Theses and Dissertations from the Graduate School of Engineering and Management, Air Force Institute of Technology
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Analyzing Systems Integration Best Practices and Assessment in DoD Space Systems Acquisition, Douglas R. Dillon and Enriqueta M. Styres
Using Shadows to Detect Targets in Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery, Brian P. Donnell
Modernizing a Preventive Maintenance Strategy for Facility and Infrastructure Maintenance, Ross E. Dotzlaf
Finite Element Model Optimization of the FalconSAT-5 Structural Engineering Model, Cole C. Doupe
Evaluation of an Innovative Technology for Treatment of Water Contaminated with Perchlorate and Organic Compunds, Maureen A. Downen
Laser-Induced Fluorescence and Synthetic Jet Fuel Analysis in the Ultra Compact Combustor, Aaron C. Drenth
Evaluation of an OPNET Model for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Networks, Clifton M. Durham
Assessment of Weather Sensitivities and Air Force Weather (AFW) Support to Tactical Lasers in the Lower Troposphere, Francesco J. Echeverria
Misregistration in Adaptive Optics Systems, Nathan D. Engstrom
Performance Enhancements of Ranging Radio Aided Navigation, Patric J. Ernsberger
Frequency Diversity for Improving Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging, Jawad L. Farooq
Waypoint Generation Based on Sensor Aimpoint, Shannon M. Farrell
Achieving Alignment: An Analysis of Enterprise Architecture Best Practices within the United States Air Force, Michael A. Fetters
Ground Source Heat Pumps vs. Conventional HVAC: A Comparison of Economic and Environmental Costs, Paul W. Fredin
An Experimental Investigation Studying the Influence of Dimples on a Film Cooled Turbine Blade Leading Edge, Paul G. Frisinger
Waste Vegetable Oil as an Alternative Fuel for Diesel Vehicles, Harvey S. Gaber
Surface Acoustic Wave Devices as Chemical Vapor Sensors, Daniel Gallagher
The Effective Potential Energy Surfaces of the Nonadiabatic Collision B(2Pja) + H2(1Σ+g,ν,j) ↔ B(2Pj'a) + H2(1Σ+g,ν',j'), Matthew B. Garvin
Operations-Focused Optimized Theater Weather Sensing Strategies Using Preemptive Binary Integer Programming, Andrew J. Geyer
Jet Fuel Hedging Strategies for the Department of Defense Through Use of Financial Derivatives, William T. Gibson
Investigation into Contact Resistance and Damage of Metal Contacts Used in RF-MEMS Switches, Kevin W. Gilbert
The Benefits of a Network Tasking Order in Combat Search and Rescue Missions, Murat Gocmen
Investigation of Electrical and Optical Properties of Bulk III-V Ternary Semiconductors, Travis C. Gomez
Numerical Analysis for Relevant Features in Intrusion Detection (NARFid), Jose Andres Gonzalez
Deeply-Integrated Feature Tracking for Embedded Navigation, Jeffery R. Gray