This thesis presents a novel active compressor surge control system using piston actuation, and this system is called the piston-actuated active surge control system (PAASCS). This work addresses the development of PAASCS ...

Coupled first-order linear hyperbolic partial differential equations (PDEs) can be used to model flow and transport phenomena. Relevant physical systems that can be modeled as hyperbolic PDEs are, to mention a few, ...

The use of small fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles has shown an explosive growth in recent years and this thesis is motivated by the need for low-cost, accurate air data estimators for these aircraft. The air data contains ...

Enabling technologies such as more powerful and miniaturized embedded computers, sensors, and power systems have rendered small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) cheap and readily available for industry, consumers and university ...

The petroleum drilling process involves an array of complicated operations necessary to create circular wellbores to allow the exploration and recovery of hydrocarbons. Examples of these are overcoming the resistance, ...

Although human beings don’t have wings, it is often very useful to fly. Or at least to use the air to transport objects. Sometimes these objects have to be delivered on normally unreachable places under difficult conditions, ...

After two decades of dedicated research and development, autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are today becoming accepted by an increasing number of users in both military and civilian institutions. Despite recent progress, ...