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Author:

Jois, Himavath

Title:

Evaulating Human Response to Robot-Administered Punishment

Area of Honors:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

human-robot interaction
ethics
roboethics
authority
punishment
exoskeleton

File:

Download Jois-BS-Thesis-Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Alan Richard Wagner, Thesis Supervisor
Robert G. Melton, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Su, Anthony

Title:

Development of an Adjoint-Based Aeroelastic Optimizer for Truss Structures in Wings

Area of Honors:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

optimization
truss
structure
aerodynamic
gradient
adjoint

File:

Download Su_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Daning Huang, Thesis Supervisor
Robert G. Melton, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Quinn, John

Title:

Performance Analysis of DE-Sigma Optimization Method

Area of Honors:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Optimization
Particle Swarm Optimization
PSO
Differential Evolution
DE
Differential Evolution Sigma
DE Sigma

File:

Download Thesis_Quinn.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Robert G. Melton, Thesis Supervisor
Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Park, Jung Eun

Title:

Inter-particle Contact Effects on Electrical and Thermal Conductivities of Maghemite-epoxy Nanocomposites.

Area of Honors:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Polymer nanocomposites
Composites
Nanofillers
Carbon nanotubes
Image processing
Aerospace materials
Structure-property relationship

File:

Download SHC_Thesis_Park_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Namiko Yamamoto, Thesis Supervisor
Namiko Yamamoto, Thesis Honors Advisor
Xin Ning, Faculty Reader

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 Objects
Estimation
Filter
Nonlinear Predictive Filter
Astromechanics
Atmospheric Drag
Low-thrust Maneuver
Minimum Model Error
Optimum Control Problem
mis-model
State Transition Matrix
covariance constraint
Orbital Mechanics
Orbit Estimation
Dynamic Mis-modeling
Observation
sensor
Space Situational Awareness
Adaptive Filter
control
Estimated States
Orbit
nonlinear control
nonlinear filter
predictive filter

File:

Download McShane_Richard_AControlTheoreticFrameworkForAccurateTrackingOfASatelliteInAnUnknownEnvironment.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Puneet Singla, Thesis Supervisor
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Guyer, Luke

Title:

Minimum Time Spacecraft Reorientation with Hybrid Heuristic/Gradient Optimization Methods

Area of Honors:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Metaheuristics
Optimization
Particle Swarm Optimization
Ant Colony Optimization
Spacecraft Dynamics
Hybrid Optimization
Spacecraft Reorientation

File:

Download Guyer_Thesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Robert G. Melton, Thesis Supervisor
Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Canby, Charles

Title:

Possible Applications of Metal Additive Manufacturing in Aerospace Vaporizers

Area of Honors:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

resistojet
vaporizer
additive manufacuring
3d printing
selective laser melting

File:

Download Canby_Charles_Honors_Thesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Sven G Bilen, Thesis Supervisor
Robert G. Melton, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Fink, Jason

Title:

Design Optimizations for Turbulence Reduction of a Closed-Circuit Compressed Air Wind

Area of Honors:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

wind tunnel
fluid mechanics
aerodynamics
flow separation
boundary layer control
turbulence
CAD
pressure vessel
closed-circuit
rotary systems
mesh screens
test section
wide-angle diffuser
flow conditioning
settling chamber
return diffuser
rotational augmentation
UAVs
phase-lock imaging
airfoils
pressure drop

File:

Download Aerospace_Engineering_Undergraduate_Thesis_Jason_Fink.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Mark A Miller, Thesis Supervisor
Philip John Morris, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Detwiler, Jonathan

Title:

Low-Power Water-Vapor Generation using Ultrasonic Atomizer for Use with Microwave Electrothermal Thrusters

Area of Honors:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

MET
Electric Propulsion
Atomizer
Ultrasonic
Microwave
Water Vapor
Aerospace
Propulsion

File:

Download Jonathan_Detwiler_Thesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Sven G Bilen, Thesis Supervisor
Robert G. Melton, Thesis Honors Advisor

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