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Author:

Borowski, Alexander David

Title:

Biomimetic Methods of Optimizing Two-impulse Orbital Transfers

Area of Honors:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

optimization
orbit
aerospace
trajectory
particle
swarm
bacteria
foraging

File:

Download Borowski_Alexander_-_Biomimetic_Methods_of_Optimizaing_Two-Impulse_Orbital_Transfers.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Robert Graham Melton, Thesis Honors Advisor
David Bradley Spencer, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. George A Lesieutre, Faculty Reader

Author:

Flanagan, Peter Thomas

Title:

Particle Swarm Optimization Applied to Finite Thrust Transfers between Two Circular Non-coplanar Orbits

Area of Honors:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Particle
Swarm
Optimization
finite
thrust
non-coplanar
circular
orbits
swarm
intelligence
scheme
space
trajectories

File:

Download Flanagan_ThesisFinal.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Robert Graham Melton, Thesis Supervisor
Robert Graham Melton, Thesis Honors Advisor
David Bradley Spencer, Faculty Reader
Dr. George A Lesieutre, Faculty Reader

Author:

Caldwell, Cory

Title:

Application of Particle Swarm Optimization to Lyapunov Periodic Orbits

Area of Honors:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

particle
swarm
optimization
method
Lyapunov
orbit
periodic
Langrange

File:

Download Caldwell_Cory_-_Honors_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Robert Graham Melton, Thesis Supervisor
David Bradley Spencer, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. George A Lesieutre, Faculty Reader

Author:

Kim, Sung Jun

Title:

TRADESPACE EXPLORATION OF PARAMETERS FOR AEROCAPTURE AT MARS

Area of Honors:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Mars
orbital
mechanics
aerocapture
Mars-GRAM
atmosphere
density
drag
tradespace
exploration
orbit
atmospheric
interplanetary
astrodynamics

File:

Download Final_Draft_SHC_Thesis_Sung_Jun_Kim.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

David Bradley Spencer, Thesis Supervisor
David Bradley Spencer, Thesis Honors Advisor
Robert Graham Melton, Faculty Reader

Author:

Wehner, Matthew Donald

Title:

Injector Redesign for a Hydrogen Peroxide Monopropellant Thruster

Area of Honors:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

propulsion
rocket
space
aerospace
peroxide
injector
flow

File:

Download Wehner_SHCThesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Rui Ni, Thesis Supervisor
Robert Graham Melton, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Vitagliano, Robert P

Title:

Determination of Principal Axes and Moments of Inertia for Docked Spacecraft with Uncooperative Objects

Area of Honors:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

moment of inerita
asteroid
simulation
mass properties

File:

Download Robert_Vitagliano_SHC_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

David Bradley Spencer, Thesis Supervisor
Robert Graham Melton, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Stephans, Tyler Brett

Title:

AN EXAMINATION OF FORMATION FLYING SPACECRAFT IN HYPERBOLIC ORBITS THROUGH LAMBERT'S PROBLEM

Area of Honors:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

formation
spacecraft
hyperbolic
orbit
lambert
velocity change
synthetic aperture radar
sar
constellation

File:

Download Stephans.final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Robert Graham Melton, Thesis Supervisor
Robert Graham Melton, Thesis Honors Advisor
David Bradley Spencer, Faculty Reader

Author:

Barton, John Thomas

Title:

Monocular 3D Reconstruction using Structure from Motion

Area of Honors:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Computer Vision
Monocular
Visual Odometry
Point Cloud
UAS
Unmanned
Aerial Vehicle
Navigation

File:

Download Penn_State_University_Thesis_6_.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Supervisor
Robert Graham Melton, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Kobzarenko, Igor

Title:

OPTIMAL DEFLECTION METHOD FOR A NEAR EARTH ASTEROID USING A LOW THRUST PROPULSION SYSTEM

Area of Honors:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Asteroid deflection
Low-Thrust
4179 Toutatis

File:

Download Kobzarenko_Igor_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Robert Graham Melton, Thesis Supervisor
Cengiz Camci, Thesis Honors Advisor
David Bradley Spencer, Faculty Reader
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Faculty Reader

Author:

Palm, Dylan Marlin

Title:

MITIGATING SPACE DEBRIS THROUGH THE USE OF GAUSS' VARIATIONAL EQUATIONS AND PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION

Area of Honors:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Space Debris
Particle Swarm Optimization
Gauss' Variational Equations
Solar Sails

File:

Download Dylan_Palm_Thesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Robert Graham Melton, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. George A Lesieutre, Thesis Honors Advisor
Puneet Singla, Faculty Reader
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Faculty Reader