1. Study of Key Noise Characteristics for a Personal Flight Vehicle Open Access Author: Calibeo, Joseph Peter Title: Study of Key Noise Characteristics for a Personal Flight Vehicle Area of Honors: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: HelicopterCoaxialrotornoiseWOPWOPaeroacousticcomputationGoFlyaerospacepersonal flight vehicleVTOL File: Download Calibeo_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis SupervisorKenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Honors AdvisorJacob Willem Langelaan, Faculty ReaderEric Norman Johnson, Faculty Reader
2. Design of the Zephyrus Human Powered Airplane Propellers Open Access Author: Steinberger, Victoria Lynn Title: Design of the Zephyrus Human Powered Airplane Propellers Area of Honors: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: HPAZephyrusAerospace EngineeringSailplanePropellers File: Download VLS_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Mark David Maughmer, Thesis SupervisorDr. Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Honors AdvisorKenneth Steven Brentner, Faculty Reader
3. Design and Development of a Supersonic Nitrogen Gas Flow System for Beamed Microwave Plasma Experiments Open Access Author: Brandon, Ashley Marie Title: Design and Development of a Supersonic Nitrogen Gas Flow System for Beamed Microwave Plasma Experiments Area of Honors: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: compressible flowpropulsionmicrowavesplasmaconverging diverging nozzlebeamed energy File: Download Brandon__Ashley_-_Thesis_Final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis SupervisorKenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Honors Advisor
4. NEAR-EARTH ASTEROID-MINING VENTURE: RESOURCES, METHODS, AND ECONOMICS Open Access Author: Kamdar, Kartik Title: NEAR-EARTH ASTEROID-MINING VENTURE: RESOURCES, METHODS, AND ECONOMICS Area of Honors: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: Asteroid miningNEA miningAsteroidNEAMining ventureAerospaceSpaceAstronomyEntrepreneurship File: Download Honors_Thesis_Kartik_Final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Sven G Bilen, Thesis SupervisorKenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Honors Advisor
5. A Control Theoretic Framework For Accurate Tracking Of A Satellite In An Unknown Environment Open Access Author: Mc Shane, Richard Title: A Control Theoretic Framework For Accurate Tracking Of A Satellite In An Unknown Environment Area of Honors: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: Resident Space ObjectsEstimationFilterNonlinear Predictive FilterAstromechanicsAtmospheric DragLow-thrust ManeuverMinimum Model ErrorOptimum Control Problemmis-modelState Transition Matrixcovariance constraintOrbital MechanicsOrbit EstimationDynamic Mis-modelingObservationsensorSpace Situational AwarenessAdaptive FiltercontrolEstimated StatesOrbitnonlinear controlnonlinear filterpredictive filter File: Download McShane_Richard_AControlTheoreticFrameworkForAccurateTrackingOfASatelliteInAnUnknownEnvironment.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Puneet Singla, Thesis SupervisorKenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Honors Advisor
6. Designing a Wind Turbine Rotor for High Reynolds Number Wind Tunnel Experiments Open Access Author: Forrest, Joshua Title: Designing a Wind Turbine Rotor for High Reynolds Number Wind Tunnel Experiments Area of Honors: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: Wind EnergyAerodynamicsReynolds Number File: Download Joshua_Forrest_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Mark A Miller, Thesis SupervisorKenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Honors Advisor
7. Measurement of Solid Propellant Burning Rates Using Photodiode Arrays Open Access Author: Stevens, Matthew Title: Measurement of Solid Propellant Burning Rates Using Photodiode Arrays Area of Honors: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: Solid PropellantSolid Rocket MotorBurning RateSolid Propellant Burning RateCombustionMeasuring Burning Rate File: Download Measurement_of_Solid_Propellant_Burning_Rates_Using_Photodiode_Arrays_MatthewStevens_Final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Richard A Yetter, Thesis SupervisorKenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Honors Advisor
8. Design of a rotor test stand for use in a compressed test facility Open Access Author: Gudall, Casey Title: Design of a rotor test stand for use in a compressed test facility Area of Honors: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: AerospaceVLRCOERotorcraft File: Download Schreyer_Honors_Thesis_Final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Mark A Miller, Thesis SupervisorKenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Honors Advisor
9. Semi-Analytical Modeling of Shock-wave/Boundary Layer Interaction Over Compression Ramps in Hypersonic Flow Open Access Author: Glenn, Ryan Title: Semi-Analytical Modeling of Shock-wave/Boundary Layer Interaction Over Compression Ramps in Hypersonic Flow Area of Honors: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: Computational Fluid DynamicsHypersonic Flow File: Download Ryan_Banks_Glenn__Thesis_.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Daning Huang, Thesis SupervisorKenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Honors Advisor
10. Acoustic and Performance Analysis of Counter-Rotating Co-Axial Toroidal Rotors Open Access Author: Robertson, Noah Title: Acoustic and Performance Analysis of Counter-Rotating Co-Axial Toroidal Rotors Area of Honors: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: AeroacousticsPropellersPerformanceToroidal File: Download Toroidal_Blades_Honors_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Jose Palacios, Thesis SupervisorKenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Honors Advisor
