Theses/Project Reports from 2015
Modeling and Test of the Efficiency of Electronic Speed Controllers for Brushless DC Motors, Clayton R. Green
Inductive Monitoring Systems: A CubeSat Ground-Based Prototype, Michelle Haddock
A Customer Value Assessment Process (CVAP) for Ballistic Missile Defense, Alex Hernandez
Design Methods for Remotely Powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, William Beaman Howe
Open Source Toolkit for Reentry Object Modeling, Christopher Lloyd Ostrom II
Inlet Shape Considerations for Split-Wing Electric Distributed Propulsion, Kurt Vonderhaar Papathakis
Structural Micrometeoroid and Radiation Shielding for Interplanetary Spacecraft, Jared Allen Ruekberg
Development of CPANEL, an Unstructured Panel Code, Using a Modified TLS Velocity Formulation, Christopher R. Satterwhite
Experimental Investigation of Drag Reduction by Trailing Edge Tabs on a Square Based Bluff Body in Ground Effect, Scott R. Sawyer
Interplanetary Ridesharing: Exploring Potential CubeSat Trajectories, Liam Colin Smith
An Investigation to Detect Delamination in Composite Laminated Plates Under Dynamic Loading, Jason Christopher Starnes
Effect of Sustainable and Composite Materials on the Mechanical Behavior of Sandwich Panels Under Edgewise Compressive Loading, Justin A. Tafoya
Hybrid Rocket Motor Scaling Process, Joseph B. R. Vanherweg
Development of an Interactive Wave Drag Capability for the OpenVSP Parametric Geometry Tool, Michael Jon Waddington
Validation of a CFD Approach for Gas Turbine Internal Cooling Passage Heat Transfer Prediction, Daniel G. Wilde
Theses/Project Reports from 2014
Analysis of Tumble Rate and Spin Axis Orientation for Rocket Bodies Near Geostationary Altitude, Kimberly Andersen
Effect of Adaptive Tabs on Drag of a Square-Base Bluff Body, Brian W. Barker
Effects of Low Velocity Impact on the Flexural Strength of Composite Sandwich Structures, Jeffrey Scott Carter
Flight Testing Small UAVs for Aerodynamic Parameter Estimation, Adam Thomas Chase
Development of Safety Standards for CubeSat Propulsion Systems, Liam Jon Cheney
Control of a Spacecraft Using Mixed Momentum Exchange Devices, Blake J. Currie
Applied Mass Properties Identification Method to the Cal Poly's Spacecraft Simulator, Long H. Dam
Autonomous Close Formation Flight of Small UAVs Using Vision-Based Localization, Michael B. Darling
On the Growth Rate of Turbulent Mixing Layers: A New Parametric Model, Jeffrey L. Freeman
The Effects of Atomic Oxygen on the Outgassing Properties of Spacecraft Materials, Eli Z. Gurnee