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Lyapunov-based Guidance of Underwater Autonomous Vehicles for Real Time Pollutant Source Localization
Keyword:
Underwater autonomous vehicles
,
Guidance
,
Nonlinear Dynamics
,
Pollutant source tracking
,
Advection-Diffusion PDE
, and
Lyapunov based control
Creator:
Torres Arosemena, Gabriel A.
Advisor:
Demetriou, Michael A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-07-02
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
A Heterogeneous Non-Overlapping Domain Decomposition Explicit Finite Volume Method for Real-Time Estimation of 3D Advection-Diffusion Fields with a Sensing Aerial Vehicle
Keyword:
Domain Decomposition Finite Volume Method for the Advection-Diffusion Equation
,
Luenberger Estimator
,
UAV
,
Parallel Domain Decomposition
,
Real-Time Estimation of Advection-Diffusion Fields
, and
Heterogenous Non-Overlapping Domain Decomposition
Creator:
Tian, Xin
Advisor:
Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-05-20
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Aerospace Engineering
Development of Adaptive Granular Crystals Immersed in Active Fluids for Impact Mitigation
Creator:
Kocharyan, Hrachya
Advisor:
Karanjgaokar, Nikhil
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-12-10
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Aerospace Engineering
Non-Submodular Combinatorial Optimization in Control Systems: Efficient Algorithms with Provable Bounds
Keyword:
robust optimization
,
combinatorial optimization
,
sensor placement
, and
submodular
Creator:
Hou, Qiqiang
Advisor:
Clark, Andrew
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-12-11
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
INTERACTIVE ROUTE-PLANNING AND MOBILE SENSING WITH A TEAM OF MULTIPLE ROBOTIC VEHICLES TO SATISFY LINEAR TEMPORAL LOGIC SPECIFICATIONS
Creator:
Fang, Jie
Advisor:
Cowlagi, Raghvendra V.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-08-12
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Interactive Planning and Sensing for Aircraft in Uncertain Environments with Spatiotemporally Evolving Threats
Keyword:
planning
,
basis functions
,
uncertainty
,
Kalman filter
, and
estimation
Creator:
Cooper, Benjamin S.
Advisor:
Cowlagi, Raghvendra V.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-04-22
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Aerospace Engineering
Modeling and Control of Kite Energy Systems
Keyword:
Added Mass Effects
,
Apparent Attitude Tracking
,
Kite Energy Systems
,
Lyapunov Methods
,
Power Generation Limit
,
Control
, and
Modeling
Creator:
Li, Haocheng
Advisor:
Olinger, David J.
and
Demetriou, Michael A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-01-16
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Aerospace Engineering
Motion-Planning and Control of Autonomous Vehicles to Satisfy Linear Temporal Logic Specifications
Keyword:
Motion Planning
and
Linear Temporal Logic Specifications
Creator:
Zhang, Zetian
Advisor:
Cowlagi, Raghvendra V.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-12-14
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Aerospace Engineering
Computational Modeling of Tethered Undersea Kites for Power Generation
Keyword:
Computational Fluid Dynamics
,
Tethered Underwater Kite Systems
, and
Ocean Renewable Energy
Creator:
Ghasemi, Amirmahdi
Advisor:
Olinger, David J.
and
Tryggvason, Gretar
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-02-01
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Adaptive distributed observers for a class of linear dynamical systems
Keyword:
Distributed unknown input observer
,
Interconnected systems
,
Distributed functional observer
,
Distributed estimation
, and
Distributed Kalman filter
Creator:
Heydari, Mahdi
Advisor:
Demetriou, Michael A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-04-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Experimental and Computational Investigation of Electrohydrodynamically –Enhanced Nucleate Boiling
Keyword:
bubbles
,
Heat Transfer
,
dip
,
ehd
,
Electrohydrodynamics
, and
dielectrophoresis
Creator:
Neu, Samuel Charles
Advisor:
Blandino, John J.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-11-30
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Aerospace Engineering
Feasibility for Orbital Life Extension of a CubeSat Flying in the Lower Thermosphere
Keyword:
orbital
,
CubeSat
,
electrospray
,
GPS
,
thermosphere
,
Energy
, and
LEO
Creator:
Martinez, Nicolas
Advisor:
Demetriou, Michael A.
,
Blandino, John J.
, and
Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-07-29
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Attitude Synchronization of Spacecraft Formation with Optimization and Adaptation of Consensus Penalty Terms
Keyword:
spacecraft formation
,
attitude synchronization
, and
gain adaptation
Creator:
Zhang, Kewen
Advisor:
Demetriou, Michael A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-23
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Estimation of the Concentration from a Moving Gaseous Source in the Atmosphere Using a Guided Sensing Aerial Vehicle
Keyword:
State Estimation
,
PDEs
,
Source Detection
, and
Sensing Aerial Vehicle Guidance
Creator:
Court, Jeffrey
Advisor:
Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
and
Demetriou, Michael A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-05-18
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Numerical Analysis of Transient Teflon Ablation with a Domain Decomposition Finite Volume Implicit Method on Unstructured Grids
Keyword:
Transient Ablation
,
Finite Volume Method
,
Teflon
,
Unstructured Grid
,
Crank-Nicolson Method
, and
Domain Decomposition
Creator:
Wang, Mianzhi
Advisor:
Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-04-25
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Modeling and Testing of a Series Elastic Actuator with Controllable Damping
Keyword:
Compliance with Precision
and
SEA
Creator:
Iyer, Sidharth Suresh
Advisor:
Nestinger, Stephen
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-01-11
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
A Dynamic Parameter Identification Method for Migrating Control Strategies Between Heterogeneous Wheeled Mobile Robots
Keyword:
Adaptive Control
,
trajectory tracking
,
Mobile robots
, and
robot dynamics
Creator:
Laut, Jeffrey W
Advisor:
Demetriou, Michael A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2011-05-27
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Design of a Power-Assist Hemiplegic Wheelchair
Keyword:
hemiplegia
,
Wheelchair
,
Design
,
one-arm
, and
power-assist
Creator:
Liadis, Keith Nicholas
Advisor:
Hoffman, Allen H.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-09
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Decision-Making for Search and Classification using Multiple Autonomous Vehicles over Large-Scale Domains
Keyword:
Object classification
,
Domain search
,
Multiple autonomous vehicles
,
Decision-making
,
Sensor management
,
Bayesian sequential detection and estimation
, and
Dynamic coverage control
Creator:
Wang, Yue
Advisor:
Hussein, Islam
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2011-04-01
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Optimal sensor/actuator placement and switching schemes for control of flexible structures
Keyword:
actuator placement
,
PZT actuators
,
performance enhancement
,
hybrid system
, and
actuator switching
Creator:
Potami, Raffaele
Advisor:
Demetriou, Michael A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2008-04-28
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Instantaneous Modal Parameters and Their Applications to Structural Health Monitoring
Keyword:
Wavelet Transform
,
Instantaneous Modal Parameters
,
time varying vibration modes
,
Structural Health Monitoring
, and
linear time varying system
Creator:
Hera, Adriana
Advisor:
Hou, Zhikun
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-12-19
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Thermal-Fluid Analysis of a Lithium Vaporizer for a High Power Magnetoplasmadynamic Thruster
Keyword:
Electric Propulsion
,
two-phase flow
, and
vaporizer
Creator:
St. Rock, Brian Eric
Advisor:
Blandino, John J.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2007-01-09
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Ion Scattering in a Self-Consistent Cylindrical Plasma Sheath
Keyword:
turning point method
,
spherical probes
,
cylindrical probes
,
orbital trajectory
,
ion scattering
,
ion collection
, and
turning angle
Creator:
Figueroa, Shana Suzanne
Advisor:
Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-10
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Digital Control and Monitoring Methods for Nonlinear Processes
Keyword:
invariant manifold
,
Lyapunov stability
,
parametric optimization
,
Robust Control
,
nonlinear dynamics
,
functional equations
,
chemical reaction system dynamics
,
time scale multiplicity
,
process monitoring
, and
nonlinear observers
Creator:
Huynh, Nguyen
Advisor:
Kazantzis, Nikolaos K.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-10-09
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Effects of Internal Waves and Turbulent Fluctuations on Underwater Acoustic Propagation
Keyword:
ray chaos
,
eikonal equations
, and
Turbulence
Creator:
Wojcik, Stefanie E
Advisor:
Durgin, William W.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-03-09
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Physics
Plasma Potential Measurements in a Colloid Thruster Plume
Keyword:
electrospray
,
plasma potential
,
colloid thrusters
, and
emissive probes
Creator:
Roy, Thomas Robert
Advisor:
Blandino, John J.
and
Demetriou, Michael A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-04-27
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Static H-infinity Control of a Cantilevered Beam Using an Analytical Upper Bound Approach
Keyword:
control system design
,
Flexible Structures
, and
Piezoelectric
Creator:
Sweeney, Robert John
Advisor:
Demetriou, Michael A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-04-27
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
A Wavelet Packet Based Sifting Process and Its Application for Structural Health Monitoring
Keyword:
Wavelet Analysis
,
Instantaneous Modal Parameters
,
Time Varying Systems
,
Sifting Process
,
Wooden Structure
,
Damage Detection
, and
Structural Health Monitoring
Creator:
Shinde, Abhijeet Dipak
Advisor:
Hou, Zhikun
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2004-08-24
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Controller Switching Policy in Flexible Plates Using PZT Actuators Subject to Spatiotemporal Variations of Disturbances
Keyword:
Piezoelectric
,
Control
,
Flexible Plate
,
Vibration
,
Robust Control
, and
Switching Controller
Creator:
Moghani, Taraneh
Advisor:
Demetriou, Michael A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2004-04-30
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Implementation of an Actuator Placement, Switching Algorithm for Active Vibration Control in Flexible Structures
Keyword:
dSPACE
,
FEA
,
LQR
,
Actuator placement algorithm
,
Active vibration control
,
Switching policy
,
Piezoelectric actuators
,
Galerkin
, and
Supervisory control
Creator:
Swathanthira Kumar, Murali Murugavel Manjakkattuvalasu
Advisor:
Demetriou, Michael A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2002-11-20
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Automated On-line Diagnosis and Control Configuration in Robotic Systems Using Model Based Analytical Redundancy
Keyword:
robotic system
,
accommodation
,
isolation
,
SCARA robot
,
Neural Networks
, and
robust fault detection
Creator:
Kmelnitsky, Vitaly M
Advisor:
Demetriou, Michael A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2002-02-22
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Artificial Turbulent Bursts
Keyword:
Turbulence
and
artificial generation of turbulent bursts
Creator:
McIlhenny, Julia F
Advisor:
Durgin, William W.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2002-01-10
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Discovery of Design Methodologies for the Integration of Multi-disciplinary Design Problems
Keyword:
Artificial Intelligence
,
methodology discovery
,
Design
,
multi-agent
, and
interdisciplinary
Creator:
Shakeri, Cirrus
Advisor:
Brown, David C.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
1999-10-13
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
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