MSAE Project & Thesis Reports: 2025

Spring 2025

Aaron M. Do
Design of a 3D Printed, Man-portable, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle [pdf]
Advisor: Dr. Yawo Ezunkpe

Andrew D. Gasser
Influence of Flow Disruptors on the Performance of Piezoelectric Cantilever Beams for Energy Harvesting Through CFD Analysis [pdf]
Advisor: Dr. Edoardo Rubino

Anushree Gharat
Effect of Shimming on Fatigue Life [pdf]
Advisor: Prof. Maria Chierichetti

Atharva Sawant
Analysis of Cluster Engine Instabilities and Plume Characteristics [pdf]
Advisor: Dr. Periklis Papadopoulos

Baraa W. Al-Sammarraie
Optimizing Blunt Nose Cone Designs and Canard Placements for Military Missiles to Mitigate Shockwave Interference [pdf]
Advisor: Dr. Yawo Ezunkpe

Bohdan O. Wesely
Multi-Pass Aerocapture Approach for Orbital Insertion [pdf]
Advisor: Dr. Perikilis Papadapolous

Carlos Pagan
CFD Analysis of a Viscous Optimized Conical Wave Rider in the Martian Atmosphere [pdf]
Advisor: Dr. Yawo Ezunkpe

Christopher J. Hernandez
Development of a Solar Array Deployment Mechanism for a CubeSat [pdf]
Advisor: Dr. Periklis Papadopoulos

Ignacio D. Ramírez
Romero Static Structural Analysis of Ocean Gate's Titan Submersible: Analytical and Numerical Comparison with Ansys [pdf]
Advisor: Dr. Maria Chierichetti

Jason Nguyen
Design and Analysis for Control Moment Gyroscopes Actuator (CMG) and Testbed for Attitude Control [pdf]
Advisor: Dr. Yawo Ezunkpe

Jax A. Williams
Optimizing Thermal Protection Systems for Hypersonic Reentry: Design and Simulation Analysis [pdf]
Advisor: Dr. Yawo Ezunkpe

Kenneth Gorospe
Controls Systems Design of an Autonomous, Supersonic UAV [pdf]
Advisor: Dr. Periklis Papadopoulos

Khiem Huu Gia Nguyen
The Design of Compact Attitude Determination Control Systems [pdf]
Advisor: Dr. Periklis Papadopoulos

Luis D Jurado Soto
Integrated CFD-Based Optimization of Rocket Nose cone and Nozzle Configurations for Enhanced Aerodynamic and Propulsive Efficiency [pdf]
Advisor: Dr. Yawo Ezunkpe

Osiris L. Zamudio Jr
Aerodynamic Optimization of a Sounding Rocket at Mach 1.5: Analysis of Nose Cone, Fin, and Canard Configurations [pdf]
Advisor: Dr. Yawo Ezunkpe

Sarah Hussain
Geometry Optimization for Rotating Detonation Engines [pdf]
Advisor: Dr. Yawo Ezunkpe

Tomoaki M. Clark
A Theoretical Analysis on Magnetic Control Systems in Aircraft, and Spacecraft [pdf]
Advisor: Dr. Periklis Papadopoulos

Volodymyr Zhukov
The Extraterrestrial Particles Collector [pdf]
Advisor: Dr. Yawo Ezunkpe