This research focuses on development of L1 adaptive output-feedback control. The objective is to extend the L1 adaptive control framework to a wider class of systems, as well as obtain architectures that afford more ...

A new technique is proposed for computing Eulerian particle concentration and fluxes based on Lagrangian particle trajectories. In particular, a Lagrangian concentration differential equation is solved along a particle ...

The performance of supersonic engine inlets and external aerodynamic surfaces can be critically affected by shock wave / boundary layer interactions (SBLIs), whose severe adverse pressure gradients can cause boundary layer ...

Model reduction of high-dimensional dynamical systems alleviates computational burdens faced in various tasks from design optimization to model predictive control. One popular model reduction approach is based on projecting ...

The local flowfield about large roughness elements placed in a flat plate laminar boundary layer was studied. Flowfield measurements were taken upstream, over, and downstream of an isolated hemispherical roughness element ...

A pulse-forming electrical circuit is developed to reduce energy losses in the storage capacitor, and greater than 85% of the initial stored energy is transferred to the arc in a unipolar pulse. A high current diode installed ...

The Lower Atmosphere Ionosphere Coupling Experiment (LAICE) is a NanoSatellite which will be performing in-situ measurements of neutral and ion densities in the mesosphere, lower thermosphere, and ionosphere and correlating ...

In this thesis, multiple problems concerning the equilibrium and stability properties of thin deformable objects are considered, with particular focus given to the analysis of thin elastic rods. The problems considered can ...

This thesis presents the study of an advanced non-equilibrium model for state-specific chemical kinetics based on method of moments. The focus of this project is on the rovibrational chemical kinetics of the N2-N system. ...