Theses/Project Reports from 2010
Control Law Design and Validation for a Helicopter In-Flight Simulator, Brian T. Fujizawa
System Integration and Attitude Control of a Low-Cost Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics Simulator, Ryan L. Kinnett
Picasso Interface for Horizon Simulation Framework, Brian E. Kirkpatrick
Novel Inverse Airfoil Design Utilizing Parametric Equations, Kevin A. Lane
Modeling and Simulation of Autonomous Thermal Soaring with Horizon Simulation Framework, Zhenhua Li
Quantifying Seismic Risk for Portable Ground Support Equipment at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Joshua Brian Lowe
Numerical Examination of Flow Field Characteristics and Fabri Choking of 2D Supersonic Ejectors, Brett G. Morham
Development of a Meshless Method to Solve Compressible Potential Flows, Alejandro Ramos
Applied System Identification for a Four Wheel Reaction Wheel Platform, Seth F. Silva
Assessing the v2-F Turbulence Models for Circulation Control Applications, Travis M. Storm
An Investigation of Initially Delaminated Composite Sandwich with Delamination Arrest Mechanism Under Buckling Loading, Tony D. Tran
Parameter Estimation of Fundamental Technical Aircraft Information Applied to Aircraft Performance, Michael Vallone
Development of a Small and Inexpensive Terrain Avoidance System for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle via Potential Function Guidance Algorithm, Shane Alan Wallace
Thermal Models for a 3 cm Miniature Xenon Ion Thruster, Coleman Thomas Younger
Theses/Project Reports from 2009
The Effect of the Fastener of Different Configuration Composite Panels on Failure Analysis, Robert Austin
Development of an Integrated Gaussian Process Metamodeling Application for Engineering Design, Collin R. Baukol
On-Board Orbit Determination and 3-Axis Attitude Determination for Picosatellite Applications, John Arthur Bowen
Shielding Effectiveness of Superalloy, Aluminum, and Mumetal Shielding Tapes, Cindy Suit Cheung
Attitude Determination of a Student Satellite Using On-Orbit Magnetometer and Temperature Data, Jacob Daniel Dimiceli
Effects of Delamination on Composite Sandwich Structures Under Static and Fatigue Loading, Eugene Everett Eswonia
Orbital Propagators for Horizon Simulation Framework, Mitra Farahmand
An Experiment on Integrated Thermal Management Using Metallic Foam, Derek M. Geiger
Aerodynamic Performance Enhancement of a NACA 66–206 Airfoil Using Supersonic Channel Airfoil Design, David Michael Giles
Comparison and Design of Simplified General Perturbation Models (SGP4) and Code for NASA Johnson Space Center, Orbital Debris Program Office, Nicholas Z. Miura