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Doctoral Alumni

Name	Committee Chair/Co-Chairs	Dissertation Title
Date: 12/16/2007		Aerospace Engineering
Thomas D. Schwartzentruber	Iain Boyd	A Modular Particle-Continuum Numerical Algorithm for Hypersonic Non-Equilibrium Flows.
Leonardo C. Scalabrin	Iain Boyd	Numerical Simulation of Weakly Ionized Hypersonic Flow Over Reentry Capsules.
Ajay Raghavan	Carlos E. Cesnik	Guided-wave Structural Health Monitoring.
Wei H. Ng	Peretz P. Friedmann and Anthony M. Waas	Thermomechanical Analysis of Damaged Thermal Protection System.
Zachary W. Nagel	Werner J.A. Dahm	Experimental Study of Heat RElease Effects in Exothermically Reacting Turbulent Shear Flows.

Date: 08/17/07		Aerospace Engineering
Ce Sun	Michael D. Thouless and Anthony M. Waas	Fracture of Plastically-deforming, Adhesively-bonded Structures: Experimental and Numerical Studies.
Li Qiao	Werner J.A. Dahm and Elaine S. Oran	Effects of Diluents on Laminar Premixed Hydrogen Flames in Microgravity.
Harish J. Palanthandalam-Madapusi	Dennis S. Bernstein and Aaron Ridley	Nonlinear System Identification with Applications to space Weather Prediction.
Paul J. Kominsky	R. Paul Drake and Kenneth G. Powell	An Adaptive Mesh Magneto-Hydrodynamic Analysis of Interstellar Clouds.
Sundeep V. Kankanala	Nicholas Triantafyllidis	On Finitely Strained Magnetoelastic Solids.
Nalin A. Chaturvedi	Dennis S. Bernstein and N. Harris McClamroch	Global Dynamics and Stabilization of Rigid Body Attitude Systems.

Date: 04/27/07		Aerospace Engineering
Jesse A. Linnell	Alec D. Gallimore	An Evaluation of Krypton Propellant in Hall Thrusters.
Michael J. Martin	Luis P. Bernal and Iain Boyd	Measurement Technology for Micro-Scale Aerodynamics.
Matthew J. McNenly	Iain Boyd and Bram van Leer	Toward the Improved Simulation of Microscale Gas Flow.
Sang H. Park	Daniel J. Sheeres	Nonlinear Trajectory Navigation.
Shunjun Song	Anthony M. Waas	Compression Response of Tri-axilly Braided Textile Composites.

Date: 04/27/07		Aerospace Science
Marci P. Possner	Daniel J. Scheeres	Orbit Design and Control of Planetary Satellite Orbiters in the Hill 3-Body Problem.

Date: 12/17/06		Aerospace Engineering
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.