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 2016
Effect of Slot Span on Wing Performance, Juan F. Granizo
Forecast Verification of the Current Icing Potential (CIP) to Predict Lightning Hazards at U.S. Spaceports, Robert Edward Haley
Closed-Loop CFD Analysis of the Fontan Cardiovascular Circulation, Marwan Hameed
Effect of Flow-Acoustic Resonant Interactions on Aerodynamic Response of Transitional Airfoils, Joseph Hayden
Numerical Case Study of an Atom-Photon Interaction in a Cavity Exploring Quantum Control, Javier Jalandoni
Real-Time Optimization Based Power Flow Controller for Energy Consumption and Emissions Reduction in a Parallel HEV, Abdulla Abdulaziz Karmustaji
Heat Transfer Analysis of an Oblique Jet Impingement Cooling on CMC Rough Surface, Karthik Krishna
An Experimental Study of Synthetic Jet Actuators with Application in Airfoil LCO Control, Sanjay Krishnappa
Turbulence Control in Wall Jets, Jonathan Latim
Model Predictive Control of a Nonlinear Aeroelastic System Using Volterra Series Representations, Wai Leuk Law
Study of Surface Tension, Natural Evaporation, and Subcooled Boiling Evaporation of Aqueous Surfactant Solutions, Matthew John Lehman
Application of Floating Pedal Regenerative Braking for a Rear-Wheel-Drive Parallel-Series Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle with an Automatic Transmission, Dylan Lewis Lewton
Windshield Defrost and Deice Using Carbon Nanotube Composite, Santhosh Kumar Loganathan
Fluidic Jet Turbulence Generators for Deflagration to Detonation Transition in Pulsed Detonation Combustors, Jarrett E. Lowe
Magneto-Rheological Fluid Device as Artificial Feel Force System on Aircraft Control Stick, Vignesh Manoharan
More Electric Systems Architecture Effect on Business Jet Performance, Kelsey M. Mazur
Nonlinear Control of a Thermoacoustic System with Multiple Heat Sources and Actuators, Mikael O. Molina Sandoval
Study of Hybrid Magneto-Active Propellant Management Device for Slosh Damping, Leander Paul
Performance Characterization of Ceramic Matrix Composites through Uniaxial Monotonic Tensile Testing, Jóhannes Pétursson
2D Aeroacoustic Analysis of Flow in the Flame Trench, Meghan Pokorski
A Hybrid Vortex Solution for Surge Margin Enhancement in Axial Compressors, Daniel Port
A Detailed Uncertainty Analysis of Heat Transfer Experiments Using Temperature Sensitive Paint, Anish Prasad
Oscillatory Flow Mechanism for Enhanced Heat Transfer, Sultan Taher Raml
Analysis of a Coupled Micro- and Triple-Impingement Cooling Configuration in the C3X Vane, Chase D. Rossman
A Computer Program for the Coupled Implementation of Meanline and Throughflow Methods to Simplify the Aerodynamic Design of Multistage Axial Compressors, Alexander V. Rozendaal
Prediction of Tonal Acoustic Radiation Due to Feedback-Loop Resonant Interactions in Transitional Airfoils, Seyyed Saman Salehian
Vision-Aided Navigation for Autonomous Vehicles Using Tracked Feature Points, Ahmed Saber Soliman Sayem
Infrasound Propagation in Terrestrial Planetary Atmospheres, Lynsey B. Schroeder
Sensing, Actuation, and Embedded Control for a Custom SCR Nitrogen Oxides Emissions Reduction System, Anuj Kalidas Sharma
Configuration Validation of a Novel In-Space Propellant Storage and Transfer System, Priyadarshan Sundararaju
Traction and Launch Control for a Rear-Wheel-Drive Parallel-Series Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle, Adam Michael Szechy
SAFTE-VAT Functionality Effects on Flight Instructors' Situation Awareness and Instrument Student Pilots' Performance during FTD Training, Rafael E. Abreu Vega
UAV as a Service: Providing On-Demand Access and On-The-Fly Retasking of Multi-Tenant UAVs Using Cloud Services, Justin Yapp
Theses - Daytona Beach from 2015
Direct Adaptive Control for Stability and Command Augmentation System of an Air-Breathing Hypersonic Vehicle, Ron Aditya
Cubesat Wakes in the Earth’s Ionosphere, Robert M. Albarran II
Low-velocity Impact Analysis of Composite Repair Patches of Different Shapes, Sarvesh Baliga
Supersonic Retro-Propulsion Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis Applied to Future Mars Mission, Margarita Nataly Brandt
Random Actuation Pattern Optimization by Genetic Algorithm for Ultrasonic Structural Health Monitoring of Plates, Pierrot R. Derjany
The Three-Dimensional Turbulent Boundary Layer on a Rotating Disk, Daniel Digre
Attitude Determination & Control System Design and Implementation for a 6U CubeSat Proximity Operations Mission, Francisco J. Franquiz
Scalloped Leading Edge Vaned Diffuser Analysis for a Compact High Pressure Ratio Centrifugal Compressor, Vinod Poonamchand Gehlot
Investigation of Mountain Waves in the Mesosphere over the Andes Mountains, Jaime Aguilar Guerrero
Aerodynamic and Structural Design of a Winglet for Enhanced Performance of a Business Jet, Nicolas El Haddad
Design and Validation of Hardware-in-the-Loop Testbed for Proximity Operations Payloads, Kristia K. Harris
Numerical Investigation of Tonal Noise on a Transitional Airfoil under Varying Conditions, Warren W. Hiner
Computation of Hypersonic Flows with Lateral Jets Using k-ω Turbulence Model, Spatika Dasharati Iyengar
Design and Manufacturing of a Mecanum Wheel for the Magnetic Climbing Robot, Shruti Deepak Kamdar
Hybrid Electric Power System Validation through Parameter Optimization, Hasnaa Khalifi
The Lunar Exosphere: Spatial and Temporal Variations of Sodium and Potassium Emissions from November 2013 to May 2014, Dona Chathuni P. Kuruppuaratchi
Benchmarking of Computational Models Against Experimental Data for Adiabatic Film-Cooling Effectiveness for Large Spacing Compound Angle Full Coverage Film Cooling Arrays, Simon R. Martinez
Determination of a Simplified High-Order Vortex Equation for Radial Equilibrium with CFD Verification, Travis K. Matsumoto
Experimental and Computational Investigation of Ribbed Channels for Gas Turbine Thermal Management, Yash T. Mehta
Phased Array Beamsteering in Composite Laminates for Guided Wave Structural Health Monitoring, Peter Osterc
Design of Synthetic Jet Actuator for Flight Control of Small UAV, Priyanka Pagadala
Lumped Parameter Model for a Self Powered Fontan Palliation of the Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, Jang Ho Park
Aircraft De-Icing System Using Thermal Conductive Fibers, Min Soon Park
Surface Structure and Its Effect on Reducing Drag, Ragini Ramachandran
Similarity Analysis of a Swirling Counter-Flow, Jitesh Rane
Lagrangian Points and Jacobi Constants for a Class of Asteroids, Tasneem Rashid
Aerodynamic Trade Study of Compound Helicopter Concepts, Julian Roche
An Approach to Automotive Electrification and Testing, Christopher Rowe
Numerical Study of Synthetic-Jet Actuation Effect on Airfoil Trailing Edge Noise, Marco Sansone
Design, Fabrication, and Testing of a Proprioceptive Electroadhesion Pad for Space Applications, Walter Saravia
Modeling and Simulation of Radiation from Electronic Transitions in Hypersonic Atmospheric Reentry Flow, Curtis Scholz
The Design for Manufacturing and Assembly Analysis and Redesign of an Aircraft Refueling Door Hinge Utilizing Additive Manufacturing, Kurt A. Schwarz
Sensor Fusion and Obstacle Avoidance for an Unmanned Ground Vehicle, Gurasis Singh
Development and Prototype Validation of an Additive Manufactured Cubesat Propulsion Tank, Geovanni A. Solorzano
An Experimental Method to Calculate Coefficient of Friction in Mecanum Wheel Rollers and Cost Analysis Using DFMA Techniques, Nishant Sonawane
Investigation of Pulse Detonation Engines: the Effect of Variable Blockage Ratio on the Deflagration to Detonation Transition, Christopher Tate
Analysis of a Hybrid Rocket Burn Using Generalized Compressible Flow, Naveen Sri Uddanti
An Investigation of Cooling Configurations in Gas Turbine Engines Using Jet Impingement, Bhushan Upalkar
Comparing Different Methods for Estimating Total Open Heliospheric Magnetic Flux, Samantha J. Wallace
Aircraft Detection and Tracking Using UAV-Mounted Vision System, Yan Zhang
Theses - Daytona Beach from 2014
Modeling and Experimental Investigation of Parabolic Trough Solar Collector, Mohanad Abdulazeez Abdulraheem Alfellag
Enhancement Techniques of Boiling Heat Transfer, Basim Qasim Ali Al-Sukaini
Design Optimization of a Composite Wing Box for High-Altitude Long-Endurance Aircraft, Philip T. Arévalo
Human Behavior During Spaceflight: Evidence from an Analog Environment, Kenny Mikael Arnaldi
Finite Element Modeling of Macro Fiber Composite Actuators with Application to Wing De-icing, Boutros Youssef Azizi
Decreasing the Power Consumption of Hybrid Electric Vehicle Architectures, Domenic Leo Barsotti
Early Damage State Criterion from a Fault-Seeded Helicopter Gear Using Acoustic Emission and Neural Networks, Rudy L. Baum
Proof of Concept Test for Dual-Axis Resonant Phase-Locked Excitation (PhLEX) Fatigue Testing Method for Wind Turbine Blades, Jenna Austin Beckwith
Langmuir Probe Instrument Suite for Mesosphere Turbulence Experiment Mission, Adam Blake
Execution of a Hybrid Vehicle Controls Development Effort Utilizing Model-Based Design, Hardware-in-the-loop Testing, Agile Scrum Methods and Requirements Engineering, Derek Simon Bonderczuk
Evaluation of Mixing-Limited Quasi-Global Wind-US Model for HIFiRE 2 Flowpath, Michael R. Borghi Jr.
Development of a System Architecture for Unmanned Systems Across Multiple Domains, Charles Randall Breingan Jr.
An Analysis of Helicopter EMS Accidents using HFACS: 2000-2012, Christopher G. Bryan
Assessment of the Thermal Advantages of Biased Supersonic Cooling, Michael J. Carkin
Evaluation and Flight Assessment of a Scale Glider, Alvydas Anthony Civinskas
Speaker Dependent Voice Recognition with Word-Tense Association and Part-of-Speech Tagging, Theodore Philip King Ernst
Investigation of Pulse Detonation Engine Flow Conditions for Turbomachinery Integration, Luis Estefano Ferrer-Vidal Espa˜na-Heredia
Liquid Slosh Analysis Using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics, Kristopher S. Field
Fatigue Damage Prognosis of Internal Delamination in Composite Plates Under Cyclic Compression Loadings Using Affine Arithmetic as Uncertainty Propagation Tool, Audrey J-M Gbaguidi
Investigation of Traditional and Alternate Living Hinge Designs for Fused Deposition Modeling Additive Manufacturing Process, Cassandra Sue Gribbins
The Effect of the 2-Dimensional Magnetic Field Profile in Hall Thrusters, Megan Lewis Harvey
3D Simulation of the Velodyne HDL-32E Lidar Integrated with an Autonomous Marine Vehicle, Alecia A. Hurst
Vision-Aided Navigation for GPS-Denied Environments Using Landmark Feature Identification, Tennyson Samuel John
Exploration of a Computational Fluid Dynamics Integrated Design Methodology for Potential Application to a Wind Turbine Blade, Gaurav Kapoor
Development of an Exteroceptive Sensor Suite on Unmanned Surface Vessels for Real-Time Classification of Navigational Markers, Christopher Lloyd Kennedy
