2009 Papers
Undergraduate
- Flow Field of Truncated Spherical Turrets
Authors: Kevin M. Albarado (Primary) and Amelia Williams - Assessment of 3-D Flow Diagnostics for Study of Reaction
Jets on Finned Bodies
Authors: Chase Foster (Primary) and Kyle Lynch - Development of Three-Dimensional Acetone LIF Using a Pulse Burst Laser System
Author: Kyle Lynch
Award: 2nd place Undergraduate - The Effect of Vertical Stabilizers on Slender Delta Wing-Rock
Vortex Bursting
Author: John Forrest Clay Walker - Design of a Solid Wall Transonic Wind Tunnel
Author: David Wall - Design, Fabrication, and Testing of a Surveillance/Attack UAV
Authors: Neal Allgood, Kevin Albarado, Elizabeth Barrett, Grace Colonell, Brian Dennig, Jayme Howsman, and Ajay Madhav
Award: 1st place Team Paper - Conceptual Design of a Submersible Tactical Insertion
Aircraft
Authors: Daniel B. Coltey, Jason A. Meyer, Timothy C. Roseberry, Jimmy Hicks, and Erik A. Ahlgren
Award: 2nd place Team Paper
Masters
- Effect of Initial Condition and Influence of Aspect Ratio
Change on Rayleigh-Benard Convection
Author: Samik Bhattacharya - Experimental Investigation of an Axisymmetric Turbofan Diffuser
Author: Zachary M. Hall - Visualization of 3-D turbulent boundary layer using a pulse
burst laser
Author: S. Tyler Williams
Award: 2nd place Masters - Segmented Free-wing Conceptual Design
and Stability Analysis
Authors: Jason R. Welstead (Primary) and Dr. Gilbert L. Crouse, Jr.
Award: 3rd place Masters
2008 Papers
Undergraduate
- Aerodynamic Optimization of a Solar – Bio-Diesel Hybrid
Vehicle
Author: Neal A. Allgood - Effect of Leading Edge Porosity on the Flow Field of an Air Launched Grenade
Authors: Zachary M. Hall - Three-Dimensional Flow Visualization Using a Pulse Burst
Laser System
Authors: Kyle Lynch (Primary) and Dr. Brian S. Thurow
Award: 1st place Undergraduate - Counter-Current Shear Layer Vortex Generation
Facility
Authors: Robert Thompson and David Wall
Award: 3rd place Undergraduate - Beam Propagation through Plasma Laden Flow
Author: Amelia L. Williams - Design of an Acoustically Excited Jet for Laser
Diagnostics Development
Author: Michael A. Willis
Masters
- Aerodynamics of a Circular Planform Aircraft
Author: Bryan Recktenwald - Scene Generation and Target Detection
Development for HWIL Simulation
Author: Ryan E. Sherrill
Award: 2nd place Masters - Effect of Coordinate Switching on Translunar
Trajectory Simulation Accuracy
Author: Mana P. Vautier - Yaw-Roll Coupled Oscillations of a Slender Delta Wing
Author: John C. Worley


