Name	Thesis Title	Graduation Year	Employer
Mollik Nayyar	Optimal Earth Return Transfers from Lagrange Point Orbits Using Particle Swarm Optimization	2016	Penn State
Koundinya (Ken)  Kuppa	Long-Term Orbit Propagation Using Symplectic Integration Algorithms	2016	C. S. Draper Laboratory
Skyler Shuford	Delta-V Feasibility of Piggyback Lunar Transfers	2015	Generation Orbit
Andrew Abraham	Particle Swarm Optimization of Low-Thrust, Geocentric-to-Halo-Orbit Transfers	2014	The Aerospace  Corporation
Lawrence  DiGirolamo	A Hybrid Stochastic Motion Planning Algorithm for Safe and Efficient, Close Proximity,  Autonomous Spacecraft Missions	2014	Johns Hopkins Applied  Physics Laboratory
J.P. Muncks	Methods for Identifying Cost-efficient Tracking Solutions for Interplanetary Spacecraft	2014	Virgin Galactic
Michael Policelli	Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing Spacecraft Trajectory Optimization via Direct Collocation  and Nonlinear Programming	2014	SpaceX
Christopher  Hassa	Drag Coefficient Estimation Using Satellite Attitude and Orbit Data	2013	U.S. Air Force
Philip Myers	Application of a Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm to Spacecraft Stationkeeping	2013	United Technologies
Brian Shank	Development of an Optimized Lambert Problem Solver for Targeting Elliptical Orbits	2013	Boeing
Patrick Williams	Coupling of Nonlinear Estimation and Dynamic Sensor Tasking Applied to Satellite Tracking	2012
Young Tae Ahn	Attitude Dynamics and Control of a Spacecraft Using Shifting Mass Distributions	2012
Jung Soo Kim	Improvement in Thermospheric Neutral Density Estimation of the Numerical TIE-GCM	2011	Republic of Korea  Air  Force
Christopher Polito	The Effect of Variable Initial Uncertainty on the Probability of Asteroid-Earth Collisions	2011
Julio Benavides	Trajectory Design Using Approximate Analytic Solutions of the N-Body Problem	2010	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical  University
Christopher Scott	Transfer and Capture into Distant Retrograde Orbits	2010	Johns Hopkins Applied  Physics Laboratory
Christopher Binz	Designing for the Space Environment via Trade Space Exploration	2010	U.S. Naval Research  Laboratory
Matthew  Ferringer	General Framework for the Reconfiguration of Satellite Constellations	2009	The Aerospace  Corporation
Dan Jordan	Application of Trade Space Visualization to Discrete and Continuous Complex Dynamical  Systems	2009
Theodore  Stodgell	Multiobjective Evolutionary Optimization of Satellite Rendezvous Tours	2006
Denise Brown	Optimal Maneuver Determination for Formation Flying Satellite Constellations	2006
Jeffrey O’Malley	Formation Flight Control Near a Collinear Libration Point for Interferometric Aperture Plane  Modeling	2006
Christopher  Bessette	Optimal Interplanetary Trajectories via Evolutionary Algorithms	2006	C.S. Draper Laboratory
Abraham Mathew	Incorporating Cooperative Learning Activities into Traditional Aerospace Engineering Curricula	2005
Dennis Haeberle	Investigation of Interplanetary Navigation Using Large Antenna Arrays with Varied Baselines	2005
Ryan Kobrick	Optimizing Trajectories for Suborbital Human Spaceflight	2005	Embry-Riddle  Aeronautical  University
Matthew Wissler	An Orbit Stability Analysis Method Applied to Trajectories for the Dawn Spacecraft Near Vesta	2005
Jugo Igarashi	Optimal Continuous Thrust Orbit Transfers Using Evolutionary Algorithms	2005
Phill-Sun Hur	Attitude Determination and Control of a Spinning Nanosatellite Using the Geomagnetic Field  Data and Sun Sensors	2004
Hideaki Yamato	Trajectory Design Methods for Restricted Problems of Three Bodies with Perturbations	2003
Keith Akins	Dynamic Atmosphere Modeling for Precision Orbit Determination	2003
Anthony Faulds	Satellite Collision Analysis Using Genetic Algorithms, Parallel Processing and Stochastic  Methods	2002
Young Ha Kim	Optimal Rendezvous of Spacecraft Using Genetic Algorithms	2001