MSAE Project & Thesis Reports: 2024

Spring 2024

Andreana Aquino
Design and Construction of a Three Degree of Freedom Air Bearing Spacecraft Reaction Control Simulator [pdf]
Advisor: Dr. Yawo Ezunkpe

Anton P. Kulinich
Investigation and Model-Based Design of Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine System [pdf]
Advisor: Dr. Periklis Papadopoulos

Christian Ancheta
A Study of the Most Efficient Earth-to-Titan Orbit Trajectory Using the N-Body Problem [pdf]
Advisor: Prof. Jeanine Hunter

Christopher W. Crews-Holloway
Aerothermal Performance Analysis of Hypersonic Waverider Configurations for Rapid Interplanetary Transit Missions [pdf]
Advisor: Dr. Periklis Papadopoulos

Cristopher A. Barillas
Conceptual Design of Coaxial Injector for Laser Ignition Source [pdf]
Advisor: Dr. Periklis Papadopoulos

Derek H. Ye
CubeSat GNC Utilizing Photodiodes [pdf]
Advisor: Dr. Periklis E. Papadopoulos

Gurwant Singh
Space Elevator From Lunar Surface and/or Lunar Catching System [pdf]
Advisor: Dr. Periklis Papadopoulos

Jason Sagara
Multipurpose Modular UAV with Combat, Transport, Surveillance, and Decoy Capabilities [pdf]
Advisor: Prof. Sean Montgomery

Travis T. George
OMLESCA: Optimization of Modular Liquid Expulsion Systems for CubeSat Applications [pdf]
Advisor: Dr. Maria Chierichetti

Tripp Selvig
Design of an Experimental Jet to Evaluate Alternative Control Methods to Maintain Yaw Authority on Tailless Aircraft and Reduce Radar Cross Section [pdf]
Advisor: Dr. Gonzalo Mendoza

Fall 2024

Connor J. Miholovich
Vision-Based Odometry System for Localization of Aerial Vehicles [pdf]
Advisor: Dr. Jeanine Hunter

Devin J. Jordao
Design of a Thrust-Vectoring Electric Propulsion Thruster [pdf]
Advisor: Dr. Yawo Ezunkpe

Grace Y. Feng
Dynamics and Control of an Inverted Pendulum on a Cart via Optimal Linear Quadratic Regulator and Reinforcement Learning [pdf]
Advisor: Prof. Jeanine Hunter

Hieu G. Trinh
The Mathematical Model for The Designing of an Aerodynamic Control System for Launch Vehicles [pdf]
Advisor: Dr. Periklis Papadopoulos

Javaneh Keikha
Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of TPS Tile Discontinuities During Atmospheric Reentry [pdf]
Advisor: Dr. Periklis Papadopoulos

Jesse W. Franklin
Spacecraft Position and Attitude Estimation with Deep Learning [pdf]
Advisor: Prof. Jeanine Hunter

Roberto Rosila Mares
Optical Communication and Attitude Control Solutions for CubeSats [pdf]
Advisor: Dr. Periklis Papadopoulos

Sai Satya Srikar Maddali
Design and Structural Analysis of Martian Habitation Module [pdf]
Advisor: Dr. Periklis Papadopoulos

Tam Tran
Predictive Modeling of Laser Damage to Composite and Metallic Structures [pdf]
Advisor: Dr. Maria Chierichetti

Thiruvateeswaran Suresh
Computational analysis of a thin airfoil with different surface roughness types [pdf]
Advisor: Dr. Yawo Ezunkpe

Zhijie Chen
Analysis of Low-Cost Agricultural Drone with Machine Learning Object Detection Effectiveness [pdf]
Advisor: Dr. Periklis Papadopoulos