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.
student, Aerospace Engineering, in progress.
25.
Jimmy C.-C. Ho, Ph.D. student, Aerospace Engineering, in progress.
26.
Huimin
Song, Ph.D. student, Aerospace Engineering, in progress.
27.
Zahra Sotoudeh, Ph.D. student, Aerospace Engineering, in
progress.
28.
Pezhman Mardanpour, Ph.D. student,
Aerospace Engineering, to begin fall 2008.
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: tba.
29. Jeff Bosworth, M.S. student,
Aerospace Engineering, in progress.
Last Updated 7/1/2008