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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

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Author:: DeAngelo, Mark Patrick
Title:: Optimal Search Strategies for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: search
UAV
UAVs
UAS
optimal
unmanned
aerial
vehicles
camera
cameras
airplane
optimization
surveillance
File:: Download DeAngeloMSthesis2.pdf
Committee Members:: Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Policelli, Michael J
Title:: Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing Spacecraft Trajectory Optimization via Direct Collocation and Nonlinear Programming
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Direct
Collocation
Nonlinear Programming
Vertical
Takeoff
Landing
VTVL
moon
lunar
trajectory
optimization
spacecraft
File:: Download 2014_Policelli_M.S._Thesis_Final_Version__August_3_.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr David Spencer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Sikarwar, Nidhi
Title:: The Development of Three-dimensional Adjoint Method for Flow Control with Blowing in Convergent-Divergent Nozzle Flows
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Adjoint method
noise reduction
active flow control
adjoint boundary conditions
optimization
computational fluid dynamics.
File:: Download Thesis_2014.pdf
Committee Members:: Philip John Morris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip John Morris, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Dennis K Mclaughlin, Committee Member

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Author:: Reiter, Jason A
Title:: Numerical And Analytical Solutions To Rapid Collision Avoidance Maneuvers Constrained By Mission Performance Requirements
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: astrodynamics
collision avoidance
debris
trade studies
optimization
trajectory
mission design
File:: Download ReiterMastersThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: David Spencer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Nayyar, Mollik
Title:: Optimal Earth Return Transfers from Lagrange Point Orbits Using Particle Swarm Optimization
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Three body system
Lagrange points
manifolds
optimization
particle swarm
PSO
Dynamical Systems
Optimal Transfers
Astrodynamics
Lagrange Point Orbits
LPO
Lambert's Problem
File:: Download MollikNayyar_-_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr David Spencer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Kambampati, Sandilya
Title:: Optimization of Composite Tiltrotor Wings with Extensions and Winglets
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: optimization
tiltrotor
winglet
whirl flutter
composite material
wing extensions
aircraft design
File:: Download Sandilya_Kambampati_PhD_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Edward Smith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jose Palacios, Committee Member
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Outside Member

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Author:: Yildiz, Kaan
Title:: Cable Actuated Tensegrity Structures for Deployable Space Booms with Enhanced Stiffness
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: tensegrity structures
space structures
deployment
optimization
effective stiffness
deployable booms
form finding
force finding
transformation
cylindrical tensegrity booms
File:: Download kaanyildiz_dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: George A Lesieutre, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Namiko Yamamoto, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Outside Member

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