THESIS SUPERVISION
Ph.D. DISSERTATIONS:
YINGLING, ADAM J., Civilian, "Integrated Structures, Optics, and Controls of the Segmented Mirror Telescope," PhD in Astronautical Engineering, September 2012. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
CORLEY, MELISSA S., Captain, United States Air Force, "Maritime Adaptive Optics Beam Control," PhD in Astronautical Engineering, September 2010. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
BURTZ, DANIEL C., Major, United States Air Force, "Fine Surface Control of Flexible Space Mirrors Using Adaptive Optics and Robust Control," PhD in Astronautical Engineering, March 2009. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
SANDS, TIMOTHY A., Major, United States Air Force, "Fine Pointing of Military Spacecraft," PhD in Astronautical Engineering, March 2007. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
WATKINS, JOSEPH R., Commander, United States Navy, "The Adaptive Control of Optical Beam Jitter," PhD in Mechanical Engineering, December 2004. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
TARANTI, CHRISTIAN G. R., 1st Lieutenant, Brazilian Air Force, "A Computationally Efficient Algorithm for Disturbance Cancellation to Meet the Requirements for Optical Payloads in Satellites," PhD in Electrical Engineering, September 2001. Co-advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
EDWARDS, STEPHEN G., Major, United States Air Force, "Active Narrowband Disturbance Rejection on an Ultra Quiet Platform," PhD in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, September 1999. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
ELSHAFEI, MOSTAFA A., Lieutenant Colonel, Egyptian Air Force, "Smart Composite Plate Shape Control Using Piezoelectric Materials," PhD in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, September 1996. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
YALE, GARY E., Captain, United States Air Force, "Cooperative Control of Multiple Space Manipulators," PhD in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, September 1993. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
MASTER'S THESES:
FRIST, DUANE C., Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy, "Improved Beam Jitter Control Methods for High Energy Laser Systems," MS in Astronautical Engineering, December 2009. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
LOOYSEN, MIKE W., Lieutenant, United States Navy, "Combined Integral and Robust Control of the Segmented Mirror Telescope," MS in Astronautical Engineering, December 2009. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
TAPPE, JACK A., Lieutenant, United States Navy, "Development of Star Tracker System for Accurate Estimation of Spacecraft Attitude," MS in Astronautical Engineering, December 2009. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
BEERER, MICHAEL J., Civilian, "Adaptive Filter Techniques for Optical Beam Jitter Control and Target Tracking," MS in Applied Physics, December 2008. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
SULLIVAN, MARGARET A., Captain, United States Air Force, "Reduced Precision Redundancy Applied to Arithmetic Operations in Field Programmable Gate Arrays for Satellite Control and Sensor Systems," MS in Astronautical Engineering and MS in Electrical Engineer, December 2008. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
GAST, DAVID W., Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy, "LIDAR Design for Space Situational Awareness," MS in Astronautical Engineering, September 2008. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
ALLEN, MATTHEW R., Captain, United States Air Force, "Wavefront Control for Space Telescope Applications Using Adaptive Optics," Astronautical Engineer and MS in Astronautical Engineering, December 2007. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
SCHGALLIS, RICHARD J., Commander, United States Navy, "Phase Diversity Wavefront Sensing for Control of Space Based Adaptive Optics Systems," MS in Applied Physics, December 2007. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
JOHNSON, SCOTT L., Lieutenant Commander, United States Coast Guard, "Beam Control of Extremely Agile Relaying Laser Source for Bifocal Relay Mirror Spacecraft," MS in Mechanical Engineering, September 2006. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
COLEMAN, CRAIG S., Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy, "Strain-Based Displacement Estimation for Precision Spacecraft Structures," MS in Astronautical Engineering, December 2005. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
MCLAUGHLIN, LISA M., Lieutenant, United States Navy, "Optimal Beam Control Using Adaptive Optics," MS in Astronautical Engineering, December 2005. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
KULICK, WAYNE J., Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy, "Development of a Control Moment Gyroscope Controlled, Three-Axis Satellite Simulator, with Active Balancing for the Bifocal Relay Mirror Initiative," MS in Astronautical Engineering, December 2004. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
CONNOLLY, BRIAN D., Lieutenant, United States Navy, "Development of a High-Precision Sensor for the Attitude Determination of the Bifocal Spacecraft Simulator," MS in Astronautical Engineering, June 2004. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
MOORE, BRIAN M., Captain, United States Army, "Flexible Multibody Dynamics and Control of the Bifocal Relay Mirror," Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineer and MS in Astronautical Engineering, December 2003. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
WATSON, VINCENT C., Lieutenant, United States Navy, "Angular Rate Estimation by Multiplicative Kalman Filtering Techniques," MS in Astronautical Engineering, December 2003. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
HOSPODAR, EDWARD J. Jr., Major, United States Air Force, "A Laser Metrology System for Precision Pointing," MS in Astronautical Engineering, December 2003. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
BISHOP, RONALD M. Jr., Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy, "Development of Precision Pointing Controllers with and without Vibration Suppression for the NPS Precision Pointing Hexapod," Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineer Degree and MS in Astronautical Engineering, December 2002. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
ABREU, MICHAEL N., Lieutenant, United States Navy, "Conceptual Design Tools for the NPS Spacecraft Design Center," MS in Astronautical Engineering, September 2001. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
TOMLIN, STEPHEN D., Lieutenant, United States Navy, "Remote Nanosatellite Formation Designs with Orbit Perturbation Corrections and Attitude Control/Propulsion Subsystem Correlation," MS in Astronautical Engineering, June 2001. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
PALERMO, WILLIAM J., Lieutenant, United States Navy, "Angular Rate Estimation for Multi-Body Spacecraft Attitude Control," MS in Astronautical Engineering and Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineer, June 2001. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
HAM, WILLIAM K., Lieutenant, United States Navy, "Telemetry Systems Analysis and Design," MS in Astronautical Engineering, December 2000. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
WHITTINGHILL, CRAIG M., Lieutenant, United States Navy, "A Study of the Feasibility and Applicability of Shape Controlled Space Based Inflatable Membrane Structures," MS in Space Systems Operations and MS in Astronautical Engineering, September 2000. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
PANNEBECKER, TROY W., Major, United States Air Force, "Integrated Spacecraft Design Tools," MS in Astronautical Engineering and Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineer, December 1999. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
RAYFIELD, MICHAEL D., Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy, "The NPS Spacecraft Cost Model: Tailoring Current Commercial Spacecraft Cost Models for Naval Postgraduate School Satellite Programs," MS in Astronautical Engineering, December 1999. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
LEE, TIN HUA, Major, Singapore Army, "An Analysis of Emerging Commercial Wide Band Satellite System and their Potential for Military Use," MS in Systems Engineering, March 1999. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
KELLY, BRIAN L., Lieutenant, United States Navy, "Beam Shape Control Using Shape Memory Alloys," MS in Astronautical Engineering, December 1998. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
JOHNSON, SCOTT E. and VLATTAS, JOHN, Lieutenants, United States Navy, "Modal Analysis and Active Vibration Control of the Naval Postgraduate School Space Truss," MS in Astronautical Engineering, June 1998. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
BUSCH, DANNY K., Lieutenant, United States Navy, "Design of and Attitude Dynamics and Control Subsystem for a Medium Earth Orbit Satellite," MS in Astronautical Engineering, December 1997. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
HOMAN, NICHOLAS M., Civilian, "A Military UHF Communications Satellite Design for the User on the Move," MS in Astronautical Engineering, December 1997. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering. (Item restricted.)
ANDBERG, BRENT K., Captain United States Marine Corps, "Modal Testing and Analysis of the NPS Space Truss," MS in Astronautical Engineering, September 1997. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
STONE, CARY R., Lieutenant, United States Navy, "Integration of Commercial Mobile Satellite Services into Naval Communications," MS in Space Systems Operations, September 1997. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
BEAVERS, GEORGE D., Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy, "System Identification of an Ultra-Quiet Vibration Isolation Platform," MS in Astronautical Engineering, June 1997. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
SCHMIDT, STEVEN P., Lieutenant Commander, �United States Navy, "Active Vibration Control of Flexible Structures Using the Modulator Control Patch (MCP)," Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineer and MS in Astronautical Engineering, March 1997. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
BUCK, NICHOLAS V., Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy, "Minimum Vibration Maneuvers Using Input Shaping and Pulse-Width, Pulse-Frequency Modulated Thruster Control," Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineer, December 1996. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
TREANOR, KIRK E., Lieutenant, United States Navy, "Performance and Optimal Placement of Piezoceramic Actuators for Shape Control of a Cantilever Beam," Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineer, June 1996. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
SCOTT, ALAN D., Commander, United States Navy, "An Analysis of Spacecraft Dynamic Testing at the Vehicle Level," Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineer, June 1996. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
HARRINGTON, WILLIAM B. Jr., Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy, "Experimental Verification of an Optimal Linear Controller for a Flexible Structure," Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineer, December 1995. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
TRUMP, JAMES C., Commander, United States Navy, "Finite Element Analysis of Smart Structures and Modal Testing of a Flexible Spacecraft Arm," MS in Astronautical Engineering, December 1994. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
STRONG, RONALD E., Lieutenant United States Navy Reserve, "Control of Flexible Spacecraft Structures Using H-Infinity Wave Absorbing Control," MS in Astronautical Engineering, December 1994. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
FEUERSTEIN, MARK G., Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy, "A Comparison of Different Control Methods for Vibration Suppression of Flexible Structures Using Piezoelectric Actuators," MS in Aeronautical Engineering, June 1994. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
McCLELLAND, ROBERT S., Naval Research Laboratory, "Spacecraft Attitude Control System Performance Using Pulse-Width Pulse-Frequency Modulated Thrusters," MS in Mechanical Engineering, March 1994. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
JANVIER, GEORGE IV, Lieutenant, United States Navy, "Adaptive Control for a Spacecraft Robotic Manipulator," MS in Electrical Engineering and MS in Engineering Science (Aeronautics), December 1993. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
HIXENBAUGH, FRANKLIN D., Lieutenant, United States Navy, "A Study on Piezoelectric Actuators and Sensors for Vibration Control of Flexible Space Structures," MS in Systems Technology (Space Systems Operations), September 1993. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
HAILEY, JEFFREY A., Lieutenant, United States Navy, "Experimental Verification of Attitude Control Techniques for Flexible Spacecraft Slew Maneuvers," Engineer of Aeronautics and Astronautics, March 1992. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
LASHBROOK, DAVID L., Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy, "Computer Based Satellite Design," MS in Astronautical Engineering, June 1992. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
SORENSEN, DENNIS R., Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy, "Design and Control of a Space based Two Link Manipulator with Lyapunov Base Control Laws," Engineer of Aeronautics and Astronautics, September 1992. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
NEWMAN, SCOTT M., Lieutenant, United States Navy, "Active Damping Control of a Flexible Space Structure Using Piezoelectric Sensors and Actuators," MS in Astronautical Engineering, December 1992. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
JONES, EVAN S., Lieutenant, United States Navy, "Development of an Active Damping System to Aid in the Attitude Control of Flexible Spacecraft," MS in Astronautical Engineering, December 1991. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
WATKINS, JOSEPH R. Jr., Lieutenant, United States Navy, "The Attitude Control of Flexible Spacecraft," MS in Astronautical Engineering, June 1991. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
SZOSTAK, MICHAEL J., Lieutenant Commander, Unites States Navy, "Prediction of Attitude Stability of Asymmetric Dual-Spin Stabilized Spacecraft using Improved Liquid Slosh Model," MS Astronautical Engineering, June 1991. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
WARD, CHRISTINA C. Lieutenant, United States Navy, "Attitude Control of Flexible Structures," MS in Astronautical Engineering, September 1990. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
LUGTU, SPOTRIZANO DESCANZO, Lieutenant, United States Navy, "Impact of Ion Propulsion on Performance, Design, Testing and Operation of a Geosynchronous Spacecraft," MS in Astronautical Engineering, June 1990. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.
MYERS, JACK W. Jr., Major, United States Army, "The Effects of Liquid Propellant Motion on the Attitude Stability of Spin Stabilized Spacecraft," MS in Astronautical Engineering, March 1990. Advisor: Professor Brij N. Agrawal, Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering.