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Author:

Maloney, Blake Anthony

Title:

Design of an Autonomous Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

mechanical engineering
uav
drone
mission planner
autonomous

File:

Download Blake_Maloney_Thesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Henry Joseph Sommer III, Thesis Supervisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Honors Advisor

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:

Pence, Jack

Title:

Collision Avoidance of Dynamic Obstacles Utilizing a Potential Flow Theory Approach

Area of Honors:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Aerospace
collision avoidance
flight test
autonomy
autonomous flight
controls and dynamics
navigation
control
simulation
guidance
drone
uav
uam

File:

Download COLLISION_AVOIDANCE_OF_DYNAMIC_OBSTACLES_UTILIZING_A_POTENTIAL_FLOW.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Supervisor
Sven Schmitz, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Wozniak, Matthew

Title:

An Analysis of Drone Technology's Realistic Impact on the United States Supply Chain

Area of Honors:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

drone
technology
supply
chain
opioid
epidemic
health
care
naloxone
west
virginia
united
states
consulting
analysis

File:

Download Final_Thesis_-_Wozniak.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Paul Griffin, Thesis Supervisor
Andris Freivalds, Thesis Honors Advisor