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Author:

Cameron, Zachary A

Title:

Examination of Critically Loaded Bearings in the Pericyclic Transmission

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Nutational Gearing
Pericyclic Transmission
Rotorcraft
Bearings
Dynamic Moment

File:

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Committee Members:

Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

Dai, Jingyao

Title:

Mechanical Properties and Deformation Behaviors of Nanoporous Anodic Aluminum Oxide Membrane

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Ceramics
Fracture
Nanoporous
Anodic Aluminum Oxide
Nanoindentation

File:

Download JingyaoDai-MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Namiko Yamamoto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jogender Singh, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member

Author:

Aguasvivas Manzano, Sarah

Title:

Performance and Parsimony in Training Deep Neural Networks

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

neural networks
model parsimony
MLP
Simulated Annealing

File:

Download Sarah_Aguasvivas_Manzano__3_.pdf

Committee Members:

Lyle N. Long, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rocco, Edward Thomas

Title:

Super-cooled Large Droplet Experimental Reproduction, Ice Shape Modeling, and Scaling Law Assessment

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

SLD Accretion
Super-cooled Large Droplets
Aircraft Icing
Ice Scaling Methods
Ice Accretion Testing

File:

Download ERocco_MSThesis_2017_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip J. Morris, Committee Member

Author:

Chung, Hojae

Title:

VORTICITY DYNAMICS IN THE LEADING EDGE VORTEX ON REVOLVING WINGS

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Aerodynamics
Insect flight
Insect
LEV
leading edge vortex
Revolving wing
Revolving motion
Rossby number
Rossby
Planetary vorticity
Vorticity equation
Vorticity

File:

Download HojaeChung-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Bo Cheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Brentner, Committee Member

Author:

Harkins, Joseph

Title:

Automatic Controller Synthesis for a Reconfigurable UAV

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Modular Aircraft
UAV
Controls
Aerodynamics

File:

Download JosephHarkins-Thesis-Draft-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacob Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Holmes, William Kirby

Title:

VISION-BASED RELATIVE DECK STATE ESTIMATION USED WITH TAU BASED LANDINGS

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

kalman filter
quadcopter
ship deck landing
monocular vision

File:

Download holmes_fin.pdf

Committee Members:

jack langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Alvarez Tiburcio, Miguel

Title:

Experimental Evaluation of the Impact Behavior of Partially Melted Ice Particles

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Engine icing
icing
glaciated conditions
mixed phase icing
ice particles impact

File:

Download MiguelAlvarez_MS_Thesis_final_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Fronzeo, Melissa A

Title:

A Computational Study of Gaseous Jets Submerged in a Liquid Co-flow

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Computational fluid dynamics
multiphase flow
jets
submerged jets
ventilated cavities

File:

Download Fronzeo_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael P Kinzel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jules Washington Lindau V, Committee Member
Zachary P Berger, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member

Author:

Stanko, Jason D

Title:

Automated Design and Evaluation of Airfoils for Rotorcraft Applications

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

parameterization
orthogonal
automation
airfoil performance table
multicollinearity
design
class shape transformation
genetic algorithm
CFD
Legendre Polynomial
CMA-ES
UH60
OVERFLOW
airfoil shape optimization
C81
Augmented Lagrange

File:

Download StankoThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Valenti, Justin D

Title:

Bounding Methods in Computational Fluid Dynamics for use in a Sequential Decision Process

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Computational Fluid Dynamics
Sequential Design Process
Trade Space Exploration
Design
Sequential Design
Bounding
Numerical Uncertainty
Discretization Uncertainty

File:

Download ValentiJ_MS_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael P Kinzel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Simon Walter Miller, Committee Member
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member

Author:

Andichamy, Veerandra Chakkarava

Title:

STUDY OF MITIGATION OF TURBINE BLADE TIP LEAKAGE FLOWS USING TIP LEAKAGE INTERRUPTER

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Turbine blade tip
Tip leakage flows
leakage vortex
Leakage vortex mitigation
turbine blade tip design
blade tip modification

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_Veerandra_AUG_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

James, Robin

Title:

PROGNOSTIC INVESTIGATION OF ENVIRONMENTALLY ASSISTED DAMAGE IN AEROSPACE COMPOSITE MATERIALS AND ITS DETECTION STRATEGY

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

CFRP
GFRP
Microwave NDT
Impact Damage
SPH
BEASY
BVID
Galvanic Corrosion
Aluminum Hydroxide
Loaded Waveguide Technique
Millimeter-wave
X-Band
Q-Band

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Robin_James_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Ram Mohan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Namiko Yamamoto, Committee Member

Author:

Veras-Alba, Belen

Title:

A STUDY ON THE DEFORMATION AND BREAKUP OF SUPERCOOLED LARGE DROPLETS AT THE LEADING EDGE OF AN AIRFOIL

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Supercooled Large Droplets
SLD

File:

Download BelenVeras-Alba-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Small, Jeffrey

Title:

Halo Orbit Design In The Circular Restricted Three-Body Problem Using Differential Evolution

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Halo Orbits
CR3BP
Differential Evolution

File:

Download JeffreySmall_MsThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Graham Melton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ho, Chien Hsiu

Title:

Investigation of Beamed-Microwave Plasma Generation in Supersonic Flow

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Beamed-Energy propulsion
Beamed-Microwave
Plasma

File:

Download Master_thesis_Ho_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Prakash, Keerti

Title:

MODELING FOR POLYMER/ CARBON NANOTUBE NANOCOMPOSITE TO ESTIMATE STRUCTURAL DAMPING IN A ROTOCRAFT BLADE

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

nanocomposite
damping
carbon nanotubes
interfacial slip
stick-slip
randomly oriented
rotor blade
rotorcraft

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Keerti_Prakash.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member