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Date: 12/17/2006   Aerospace Engineering
Name Committee Chair/Co-Chairs Dissertation Title
Broschart, Stephen Bruce Daniel J. Scheeres Close Proximity Spacecraft Maneuvers near Irregularly Shaped Small-bodies: Hovering, Translation, and Descent.
Burt, Jonathan Matthew Iain Boyd and Wei Shyy Monte Carlo Simulation of Solid Rocket Exhaust Plumes at High Altitutde.
Rasmussen, Chadwick C. James F. Driscoll An Experimental Study of Flame Stability in a Directly-Fueled Wall Cavity with a Supersonic Free Stream.
Rios-Reyes, Leonel Daniel J. Scheeres Solar Sails: Modeling, Estimation, and Trajectory Control
Shearer, Christopher M. Carlos E. Cesnik Coupled Nonlinear Flight Dynamics, Aeroelasticity, and Control of Very Flexible Aircraft.
Vanderwyst, Anton S. Iain Boyd and Wei Shyy Field Emission Electric Propulsion Thruster Modeling and Simulation.
Victor, Allen L. Alec D. Gallimore and Thomas H. Zurbuchen Design and Utilization of a Top Hat Analyzer for Hall Thruster Plume Diagnostics.
     
Date: 8/18/2006 Aerospace Engineering
Hoagg, Jesse B. Dennis S. Bernstein Advances in Adaptive Stabilization, Command Following, and Disturbance Rejection.
Stock, Mark J. Werner J.A. Dahm and Gretar Tryggvason A Regularized Inviscid Vortex Sheet Method for Three Dimensional Flows with Density Interfaces.
     
Date: 4/28/2006   Aerospace Engineering and Scientific Computing
Ismail, Farzad Philip L. Roe Toward a Reliable Prediction of Shocks in Hypersonic Flow: Resolving Carbuncles with Entropy and Vorticity Control.
     
Date: 4/28/2006   Aerospace Engineering
Al-Twaijry, Haithem A. David C. Hyland Multi-spacecraft Optimal Interferometric Imaging.
Astle, Aaron A. Luis P. Bernal Analysis, Design and Experimetnal Characterization of Electrostatically Actuated Gas Micropumps.
Chang, Bi-Chiau John A. Shaw Thermodynamics of Shape Memory Alloy Wire: Modeling, Experimental Calibration, and Simulation.
Gu, Yongxian Werner J. A. Dahm Gasdynamic Modeling and Parametric Study of Mesoscale Interal Combustion Swing Engine/Generator Systems.
Park, Chandeok Daniel J. Scheeres The Hamilton-Jacobi Theory for Solving Optimal Feedback Control Problems with General Boundary Conditions.
Rovey, Joshua L. Alec D. Gallimore A Multiple-Cathode, High-Power, Rectangular Ion Thruster Discharge Chamber for Increasing Thruster Lifetime.
     
Date: 12/18/2005   Aerospace Engineering
Akhtar, Subail Dennis S. Bernstein Discrete-Time Trailing Horizon Direct Adaptive Disturbance Rejection.
Basu, Shiladitya Anthony M. Waas Computational Modeling of Progressive Failure and Damage in Composite Laminates.
Cai, Chunpei Iain Boyd Theoretical and Numerical Studies of Plume Flows in Vacuum Chambers.
Herman, Daniel A. Alec D. Gallimore The Use of Electrostatic Probes to Characterize the discharge Plasma Structure and Identify Discharge Cathode Erosion Mechanisms in Ring-Cusp Ion Thrusters.
McNamara, Jack J. Peretz P. Friedmann and Kenneth G. Powell Aeroelastic and Aerothermoelastic Behavior of Two and Tree Dimensional Lifting Surfaces in Hypersonic Flow.
Sutton, Jeffrey A. James F. Driscoll Mixture Fraction and Scalar Dissipation Rate Imaging in Turbulent Nonpremixed Flames Near Extinction.
     
Date: 8/19/2005   Aerospace Engineering
Emhoff, Jerold W. Iain Boyd Simulation of Ion Optics Using Particle-In-Cell and Treecode Methods.
Liu, Li Peretz P. Friedmann BVI Induced Vibration and Noise Alleviatin by Active and Passive Approaches.
     
Date: 8/19/2005   Aerospace Science
Fukuzawa, Hiroaki Pierre Tshimanga Kabamba Contributions to Robust Control of Systems with Parametric Uncertainties.
     
Date: 4/29/2005   Aerospace Engineering and Scientific Computing
Koo, Justin William Iain Boyd Hybrid PIC-MCC Computational Modeling of Hall Thrusters.
Thuruthimattam, Biju J. Peretz P. Friedmann Fundamental Studies in Hypersonic Aeroelasticity Using Computational Methods.
   
Date: 4/29/2005   Aerospace Engineering
Hussein, Islam I. Anthony M. Bloch and Daniel J. Scheeres Motion Planning for Multi-Spacecraft Interferometric Imaging Systems.
Oh, Jinhuoung Dennis S. Bernstein Modeling, Identificatin, and Control of Rate-Independent and Rate-Dependent Hysteresis.
Palacios-Nieto, Rafael Carlos E. Cesnik Asymptotic Models of Integrally-Strained Slender Structures for High-Fidelity Nonlinear Aeroelastic Analysis.
Rakow, Joseph F. Anthony M. Waas Thermomechanical Response of Metal Foam Sandwich Panels for Structural Thermal Protection Systems in Hypersonic Vehicles.
Walker, Mitchell L. R. Alec D. Gallimore Effects of Facility Packpressure on the Performance and Plume of a Hall Thruster.