Student theses, by author
Space Systems Laboratory student theses are listed below, and many are available for download. Click a link to read a thesis abstract, view thesis properties, and download the thesis. To view theses that are not available for direct download here, please visit http://theses.mit.edu. See also the list of theses organized numerically by year.
Abernathy, Erik
| PhD (SERC #5-96) | Probabilistic Analysis and Design of Dimensionally Stable Composite Structures |
Aguirre, Francisco
| MS (SERC #10-94) | Multi-Axis Active Isolation from a Lightly Damped Vibrating Structure |
Ahsun, Umair
| PhD (SSL #12-07) | Dynamics and Control of Electromagnetic Satellite Formations |
Anderson, Eric
| PhD (SERC #14-93) | Robust Placement of Actuators and Dampers for Structural Control |
Andersson, Mark
| PhD (SERC #1-96-R) | Structural Shape Estimation Using Shaped Sensors |
Andringa, Jason
| MS (SERC #2-01) | A System Study on how to Dispose of Small Satellites |
Asari, Koji
| PhD (SERC #1-98) | Vibroacoustic Modeling and Control for Launch Vehicle Shrouds |
Azkarate, Martin
| MS (SSL #10-09) | Optimal Formation Flight Control Using Coupled Inter-Spacecraft Dynamics |
Azziz, Yassir
| MS (SSL #10-03) | Instrument Development and Plasma Measurements on a 200-Watt Hall Thruster Plume |
| PhD (SSL #17-07) | Experimental and Theoretical Characterization of a Hall Thruster Plume |
Bairstow, Brian
| MS (SSL #4-06) | Effectiveness of Integration of System-Level Optimization in Concurrent Engineering for Rocket Design |
Baldesarra, Mark
| MS (SSL #13-07) | A Decision-Making Framework to Determine the Value of On-Orbit Servicing Compared to Replacement of Space Telescopes |
Bellingham, John
| MS (SSL #12-02) | Coordination and Control of UAV Fleets using Mixed-Integer Linear Programming |
Bent, Aaron
| MS (SERC #6-94) | Piezoelectric Fiber Composites for Structural Actuation |
Berkovitz, Dustin
| MS (SSL #26-07) | System Characterization and Online Mass Property Identification of the SPHERES Formation Flight Testbed |
Blaurock, Carl
| MS (SERC #5-94) | Impedance Matching and Energy Shunting Control for Nonpositive Real Structures |
Bobronnikov, Sergei
| MS (SERC #13-A/B-94) | Modeling and Modal Identification of Jointed Space Structures in One- and Zero-Gravity Environments |
Bogosian, Josef
| MS (SSL #07-08) | Image Collection Optimization in the Design and Operation of Lightweight, Low Areal-Density Space Telescopes |
Bounova, Gergana
| MS (SSL #10-05) | Graph-theoretical Considerations in the Design of Complex Engineering Systems for Robustness and Scalability |
Bourgault, Frederic
| MS (SERC #5-00) | Model Uncertainty and Performance Analysis for Precision Controlled Space Structures |
Bruccoleri, Alexander
| MS (SSL #3-09) | The Design and Feasibility of a 10 mN Chemical Space Propulsion Thruster |
Campbell, Mark
| PhD (SERC #2-96) | Uncertainty Modeling for Structural Control Analysis and Synthesis |
Carretero-Benignos, Jorge
| PhD (SSL #04-05) | Numerical Simulation of a single emitter colloid thruster in pure droplet cone-jet mode |
Cazeau, Patrick
| MS (SERC #9-94) | The Implementation of Optimal Full State Feedback Using Area Averaging Sensors |
Celik, Murat
| PhD (SSL #4-07) | Experimental and Computational Studies of Electric Thruster Plasma Radiation Emission |
Chaize, Mathieu
| MS (SSL #5-03) | Enhancing the Economics of Satellite Constellations via Staged Deployment and Orbital Reconfiguration |
Chan, Kin
| MS (SERC #14-94) | Nonlinear modeling of high field ferroelectric ceramics for structural actuation |
Chang, Darren Datong
| MS (SSL #08-04) | Quantifying Technology Infusion and Policy Impact on Low Earth Orbit Communication Satellite Constellations |
Chen, Allen
| MS (SSL #10-02) | Propulsion System Characterization for the SPHERES Formation Flight and Docking Testbed |
Cheng, Shannon
| MS (SSL #4-02) | Computational Modeling of a Hall Thruster Plasma Plume in a Vacuum Tank |
| PhD (SSL #23-07) | Modeling of Hall thruster lifetime and erosion mechanisms |
Chepko, Ariane
| MS (SSL #5-09) | Technology Selection and Architecture Optimization of In-Situ Resource Utilization Systems |
Chung, Seung
| MS (SSL #7-03) | A Decomposed Symbolic Approach to Reactive Planning |
| PhD (SSL #13-08) | Model-based Planning through Constraint and Causal Order Decomposition |
Chung, Soon-Jo
| MS (SSL #19-02) | Design, Implementation and Control of a Sparse Aperture Imaging Satellite |
| PhD (SSL #7-07) | Nonlinear Control and Synchronization of Multiple Lagrangian Systems with Application to Tethered Formation Flight Spacecraft |
Clawson, Alissa
| MS (SERC #6-01) | Capturing the Impact of Model Error on Structural Dynamic Analyses During Design Evolution |
Cohan, Lucy
| MS (SSL #11-07) | Integrated Modeling to Facilitate Control Architecture Design for Lightweight Space Telescopes |
Cohanim, Babak
| MS (SSL #2-04) | Multiobjective Optimization of a Radio Telescope Array |
Collins, Simon
| PhD (SERC #8-94) | Multi-Axis Adaptive Feedforward Cancellation of Cryocooler Vibration |
Courtney, Daniel
| MS (SSL #06-08) | Development and Characterization of a Diverging CuspedField Thruster and a Lanthanum Hexaboride Hollow Cathode |
de Blonk, Brett
| PhD (SSL #4-03) | Optical-Level Structural Modelling of Membrane Mirrors for Spaceborne Telescopes |
de Weck, Olivier
| PhD (SERC #?-??) | Multivariable Isoperformance Methodology for Precision Opto-Mechanical Systems |
| MS (SERC #5-99) | Integrated Modeling and Dynamics Simulation for the Next Generation Space Telescope |
Deems, Elizabeth
| MS (SSL #22-07) | Risk Management of Student-Run Small Satellite Programs |
Deux, Jean-Marie
| MS (SSL #11-04) | Kinetic modeling of electrodynamic space tethers |
Diaz-Aguillo, Marc
| MS (SSL #2-09) | Optimal Interferometric Maneuvers for Distributed Telescopes |
Dietrich, Carl
| PhD (SSL #1-07) | Improving Particle Confinement in Inertial Electrostatic Fusion for Spacecraft Power and Propulsion |
Edwards, Christine
| MS (SSL #10-08) | Proximity Operations of a Miniature Inspector Satellite Using Emulated Computer Vision |
Elias, Laila
| PhD (SSL #5-04) | Dynamics of Multi-Body Space Interferometers Including Reaction Wheel Gyroscopic Stiffening Effects: Structurally Connected and Electromagnetic Formation Flying Architectures |
| MS (SERC #9-01) | A Structurally Coupled Disturbance Analysis Method Using Dynamic Mass Measurement Techniques, with Application to Spacecraft-Reaction Wheel Systems |
Enright, John
| PhD (SSL #5-02) | A Flight Software Development and Simulation Framework for Advanced Space Systems |
| MS (SERC #8-99) | Investigation of Spacecraft Cluster Autonomy Through An Acoustic Imaging Interferometric Testbed |
Fejzic, Amer
| MS (SSL #12-08) | Development of Control and Autonomy Algorithms for Docking to Complex Tumbling Satellites |
Ferguson, Philip
| MS (SSL #3-03) | Distributed Estimation and Control Technologies for Formation Flying Spacecraft |
Ferry, Jean-Benoit
| MS (SSL #11-03) | Electron Collection by an Electrodynamic Bare Tether at High Potential |
Fife, John
| PhD (SERC #11-98) | Hybrid-PIC Modeling and Electrostatic Probe Survey of Hall Thrusters |
Fox, Justin
| PhD (SSL #21-07) | Advances in Fully-Kinetic PIC Simulations of a Near-Vacuum Hall Thruster and Other Plasma Systems |
Galabova, Kalina
| MS (SSL #1-04) | Architecting a Family of Space Tugs based on Orbital Transfer Mission Scenarios |
Gassend, Blaise
| PhD (SSL #14-07) | A Fully Microfabricated Two-Dimensional Electrospray Array with Applications to Space Propulsion |
Glaese, Roger
| PhD (SERC #2-97) | Impedance Matching for Structural-Acoustic Control |
| MS (SERC #3-94) | Development of Zero-Gravity Structural Control Models from Analysis and Ground Experimentation |
Gray,Thomas
| MS (SSL #04-08) | Minimizing High Spatial Frequency Residual in Active Space Telescope Mirrors |
Grocott, Simon
| PhD (SERC #3-97) | Dynamic Reconstruction and Multivariable Control for Force-Actuatued, Thin Facesheet Adaptive Optics |
| MS (SERC #2-94) | Comparison of control techniques for robust performance on uncertain structural systems |
Gutierrez, Carlos
| MS (SERC #6-00) | Unidirectional Active Acoustic Control for Launch Vehicle Fairings |
Gutierrez, Homero
| PhD (SERC #1-99) | Performance Assessment and Enhancement of Precision Controlled Structures During Conceptual Design |
Hacker, Troy
| MS (SERC #2-00) | Performance Analysis of a Space-Based GMTI Radar System Using Separated Spacecraft Interferometry |
Henry, Melvin
| MS (SSL #8-02) | Model-based Estimation of Probabilistic Hybrid Automata |
Hilstad, Mark
| MS (SSL #16-02) | A Multi-Vehicle Testbed and Interface Framework for the Development and Verification of Separated Spacecraft Control Algorithms |
Hoff III, Nicholas
| MS (SSL #16-07) | Design and Implementation of a Relative State Estimator for Docking and Formation Control of Modular Autonomous Spacecraft |
Howell, Deborah
| MS (SSL #3-04) | Multi-Configuration Model Tuning for Precision Opto-Mechanical Systems |
| PhD (SSL #25-07) | Spatial Nyquist Fidelity Method for Structural Models of Opto-Mechanical Systems |
Huffman, Kara
| MS (SSL #2-06) | Designing Star Trackers to Meet Micro-satellite Requirements |
Huntington, Geoffrey
| PhD (SSL #06-07) | Advancement and Analysis of a Gauss Pseudospectral Transcription for Optimal Control Problems |
Hyde, Tupper
| PhD (SERC #4-96) | Active Vibration Isolation for Precision Space Structures |
Ingham, Michel
| MS (SERC #2-98) | Microdynamics and Thermal Snap Response of Deployable Space Structures |
Jacques, Robert
| PhD (SERC #11-94) | On-Line System Identification and Control Design for Flexible Structures |
Jilla, Cyrus
| PhD (SSL #6-02) | A Multiobjective, Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Methodology for the Conceptual Design of Distributed Satellite Systems |
| MS (SERC #15-98) | Separated Spacecraft Interferometry - System Architecture Design and Optimization |
Jordan, Elizabeth
| MS (SSL #19-07) | Design and Shape Control of Lightweight Mirrors for Dynamic Performance and Athermalization |
Katz, Jacob
| MS (SSL #8-09) | Estimation and Control of Flexible Space Structures for Autonomous On-Orbit Assembly |
Kenny, Sean
| PhD (SSL #1-02) | Optimal Rejection of Nonstationary Narrowband Disturbances for Flexible Systems |
Khayms, Vadim
| PhD (SERC #3-00) | Advanced Propulsion for Microsatellites |
Kim, Philip
| MS (SERC #4-00) | Model-based planning for coordinated air vehicle missions |
Kim, Susan
| MS (SSL #7-06) | Mission Design and Trajectory Analysis for Inspection of a Host Spacecraft by a Microsatellite |
Kim, Yool
| PhD (SERC #14-98) | Thermal Creak Induced Dynamics of Space Structures |
| MS (SERC #1-95) | Transient Thermo-Structural Analysis of an Insulated Space Structure |
Kimbrel, Scott
| MS (SSL #20-02) | Optimization of Electric Propulsion Orbit Raising |
Kong, Edmund
| PhD (SSL #2-02) | Spacecraft Formation Flight Exploiting Potential Fields |
| MS (SERC #13-98) | Optimal Trajectories and Orbit Design for Separated Spacecraft Interferometry |
Kuwata, Yoshiaki
| MS (SSL #9-03) | Real-time Trajectory Design for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles using Receding Horizon Control |
Kwon, Daniel
| MS (SSL #02-05) | Electromagnetic Formation Flight of Satellite Arrays |
| PhD (SSL #1-09) | Cryogenic Heat Pipe for Cooling High Temperature Superconductors with Application to Electromagnetic Formation Flight Satellites |
Lamamy, Julien-Alexandre
| MS (SSL #7-04) | Enhancing the science return of Mars missions via sample preparation, robotic surface exploration and in orbit fuel production |
| PhD (SSL #05-07) | Methods and Tools for the Formulation, Evaluation and Optimization of Rover Mission Concepts |
Lamassoure, Elisabeth
| MS (SERC #7-01) | A Framework to Account for Flexibility in Modeling the Value of On-Orbit Servicing for Space Systems |
Lee, Sang-il
| MS (SSL #02-08) | Design and Implementation of the State Estimator for Trajectory Following of an Electromagnetic Formation Flight Testbed |
Legge, Robert S.
| MS (SSL #05-08) | Fabrication and Characterization of Porous Metal Emitters for Electrospray Applications |
Lim, Ryan
| MS (SSL #3-06) | Staged Attitude-Metrology Pointing Control and Parametric Integrated Modeling for Space-based Optical Systems |
Lin, Charrissa
| PhD (SERC #3-96) | Towards Optimal Strain Actuated Aeroelastic Control |
Liu, Kuo-Chia (Alice)
| PhD (SSL #2-03) | Stochastic Performance Analysis and Staged Control System Designs for Space Based Interferometers |
Lobosco, David M.
| MS (SSL #6-04) | Integrated Modeling of Optical Performance for the Terrestrial Planet Finder Structurally Connected Interferometer |
Lozano-Tovar, Paulo
| PhD (SSL #1-03) | Studies on the Ion-Droplet Mixed Regime in Colloid Thrusters |
| MS (SERC #7-98) | Dynamic Models for Liquid Rocket Engines with Health Monitoring Application |
Lublin, Leonard
| PhD (SERC #6-96) | The Use of Additional Actuators to Enhance Performance Robustness |
Makarenko, Alexei
| MS (SERC #10-98) | Force and Strain Feedback for Distributed Actuation |
Makins, Brian
| MS (SSL #?-??) | Interferometer Architecture Trade Studies for the Terrestrial Planet Finder Mission |
Mallory, Gregory
| PhD (SERC #1-00) | Development and Experimental Validation of Direct Controller Tuning for Spaceborne Telescopes |
Mandy, Christophe Ph.
| MS (SSL #9-09) | Trajectory Design and Control for Formation Flying Spaceborne Interferometers |
Marais, Karen
| MS (SERC #10-01) | The Development and Analysis of Scanned Pattern Interferometric Radar |
Masters, Brett
| MS (SERC #1-94) | Multiple degree of freedom force-state component identification |
| PhD (SERC #1-97) | Evolutionary Design of Controlled Structures |
Masterson, Rebecca
| PhD (SSL #01-05) | Dynamic Tailoring and Tuning for Space-Based Precision Optical Structures |
| MS (SERC #4-99) | Development and Validation of Empirical and Analytical Reaction Wheel Disturbance Models |
McCloskey, Scott
| MS (SSL #15-07) | Development of Legged, Wheeled, and Hybrid Rover Mobility Models to Facilitate Planetary Surface Exploration Mission Analysis |
McConnell, Joshua
| MS (SSL #18-02) | Technical and Policy Issues Surrounding the Use of Autonomous Maneuverable Earth Observing Satellites |
McGuire, Thomas
| MS (SERC #13-01) | Aero-Assisted Orbital Transfer Vehicles Utilizing Atmosphere Ingestion |
| PhD (SSL #2-07) | Improved Lifetimes and Synchronization Behavior in Multi-grid Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion Devices |
Merchant, Christopher
| MS (SERC #8-01) | Active Noise Control Using Glow Discharge Plasma Panels |
Mohan, Swati
| MS (SSL #24-07) | Reconfiguration Methods for On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Operations with Application to Space Telescopes |
Myers, Rebecca
| MS (SSL #01-08) | Potential For Tsunami Detection And Early-Warning Using Space-Based Passive Microwave Radiometry |
Nadir, Bill
| MS (SSL #03-05) | Multidisciplinary Structural Design and Optimization for Performance, Cost, and Flexibility |
Neave, Matthew
| MS (SSL #07-05) | Dynamic and Thermal Control of an Electromagnetic Formation Flight Testbed |
Nilchiani, Roshanak
| PhD (SSL #11-05) | Measuring the Value of Space Systems Flexibility: A Comprehensive Six-element Framework |
Noguchi, Reid
| MS (SERC #7-99) | Linear 1-D Analysis of Oscillations Instabilities in Stationery Plasma Thrusters |
Nolet, Simon
| PhD (SSL #8-07) | Development of a Guidance, Navigation and Control Architecture and Validation Process Enabling Autonomous Docking to a Tumbling Satellite |
Odegard, Ryan
| MS (SSL #08-08) | Increased Confidence in Concept Design through Trade Space Exploration and Multiobjective Optimization |
Onishi, Tatsuo
| PhD (SSL #21-02) | Numerical Study of Current Collection by an Orbiting Bare Tether |
| MS (SERC #4-98) | Electron Current Collection by a Positively Charged Tether Using a Particle-In-Cell Method |
Oyerokun, Folusho
| MS (SERC #6-98) | A Theoretical Study on Alkali Seeding of Arcjet Thrusters |
Pacros, Anne
| MS (SSL #3-03) | Instruments Design and Testing for a Hall Thruster Plume Experiment on the Space Shuttle |
Panish, Robert
| MS (SSL #11-08) | Vehicle Egomotion Estimation Using Computer Vision |
Pascal, Robert
| MS (SERC #3-99) | Actuator and Sensor Design and Modeling for Structural Acoustic Control |
Pigeon, Tim
| MS (SSL #12-05) | Studies of Plume Condensation Contamination upon Surfaces of the Terrestrial Planet Finder Spacecraft |
Pohlman, Nicholas
| MS (SSL #13-02) | Estimation and Control of a Multi-Vehicle Testbed Using GPS Doppler Sensing |
Pucci, Justin
| MS (SSL #24-07) | An Analysis of Energy Balance in a Helicon Plasma Source for Space Propulsion |
Qarnain, Salma
| MS (SERC #8-98) | Issues Regarding a Complete Computational Model of a Hall Thruster from the Acceleration Channel through the Plume |
Radcliffe, Andrew
| MS (SSL #7-02) | A Real-Time Simulator for the SPHERES Formation Flying Satellites Testbed |
Reich, Gregory
| MS (SERC #4-94) | Design and Modeling of an Active Aeroelastic Wing |
Reichbach, Jeffrey
| MS (SERC #1-01) | Micropropulsion System Selection for Precision Formation Flying Satellites |
Richards, Arthur
| MS (SSL #14-02) | Trajectory Optimization using Mixed-Integer Linear Programming |
Robertson, Darrel
| MS (SERC #5-98) | A Two-Dimensional, Non-Equilibrium, Numerical Model of an Alkali Seeded Hydrogen Arcjet Thruster |
Rodgers, Lennon
| MS (SSL #14-05) | Concepts and Technology Development for the Autonomous Assembly and Reconfiguration of Modular Space Systems |
Saenz-Otero, Alvar
| MS (SERC #?-??) | The SPHERES Satellite Formation Flight Testbed: Design and Initial Control |
| PhD (SSL #05-05) | Design Principles for the Development of Space Technology Maturation Laboratories Aboard the International Space Station |
Sakaguchi, Aya
| MS (SSL #20-07) | Micro-Electromagnetic Formation Flight of Satellite Systems |
Samuels, Ayanna
| MS (SSL #08-05) | Assessing the Technical, Economic and Policy-centered Feasibility of a Proposed Satellite Communication System for the Developing World |
Schwarz, Robert
| MS (SERC #5-97) | A Probabilistic Model of the Effects of Satellite System Automation on Availability and Costs |
Schweighart, Samuel
| MS (SERC #14-01) | Development and Analysis of a High Fidelity Linearized J2 Model for Satellite Formation Flying |
| PhD (SSL #09-05) | Electromagnetic Formation Flight Dipole Solution Planning |
Scialom, Uriel
| MS (SSL #14-03) | Optimization of Satellite Constellation Reconfiguration |
Sedwick, Ray
| PhD (SERC #8-97) | Analysis of an Open Cycle Gas Core Nuclear Propulsion System Using MHD Driven Vortices for Fuel Containment |
Shaw, Graeme
| PhD (SERC #12-98) | The Generalized Information Network Analysis Methodology for Distributed Satellite Systems |
Shull, Sarah
| MS (SSL #10-07) | Integrated Modeling and Simulation of Lunar Exploration Campaign Logistics |
Siddiqi, Afreen
| PhD (SSL #1-06) | Reconfigurability in Space Systems: Architecting Framework and Case Studies |
Smith, Bryan
| MS (SSL #23-02) | Definition, Expansion and Screening of Architectures for Planetary Exploration Class Nuclear Electric Propulsion and Power Systems |
Sou, Kin Cheon
| MS (SSL #11-02) | Fast Time Domain Simulation for Large Order Hybrid Systems |
Spangler, Ronald
| PhD (SERC #7-94) | Broadband Control of Structural Vibration Using Simultaneous Sensing and Actuation with Nonlinear Piezoelectric Elements |
Stephenson, Robert
| MS (SERC #3-98) | Comparative System Trades Between Structurally Connected and Separated Spacecraft Interferometers for the Terrestrial Planet Finder Mission |
Stewart, Andrzej
| MS (SSL #9-07) | Design and Optimization of Lightweight Space Telescope Structures |
Sullivan, Kay Ueda
| MS (SSL #10-04) | PIC Simulation of SPT Hall Thrusters: High Power Operation and Wall Effects |
Surka, Derek
| MS (SERC #9-96) | A Comparison of Structurally Connected and Multiple Spacecraft Interferometers |
Szabo, James
| PhD (SERC #5-01) | Fully Kinetic Numerical Modeling of a Plasma Thruster |
Takigushi, Yu
| MS (SSL #6-09) | Emission of Whistler Waves from an Ionospheric Tether |
Taylor, Christine
| PhD (SSL #3-07) | Integrated Transportation System Design Optimization |
Thomas, Stephanie
| MS (SERC #4-01) | Developing a Space Shuttle Experiment for Hall and Pulsed Plasma Thrusters |
Tillerson, Michael
| MS (SSL #15-02) | Coordination and Control of Multiple Spacecraft using Convex Optimization Techniques |
Tuttle, Timothy
| PhD (SERC #4-97) | Creating Time-Optimal Commands for Linear Systems |
Uebelhart, Scott
| MS (SERC #3-01) | Conditioning, Reduction, and Disturbance Analysis of Large Order Integrated Models for Space-Based Telescopes |
| PhD (SSL #5-06) | Non-Deterministic Design and Analysis of Parameterized Optical Structures during Conceptual Design |
Van Eepoel, John
| MS (SSL #22-02) | Achieving Real-time Mode Estimation through Offline Compilation |
Velasquez, Luis
| MS (SERC #18-01) | A Microfabricated Colloid Thruster Array |
| PhD (SSL #12-04) | The Design, Fabrication and Testing of Micro-fabricated Linear and Planar Electrospray Thruster Arrays |
Warkentin, David
| MS (SERC #2-91) | Embedded Electronics for Intelligent Structures |
Warner, Noah
| MS (SSL #12-03) | Performance Testing and Internal Probe Measurements of a High Specific Impulse Hall Thruster |
| PhD (SSL #18-07) | Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Hall Thruster Miniaturization |
Wehowsky, Andreas
| MS (SSL #8-03) | Safe Distributed Coordination of Heterogeneous Robots through Dynamic Simple Temporal Networks |
Wertz, Julie
| MS (SSL #9-02) | Reliability and Productivity Modeling for the Optimization of Separated Spacecraft Interferometers |
| PhD (SSL #13-05) | Expected Productivity-Based Risk Analysis in Conceptual Design: With Application to the Terrestrial Planet Finder Interferometer Mission |
White, Daniel B.
| MS (SSL #09-08) | Power Balance in a Helicon Plasma Source for Space Propulsion |
Whiting, James
| MS (SSL #4-04) | Orbital Transfer Trajectory Optimization |
Woffinden, David
| MS (SSL #9-04) | On-Orbit Satellite Inspection: Navigation and Delta V Analysis |
Wong, Jonathan
| MS (SERC #11-01) | Implementation of Multi-Layer Active Structural-Acoustic Transmission Control |
Yang, Kyle
| PhD (SERC #8-96) | Efficient Design of Robust Controllers for H2 Performance |
Yashko, Gregory
| MS (SERC #9-98) | Ion Micro-Propulsion and Cost Modeling for Satellite Clusters |
York, Stephen
| MS (SSL #6-06) | Engine Placement for Manned Descent at Mars Considering Single Engine Failures |
Yung, Jeremy
| PhD (SERC #?-??) | Gain Scheduling for Geometrically Nonlinear Flexible Space Structures |
| MS (SERC #15-01) | Compensation Methodologies for Local Control using Strain Actuators and Sensors |
Zayas, Daniel
| MS (SSL #03-08) | Electromagnetic Extraction and Annihilation of Antiprotons for Spacecraft Propulsion |
Zeineh, Christopher
| MS (SSL #15-05) | Applications of an Electrostatic High-Voltage Tether to Radiation Belt Remediation |
Zorzos, Anthony
| MS (SSL #7-09) | The Use of Ionic Liquid Ion Sources (ILIS) in FIB Applications |