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Sensitivity of Facial Organs of Pythons as Deduced by Radiation Heat Transfer Analysis Under Varying Environmental Conditions
(2017-12)Predicting the behavior of snakes has been an interest to several scientists for the last few decades. Even though considerable amount of research has been carried out pertaining to snakes, there remains a degree of ... -
Towards Green Building: Energy Efficient Roof System for Buildings
(2017-12)The present work focusses on investigating the thermal performance of different energy efficient roof systems for buildings for different climates. Buildings constitutes about 40 percent of total energy consumed by United ... -
A Real-Time Solution Strategy for Estimation of Aerothermal Heating for Reentry Vehicles
(2017-12)Direct measurement of flight environment on a heat shield of a Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) is critical due to the extremely aerothermal heating experiences during the reentry phase. An alternative approach is to install ... -
Investigating the Influence of Functional and NonFunctional Requirements on Change and Change Propagation
(2017-12)The research presented in this thesis investigates the nature of change and change propagation in requirement documents as they are influenced by requirement type, that is, “Functional” or “NonFunctional,” and how an ... -
Optimizing Bio-diesel Production by Transesterification for Internal Combustion Engines
(2017-12)Biodiesel is an attractive alternative diesel fuel that can be obtained by transesterification of vegetable oils and animal fats. The conventional base-catalyzed transesterification reaction is affected by many factors. ... -
Flight Testing Angle-of-Attack Warning Combinations on Part 23 Aircraft
(2017-12)The high number of accidents involving General Aviation (GA) aircraft leads to a need for improved methods to warn pilots of high angles of attack (AOA) and impending stall. Such methods must be certified by the Federal ... -
System Study of an On-Orbit Additive Manufacturing CubeSat
(2017-12)The AddCube mission aims to demonstrate additive manufacturing technology in microgravity on a CubeSat platform by 3D-printing a 1-meter long rectangular beam on orbit. To accomplish this task, Made In Space Inc. (MIS) ... -
Holistic Methodology for Stochastic Space Mission Utility Analysis
(2017-10)Analysis and design mechanisms have a profound effect on space missions; yet, space mission engineering is a discipline without unanimous definition and implementation. Current philosophies are inadequate due to incomplete ... -
Improving Crash Safety of Jet Dragsters Through Modeling and Analysis
(2017-07)The objective of this thesis was to analyze how additional foam implementation in a jet dragster driver’s compartment can improve driver safety in the case of an accident. This analysis was divided into two sections: a ... -
Tuning Micro-Electro-Mechanical Resonators for Maximum Dynamic Range
(2017-07)This research seeks to improve the linear dynamic range (LDR) of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) resonators, which are commonly used in sensing and timing applications. We address specifically the need for devices ... -
The Controlled Human Gyroscope
(2016-07)The objective of this thesis was to design an adaptive rotational motion simulator capable of replicating the attitudes of spacecrafts and aircrafts, while avoiding gimbal lock. Flight motion simulators are currently ... -
Design of a Compact Helical Counterflow Heat Exchanger
(2017-06)Compact heat exchangers are desirable in many aerospace applications. New additive manufacturing approaches, such 3D printing, have enabled the fabrication of heat exchange devices utilizing geometries that cannot be ... -
Takeoff and Landing Distance Measurement: An Evaluation of Laser Altimetry for the Collection of Absolute Aircraft Altitude
(2017-05)The measurement of takeoff and landing distance during flight testing of general aviation aircraft requires the accurate measurement of aircraft position over the ground and altitude up to 50 feet above surface elevation. ... -
Single Waypoint ZEM/ZEV Based Closed-Loop Controller Design for Rendezvous with a Rotating Target
(2017-05)The research presented in this thesis addresses a very specific kind of autonomous rendezvous procedure between two spacecraft in close proximity, namely that in which the chaser object is attempting to dock at a location ... -
Empirical Study of In-Plane Shrinkage and Bulging of Circular Cylinders Fabricated with the Fused Deposition Modeling Additive Manufacturing Method
(2017-04)This thesis presents a set of empirical studies, leading to three Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM) tools for estimating diametric shrinkage and the longitudinal variation of diameter in circular cylinders produced ... -
Effect of the Wake Structure on Drag Coefficient for a Thin Flexible Wire
(2017-04)The present research work focuses on investigating the effect of wake structure on the drag coefficient of a thin flexible wire. Previous researchers have investigated the flow characteristics around the cylinder and ... -
An Empirical Examination of Cognitive Chunking and Information Generation in Freehand Sketches during Design Ideation
(2017-05)This thesis proposes a method to measure information content of freehand sketches during design ideation based on the cognitive chunk formation. The research is broken down into two phases. The first is a protocol study ... -
Dynamic Anchoring in Soft Regolith for Celestial Exploration
(2017-05)Recent exploration missions to celestial bodies have shown an increasing demand for surface based landers and rovers designed to perform experiments on the ground, rather than relying purely on traditional orbiting ... -
Multi-Axial Fiber Optic Reference Strain Sensor for Flexible Dynamics of Structures
(2016-12)Launch vehicles are in an ever-decreasing weight trend, with bodies becoming more slender to reduce aerodynamic loading. Mass and stiffness tend to be opposing concepts when designing launch vehicles: a stiffer structure ... -
Design of a 3D Printable Mechanical Time Simulating Solar System Model for use in STEM Education
(2017-03)The use of designed tools to assist with relating abstract ideas to reality is now a possibility with the use of the modern manufacturing method of 3D printing. The inner four planets’ natural orbital periods with respect ...
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