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1. DESIGN OF A SERIES OF AIRFOILS FOR THE PSU ZEPHYRUS HUMAN-POWERED AIRCRAFT

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Open Access
Author:
Tao, Tony S.
Title:
DESIGN OF A SERIES OF AIRFOILS FOR THE PSU ZEPHYRUS HUMAN-POWERED AIRCRAFT
Area of Honors:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
airfoil design
airfoil
aerodynamics
profil
xfoil
drela
eppler
maughmer
human
powered
aircraft
airplane
sailplane
File:
Download manuscript_8_final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Supervisor
Robert Graham Melton, Thesis Honors Advisor
Barnes Warnock Mccormick Jr., Faculty Reader
Dr. George A Lesieutre, Faculty Reader

2. A New Method of Determining Roughness Height For Low-Reynolds-Number Flows

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Open Access
Author:
Morgan, Nicholas
Title:
A New Method of Determining Roughness Height For Low-Reynolds-Number Flows
Area of Honors:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
airfoil
fixed transition
forced transition
low Reynolds
S407
E387
transition
Braslow
LSLT Wind Tunnel
Wind Tunnel
Low-Speed
File:
Download A_NEW_METHOD_OF_DETERMINING_ROUGHNESS_HEIGHT_FOR_LOW-REYNOLDS-NUMBER_FLOWS.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Supervisor
Robert Graham Melton, Thesis Honors Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Faculty Reader

3. Integrating Wake Rake (Development and Profile Drag Analysis)

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Open Access
Author:
Gonzalez, Anthony Nicholas
Title:
Integrating Wake Rake (Development and Profile Drag Analysis)
Area of Honors:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Integrating Wake Rake
Profile Drag Analysis
Airplane Performance
3D Printing
Froude (1874)
Betz (1925)
Jones (1936)
Profile vs. Induced Drag
Wind Tunnel Testing & Computational Analysis
Silverstein and Katzoff
File:
Download Thesis_AG.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Supervisor
Robert Graham Melton, Thesis Honors Advisor

5. Minimum Time Spacecraft Reorientation with Hybrid Heuristic/Gradient Optimization Methods

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Open Access
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

6. Autopilot Design for the Takeoff and Landing of a Tailwheel Airplane

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Open Access
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

8. Comparison of the Standard Thermal Mix Model to an Alternate Approach of Sailplane Winglet Design and Their Resulting Impact on Cross-Country Flight Performance

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Open Access
Author:
Cooper, Jenna
Title:
Comparison of the Standard Thermal Mix Model to an Alternate Approach of Sailplane Winglet Design and Their Resulting Impact on Cross-Country Flight Performance
Area of Honors:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Sailplane
Aerodynamics
Aircraft
Airplane
Aerospace Engineering
Soaring
Weather Modeling
Aircraft Performance
File:
Download thesis_draft_FINAL.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Supervisor
Namiko Yamamoto, Thesis Honors Advisor

10. Design of and Business Case for a Deployable Rectenna for Spacecraft-to-Spacecraft Power Beaming

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Open Access
Author:
Carlson, Kade
Title:
Design of and Business Case for a Deployable Rectenna for Spacecraft-to-Spacecraft Power Beaming
Area of Honors:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Rectenna
Circuit
Electrical Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Kapton
Additive Manufacturing
Conductive Ink
Space Environment
Entrepreneurship
File:
Download Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Sven G Bilén, Thesis Supervisor
Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Honors Advisor