2007 Graduates

Name: Eammon Bemis
University/Date: North Carolina State University, August 2007
Degree: MS in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Robert Tolson
Thesis Topic: 
Present Position: PhD Candidate, Georgia Institute of Technology

Name: Johnie Chan
University/Date: University of Virginia, March 2007
Degree: MS in Electrical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Mool Gupta
Thesis Topic: Nondestructive Testing of Composite Materials Using Laser Induced Stress Waves
Present Position: PhD Candidate, Columbia University, New York City, New York

Name: Jules Kroehl
University/Date: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, May 2007
Degree: MS in Aerospace and Oceanic Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Robert Walters
Thesis Topic: 
Present Position: Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Name: Nelson Guerreiro
University/Date: University of Maryland, May 2007
Degree: MS in Aerospace Engineering
Advisor: Dr. James Hubbard
Thesis Topic: Lift Distribution Control Using Spacially Disturbed Actuators and Sensors
Present Position: PhD Candidate, University of Maryland

Name: Sarah Haack
University/Date: University of Maryland, August 2007
Degree: MS in Aerospace Engineering
Advisors: Dr. James Hubbard & Dr. Alison Flatau
Thesis Topic: 
Present Position: Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Lab, Laurel, Maryland

Name: Tom Haynie
University/Date: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, August 2007
Degree: PhD in Engineering Science
Advisor: Dr. Michael Hyer
Thesis Topic: Stresses in Noncircular Cylindrical Structures
Present Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, National Institute of Aerospace

Name: Steven Hough
University/Date: North Carolina State University, August 2007
Degree: MS in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Robert Tolson
Thesis Topic: 
Present Position: Dynamic Concepts, Inc., Huntsville, Alabama

Name: Xiaohong (Cindy) Liao
University/Date: North Carolina A&T University, July 2007
Degree: PhD in Electrical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. David Song
Thesis Topic: Robust Adaptive Attitude Control of Crew Exploration Vehicles
Present Position: 

Name: Dexter Lin
University/Date: University of Virginia, December 2007
Degree: MS in Electrical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Mool Gupta
Thesis Topic: Improved MEMS Based Shear Sensor
Present Position: 

Name: Austin Murch
University/Date: Georgia Institute of Technology, August 2007
Degree: MS in Aerospace Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Alan Wilhite
Thesis Topic: Post-Stall Gyration and Spin Modeling of Large Transport Airplanes
Present Position: Flight Dynamics Branch, NASA’s Langley Research Center

Name: Craig Reimann
University/Date: North Carolina State University, December 2007
Degree: PhD in Aerospace Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Robert Nagel
Thesis Topic: Development of a General Methodology for Optimizing Acoustic Treatment Using an Equivalent Source Method
Present Position: United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, Connecticut

Name: Carlos Roithmayr
University/Date: Georgia Institute of Technology, May 2007
Degree: PhD in Aerospace Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Dewey Hodges
Thesis Topic: Relating Constrained Motion to Force Through Newton’s Second Law
Present Position: Space Mission Analysis Branch, NASA’s Langley Research Center

Name: Noah Schiller
University/Date: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, December 2007
Degree: PhD in Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Christopher Fuller
Thesis Topic: Decentralized Control of Sound Radiation from Periodically Stiffened Panels
Present Position: Structural Acoustics Branch, NASA’s Langley Research Center

Name: Kristina Zaleski
University/Date: North Carolina State University, July 2007
Degree: MS in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Robert Tolson
Thesis Topic: Effect on an Outpost of Lunar Vehicle Impact and Debris
Present Position: Contractor, Dynamic Concepts, Inc., Huntsville, Alabama