Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Experimental and Computational Investigation of Ribbed Channels for Gas Turbine Thermal Management, Yash T. Mehta
Hybrid Electric Power System Validation through Parameter Optimization, Hasnaa Khalifi
Investigation of Mountain Waves in the Mesosphere over the Andes Mountains, Jaime Aguilar Guerrero
Investigation of Pulse Detonation Engines: the Effect of Variable Blockage Ratio on the Deflagration to Detonation Transition, Christopher Tate
Lagrangian Points and Jacobi Constants for a Class of Asteroids, Tasneem Rashid
Low-velocity Impact Analysis of Composite Repair Patches of Different Shapes, Sarvesh Baliga
Lumped Parameter Model for a Self Powered Fontan Palliation of the Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, Jang Ho Park
Modeling and Simulation of Radiation from Electronic Transitions in Hypersonic Atmospheric Reentry Flow, Curtis Scholz
Numerical Investigation of Tonal Noise on a Transitional Airfoil under Varying Conditions, Warren W. Hiner
Numerical Study of Synthetic-Jet Actuation Effect on Airfoil Trailing Edge Noise, Marco Sansone
Phased Array Beamsteering in Composite Laminates for Guided Wave Structural Health Monitoring, Peter Osterc
Random Actuation Pattern Optimization by Genetic Algorithm for Ultrasonic Structural Health Monitoring of Plates, Pierrot R. Derjany
Scalloped Leading Edge Vaned Diffuser Analysis for a Compact High Pressure Ratio Centrifugal Compressor, Vinod Poonamchand Gehlot
Sensor Fusion and Obstacle Avoidance for an Unmanned Ground Vehicle, Gurasis Singh
Similarity Analysis of a Swirling Counter-Flow, Jitesh Rane
Supersonic Retro-Propulsion Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis Applied to Future Mars Mission, Margarita Nataly Brandt
Surface Structure and Its Effect on Reducing Drag, Ragini Ramachandran
The Design for Manufacturing and Assembly Analysis and Redesign of an Aircraft Refueling Door Hinge Utilizing Additive Manufacturing, Kurt A. Schwarz
The Lunar Exosphere: Spatial and Temporal Variations of Sodium and Potassium Emissions from November 2013 to May 2014, Dona Chathuni P. Kuruppuaratchi
The Three-Dimensional Turbulent Boundary Layer on a Rotating Disk, Daniel Digre
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
3D Aerodynamic Optimization of NREL VI Wind Turbine Blade for Increased Power Output and Visualization of Flow Characteristics, Tsewang Rabga Shrestha
3D Simulation of the Velodyne HDL-32E Lidar Integrated with an Autonomous Marine Vehicle, Alecia A. Hurst
A CFD Investigation of the Hydrodynamic Characteristics of Fluid Flow through an Impeller and Multi-Objective Design Optimization of a Centrifugal Pump, Mohammed Khammat Sagban
A Comparative Study of the Low Speed Performance of Two Fixed Planforms versus a Variable Geometry Planform for a Supersonic Business Jet, Aaron C. Smelsky
A Continuous/Discontinuous FE Method for the 3D Incompressible Flow Equations, Nikolaos Kyriazis
Aerodynamic Study of Forces due to Wind Velocity and Angle of Attack on Parabolic Solar Troughs, Brian Northshield
An Analysis of Airport Surface Deviations using the Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS), James H. Cistone
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
Axial Compressor Design with Counter-Rotation and Variable RPM for Stall Mitigation, Madhur Tiwari
Bio-Inspired Mechanism for Aircraft Assessment Under Upset Conditions, Israel A. Moguel
Characterization of Electron Number Density of Rocket Exhaust Plumes Through Microwave Transmissions, Jorge Torres
Decreasing the Power Consumption of Hybrid Electric Vehicle Architectures, Domenic Leo Barsotti
Design and Development of Scalable Solar Powered Water Purification Systems for Developing Nations, Shavin Pinto
Design and Dynamic Analysis of a Variable-Sweep, Variable-Span Morphing UAV, Nirmit Prabhakar
Design of a Lean Manufacturing System for the Production of Compliant Wind at Sparton Electronics, Arash Sabet-Rasekh
Design Optimization of a Composite Wing Box for High-Altitude Long-Endurance Aircraft, Philip T. Arévalo
Development, Analysis, and Comparison of Electromechanical Properties and Electrode Morphology of Ionic Polymer Metal Composites, Balaji Sivasubramanian
Development of an Exteroceptive Sensor Suite on Unmanned Surface Vessels for Real-Time Classification of Navigational Markers, Christopher Lloyd Kennedy
Development of a System Architecture for Unmanned Systems Across Multiple Domains, Charles Randall Breingan Jr.
Early Damage State Criterion from a Fault-Seeded Helicopter Gear Using Acoustic Emission and Neural Networks, Rudy L. Baum
Effect of Air Carrier Restructuring Strategies on Post-bankruptcy Performance, Harold Dale Townsend
Energy Conservation By Intermittently Recirculating and Aerating an Aquaponics System with an Airlift, Bjorg Magnea Olafs
Enhancement Techniques of Boiling Heat Transfer, Basim Qasim Ali Al-Sukaini
Evaluation and Flight Assessment of a Scale Glider, Alvydas Anthony Civinskas
Evaluation of Mixing-Limited Quasi-Global Wind-US Model for HIFiRE 2 Flowpath, Michael R. Borghi Jr.
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
Exploration of a Computational Fluid Dynamics Integrated Design Methodology for Potential Application to a Wind Turbine Blade, Gaurav Kapoor
Extreme Value Analysis of Rainfall Events Over the Kennedy Space Center Complex, Adam David Schnapp
Fatigue Damage Prognosis of Internal Delamination in Composite Plates Under Cyclic Compression Loadings Using Affine Arithmetic as Uncertainty Propagation Tool, Audrey J-M Gbaguidi
Finite Element Modeling of Macro Fiber Composite Actuators with Application to Wing De-icing, Boutros Youssef Azizi
Flow Separation Control Using Synthetic Jets on a Flat Plate, Karunakaran Saambavi
Free-Piston Stirling Convertor Model Development, Validation, and Analysis for Space Power Systems, Jonathan F. Metscher
Fundamentals of Machine Design and Manufacturing: Design of a Compliant Winding Machine, Gazal Kaur Nagi
Human Behavior During Spaceflight: Evidence from an Analog Environment, Kenny Mikael Arnaldi
Incoherent Scatter Radar Observations of Dynamic Ion Composition Changes at High Latitudes during Geomagnetic Storms, Bryan C. Wright
Inverse Volume-of-Fluid Meshless Method for Efficient Non-Destructive Thermographic Evaluation, Hussein Awad Kurdi Saad
Investigation of Pulse Detonation Engine Flow Conditions for Turbomachinery Integration, Luis Estefano Ferrer-Vidal España-Heredia
Investigation of Traditional and Alternate Living Hinge Designs for Fused Deposition Modeling Additive Manufacturing Process, Cassandra Sue Gribbins
Ion-Cyclotron Resonance Heating of O+ in the Topside Ionosphere and Mapping Outflows to the Magnetosphere, Anthony W. Pritchard
Langmuir Probe Instrument Suite for Mesosphere Turbulence Experiment Mission, Adam Blake
Liquid Slosh Analysis Using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics, Kristopher S. Field
Long-range Propagation, Interaction, and Dissipation of Small-Scale Gravity Waves in the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere, Christopher J. Heale
Modeling and Experimental Investigation of Parabolic Trough Solar Collector, Mohanad Abdulazeez Abdulraheem Alfellag
Modeling Hydrodynamic Stability of Incline-Liquid Airblast Nozzle for Gas Turbine Combustion, Kevin Matiko
National Culture: Understanding the Impact of Cross-culture on Airline Pilots' Safety Performance in the Middle-East and North Africa (MENA) Region, Shareef Abdulla Kaddas Al-Romaithi
Pathology and Motivation in Players of Grand Theft Auto IV, Christopher M. Via
Performance Improvement through Velocity Triangle Optimization-Driven Redesign for Mitigating the Horseshoe Vortex in Axial Turbines, Vladislav Shulman
Proof of Concept Test for Dual-Axis Resonant Phase-Locked Excitation (PhLEX) Fatigue Testing Method for Wind Turbine Blades, Jenna Austin Beckwith
Reduction of Secondary Flow Losses in a Turbine for Use in Man-Portable Power Generation, Andrew J. Yatsko
Robust and Adaptive Nonlinear Control of Limit Cycle Oscillations in UAVs Using Synthetic Jet Actuators, Natalie Ramos Pedroza
Run-Time HEV Engine-Generator Power-Speed Optimization for Fuel Consumption and Emissions Reduction, Chester Paul Rowe II
Separation Bubbles and Vortex Formation in Cavity Flows, Kartheek Ravulapati
Slosh Damping with Floating Magnetoactive Micro-Baffles, Vijay Santhanam
Speaker Dependent Voice Recognition with Word-Tense Association and Part-of-Speech Tagging, Theodore Philip King Ernst
The Effect of the 2-Dimensional Magnetic Field Profile in Hall Thrusters, Megan Lewis Harvey
The Effects of Rewards on the Ability of an Autonomous UAV Controlled by a Reinforcement Learning Agent to Accomplish a Target Localization Task, Hemali Dinesh Virani
To Study the Effect of Catalyst on the Physical Parameters of Carbon Spheres, Tejas Shailesh Mehta
Unsteady Viscous Cavity Flow Using Computational Fluid Dynamics, Chandramouli Vadlamudi
Vision-Aided Navigation for GPS-Denied Environments Using Landmark Feature Identification, Tennyson Samuel John
Winglet Performance Evaluation through the Vortex Lattice Method, Phil R. Rademacher
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
A 3-D Model of the Auroral Ionosphere, Yishi Lee
A Descriptive Analysis of Public Comments Submitted in Response to Notice of Proposed Rules on Air Carrier Pilot Qualification, Amy Chaffee Doolittle
Analysis of Fatal General Aviation Accidents Occurring from Loss of Control on Approach and Landing, Brittnee Nicholle Branham
Analyzing Communication Performance: A Comparison of Native-English Speakers and Non-Native English Speakers, Tami Marie Gibbs
A Naturalistic Study of Long-term Working Memory Capacity for Meaningful Visual and Auditory Stimuli, Joseph M. Jaworski
An Ergonomic Evaluation of Aircraft Pilot Seats, Yolanda Nicole Andrade
An Investigation to Advance the Technology Readiness Level of the Centaur Derived On-orbit Propellant Storage and Transfer System, Nathan L. Silvernail
A Novel Resistance Exercise Machine for Use in a Lower Body Negative Pressure Box to Counteract the Effects of Weightlessness, Christine M. Dailey
Attitude Dynamics of Debris Resulting From Upper Stage Fragmentation in Low Earth Orbit, Killian Marie
Auroral Ion Upflows: Sources, High Altitude Dynamics, and Neutral Wind Effects, Meghan R. Burleigh
Collaborative Audio Transcription and Repair as a Method for Novice Pilots to Learn Approach Briefing Crew Resource Management (CRM) Skills, William A. Tuccio
Comparison of Three Angle of Attack (AOA) Indicators: A Usability Study, Camilo Jimenez
Comparison of Voice and Text ATC Communications in the Cockpit for ESL Pilots, Shannon Marie Cummings
Computing Radiation Exchange, Jonathan L. Nutzati Fontaine
Controllability of Open Quantum Optical Systems: Photon Fock States in a Cavity, Byron Henry Lowry
