Dr. Dewey H. Hodges - Students Supervised

Doctor of Philosophy Students Supervised
Master of Science Students Supervised

Doctor of Philosophy 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. student, Aerospace Engineering, in progress.

27.           Zahra Sotoudeh, Ph.D. student, Aerospace Engineering, in progress.

28.           Pezhman Mardanpour, Ph.D. student, Aerospace Engineering, in progress.

29.           Xin Zhang, 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.

 

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