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Author:

Brown, Kyle

Title:

EXPLORING THE EFFECTS OF A VOLTAGE BASED SHIFTING ALGORITHM ON A HYBRID-ELECTRIC VEHICLE LIMITED BY BACK EMF

Area of Honors:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

hybrid-electric vehicles
simulation
MATLAB
Simulink
Penn State Advanced Vehicle Team
Electrical Engineering

File:

Download Brown_Kyle_Exploring_the_Effects_of_a_voltage_based.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Gary L Neal Jr., Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Julio V. Urbina, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Callahan, Michael G

Title:

MARGINAL PRICING: AN EDUCATIONAL MODEL TO PRICE CORRELATED RISKS IN INSURANCE

Area of Honors:

Mathematics

Keywords:

actuarial science
mathematics
stochastic
monte carlo
insurance
finance
simulation
pricing model

File:

Download Callahan_Michael_MargPrice.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Nan Zhu, Thesis Supervisor
Dennis Keith Pearl, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Birch, Paul

Title:

Let's Make it a True Daily Double: Wagering to Win on Jeopardy!

Area of Honors:

Risk Management

Keywords:

Jeopardy!
quiz show
wagering
simulation
game theory
strategy

File:

Download Paul_Birch_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Matthew Logan Reimherr, Thesis Supervisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Piazza, Benjamin

Title:

Optical Tweezer Employed Nanodiamond Placement

Area of Honors:

Physics

Keywords:

optical tweezers
quantum physics
simulation
nitrogen vacancy center
experimental design

File:

Download Piazza_Thesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Nitin Samarth, Thesis Supervisor
Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Hannah, Sydney

Title:

Determining Human Performance Given Robot-Provided Explanations Through Task-Based Interaction

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

human-robot interaction
task-based interaction
simulation
explanation
robot
human performance

File:

Download Thesis_Hannah_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Alan Richard Wagner, Thesis Supervisor
Bo Cheng, Thesis Honors Advisor
Katie Fitzsimons, Faculty Reader

Author:

Davis, Brian

Title:

Design and Analysis of Inverted Landing Mechanism and Biomimetic Strategy for Small-scale Quadrotors

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

biomimetic
quadrotor
quadcopter
drone
optimization
mechanical design
robot
robotics
simulation
inverted landing
fly
insect
landing
control
RREV
relative retinal rate of expansion
landing gear
landing mechanism
perching
perception
multirotor
uav
unmanned aerial vehicle
Crazyflie

File:

Download DESIGN_AND_ANALYSIS_OF_INVERTED_LANDING_MECHANISM_AND_BIOMIMETIC_STRATEGY_FOR_SMALL-SCALE_QUADROTORS_FINAL.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Bo Cheng, Thesis Supervisor
Bo Cheng, Thesis Honors Advisor
Jean-Michel Mongeau, Faculty Reader

Author:

Allred, Gracelyne

Title:

Autopilot Design for the Takeoff and Landing of a Tailwheel Airplane

Area of Honors:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

simulation
aircraft simulation
vehicle simulation
tailwheel
flight test
adaptive control
autonomy
autonomous aircraft
autopilot
remote control
hardware in the loop
takeoff
landing
flight control
vehicle integration
aircraft integration
simulation environment

File:

Download ALLRED_HonorsThesis_.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Supervisor
Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Honors Advisor
Sven Schmitz, Faculty Reader

Author:

Mc Millan, Marquis

Title:

Characterizing Superconducting Qubits Using Pulse-level Control

Area of Honors:

Physics

Keywords:

quantum computing
quantum
computing
qubits
superconductivity
superconducting
josephson-junction
josephson
junction
physics
transmon
IBM
rabi
oscillations
rabi oscillations
probability coefficient
simulation
eigen energy
eigen states
light
matter
interaction
field strength
remote experiment
python
scipy
numpy
cooper pair box
model
theoretical
characterizing
microwaves
pulse-level
control
spectroscopy

File:

Download Undergraduate_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Nitin Samarth, Thesis Supervisor
Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Anderson, Caroline

Title:

Collecting Data for Human Confusion When Following Simulated Robot’s Instructions

Area of Honors:

Computer Science

Keywords:

computer vision
human robot interaction
convolutional neural networks
computer science
unity
simulation
human computer interaction

File:

Download CarolineAndersonFinalThesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Alan Richard Wagner, Thesis Supervisor
John Joseph Hannan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Wagner, Abigail

Title:

Millimeter-Wave Radar Imaging of an Automobile

Area of Honors:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

automotive
imaging
radar
autonomous vehicles
simulation

File:

Download Wagner_Abigail_RadarImagingofAutomobile.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Mahanth Gowda, Thesis Supervisor
Tim Kane, Thesis Honors Advisor