11. Biomimetic Methods of Optimizing Two-impulse Orbital Transfers Open Access Author: Borowski, Alexander David Title: Biomimetic Methods of Optimizing Two-impulse Orbital Transfers Area of Honors: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: optimizationorbitaerospacetrajectoryparticleswarmbacteriaforaging File: Download Borowski_Alexander_-_Biomimetic_Methods_of_Optimizaing_Two-Impulse_Orbital_Transfers.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Robert Graham Melton, Thesis Honors AdvisorDavid Bradley Spencer, Thesis SupervisorDr. George A Lesieutre, Faculty Reader
12. Application of Particle Swarm Optimization to Lyapunov Periodic Orbits Open Access Author: Caldwell, Cory Title: Application of Particle Swarm Optimization to Lyapunov Periodic Orbits Area of Honors: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: particleswarmoptimizationmethodLyapunovorbitperiodicLangrange File: Download Caldwell_Cory_-_Honors_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Robert Graham Melton, Thesis SupervisorDavid Bradley Spencer, Thesis Honors AdvisorDr. George A Lesieutre, Faculty Reader
13. ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES ON USER DESIGN PERFORMANCE USING QUADCOPTERS IMPLEMENTING STRUCTURAL BATTERIES Open Access Author: Nolff, Andrew James Title: ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES ON USER DESIGN PERFORMANCE USING QUADCOPTERS IMPLEMENTING STRUCTURAL BATTERIES Area of Honors: Engineering Science Keywords: structural batteriesquadcoptersoptimizationgraphical user interfacesenergy storagedynamicsaerodynamics File: Download Nolff_Andrew_QuadDesignTool.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Mary I Frecker, Thesis SupervisorJoseph Lawrence Rose, Thesis Honors Advisor
14. HOCKEY ANALYTICS: PREDICTIVE MODELING OF TEAM AND PLAYER PERFORMANCE Open Access Author: Bollendorf, Steven Matthew Title: HOCKEY ANALYTICS: PREDICTIVE MODELING OF TEAM AND PLAYER PERFORMANCE Area of Honors: Industrial Engineering Keywords: hockeysports analyticsNHLregression analysisoptimizationanalyticspredictive modelingplayer evaluation File: Download Bollendorf_THESIS.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Guodong Pang, Thesis SupervisorDr. Catherine Mary Harmonosky, Thesis Honors Advisor
15. OPTIMIZING OPERATIONAL DECISIONS IN A BEEKEEPING BUSINESS Open Access Author: Golden, Patrick Michael Title: OPTIMIZING OPERATIONAL DECISIONS IN A BEEKEEPING BUSINESS Area of Honors: Industrial Engineering Keywords: operations researchbeekeepingoptimizationprofitabilitybudget File: Download Golden_Patrick_Thesis_Final_Draft.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Guodong Pang, Thesis SupervisorDr. Catherine Mary Harmonosky, Thesis Honors Advisor
16. Analog Twins: Development of Wirelessly Communicating Robotic Twins with Multiple Degrees of Freedom Open Access Author: Graham, Nathaniel D Title: Analog Twins: Development of Wirelessly Communicating Robotic Twins with Multiple Degrees of Freedom Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Digital TwinsArduinonrf24l01+optimization File: Download Thesis_final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Md Amanul Haque, Thesis SupervisorDr. Stephanie Stockar, Thesis Honors Advisor
17. Development of an Adjoint-Based Aeroelastic Optimizer for Truss Structures in Wings Open Access Author: Su, Anthony Title: Development of an Adjoint-Based Aeroelastic Optimizer for Truss Structures in Wings Area of Honors: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: optimizationtrussstructureaerodynamicgradientadjoint File: Download Su_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Daning Huang, Thesis SupervisorRobert G. Melton, Thesis Honors Advisor
18. Design and Analysis of Inverted Landing Mechanism and Biomimetic Strategy for Small-scale Quadrotors Open Access Author: Davis, Brian Title: Design and Analysis of Inverted Landing Mechanism and Biomimetic Strategy for Small-scale Quadrotors Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: biomimeticquadrotorquadcopterdroneoptimizationmechanical designrobotroboticssimulationinverted landingflyinsectlandingcontrolRREVrelative retinal rate of expansionlanding gearlanding mechanismperchingperceptionmultirotoruavunmanned aerial vehicleCrazyflie File: Download DESIGN_AND_ANALYSIS_OF_INVERTED_LANDING_MECHANISM_AND_BIOMIMETIC_STRATEGY_FOR_SMALL-SCALE_QUADROTORS_FINAL.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Bo Cheng, Thesis SupervisorBo Cheng, Thesis Honors AdvisorJean-Michel Mongeau, Faculty Reader
19. Optimal Design of Additively Manufactured Fin Topology for a Two-Phase Flow Channel Using Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithms Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Luu, Anthony Title: Optimal Design of Additively Manufactured Fin Topology for a Two-Phase Flow Channel Using Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithms Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: finstopologyoptimizationheat transfergenetic algorithmtwo-phase flowmulti-objective optimizationadditive manufacturingmechanical engineering File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Matthew J Rau, Thesis SupervisorAnne Elizabeth Martin, Thesis Honors AdvisorMary I Frecker, Thesis Supervisor
20. A-ManPG for sparse PCA via penalized matrix approximation Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Huang, Justin Title: A-ManPG for sparse PCA via penalized matrix approximation Area of Honors: Statistics Keywords: machine learningpcaunsupervised learningoptimizationsparse pca File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Lingzhou Xue, Thesis SupervisorMatthew D Beckman, Thesis Honors Advisor