1. A Langmuir Probe Instrument for Research in the Terrestrial Ionosphere Open Access Author: Escobar, Adam Corpus Title: A Langmuir Probe Instrument for Research in the Terrestrial Ionosphere Graduate Program: Electrical Engineering Keywords: upper atmospherespacecraftspace environmentsatellitesounding rocketionosphereplasmaprobeLangmuirdensityDC sheath File: Download escobar_MSthesis_sp09.pdf Committee Members: Sven G Bilen, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorSven G Bilen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
2. A Reusable Spacecraft Command and Telemetry Storage Framework Open Access Author: Peterson-Burch, Shea Donald Forrest Title: A Reusable Spacecraft Command and Telemetry Storage Framework Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: spacecraftcommandstelemetrycommand and telemetry database File: Download Thesis_Peterson-Burch.pdf Committee Members: Lyle Norman Long, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorLyle Norman Long, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
3. Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing Spacecraft Trajectory Optimization via Direct Collocation and Nonlinear Programming Open Access Author: Policelli, Michael J Title: Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing Spacecraft Trajectory Optimization via Direct Collocation and Nonlinear Programming Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: DirectCollocationNonlinear ProgrammingVerticalTakeoffLandingVTVLmoonlunartrajectoryoptimizationspacecraft File: Download 2014_Policelli_M.S._Thesis_Final_Version__August_3_.pdf Committee Members: Dr David Spencer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
4. Preliminary Testing of a 17.8-GHz Microwave Electrothermal Thruster for Small Spacecraft Open Access Author: Abaimov, Mikhail D Title: Preliminary Testing of a 17.8-GHz Microwave Electrothermal Thruster for Small Spacecraft Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: microwaveelectrothermalthrusterCubeSatsmallspacecraft File: Download M_Abaimov_MS_Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Sven G Bilen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
5. Vacuum Chamber Experiments of Beamed Microwave Energy Propulsion Open Access Author: Nigay, Natalia Title: Vacuum Chamber Experiments of Beamed Microwave Energy Propulsion Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering (MS) Keywords: beamed-energy propulsionelectric propulsionadvanced propulsion conceptvacuum chamber experimentspropulsionspacecraft File: Download BMEP_MSThesis_Nigay_Final.pdf Committee Members: Amy Pritchett, Program Head/ChairSven G Bilén, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorJesse Kane Mc Ternan, Committee Member
6. A Time-Varying Subspace Method for Shape Estimation of a Flexible Spacecraft Membrane Open Access Author: Brownell, Matthew Title: A Time-Varying Subspace Method for Shape Estimation of a Flexible Spacecraft Membrane Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering (MS) Keywords: subspacespacecraftflexiblesolarsolar powerERAreduced-order modelinganalytical modelingdynamicsstructuresspace structurelarge File: Download Brownell_MastersThesis_FINAL.pdf Committee Members: Amy Pritchett, Program Head/ChairPuneet Singla, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorRobert G. Melton, Committee MemberGeorge A Lesieutre, Committee MemberRoshan Thomas Eapen, Committee MemberAndrew Sinclair, Special Signatory
