Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Novel Discretization Schemes for the Numerical Simulation of Membrane Dynamics, Kyle F. Kolsti
Characterization of Centrifugally-Loaded Flame Migration for Ultra-Compact Combustors, Kenneth D. LeBay
Effects of Front-Loading and Stagger Angle on Endwall Losses of High Lift Low Pressure Turbine Vanes, Michael E. Lyall
Methane Dual Expander Aerospike Nozzle Rocket Engine, Michael D. Moen
Application of Multi-Input Multi-Output Feedback Control for F-16 Ventral Fin Buffet Alleviation Using Piezoelectric Actuators, Tomoyuki D. Ono
Development of a Star Tracker-Based Reference System for Accurate Attitude Determination of a Simulated Spacecraft, Jorge G. Padro
Desensitizing Flame Structure and Exhaust Emissions to Flow Parameters in an Ultra-Compact Combuster, Adam K. Parks
Creep Behavior in Interlaminar Shear of a CVI SiC/SiC Composite at Elevated Temperatures in Air and Steam, Matthew T. Pope
Unsteady Specific Work and Isentropic Efficiency of a Radial Turbine Driven by Pulsed Detonations, Kurt P. Rouser
The Effect of Elevated Temperature on the Inelastic Deformation Behavior of PMR-15 Solid Polymer, Chad E. C. Ryther
The Effects of Observations and Maneuvers on Orbit Solutions, Christine M. Schudrowitz
Development and Testing of a Rotating Detonation Engine Run on Hydrogen and Air, Jason C. Shank
Scaling Study of Wave Rotor Turbo-normalization of a Small Internal Combustion Engine, Brandon D. Smith
Creep of Hi-Nicalon S Ceramic Fiber Tows at Elevated Temperature in Air and in Steam, Benjamin R. Steffens
Characteristics, Causes, and Evaluation of Helicopter Particulate Obstruction, Michael P. Sullivan
A Finite Element Analysis of a Carbon Fiber Composite Micro Air Vehicle Wing, Theodore A. Szelag
Reynolds Number Effects on Thrust Coefficients and PIV for Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicles, John P. Tekell
Build Up and Operation of an Axial Turbine Driven by a Rotary Detonation Engine, Jonathan R. Tellefsen
Empirical Characterization of Unconstrained Tape Spring Deployment Dynamics, Daniel M. Williams
Boundary Layer Measurements in the Trisonic Gas-dynamics Facility using Particle Image Velocimetry with CO₂ Seeding, Daniel B. Wolfe
Predicting the Wear of High Speed Rocket Sleds, Lauren B. Wuertemberger
Trajectory Control and Optimization for Responsive Spacecraft, Costantinos Zagaris
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Design and Control of Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicles, Michael L. Anderson
Creep Performance of Oxide Ceramic Fiber Materials at Elevated Temperature in Air and in Steam, Clinton J. Armani
Time Resolved Filtered Rayleigh Scattering Measurement of a Centrifugally Loaded Buoyant Jet, Firas Benhassen
Spacecraft Demand Tasking and Skip Entry Responsive Maneuvers, Robert A. Bettinger
Analysis of Flow Migration in an Ultra-Compact Combustor, Brian T. Bohan
Airborne Wind Energy: Implementation and Design for the U.S. Air Force, Troy L. Cahoon
Photogrammetric Measurement of Recession Rates of Low Temperature Ablators Subjected to High Speed Flow, David W. Callaway
A Relay-Rover Differential Game, Youngdong Choi
Evaluation of Nanocomposites for Shielding Electromagnetic Interference, Kenneth Y. Chong
An Investigation of Cavity Resonance and its Relationship to Store Force and Moment Loading, Christopher J. Coley
Repeatable Manufacture of Wings for Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicles Using Microelectromechanical System (MEMS) Fabrication Techniques, David S. Dawson
Performance Characterization of a Novel Plasma Thruster to Provide a Revolutionary Operationally Responsive Space Capability with Micro- and Nano-Satellites, John-David C. De la Harpe
Manufacturing and Evaluation of a Biologically Inspired Engineered MAV Wing Compared to the Manduca Sexta Wing Under Simulated Flapping Conditions, Nathanial E. Deleon
CH-47D Rotating System Fault Sensing for Condition Based Maintenance, Stephen M. Dickerson
An Experimental Characterization of Damping Properties of Thermal Barrier Coatings at Elevated Temperatures, Oliver T. Easterday
Vibration Interaction in a Multiple Flywheel System, Jordan A. Firth
Radial Distribution of Absorption in a Cesium Heat Pipe with Axial Laser Heating, Charles D. Fox
KAM Torus Frequency Generation from Two-Line Element Sets, Gregory R. Frey
Implementation of a Rule-Based Open-Loop Control Strategy for a Hybrid-Electric Propulsions System on a Small RPA, Collin Greiser
Effects of Air Drag and Lunar Third-Body Perturbations on Motion Near a Reference KAM Torus, Luke J. Hagen
Optimized Dual Expander Aerospike Rocket, Joshua N. Hall
Background-Oriented Schlieren Pattern Optimization, Jeffery E. Hartberger
Characterization of Horizontally-Issuing Reacting Buoyant Jets, Joshua J. Heffernen
Osculating Relative Orbit Elements Resulting from Chief Eccentricity and J2 Perturbing Forces, Joshuah A. Hess
Revolutionizing Space Propulsion Through the Characterization of Iodine as Fuel for Hall-Effect Thrusters, Adam C. Hillier
The Use of Various Failure Criteria as Applied to High Speed Wear, David A. Huber
Scramjet Isolator Modeling and Control, John R. Hutzel
Study of Varying Boundary Layer Height on Turret Flow Structures, Renato Jelic
Fixed-wing Aircraft Combat Survivability Analysis for Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, Christopher L. Jerome
Tension-Compression Fatigue of Hi-Nicalon/SiC Ceramic Matrix Composite at 1200°C in Air and Steam, Tyler P. Jones
X-HALE: the Development of a Research Platform for the Validation of Nonlinear Aeroelastic Codes, Alexander A. Kaszynski
Simulations for the Test Flight of an Experimental HALE Aircraft, Brooke E. Kaszynski
Follower-Force Experiments with Geometric Non-Linear Coupling for Analytical Validation, Tae H. Kim
Notch Sensitivity of Fatigue Behavior of a Hi-Nicalon/SiC Ceramic Composite with an Oxidation Inhibited Matrix at 1200°C in Air and in Steam, Garrett M. Kurtz
Two-Dimensional, Time-Dependent Plasma Structures of a Hall Effect Thruster, David Liu
Heat Transfer Experiments on a Pulse Detonation Driven Combustor, Nicholas C. Longo
Coupled Radiation-Gasdynamic Solution Method for Hypersonic Shock Layers in Thermochemical Nonequilibrium, Christopher L. Martin Jr.
Design of Attitude Control Actuators for a Simulated Spacecraft, Christopher G. McChesney
Small Internal Combustion Engine Testing for a Hybrid-Electric Remotely-Piloted Aircraft, Isseyas H. Mengistu
Development of Photographic Dynamic Measurements Applicable to Evaluation of Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicles, Jeremy C. Murray
Design and Characterization of a Space Based Chromotomographic Hyperspectral Imaging Experiment, Jason D. Niederhauser
Detonation Propagation through Ducts in a Pulsed Detonation Engine, Jeffrey M. Nielsen
CubeSat Packaged Electrospray Thruster Evaluation for Enhanced Operationally Responsive Space Capabilities, Scott T. Ober
Airborne Pseudolites in a Global Positioning System Degraded, Halit Oktay
Experimental Measurements of Store Separation Using Dry Ice Models in a Subsonic Flow, Michael C. Paul
Conceptual Design Tool to Analyze Electrochemically-Powered Micro Air Vehicles, Douglas J. Pederson
Sizing Analysis for Aircraft Utilizing Hybrid-Electronic Propulsion Systems, Matthew D. Rippl
Stochastic Real-time Optimal Control: A Pseudospectral Approach for Bearing-Only Trajectory Optimization, Steven M. Ross
Optimization of Hybrid-Electric Propulsion Systems for Small Remotely-Piloted Aircraft, Todd A. Rotramel
Operational Characteristics of a Rotating Detonation Engine Using Hydrogen and Air, Rachel M. Russo
Effect of Atmospheric Pressure and Temperature on a Small Spark Ignition Internal Combustion Engine's Performance, Peter J. Schmick
Increasing the Performance of a Sliding Discharge Actuator Through the Application of Multiple Potentials, Steven D. Seney Jr.
Process for Refining and Validating a Finite Element Model of an Experimental High-Altitude, Long-Endurance (HALE) Aircraft, Nicholas A. Sinnokrak
Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicle Wing Manufacture and Force Testing, Nathanael J. Sladek
Nonintrusive Microwave Diagnostics of Collisional Plasmas in Hall Thrusters and Dielectric Barrier Discharges, Joshua A. Stults
Improved Collision Modeling for Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Methods, Sarah E. Summers
Biological investigation of the stimulated flapping motions of the moth, Manduca sexta, Travis B. Tubbs
Perimeter Security and Intruder Detection Using Gravity Gradiometry: A Feasibility Study, Jared D. Tuinstra
Using a Gatling-Gun Configured Micro Pulsed Plasma Thruster as a Means to Control Micro Satellites with Extreme Precision, Lee I. Watson
Stochastic Orbit Prediction Using KAM Tori, Max W. Yates
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Assembly, Integration, and Test Methods for Operationally Responsive Space Satellites, Lisa A. Baghal
Development of a Flapping Wing Design Incorporating Shape Memory Alloy Actuation, Jeffrey A. Barrett
Minimizing Losses in a Space Laser Power Beaming System, Charlie T. Bellows
Verification of KAM Theory on Earth Orbiting Satellites, Christian L. Bisher
Design Analysis of a Sapce Based Chromotomographic Hyperspectral Imaging Experiment, Todd A. Book
Orbital Tori Construction Using Trajectory Following Spectral Methods, Ralph E. Bordner III
Experiments with Geometric Non-Linear Coupling for Analytical Validation, Jonathan D. Boston
Estimating Characteristics of a Maneuvering Reentry Vehicle Observed by Multiple Sensors, Evan M. Brooks
Gravity Gradiometry and Map Matching: An Aid to Aircraft Inertial Navigation Systems, Anthony J. DeGregoria
Fatigue Behavior of an Advanced SiC/SiC Composite with an Oxidation Inhibited Matrix at 1200°C in Air and in Steam, Jacob Delapasse
Effectsof Prior Aging at 260 °C in Argon on Inelastic Deformation Behavior of PMR-15 Polymer at 260 °C: Experiment and Modeling, Bradley K. Diedrick
Numerical Investigation of Pre-detonator Geometries for PDE Applications, Robert T. Fievisohn
Development of a Remotely Operated Autonomous Satellite Tracking System, Michael E. Graff
Validation of a Novel Approach to Solving Multibody Systems Using Hamilton's Weak Principle, Ashton D. Hainge
Consideration of Wear Rates at High Velocity, Chad S. Hale
Orbit Maneuver for Responsive Coverage Using Electric Propulsion, Timothy S. Hall
Analysis of Hybrid-Electric Propulsion System Designs for Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Ryan M. Hiserote