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Author:

Forshey, Brenton Ross

Title:

Health Monitoring Applications for Small Wind Turbines

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

bearing
detection
fault
condition
monitoring
health
energy
wind
imbalance
structural health monitoring

File:

Download Thesis_BRF_V10.pdf

Committee Members:

Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dennis K Mclaughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Martin Reichard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan W Stewart, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

DeForce Jr. , Christopher Allen

Title:

COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF AN 8-GHz MICROWAVE ELECTROTHERMAL THRUSTER

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

microwave electrothermal thruster
MET
computational modeling
COMSOL
Chris DeForce
electromagnetics
fluid mechanics
plasma
electric propulsion
deforce

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Chris_DeForce.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Polito, Christopher

Title:

The Effect of Variable Initial Uncertainty on the Probability of Asteroid-Earth Collisions

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

position uncertainty ellipsoid
NEO Collision Probability

File:

Download Polito_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

David Spencer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Bradley Spencer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Capalungan, Erica E.

Title:

Design And Development of a 30-GHz Microwave Electrothermal Thruster

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Microwave Electrothermal Thruster
MET
electric propulsion

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Capalungan.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

ONeill, Eric Paul

Title:

MODELING AND CONTROL OF TRAILING EDGE FLAPS FOR GUST ALLEVIATION AND HANDLING QUALITIES

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

SH-2G
UH-60
Trailing Edge Flaps
Handling Qualities

File:

Download Eric_ONeill_-_Thesis-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

McTernan, Jesse Kane

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF A MODELING CAPABILITY FOR ENERGY HARVESTING MODULES IN ELECTRODYNAMIC TETHER SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

debris mitigation
orbital energy
enrgy harvesting
energy
space tether
electrodynamic tether
propulsion

File:

Download McTernan_Thesis_2011_C.pdf

Committee Members:

Sven G Bilen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven G Bilen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hopkins, Jeffrey Robert

Title:

DESIGN OPTIMIZATION AND DIRECT THRUST MEASUREMENT OF AN 8-GHz MICROWAVE ELECTROTHERMAL THRUSTER

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

electrothermal
electric propulsion
thrust measurment

File:

Download Hopkins_Masters_Thesis_-_final.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Pontecorvo, Michael Eugene

Title:

CELLULAR STRUCTURES WITH INTERNAL FEATURES FOR ENHANCED STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

cellular structure
elastic arch
bistable
hexagonal cell
internal features
cell modulus

File:

Download Michael_E_Pontecorvo_-_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Farhan Gandhi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farhan S Gandhi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Reedy, Michael

Title:

THE DEVELOPMENT AND SYNTHESIS OF MULTIFUNCTIONAL EROSION AND CORROSION RESISTANT TITANIUM-CHROMIUM-NITRIDE COATINGS FOR TURBOMACHINERY APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

corrosion
TiCrN
erosion
cathodic arc
titanium chromium nitride
coating
characterization

File:

Download Mike_Reedy_Masters_2011_-_Final__4-25-2011_.pdf

Committee Members:

Douglas Edward Wolfe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Depenbusch, Nathan Thomas

Title:

Atmospheric Energy Harvesting for Small Uninhabited Aircraft by Gust Soaring

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

gust energy harvesting

File:

Download NathanDepenbusch-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor