1. Development and Piloted Simulation Testing of Advanced Response Types for Ship-based Rotorcraft 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: HelicopterRotorcraftControlsSimulationHandling QualitiesShipboardResponse TypesNon-Linear Dynamic Inversion File: Download Soneson-Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorJack W Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorGeorge A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
2. Automatic Controller Synthesis for a Reconfigurable UAV Open Access Author: Harkins, Joseph Title: Automatic Controller Synthesis for a Reconfigurable UAV Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: Modular AircraftUAVControlsAerodynamics File: Download JosephHarkins-Thesis-Draft-Final.pdf Committee Members: Jacob Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
3. An Open-Loop Trajectory Implementation for Free Fall to Powered Flight Transition for Multirotor Aircraft Open Access Author: Rosenberger, Tyler Title: An Open-Loop Trajectory Implementation for Free Fall to Powered Flight Transition for Multirotor Aircraft Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: Particle Swarm OptimizationTrajectory DesignPSOHeuristicQuadcopterQuadrotorGazeboROSControlsImplementationFree FallOptimizationOpen-Loop File: Download Tyler_Rosenberger_Open-Loop_Free_Fall_to_Powered_Flight_Transition.pdf Committee Members: Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorAmy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/ChairEric Norman Johnson, Committee MemberPuneet Singla, Committee Member