Theses/Project Reports from 2013
Design and Performance of Circulation Control Geometries, Rory Martin Golden
Analysis of an Inflatable Gossamer Device to Efficiently De-orbit CubeSats, Robert A. Hawkins Jr.
Feasibility of Microsatellite Active Debris Removal Systems, Karsten J. James
Axisymmetric Air Augmented Methanol/Gox Rocket Mixing Duct Experimental Thrust Study, Kyle Jacob Johnson
An Experimental Investigation of the STOL Performance of Cal Poly's AMELIA in the NFAC, Jonathan Andrew Lichtwardt
The Effect of Sensor Mass, Sensor Location, and Delamination Location of Different Composite Structures Under Dynamic Loading, Albert Darien Liu
UAV Formation Flight Utilizing a Low Cost, Open Source Configuration, Christian W. Lopez
System Design Considerations and the Feasibility of Passively Compensated, Permanent Magnet, Iron-Core Compulsators to Power Small Railgun Platforms, Collin Taylor Macgregor
Design, Fabrication, and Testing of an EMR Based Orbital Debris Impact Testing Platform, Jeffrey J. Maniglia Jr.
Adaptive Control Techniques for Transition-to-Hover Flight of Fixed-Wing UAVs, Brian Decimo Marchini
Computational and Experimental Comparison of a Powered Lift, Upper Surface Blowing Configuration, Jay M. Marcos
Numerical Flow Field Analysis of an Air Augmented Rocket Using the Axisymmetric Method of Characteristics, Jeffrey Massman
Hollow Plume Mitigation of a High-Efficiency Multistage Plasma Thruster, Scott Alan McGrail
Attitude Estimation for a Gravity Gradient Momentum Biased Nanosatellite, Arash Mehrparvar
Characterization of the Effects of a Sun-Synchronous Orbit Slot Architecture on the Earth's Orbital Debris Environment, Connor David Noyes
Qualitative Methods Used to Develop and Characterize the Circulation Control System on Cal Poly's AMELIA, Eric N. Paciano
Thermal Modeling and Validation Testing of a Miniature Xenon Ion Thruster, Samuel R. Parker
Improvement of Electromagnetic Railgun Barrel Performance and Lifetime by Method of Interfaces and Augmented Projectiles, Aleksey D. Pavlov
The Feasibility and Application of Observing Small LEO Satellites with Amateur Telescopes, Brock Schmalzel
A Gravity Gradient, Momentum-Biased Attitude Control System for a CubeSat, Ryan J. Sellers
Investigation Into the Mitigation of the Effects of Uncertain Optical Degradation on an Interplanetary Solar Sail Mission Using a Single Model Update, Jordan Smiroldo
Thermal Analysis of a Monopropellant Micropropulsion System for a CubeSat, Erin C. Stearns
Effects of Damage Arrestment Devices on the Fatigue Life of Impacted Composite Sandwich Beams, Yvette Vanessa Wood
Ad-Hoc Regional Coverage Constellations of Cubesats Using Secondary Launches, Guy G. Zohar
Effect of Fatigue Cycle Loading Amplitude Tension-Tension on Composite Laminated Plates with Initial Delamination, Walter Zuluaga