Theses and dissertations

This collection includes both ASU Theses and Dissertations, submitted by graduate students, and the Barrett, Honors College theses submitted by undergraduate students. 

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Manna: An Autonomously Guided Parachute Delivery System

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Mission aviation groups operate aircraft in areas with limited infrastructure. Existing airdrop methods pose significant risk due to their lack of steerability. This thesis details the development of Manna, a system built to address these concerns. Manna provides an automated, low cost, safe steerable delivery platform, through a custom designed…

Mission aviation groups operate aircraft in areas with limited infrastructure. Existing airdrop methods pose significant risk due to their lack of steerability. This thesis details the development of Manna, a system built to address these concerns. Manna provides an automated, low cost, safe steerable delivery platform, through a custom designed parafoil and guidance unit. Flight tests and simulations show that Manna can provide a safer alternative for critical air deliveries.
ContributorsSeveringhaus, Lukas (Author) / Schlichting, Audrey (Co-author) / Wende, Anthony (Thesis director) / Delp, Deana (Committee member) / Takahashi, Timothy (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Engineering Programs (Contributor)
Created2023-05
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Environment Sensor Coverage using Multi-Agent Headings

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This work describes an approach for distance computation between agents in a

multi-agent swarm. Unlike other approaches, this work relies solely on signal Angleof-

Arrival (AoA) data and local trajectory data. Each agent in the swarm is able

to discretely determine distance and bearing to every other neighbor agent in the

swarm. From this…

This work describes an approach for distance computation between agents in a

multi-agent swarm. Unlike other approaches, this work relies solely on signal Angleof-

Arrival (AoA) data and local trajectory data. Each agent in the swarm is able

to discretely determine distance and bearing to every other neighbor agent in the

swarm. From this information, I propose a lightweight method for sensor coverage

of an unknown area based on the work of Sameera Poduri. I also show that this

technique performs well with limited calibration distances.
ContributorsMulford, Philip (Author) / Das, Jnaneshwar (Thesis advisor) / Takahashi, Timothy (Committee member) / Phelan, Patrick (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2020