Lewis, Jeffrey Arthur
Title:
Robust Adaptive Control for Control Reversal
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:
adaptive control
control reversal
dynamic inversion
large attitude upset
robust adaptive control
inverse gain switching control
IGSC
rotation vector
swashplate actuator
PSU-GUST
fault tolerant control
large attitude errors
fault tolerant autonomy
adaptive control architectures
pseudocontrol hedge
fast adaptation
model reference adaptive control
attitude parameterization
File:
Download JA_Lewis-Dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Constantino Lagoa, Outside Unit & Field Member
Eric Feron, Special Member
Eric Johnson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Edward Smith, Major Field Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Joseph Francis Horn, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Joseph Horn, Major Field Member

69. Helicopter Noise Modeling With Varying Fidelity Prediction Systems

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Open Access
Author:
Weist, Lauren
Title:
Helicopter Noise Modeling With Varying Fidelity Prediction Systems
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering (MS)
Keywords:
Acoustics
rotorcraft
noise prediction systems
helicopter noise
File:
Download LWeist_MastersThesis_07182022.pdf
Committee Members:
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Greenwood, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member

70. Individual Blade Pitch Control (IBC) for Vibration Reduction of Lift-offset Coaxial Rotor Vehicles with Auxiliary Propulsion

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Open Access
Author:
Beyer, Jessica
Title:
Individual Blade Pitch Control (IBC) for Vibration Reduction of Lift-offset Coaxial Rotor Vehicles with Auxiliary Propulsion
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering (MS)
Keywords:
individual blade pitch control
compound rotor vehicle
rotorcraft
vibration reduction
XH-59
lift-offset coaxial rotor
File:
Download Thesis_Beyer_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member