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.

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Theses - Daytona Beach from 2009

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Removal of Biofilm through Controlled Cavitation, Mathew Chackalackal Mathew

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Change Blindness in the Synthetic Vision Primary Flight Display: Comparing Eye Tracking Patterns with Pilot Attention, Stephen A. Mayo

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Design, Implementation and Validation of an Attitude Determination Subsystem for Nanosatellites, Mathieu Naslin

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The Effect of Pilot and Air Traffic Control Experiences & Automation Management Strategies on UAS Mission Task Performance, Christopher J. Reynolds

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The Effect of Whole and Part-Task Training and Feedback during Simulated Instrument Flight Training, Christian Jon Rossi

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An Intelligible Software (CFA) Approach for Fiber-Reinforced Laminate Failure Analysis Including a Piecewise Representation of the Tsai-Wu Failure Criterion Using Excel and MatLab, Ryan C. Schmidt

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Case Studies of IMF Driven Auroral Emissions, Ryan James Soldin

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Formation Feedback Control of UAV Flight, Stephen Stegall

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Magnetic Stabilization of Nadir-Pointing Small Satellites, Chau Ton

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Flight Regime and Maneuver Recognition for Complex Maneuvers, Jerome H. Travert

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Numerical Simulation of Mode Transition in a Hydrogen-Fueled Scramjet, Manan Ajay Vyas

Theses - Daytona Beach from 2008

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An Investigation of Determinism and Chaotic Behavior in Flight Performance Data: A Chaos Theory and Nonlinear Time Series Analysis Approach, Lionel Blankson Amanfu

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Numerical Simulation of UVA Ramjet/Scramjet Hypersonic Engine with Hydrogen-Air Combustion Using Wind-US, Vishal Anand Bhagwandin

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Using ANSYS Workbench Computer Environment in Turbomachinery Design Process, Patricia Lynn Bowlds

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Modeling and Parameter Estimation of Spacecraft Lateral Fuel Slosh, Yadira Rodriguez Chatman

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Development, Verification, and Future Applications of a 3-DoF Entry and Descent Simulation Tool, Shaun Deacon

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Attitude Determination Using Imaging Lidar, Camille Decoust

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Modular Multi-Stage Axial Compressor Design, Christopher S. Hemerly

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An Investigation of Classical Panel Stiffener Buckling Methods for Modern Airframe Applications, Ryan Timothy Holt

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Development of Automatic CFD Grid Generation for the Design of the Preliminary Wing Sweep Schedule for the Gulfstream Quiet Supersonic Jet, Ali Kazeneh

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Study of the Influence of Nacelle and Pylon on Aerodynamics of a New VU Design, Romain Larose

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Modeling, Analysis and Testing of a Semi-Active Control System for Landing Gear Applications, David James Majko

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Optical Emissions Generated During Ionospheric Heating, Charles Kiumo Mutiso

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Implementation of a Low Cost Micro Electro Mechanical Systems Inertial Navigation Solution, Charles Njenga

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Design and Numerical Evaluation of a Counter- Rotating Compressor in the Absence of Boundary Layer Control: Part I, Naiara Petralanda

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Wing Optimization Technique Based on Vortex Lattice Theory, Santiago Pinzon

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Application of Kalman Filtering to Real-time Flight Regime Recognition Algorithms in a Helicopter Health and Usage Monitoring System, Rachel Elizabeth Rajnicek

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The Influence of Motivation and Investment on the Length of Time Pilots Fly into Degraded Weather, Bonnie M. Saxton

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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

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The Effects of Domain Knowledge and Scene Content on Change Detection Using a Change Blindness Paradigm, Marianne T. Baskin

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A Macroscopic Validation of the Evacuation Simulation Prediction Tool on Highway Travel Times, Kay Fortinberry Borglum

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Control System Design and Simulation of Spacecraft Formations via Virtual Formation Approach, Pavan Donepudi

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Validation of Conjugate Heat-Transfer Capability for Water- Cooled High-Speed Flows, Bruno R. Fletcher

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Quantifying the Cognitive, Symptomatic and Neuroendocrine Impact of the Coriolis Illusion; A Countermeasure for Motion Sickness, Catherine Grandizio

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Gender Differences in Auditory Perception of Pure Tone Frequencies and Speech Intelligibility via Bone Conduction Transducers, Meghan Leigh Hodges

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Voluntary and Confidential Reporting Systems as a Means of Reducing the Accident Rate in Shadow 200 Flight Operations, William Lawrence Jagnow

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Investigation of Magnetic Field Profile Effects in Hall Thrusters, Oren Kornberg

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Assessment of the Thermal Improvements Awarded by Horseshoe Vortex Elimination on a Turbine Stator Blade in Computational Fluid Dynamics and Conjugate Heat Transfer, Laurent Lachmann

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Study of Contra-rotating Coaxial Rotors in Hover, A Performance Model Based on Blade Element Theory Including Swirl Velocity, Florent Lucas

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A Computational Method for Flow Separation Detection and Control for Axial Compressor Airfoils, Chang Jun Meang

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Distance Learning for Instrument Flight: Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Virtual Mentor, Andrew S. Mendolia

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A CFD Investigation of Axisymmetric Microthruster Nozzles for use on Nano-Satellites, Michael R. O'Gara

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Microthruster Experimental Analysis, Amy Denise Richards

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Fabrication and Compressive Behavior of Corrugated Aramid-Epoxy Cellular Solids, Jeffrey Arthur Schneider

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Prediction of Fatigue Life in 7075-T6 Aluminum from Neural Network Analysis of Acoustic Emission Data, Nicholas S. Spivey

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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

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Magnetic Coupling between a “Hot Jupiter” Extrasolar Planet and Its Pre-Main-Sequence Central Star, Brooke E. Alarcon

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An Airline Ab Initio Flight Training Program in the United Arab Emirates (UAE): An Analytical Approach toward Emiratization, Shareef A. K. Al-Romaithi

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The Sensitivity to Motion Sickness Induced by Aircraft and Flight Training Devices and the Role of Experience During Flight Training, Angela M. Baskin

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Market Valuation of Convertible Securities of U.S. Airlines, Kseniya P. Beltsova

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The Effect of Camera Placement and Display Configuration on a Remote Manipulation Task, Debra Clark

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Theoretical Analysis of Transpiration Cooling of a Liquid Rocket Thrust Chamber Wall, Philip A. Davis

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Neural Network Burst Pressure Prediction in Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessels from Acoustic Emission Data, Seth-Andrew T. Dion

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Coupling of Fluid & Solid Thermal Models to Correct Heat Flux Measurements Taken on Launch Vehicles, Danielle M. Ford

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Filtering of Acoustic Emission Data Through Principal Frequency Component Extraction, Justin O. Karl

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Impact Simulation and Analysis of Sandwich Structures, Daewon Kim

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Student Pilot Situational Awareness: The Effects of Trust in Technology, Yoko Kunii

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The Effect of Gender Schematicity on the Assessment of Male and Female Pilots’ Competence Given Identical Scenarios, Jan D. Laplante

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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

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An Investigation of the Dynamic Effects of Flap Deflection on the Aerodynamic Characteristics of an Airplane Wing Using Computational Fluid Dynamics, Alexander Moerchel

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Design Optimization of the First Stage Fan Blade of a Low Bypass Turbofan Engine, Troy James Ramnath

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Optimization of Active Rendezvous Trajectories by Genetic Algorithms, Marie Emmanuelle Ricour

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Parameter Estimation of Spacecraft Fuel Slosh Using Pendulum Analogs, Keith L. Schlee

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Dynamics of Nonlinear Diffusion Processes, Dustin A. Sipka

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Evaluation of Probabilistic Methodology for Predicting Satellite Tracking Resources, Matthew Lynn Stubbe

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Helicopter Flight Operational Quality Assurance (HFOQA): Development of HFOQA Analysis Software, Sergio Teixeira

Theses - Daytona Beach from 2005

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Rocket-borne Instrument Design to Observe Peak OH Meinel Band Vibrational Emission Profiles, Joshua T. Bryson

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Rocket Borne Measurements of a Near-Infrared Vehicle Induced Emission with a Newly Designed Spectrograph, Damon Burke

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A Measure of the Hurst Exponent Variability on Ground Based Magnetometer Data for Quiet and Active Magnetospheric Periods, Dario O. Cersosimo

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Fabrication and Compressive Yield Strength of Open Cell Corrugated Cellular Solids, Jeong Ho Choi

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Control System Design and Simulation of Spacecraft Formations, Daniel Dyer

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Modeling and Slew-Maneuver Control of a Flexible Spacecraft, Jeremy E. Eckhart

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Investigation of a Highly Loaded, High Pressure Ratio Axial Turbine Stage for Industrial Applications, Amit Garg

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Effect of Sound Cue Frequency Filters on Front/Back Localization Performance for Three-Dimensional Verbal and Non-Verbal Warnings, Angelica A. Hernandez

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An Automated Optimal Design of a Fan Blade Using an Integrated CFD/MDO Computer Environment, Uyi O. Idahosa

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Effect of Automation Management Strategies and Sensory Modalities as Applied to a Baggage Screening Task, Michelle Ann Leach

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Derivation of a Numerical Method for Computing 3-D Magnetoplasmadynamic Flows in Thermodynamic Non-equilibrium, Caroline Cecile Marcelle Liron

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Planetary Wave Activity Observed in Polar Mesospheric Clouds, David A. Mackler

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Tools for Analysis of Complex Geometries for a Combined Cycle SCRAM Jet / Rocket, James Moss

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Damage Assessment and Strength Predictions in S-Glass/Epoxy Laminates Subjected to Low Energy Impact, Tuan-Khoi Dang Nguyen

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Maneuvering Control of a Spacecraft with Propellant Sloshing, Philip A. Savella

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Perceived Competence of Aging Pilots, Laura M. Stelmach

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Using Scenario-Based Training to Teach Single Pilot Resource Management Related to the Use of the BRS Parachute, Shayna Danielle Strally

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A Computational Study of Thermo-Fluid Dynamics of Pulse Detonation Engines, Alberto Davila Urresti

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The Effect of Level of Automation and Operator-to-Vehicle Ratio on Operator Workload and Performance in Future UAV Systems, Ryan J. Wasson

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Accuracy of Heat-Pulse Sensors for Determining Moisture of Capillary Mat Material Used to Support Plant Growth, Marisa Wyssling

Theses - Daytona Beach from 2004

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Instrument Pilot Skill Acquisition in the Early Phases of Flight Training Using an Advanced Cockpit Display System, Erin E. Accettullo

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The Effects of Competition and Perceived Pressure on Performance of a Visual Scanning Task: A Test of Cognitive Evaluation Theory, Tanya R. Adkins

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The Effect of Testing Location and Task Complexity on Usability Testing Performance and User-Reported Stress Levels, Chris Andrzejczak

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Development & Validation of the Acoustic Analogy Code for Jet Noise Predictions, Leonardo A. Bueno

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A Study of Fidelity Level and Task/Non-Task Based Testing Scenarios on the Effectiveness of Usability Testing, Joshua R. Dolecal

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Ultimate Strength Prediction in Fiberglass/Epoxy Beams Subjected to Three-Point Bending Using Acoustic Emission and Neural Networks, Michele D. Dorfinan

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An Analysis of the Effects That Several Design Variables Have on the Accuracy and Precision of Glass’ Delta and Hedges’ g, Joshua N. Dryer

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Directing Attentional Resources Toward the Appropriate Information Processing System: A Test of the Effects of Processing Preference and Information Presentation Mode, Michael Edward Gosiewski

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Neural Network Fatigue Life Prediction in 7075-T6 Aluminum from Acoustic Emission Data, Emeka Chigozie Ibekwe

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Improving the Capability of Preliminary Aircraft Design Methodology by Incorporating Numerical Methods into Segments of a Proven Statistical Method, Igor Lebovic

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The Effects of Gender and Regional Dialect on Performance in Aviation Communication, Erin E. McCollum

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An Analysis of Intention Formation as a Function of Prospective Memory in Air Traffic Controllers, Jennifer Nagle

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Adaptive Synchronization of Chaos for Secure Communication, Manish Pantha

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Modeling Launch Vehicle Success Using Artificial Neural Networks, Jennifer A. Schuck