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1. Extended Orbital Flight of a Cubesat in the Lower Thermosophere with Active Attitude Control

Creator:: Moorthy, Ananthalakshmy Krishna
Advisor:: Gatsonis, Nikolaos A. and Blandino, John J.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2019-08-08
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Aerospace Engineering

2. 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

3. A Global Enhanced Vibrational Kinetic Model for Radio-Frequency Hydrogen Discharges and Application to the Simulation of a High Current Negative Hydrogen Ion Source

Keyword:: plasma simulation, plasma chemistry, global model, ion sources, and gas discharge devices
Creator:: Averkin, Sergey Nikolaevich
Advisor:: Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2015-04-02
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

4. 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

5. Investigation of Supersonic Gas Flows into Nanochannels Using an Unstructured 3D Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Method

Keyword:: Nanochannel, DSMC, and Micro/Nano flows
Creator:: Al-Kouz, Wael G.
Advisor:: Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2009-07-06
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

6. Development and Implementation of Diagnostics for Unsteady Small-scale Plasma Plumes

Keyword:: Plume, Thruster, TLP, Triple Langmuir Probe, probe, Plasma, Retarding Potential Analyzer, RPA, and diagnostic
Creator:: Partridge, James Michael
Advisor:: Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2009-01-14
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

7. A Three-dimensional Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Methodology on Unstructured Delaunay Grids with Applications to Micro and Nanoflows

Keyword:: DSMC, Nanoflow, Microflow, and Unstructured
Creator:: Chamberlin, Ryan Earl
Advisor:: Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2007-03-29
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

8. Numerical Analysis of Transient Teflon Ablation in Pulsed Plasma Thrusters

Keyword:: PPT, Pulsed Plasma Thrusters, Teflon Ablation, Depolymerization, and Numerical analysis
Creator:: Stechmann, David Paul
Advisor:: Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2007-07-16
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

9. 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

10. A Three-dimensional Particle-in-Cell Methodology on Unstructured Voronoi Grids with Applications to Plasma Microdevices

Keyword:: PIC, Unstructured Grid, and plasma simulation
Creator:: Spirkin, Anton M
Advisor:: Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2006-05-05
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering