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2015

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Parameterized Least-Squares Attitude History Estimation and Magnetic Field Observations of the Auroral Spatial Structures Probe, Ryan J. Martineau

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A Neural Network Approach to Fault Detection in Spacecraft Attitude Determination and Control Systems, John N. Schreiner

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Electrokinetic Flow in a Nanochannel with an Overlapped Electrical Double Layer, Zhuorui Song

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Effect of Manufacturing Processes on the Loss Factor and Other Mechanical Properties of Kenaf Fiber-Reinforced Composites, Brian P. Spackman

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Techno-Economic Feasibility and Life Cycle Assessment of Dairy Effluent to Biofuel via Hydrothermal Liquefaction, Hailey M. Summers

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Extensions of High-Order Flux Correction Methods to Flows with Source Terms at Low Speeds, Jonathan L. Thorne

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High Regression Rate Hybrid Rocket Fuel Grains with Helical Port Structures, Sean D. Walker

2014

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The Analysis and Manufacturing of the Personal Vacuum Assisted Climber II, Rhet B. Astle

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Lifecycle Assessment of Microalgae to Biofuel: Thermochemical Processing through Hydrothermal Liquefaction or Pyrolysis, Edward P. Bennion

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Experimental Studies of Delta Wing Parameters in Open Channel Raceway Determined Via Validated Computational Fluid Dynamics, Cole David Blakely

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Retrofitting Two Solar Hot Water Systems for Year Round Operation, Zachary A. Cook

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Uncertainty Quantification of Photothermal Radiometry Measurements Using Monte Carlo Simulation and Experimental Repeatability, Austin Fleming

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A Computational Fluid Dynamics Validation Experiment for Forced and Mixed Convection on a Vertical Heated Plate, Jeff Robert Harris

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System Identification of a Small Low-Cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Using Flight Data from Low-Cost Sensors, Nathan V. Hoffer

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Nano-Scale Thermal Property Prediction by Molecular Dynamics Simulation with Experimental Validation, Kyle S. Horne

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Bridging the Nano- and Macro-Worlds: Thermal Property Measurement Using Thermal Microscopy and Photothermal Radiometry – Application to Particle-Irradiation Damage Profile in Zirconium Carbide, Colby Bruce Jensen

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Design and Testing of a Nanosatellite Simulator Reaction Wheel Attitude Control System, Fredric William Long

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Uncertainty Analysis of Mechanical Properties from Miniature Tensile Testing of High Strength Steels, Deepthi Rao Malpally

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Global Evaluation of Biofuel Potential from Microalgae, Jeffrey W. Moody

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Spacecraft Guidance Techniques for Maximizing Mission Success, Shane B. Robinson

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The Design and Testing of a Three-Degree-of-Freedom Small Satellite Simulator Using a Linear Controller with Feedback Linearization and Trajectory Generation, Marina A. Samuels

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Numerical Examination of Flux Correction for Solving the Navier-Stokes Equations on Unstructured Meshes, Dalon G. Work

2013

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The Effect of Navigation State Selection on Fuel Dispersions for Powered Lunar Descent, Jessica Thornley Anderson

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Effective Thermal Conductivity of Carbon Nanotube-Based Cryogenic Nanofluids, Lucas Samuel Anderson

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Miniature Wire Boom System for Cubsat Application, Keith R. Bradford

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Analysis of Star Identification Algorithms due to Uncompensated Spatial Distortion, Steven Paul Brätt

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Linear Covariance Analysis for Gimbaled Pointing Systems, Randall S. Christensen

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Geosynchronous Earth Orbit/Low Earth Orbit Space Object Inspection and Debris Disposal: A Preliminary Analysis Using a Carrier Satellite With Deployable Small Satellites, Derick A. Crockett

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Predicting the Onset of Cavitation in Nonsymetric Bifurcations, Steven E. Daniels

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Development of the Multiple Use Plug Hybrid for Nanosats (Muphyn) Miniature Thruster, Shannon Dean Eilers

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Improvement in Computational Fluid Dynamics Through Boundary Verification and Preconditioning, David E. Folkner

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Error Modeling and Analysis of Star Cameras for a Class of 1U Spacecraft, David M. Fowler

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Systems Engineering of the Double-Probe Instrumentation for Measuring Electric-Fields CubeSatellite, Steven M. Grover

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The Dynamic Analysis of a Composite Overwrapped Gun Barrel with Constrained Viscoelastic Damping Layers Using the Modal Strain Energy Method, Braydon Day Hall

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Hybrid Photothermal Technique for Microscale Thermal Conductivity Measurement, Zilong Hua

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Power Efficient Restart-Capable Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene-Based Arc Ignition for Hybrid Rocket Motors, Nathan R. Inkley

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Computational Fluid Dynamics Validation of Buoyant Turbulent Flow Heat Transfer, Jared M. Iverson

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Towed Water Turbine Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis, Robert G. Maughan

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Design and Testing of Digitally Manufactured Paraffin Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene Hybrid Rocket Motors, Jonathan M. McCulley

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Spin Stability of Sounding Rocket Secondary Payloads Following High Velocity Ejections, Weston McClain Nelson

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Development of a Coupled Fluid and Colloidall Particle Transport Model, Scott Ripplinger

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Nutrient and Carbon-Dioxide Requirements for Large-Scale Microalgae Biofuel Production, Benjamin K. Shurtz

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Thermo-Piezo-Electro-Mechanical Simulation of AlGaN (Aluminum Gallium Nitride) / GaN (Gallium Nitride) High Electron Mobility Transistor, Lorin E. Stevens

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Variational Asymptotic Method for Unit Cell Homogenization of Thermomechanical Behavior of Composite Materials, Chong Teng

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Verification and Validation of the Spalart-Allmaras Turbulence Model for Strand Grids, Oisin Tong

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Experimental Studies of Vertical Mixing Patterns in Open Channel Flow Generated by Two Delta Wings Side-by-Side, Garrett Vaughan

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Pyrolysis of Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene (ABS) Under High Heat Flux Conditions, James R. Wilson

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Catalytic Decomposition of Nitrous Oxide Monopropellant for Hybrid Motor Ignition, Matthew D. Wilson

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Enhance Variational Asymptotic Method for Unit Cell Homogenization (VAMUCH) for Real Engineering Structures and Materials, Zheng Ye

2012

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Development of a Ripple Rejection Controller for DC Commutated Motors, Spencer M. Atkin

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Performance Characterization of Complex Fuel Port Geometries for Hybrid Rocket Fuel Grains, Andrew Bath

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Waste Heat Utilization in an Anaerobic Digestion System, Brett Boissevain

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Streambed Thermal Property Instrument (SPI), James Alwel Dayie

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Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of Butterfly Valve Performance Factors, Adam Del Toro

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Effective Thermal Conductivity of Tri-Isotropic (TRISO) Fuel Compacts, Charles P. Folsom

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Evaluation of Turbulence Variable Distributions for Incompressible Fully Rough Pipe Flows, Emilie B. Fowler

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An Investigation into Delta Wing Vortex Generators as a Means of Increasing Algae Biofuel Raceway Vertical Mixing Including an Analysis of the Resulting Turbulence Characteristics, Aaron H. Godfrey

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Investigation of Relative Importance of Some Error Sources in Particle Image Velocimetry, Jeff R. Harris

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A Validation and Comparison About VABS-IDE and VABS-GUI, Teng Hu

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Investigation of the Noise Floor of the Standard PIV Cross-Correlation Algorithm, Kyle L. Jones

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Using Stereo Particle Image Velocimetry to Quantify and Optimize Mixing in an Algae Raceway Using Delta Wings, Blake W. Lance

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Design of a Split Hopkinson Bar Apparatus for use with Fiber Reinforced Composite Materials, Shawn Michael Lang

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In Situ Method of Measuring Atmosphere Neutral Winds with a Rigid Falling Sphere, Joshua F. Martineau

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Bubble Coalescence and Breakup Modeling for Computing Mass Transfer Coefficient, Ryan A. Mawson

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Numerical and Experimental Study of Anisotropic Effective Thermal Conductivity of Particle Beds under Uniaxial Compression, Jingwen Mo

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Heater Geometry and Heat Flux Effects on Subcooled, Thin Wire, Nucleate Pool Boiling in Microgravity, Troy Munro

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Effect of Orifice Shape on Synthetic Jet Efficiency, David J. Nani

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Closed-Loop Thrust and Pressure Profile Throttling of a Nitrous Oxide/Hydroxyl-Terminated Polybutadiene Hybrid Rocket Motor, Zachary W. Peterson

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Design and Construction of a Tunable Light Source with Light Emitting Diodes for Photosynthetic Organisms, Nathan Phillipps

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Spacecraft Collision Probability Estimation for Rendezvous and Proximity Operations, Michael R. Phillips

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Statistical Methods for Launch Vehicle Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) System Design and Analysis, Michael Benjamin Rose

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Experimental Studies of Vertical Mixing in an Open Channel Raceway for Algae Biofuel Production, Ram Sudheer Voleti

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Autocorrelation-Based Estimate of Particle Image Density in Particle Image Velocimetry, Scott O. Warner

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Unsteady Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Validation and Uncertainty Quantification for a Confined Bank of Cylinders Using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV), Brandon M. Wilson

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Simulation of Counterintuitive Pressure Drop in a Parallel Flow Design for a Specimen Basket for Use in the Advanced Test Reactor, Adam X. Zabriskie

2011

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Characteristics of Combustion Flame Sprayed Nickel Aluminum Using a Coanda Assisted Spray Manipulation Collar for Off-Normal Deposits, Reid S. Archibald

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Effect of Heavy Metals Found in Flue Gas on Growth and Lipid Accumulation for Green Algae Scenedesmus obliquus, Reece Butler

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Anisotropic Compressive Pressure-Dependent Effective Thermal Conductivity of Granular Beds, R. Daniel Garrett

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Theoretical Approach for Error Estimation of Temperature and Thermal Conductivity in Uranium Dioxide Fuel, Adam John Gerth

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Turbulence Modeling of Strongly Heated Internal Pipe Flow Using Large Eddy Simulation, Michal Hradisky

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Evaluation of an Incompressible Energy-Vorticity Turbulence Model for Fully Rough Pipe Flow, Doug F. Hunsaker

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Heat Transfer Through A Rotating Ball Bearing At Low Angular Velocities, Sarah Isert

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Optimization of a Low Reynold's Number 2-D Inflatable Airfoil Section, Todd A. Johansen

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Investigation of the Design and Static Behavior of Cylindrical Tubular Composite Adhesive Joints Utilizing the Finite Element Method and Stress-Based Failure Theories, Michael D. Lambert

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Micromechanical Simulation for Fatigue Damage Incubation, Tong Li

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Coanda-Assisted Spray Manipulation Implementation to Plasma Spray, Katie E. Mabey

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Nonlinear Aerodynamic Corrections to Blade Element Momentum Model with Validation Experiments, Robert S. Merrill

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Dislocation Density-Based Finite Element Method Modeling of Ultrasonic Consolidation, Deepankar Pal

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Computational Efficiency of a Hybrid Mass Concentration and Spherical Harmonic Modeling, Nathan Piepgrass

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Experimental Testing of the Accuracy of Attitude Determination Solutions for a Spin-Stabilized Spacecraft, Keegan P. Ryan

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Aerodynamic Thrust Vectoring for Attitude Control of a Vertically Thrusting Jet Engine, M. Ryan Schaefermeyer

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Evaluation of the Aerodynamic Differences of a Balloon Shape and a Sphere Using Computational Fluid Dynamic Modeling in Fluent, Daniel Burton Scholes

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A 6-Degree of Freedom Static Thrust Stand Developed for RC-Scale Jet Engines, Spencer Sessions

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Engineering Model to Calculate Mass Flow Rate of a Two-Phase Saturated Fluid Through An Injector Orifice, Brian J. Solomon

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Axisymmetric Finite Element Modeling of Adhesive Joint Between a Laminated Composite and Metal Cylinder, Casey A. Talbot

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Automatic Particle Image Velocimetry Uncertainty Quantification, Benjamin H. Timmins

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Discharge Coefficients of Oblique Weirs, Samuel Egnew Tingey

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Asymptotic Multiphysics Modeling of Composite Beams, Qi Wang

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Frequency Response of a Gas-Filled Tube with Minor Losses, Brian M. West

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A Thermomechanical Analysis of an Ultrasonic Bonding Mechanism, Chunbo Zhang