Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University provides access to master’s theses submitted since 1988.
Each Daytona Beach master’s degree candidate is required to submit a copy of his or her master’s thesis to the Hunt Library in electronic and print formats. The electronic version of the thesis will be uploaded to Scholarly Commons. For more information on submitting a master’s thesis, please consult Thesis Binding and Submission Process.
Since the inception of Scholarly Commons, requests by researchers from other institutions (academic, commercial, military, and government) to read our graduate research theses have grown tremendously, and continue to increase every semester. To meet this demand, ERAU began offering our entire Master’s Theses collection as open access in December 2016.
For Dissertation and Thesis submission information please visit the PhD Dissertation and Master's Thesis Homepage.
If you do not wish your thesis to be open access, please email your name and title of your thesis to commons@erau.edu. Your thesis will be restricted to ERAU students, faculty, and staff within three business days.
Theses - Daytona Beach from 2009
Removal of Biofilm through Controlled Cavitation, Mathew Chackalackal Mathew
Change Blindness in the Synthetic Vision Primary Flight Display: Comparing Eye Tracking Patterns with Pilot Attention, Stephen A. Mayo
Design, Implementation and Validation of an Attitude Determination Subsystem for Nanosatellites, Mathieu Naslin
The Effect of Pilot and Air Traffic Control Experiences & Automation Management Strategies on UAS Mission Task Performance, Christopher J. Reynolds
The Effect of Whole and Part-Task Training and Feedback during Simulated Instrument Flight Training, Christian Jon Rossi
Case Studies of IMF Driven Auroral Emissions, Ryan James Soldin
Formation Feedback Control of UAV Flight, Stephen Stegall
Magnetic Stabilization of Nadir-Pointing Small Satellites, Chau Ton
Flight Regime and Maneuver Recognition for Complex Maneuvers, Jerome H. Travert
Numerical Simulation of Mode Transition in a Hydrogen-Fueled Scramjet, Manan Ajay Vyas
Theses - Daytona Beach from 2008
An Investigation of Determinism and Chaotic Behavior in Flight Performance Data: A Chaos Theory and Nonlinear Time Series Analysis Approach, Lionel Blankson Amanfu
Numerical Simulation of UVA Ramjet/Scramjet Hypersonic Engine with Hydrogen-Air Combustion Using Wind-US, Vishal Anand Bhagwandin
Using ANSYS Workbench Computer Environment in Turbomachinery Design Process, Patricia Lynn Bowlds
Modeling and Parameter Estimation of Spacecraft Lateral Fuel Slosh, Yadira Rodriguez Chatman
Development, Verification, and Future Applications of a 3-DoF Entry and Descent Simulation Tool, Shaun Deacon
Attitude Determination Using Imaging Lidar, Camille Decoust
Modular Multi-Stage Axial Compressor Design, Christopher S. Hemerly
An Investigation of Classical Panel Stiffener Buckling Methods for Modern Airframe Applications, Ryan Timothy Holt
Study of the Influence of Nacelle and Pylon on Aerodynamics of a New VU Design, Romain Larose
Modeling, Analysis and Testing of a Semi-Active Control System for Landing Gear Applications, David James Majko
Optical Emissions Generated During Ionospheric Heating, Charles Kiumo Mutiso
Implementation of a Low Cost Micro Electro Mechanical Systems Inertial Navigation Solution, Charles Njenga
Design and Numerical Evaluation of a Counter- Rotating Compressor in the Absence of Boundary Layer Control: Part I, Naiara Petralanda
Wing Optimization Technique Based on Vortex Lattice Theory, Santiago Pinzon
Application of Kalman Filtering to Real-time Flight Regime Recognition Algorithms in a Helicopter Health and Usage Monitoring System, Rachel Elizabeth Rajnicek
The Influence of Motivation and Investment on the Length of Time Pilots Fly into Degraded Weather, Bonnie M. Saxton
The Analysis of Flight Operational Quality Assurance (FOQA) Data: Exploration of a Proposed List of Improved Safety Parameters, Giorge Marlon Lopes Tsuruta
Theses - Daytona Beach from 2007
The Effects of Domain Knowledge and Scene Content on Change Detection Using a Change Blindness Paradigm, Marianne T. Baskin
A Macroscopic Validation of the Evacuation Simulation Prediction Tool on Highway Travel Times, Kay Fortinberry Borglum
Control System Design and Simulation of Spacecraft Formations via Virtual Formation Approach, Pavan Donepudi
Validation of Conjugate Heat-Transfer Capability for Water- Cooled High-Speed Flows, Bruno R. Fletcher
Quantifying the Cognitive, Symptomatic and Neuroendocrine Impact of the Coriolis Illusion; A Countermeasure for Motion Sickness, Catherine Grandizio
Gender Differences in Auditory Perception of Pure Tone Frequencies and Speech Intelligibility via Bone Conduction Transducers, Meghan Leigh Hodges
Voluntary and Confidential Reporting Systems as a Means of Reducing the Accident Rate in Shadow 200 Flight Operations, William Lawrence Jagnow
Investigation of Magnetic Field Profile Effects in Hall Thrusters, Oren Kornberg
Study of Contra-rotating Coaxial Rotors in Hover, A Performance Model Based on Blade Element Theory Including Swirl Velocity, Florent Lucas
A Computational Method for Flow Separation Detection and Control for Axial Compressor Airfoils, Chang Jun Meang
Distance Learning for Instrument Flight: Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Virtual Mentor, Andrew S. Mendolia
A CFD Investigation of Axisymmetric Microthruster Nozzles for use on Nano-Satellites, Michael R. O'Gara
Microthruster Experimental Analysis, Amy Denise Richards
Fabrication and Compressive Behavior of Corrugated Aramid-Epoxy Cellular Solids, Jeffrey Arthur Schneider
Prediction of Fatigue Life in 7075-T6 Aluminum from Neural Network Analysis of Acoustic Emission Data, Nicholas S. Spivey
The Effects of Foreign Accent and Language on Reaction Time and Accuracy in an Air Traffic Control Task, Rosabelle Suarez
Theses - Daytona Beach from 2006
Magnetic Coupling between a “Hot Jupiter” Extrasolar Planet and Its Pre-Main-Sequence Central Star, Brooke E. Alarcon
An Airline Ab Initio Flight Training Program in the United Arab Emirates (UAE): An Analytical Approach toward Emiratization, Shareef A. K. Al-Romaithi
The Sensitivity to Motion Sickness Induced by Aircraft and Flight Training Devices and the Role of Experience During Flight Training, Angela M. Baskin
Market Valuation of Convertible Securities of U.S. Airlines, Kseniya P. Beltsova
The Effect of Camera Placement and Display Configuration on a Remote Manipulation Task, Debra Clark
Theoretical Analysis of Transpiration Cooling of a Liquid Rocket Thrust Chamber Wall, Philip A. Davis
Neural Network Burst Pressure Prediction in Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessels from Acoustic Emission Data, Seth-Andrew T. Dion
Coupling of Fluid & Solid Thermal Models to Correct Heat Flux Measurements Taken on Launch Vehicles, Danielle M. Ford
Filtering of Acoustic Emission Data Through Principal Frequency Component Extraction, Justin O. Karl
Impact Simulation and Analysis of Sandwich Structures, Daewon Kim
Student Pilot Situational Awareness: The Effects of Trust in Technology, Yoko Kunii
The Effect of Gender Schematicity on the Assessment of Male and Female Pilots’ Competence Given Identical Scenarios, Jan D. Laplante
Assessing Reliability of Expert Ratings Among Judges Responding to a Survey Instrument Developed to Study the Long Term Efficacy of the ABET Engineering Criteria, EC2000, Tracy L. Litzinger
An Investigation of the Dynamic Effects of Flap Deflection on the Aerodynamic Characteristics of an Airplane Wing Using Computational Fluid Dynamics, Alexander Moerchel
Design Optimization of the First Stage Fan Blade of a Low Bypass Turbofan Engine, Troy James Ramnath
Optimization of Active Rendezvous Trajectories by Genetic Algorithms, Marie Emmanuelle Ricour
Parameter Estimation of Spacecraft Fuel Slosh Using Pendulum Analogs, Keith L. Schlee
Dynamics of Nonlinear Diffusion Processes, Dustin A. Sipka
Evaluation of Probabilistic Methodology for Predicting Satellite Tracking Resources, Matthew Lynn Stubbe
Helicopter Flight Operational Quality Assurance (HFOQA): Development of HFOQA Analysis Software, Sergio Teixeira
Theses - Daytona Beach from 2005
Rocket-borne Instrument Design to Observe Peak OH Meinel Band Vibrational Emission Profiles, Joshua T. Bryson
Rocket Borne Measurements of a Near-Infrared Vehicle Induced Emission with a Newly Designed Spectrograph, Damon Burke
A Measure of the Hurst Exponent Variability on Ground Based Magnetometer Data for Quiet and Active Magnetospheric Periods, Dario O. Cersosimo
Fabrication and Compressive Yield Strength of Open Cell Corrugated Cellular Solids, Jeong Ho Choi
Control System Design and Simulation of Spacecraft Formations, Daniel Dyer
Modeling and Slew-Maneuver Control of a Flexible Spacecraft, Jeremy E. Eckhart
Effect of Sound Cue Frequency Filters on Front/Back Localization Performance for Three-Dimensional Verbal and Non-Verbal Warnings, Angelica A. Hernandez
An Automated Optimal Design of a Fan Blade Using an Integrated CFD/MDO Computer Environment, Uyi O. Idahosa
Effect of Automation Management Strategies and Sensory Modalities as Applied to a Baggage Screening Task, Michelle Ann Leach
Derivation of a Numerical Method for Computing 3-D Magnetoplasmadynamic Flows in Thermodynamic Non-equilibrium, Caroline Cecile Marcelle Liron
Planetary Wave Activity Observed in Polar Mesospheric Clouds, David A. Mackler
Tools for Analysis of Complex Geometries for a Combined Cycle SCRAM Jet / Rocket, James Moss
Damage Assessment and Strength Predictions in S-Glass/Epoxy Laminates Subjected to Low Energy Impact, Tuan-Khoi Dang Nguyen
Maneuvering Control of a Spacecraft with Propellant Sloshing, Philip A. Savella
Perceived Competence of Aging Pilots, Laura M. Stelmach
Using Scenario-Based Training to Teach Single Pilot Resource Management Related to the Use of the BRS Parachute, Shayna Danielle Strally
A Computational Study of Thermo-Fluid Dynamics of Pulse Detonation Engines, Alberto Davila Urresti
The Effect of Level of Automation and Operator-to-Vehicle Ratio on Operator Workload and Performance in Future UAV Systems, Ryan J. Wasson
Accuracy of Heat-Pulse Sensors for Determining Moisture of Capillary Mat Material Used to Support Plant Growth, Marisa Wyssling
Theses - Daytona Beach from 2004
Instrument Pilot Skill Acquisition in the Early Phases of Flight Training Using an Advanced Cockpit Display System, Erin E. Accettullo
The Effects of Competition and Perceived Pressure on Performance of a Visual Scanning Task: A Test of Cognitive Evaluation Theory, Tanya R. Adkins
The Effect of Testing Location and Task Complexity on Usability Testing Performance and User-Reported Stress Levels, Chris Andrzejczak
Development & Validation of the Acoustic Analogy Code for Jet Noise Predictions, Leonardo A. Bueno
A Study of Fidelity Level and Task/Non-Task Based Testing Scenarios on the Effectiveness of Usability Testing, Joshua R. Dolecal
Ultimate Strength Prediction in Fiberglass/Epoxy Beams Subjected to Three-Point Bending Using Acoustic Emission and Neural Networks, Michele D. Dorfinan
An Analysis of the Effects That Several Design Variables Have on the Accuracy and Precision of Glass’ Delta and Hedges’ g, Joshua N. Dryer
Directing Attentional Resources Toward the Appropriate Information Processing System: A Test of the Effects of Processing Preference and Information Presentation Mode, Michael Edward Gosiewski
Neural Network Fatigue Life Prediction in 7075-T6 Aluminum from Acoustic Emission Data, Emeka Chigozie Ibekwe
The Effects of Gender and Regional Dialect on Performance in Aviation Communication, Erin E. McCollum
An Analysis of Intention Formation as a Function of Prospective Memory in Air Traffic Controllers, Jennifer Nagle
Adaptive Synchronization of Chaos for Secure Communication, Manish Pantha
Modeling Launch Vehicle Success Using Artificial Neural Networks, Jennifer A. Schuck