2012 Graduates

Name: Vincent Adams
University/Date: Old Dominion University, May 2012
Degree: MS
Advisor: Dr. Thomas Alberts
Thesis Topic: 
Present Position: 

Name: Matthew Allen
University/Date: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, May 2012
Degree: MS in Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Richardo Burdisso
Thesis Topic: Analysis and Synthesis of Aircraft Engine Fan Noise for Use in Psychoacoustic Studies
Present Position: Research Engineer, Raytheon BBN Technologies, Virginia

Name: Denisse Aranda
University/Date: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, December 2012
Degree: MS in Materials Science and Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Michael Kelley
Thesis Topic: Contamination Control Engineering and its Application to NASA Langley Research
Present Position: Aeronautics System Integration and Test Branch, NASA’s Langley Research Center

Name: Dale Arney
University/Date: Georgia Institute of Technology, August 2012
Degree: PhD in Aerospace Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Alan Wilhite
Thesis Topic: Rule-Based Graph Theory to Enable Exploration of the Space System Architecture Design Space
Present Position: Research Engineer, Georgia Institute of Technology

Name: Lindsey Barr
University/Date: North Carolina State University, May 2012
Degree: MS in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Robert Tolson
Thesis Topic: 
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Name: Taumi Daniels
University/Date: Hampton University, May 2012
Degree: PhD in Atmospheric Science
Advisor: Dr. William Smith
Thesis Topic: On the Analysis of an Imaging Passive Fourier Transform Spectrometer for the Airborne Detection of Wake Vortices
Present Position: NASA’s Langley Research Center

Name: Matthew Fischer
University/Date: Georgia Institute of Technology, May 2012
Degree: MS in Aerospace Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Alan Wilhite
Thesis Topic: Magnetohydrodynamic Aceleration of a Thermal Air Rocket Utilizing Low Energy
Present Position: The Boeing Company, Alabama

Name: Christie Funk
University/Date: Old Dominion University, December 2012
Degree: MS in Aerospace Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Brett Newman
Thesis Topic: Analysis of Turbulence Response Characteristics of Flexible Aircraft
Present Position: Aeroelasticity Branch, NASA’s Langley Research Center

Name: Justin Green
University/Date: University of Virginia, December 2012
Degree: MS in Aerospace Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Robert Lindberg
Thesis Topic: Morphing Hypersonic Inflatable Decelerator
Present Position: PhD Candidate, University of Virginia

Name: Lynn Huh
University/Date: North Carolina State University, December 2012
Degree: PhD in Aerospace Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Robert Tolson
Thesis Topic: Statistical Analysis of the Uncertainty in Pre-Flight Aerodynamic Database of a Hypersonic Vehicle
Present Position: 

Name: Karol Koller
University/Date: Old Dominion University, May 2012
Degree: MS in Aerospace Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Colin Britcher
Thesis Topic: 
Present Position: 

Name: Marina Moen
University/Date: North Carolina State University, December 2012
Degree: MS in Aerospace Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Fred DeJarnette
Thesis Topic: 
Present Position: NASA’s Langley Research Center

Name: Christopher Northrup
University/Date: Old Dominion University, December 2012
Degree: MS in Aerospace Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Colin Britcher
Thesis Topic: 
Present Position: NASA’s Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California

Name: Nicole Pothier
University/Date: Hampton University, May 2012
Degree: MS in Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Advisor: Dr. William Moore
Thesis Topic: Earth’s Ground-Based Geomagnetic Perturbations in Response to Substorms
Present Position: PhD Candidate, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Name: Devin Pugh-Thomas
University/Date: University of Virginia, May 2012
Degree: PhD in Electrical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Mool Gupta
Thesis Topic: Luminescent Quantum Dots for High Temperature Sensing
Present Position: NASA’s Langley Research Center

Name: Commo Sean
University/Date: Old Dominion University, August 2012
Degree: PhD in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Drew Landman
Thesis Topic: Measurement System Characterization in the Presence of Measurement Errors
Present Position: Aeronautics Systems Engineering Branch, NASA’s Langley Research Center

Name: Thomas (TJ) Wignall
University/Date: Old Dominion University, December 2012
Degree: MS in Aerospace Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Drew Landman
Thesis Topic: Design Proposals of HITL Experiments to Test NextGen Flight Deck Based Interval Management Tools
Present Position: Applying to PhD program