Doctor
of Philosophy Students Supervised
Master
of Science Students Supervised
1.
Ali R. Atilgan, Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering,
Sept. 1989. Dissertation: Towards a Unified Analysis Methodology for Composite
Rotor Blades.
2.
Kyung
M. Yoo, Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, Mar. 1990.
Dissertation: Unsteady Vortex Lattice Aerodynamics for Rotor Aeroelasticity in
Hover and in Forward Flight.
3.
Robert
R. Bless, Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, Mar. 1991. Dissertation: Time-Domain
Finite Elements in Optimal Control with Application to Launch-Vehicle Guidance.
4.
Mark
V. Fulton, Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, June 1992. Dissertation: Stability of
Elastically Tailored Rotor Blades.
5.
Akif
Özbek, Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Sept. 1993.
Dissertation: Short- and Long-term Behavior of Structures with Computer
Graphics (co-advised by V. L. Berdichevsky).
6.
Bok
Woo Lee, Ph.D., Engineering Science and Mechanics, Dec. 1993. Dissertation:
Application of the Variational-Asymptotical Method to
Laminated Composite Plates.
7.
Carlos E. Cesnik, Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering,
June 1994. Dissertation: Cross-Sectional Analysis of Initially Twisted and
Curved Composite Beams. (Selected as Sigma Xi Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
from Georgia Institute of Technology for 1994-95)
8.
Xiaoyang Shang, Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, Dec. 1995.
Dissertation: Aeroelastic Stability of Composite Hingeless
Rotors with Finite-State Aerodynamics.
9.
Michael
S. Warner, Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, Dec. 1996. Dissertation: Numerical
Solutions to Optimal-Control Problems by Finite Elements in Time with Adaptive
Error Control.
10. Vitali V. Volovoi,
Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, Mar. 1997. Dissertation: On End Effects for
Prismatic Beams (co-advised by V. L. Berdichevsky).
11. Bogdan Popescu,
Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, June 1998. Dissertation: Asymptotically Correct
Refinements in Numerical Cross-Sectional Analysis of Composite Beams.
12. Dineshkumar Harursampath,
Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, March 1999. Dissertation: Non-Classical
Non-Linear Effects in Thin-Walled Composite Beams.
13. Ömer Soykasap, Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering,
March 1999. Dissertation: Aeroelastic Optimization of a Composite Tilt Rotor.
14. Mayuresh J. Patil, Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering,
June 1999. Dissertation: Nonlinear Aeroelasticity, Flight Dynamics, and Control
of a Complete Aircraft.
15. Wenbin Yu, Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering,
May 2002. Dissertation: Variational Asymptotic
Modeling of Composite Dimensionally Reducible Structures (Luther S. Long, III,
Memorial Award in Engineering Mechanics for 2002; Sigma Xi Outstanding Doctoral
Dissertation from Georgia Institute of Technology for 2002-2003).
16. Abdul
Bajodah, Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, Dec. 2003.
Dissertation: Acceleration Constraints in Modeling and Control of Nonholonomic Systems.
17. Donghoon Lee, Ph.D., Aerospace
Engineering, Dec. 2003. Dissertation: Multi-Flexible-Body Analysis for
Application to Wind Turbine Control Design.
18. Seungmook Chae,
Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, July 2004. Dissertation: Effect of Follower
Forces on Aeroelastic Stability of Flexible Structures.
19. Chongseok Chang, Ph.D., Aerospace
Engineering, Dec. 2006. Dissertation: Vibration and Aeroelastic Analysis of
Highly Flexible HALE Aircraft.
20. Carlos Roithmayr,
Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, May 2007. Dissertation: Relating Constrained
Motion to Force Through Newton's Second Law.
21. Jieun Ku, Ph.D., Aerospace
Engineering, Aug. 2007. Dissertation: A Hybrid Optimization Scheme for
Helicopters with Composite Rotor Blades.
22. Chang-Yong Lee, Ph.D., Aerospace
Engineering, Aug. 2007. Dissertation: Dynamic Variational
Asymptotic Procedure for Laminated Composite Shells
23. Leihong Li, Ph.D., Aerospace
Engineering, Aug. 2008. Dissertation: Structural design of composite rotor
blades with consideration of manufacturability, durability,
and manufacturing uncertainties.
24. Wei-En Li, Ph.D., Aerospace
Engineering, Aug. 2009. Dissertation: Enhancement of Roll Maneuverability Using
Post-Reversal Design.
25. Jimmy Ho, Ph.D., Aerospace
Engineering, Aug. 2009. Dissertation: Modeling Spanwise
Nonuniformity in the Cross-sectional Analysis of
Composite Beams.
26. Huimin Song, Ph.D., Aerospace
Engineering, May 2010. Dissertation: Rigorous Joining of Advanced
Reduced-Dimensional Beam Models to 3d Finite Element Models.
27. Zahra Sotoudeh,
Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, Aug. 2011. Dissertation: Nonlinear Static and
Dynamic Analysis of Beam Structures Using Fully Intrinsic Equations.
28. Akash Dixit, Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering (co-advised by S.
Hanagud), May 2012. Dissertation: “Damage Modeling,
Damage Detection and Damage Sensitivity for Structures Using Unified
Framework.”
29. Pezhman Mardanpour,
Ph.D. student, Aerospace Engineering, in progress.
30. Anurag Rajagopal,
Ph.D. student, Aerospace Engineering, in progress.
31. Ravi Kovvali,
Ph.D. student, Aerospace Engineering, in progress.
32. Phillip Richards, Ph.D. student,
Aerospace Engineering, in progress.
Master of
Science Students Supervised
1.
Jeffrey
D. Singleton, M. S., Aerospace Engineering, Sept. 1988. Special Problem: Design
and Verification of Demonstration Equipment for Nonlinear Dynamic Phenomena.
2.
Maurizio
Fissi, M. S., Aerospace Engineering, Mar. 1989.
Special Problem: Comparison of Finite Element and Analytical Approaches to
Composite Rotor Blade Modeling.
3.
Robert
R. Bless, M. S., Aerospace Engineering, June 1989. Special Problem: A Weak
Hamiltonian Finite Element Method for Optimal Control Problems. (Selected as
Sigma Xi Outstanding Master's Thesis from Georgia Institute of Technology for
1989-90)
4.
Bok
Woo Lee, M. S., Aerospace Engineering, Sept. 1990. Special Problem: Analytical
and Computational Study for Anisotropic Plates.
5.
Allen
H. P. Siu, M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Dec. 1991.
Special Problem: A Study in the Numerical Stability and Accuracy of Time-Domain
Finite Elements.
6.
Carlos
E. S. Cesnik, M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Dec. 1991.
Special Problem: Variational-Asymptotical Beam
Section Analysis.
7.
Daryl
S. Reece, M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Sept. 1992. Special Problem:
Experimental Verification of Variable Cross Section
Classical Beam Theory.
8.
Yoon
Y. Chung, M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Dec. 1992. Special Problem: Discrete
Transfer Matrix Method for Rotating Beams.
9.
John
S. St. Angelo, M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Dec. 1993. Special Problem:
Investigation of Neo-Classical Plate Theory.
10. Mark Smilor,
M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Sept. 1995. Special Problem: Evaluation of Two
Methods to Effect Accurate Transfer of Data Between Varying Grid Topologies.
11. Bogdan Popescu,
M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Dec. 1995. Special Problem: Analysis of Composite
Beams Using Oblique Reference Cross Sections.
12. Mayuresh J. Patil,
M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Mar. 1996. Special Problem: Aeroelastic Tailoring
of Composite Box Beams.
13. Jieh-Hwang Yen, M.S., Aerospace
Engineering, Mar. 1996. Special Problem: The Implementation of Weak Hamiltonian
Finite Element Program GENCODE for Use with Maple.
14. Rumaasha-Ngabo W. Maasha,
M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Mar. 1997. Special Problem: Shell Finite Elements
-- a Literary Survey.
15. Ömer Soykasap,
M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Sept. 1997. Special Problem: Unconstrained
Aeroelastic Optimization of a Composite Tilt Rotor.
16. Anjaneya K. Sastry,
M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Sept. 1997. Special Problem: Recovery of Higher
Order Derivatives in Variable Order Finite Element Methods Using Orthogonal Polynomial
Shape Functions.
17. Anand Ganesan,
M.S., Aerospace Engineering, June 1999, Special Problem: Stability Analysis of
Some Nonholonomic Systems.
18. Alexander Tang, M.S., Aerospace
Engineering, Aug. 2000. Special Problem: Finite Element Analysis of Isotropic
and Composite Strip- and I-beams.
19. Yongsheng Gu, M.S, Aerospace Engineering, Aug. 2000. Special
Problem: Web-Enabled Weak Hamiltonian Finite Element Program GENCODE for Use
with Maple.
20. Seung-Mook Chae,
M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Dec. 2000. Special Problem: Effect of Thrust on
Bending-Torsion Flutter of Wings.
21. Jinho Paik, M.S., Aerospace
Engineering, Dec. 2000. Special Problem: Interaction Between Flight Dynamics
and Aeroelasticity of Complete Aircraft.
22. Wenbin Yu, M.S., Aerospace
Engineering, Dec. 2000. Special Problem: On Timoshenko-Like Modeling of
Initially Curved and Twisted Composite Beams.
23. Xianyu Hong, M.S., Aerospace
Engineering, May 2001. Special Problem: Three-Dimensional Strain and Stress
Recovery Theory for Initially Curved and Twisted Composite Beams.
24. Chang-Yong Lee, M.S., Aerospace
Engineering, May 2002. Special Problem: Effect of In-Plane Curvature on the
Cross-Sectional Stiffness of a Composite Strip.
25. Eduardo D. Fuchs, M.S.,
Aerospace Engineering, May 2004. Special Problem: Validation of the Vlasov Theory of the Variational
Asymptotic Beam Sectional Analysis.
26. Wei-en Li, M.S., Aerospace
Engineering, May 2004. Special Problem: Analysis of Divergence and
Low-Frequency Flutter for Aircraft with Swept Composite Wings.
27. Sangpil Yoon, M.S., Aerospace
Engineering, May 2004. Special Problem: Optimization of a Composite Rotor Blade
Cross Section.
28. Zahra Sotoudeh,
M.S. Aerospace Engineering, Aug. 2008. Special Problem: Structural Analysis of
Statically Indeterminate Structures with Fully Intrinsic Equations.
29. Jeff Bosworth, M.S., Aerospace
Engineering, Aug. 2009, Masters Thesis: Investigation of a
Stop-Fold Tiltrotor Concept.
30. Ainsmar X. Brown, M.S., (co-advised
with Prof. Eric Johnson), Aerospace Engineering, May 2011. Special Problem: Inflatable
Wing UAV Experimental and Analytical Flight Mechanics.
31. Xin Zhang, M.S, Aerospace
Engineering, Aug. 2011. Special Problem: Initial Parametric Study on Rotor
Blades using Integrated Structural and Aerodynamic Design Space.
32. Myungwon Hwang, M.S, Aerospace Engineering, Aug.
2011. Special Problem: Finite Element Modeling of GVT for HALE Aircraft
Extended to General Aircraft Configurations.
33. Pezhman Mardanpour, M.S.
Aerospace Engineering, May 2012. Special Problem: Effect of Engine Placement on Trim and Stability of a Flying Wing
Aircraft.
34. Phillip Richards, M.S. student,
Aerospace Engineering, in progress.
Undergraduate
Research Supervised:
1.
Leonard
M. Ferron, III, AE 4900, Studies in Composite Beam
Analysis, Sept. 1989.
2.
Howard
G. Dunlap, ESM 4123, An Investigation of Numerical Methods and Their
Application to Dynamic Simulation, Sept. 1990.
3.
Myungwon Hwang, AE 4699, Finite Element Modeling of HALE Aircraft
GVT, May 2009.
4.
Eric
Kim, AE 4699, Integrated Design Environment Research, May 2010.
5.
Xichao
Chen, AE 4699, in progress, spring 2011 - present.
6.
Yao
Zhang, AE 4699, in progress, spring 2011 - present.
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