Publications: 2007-2008

For complete student reports, contact Dr. Stephen Haug 2007-2008 MOSGC Student Reports and Abstracts Justin Aholt, Conceptual Design of a Closed Return Subsonic Wind Tunnel Amber Anders, A Study of Methane Emissions in Comets C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) and C/2001 Q4 (NEAT) Jocelyn Bailey, A General Survey of Wind Turbine Airfoils Erin Beck, Optimizing the Small Satellite Platform for Compelling Technology Demonstrations: Bandit/Akoya Proximity Operations and Rapid Integration Benjamin Bettis, Uncertainty and Error Quantification Applied to the CFD Study of a Transonic Airfoil Nick Biggerstaff and Chris Van Horn, Optimizing Electric-Propulsion Earth-Orbit Transfers Russell Borduin, Biologically Inspired Nonlinear Modeling Michael Butler, et al, Flame Quenching Limits of Hydrogen Leaks David Coss, Simulation of Gravitational Lensing Rob Crandall, Methods of Modeling the Oscillation Modes of Neutron Stars Paul Dalba, Photometric Study of an Active Star Formation Region in Serpens Brian Dallstream, Modeling Moisture Loss and Temperature Distribution During Refrigerated Storage of Commodities Joe Dinardo, A 2-D Simulation of Dendritic Growth Utilizing a Phase-Field Model Anastasia M. Doennig, Pulsation Changes and Phase Stability of PG 1219+534 Brian Donius, Flash Lidar Beam Steering Analysis Joseph Ferry, Development of a First-Order Combustion Property Lookup Tool Jason Gallagher, Transparent Composite Panels using the Vacuum Infusion Process Jorge Gaudier and Ryan Meyer, Plasma Characteristics Acquisition & Analysis using LabVIEW and Electric Probes at the MU NE IEC Justin Gilker, Study of RV Tauri Star AC Her Nathan Harl, Low-Thrust Control of a Lunar Mapping Orbit Tabatha Heet, The Size-Frequency and Areal Distribution of Rocks at the Phoenix Landing Site Adam Hoffman, et al, The Effect of CO2 Addition on Soot Inception Limits in Diffusion Flames Brittany Huhmann, Curriculum Support and Development for the Pathfinder Program for Environmental Sustainability Mike Jin, Diffuse Reflectance Spectral Features of Ferrous Sulfate Hydrates using D2O Substitution Christopher Z. Jost, Interpreting Images from a Transmission Electron Microscope Anjali Manivannan, Growth and Analysis of Platinum-Carbon Nanocomposite Semiconductors Christopher Marley, Verification of Mechanical Fuel Slosh Model of the Ares I Launch Vehicle Elizabeth Maroon, Construction of an Analyst’s Notebook for Field Work: Applications for Terrestrial, Martian, and Lunar Projects Christopher Orth, et al, A Simple Cooling Model for the Cessation and Distribution of Volcanism on Venus Ryan Pahl, Pulsed Plasma Thruster Optimization Gavin Paiva and Leo Olcott, Semi-Analytic Modeling of Freezing Times for Foods Melissa Pastorius, Analysis of Ice Features Toward Three Young Stellar Objects Melissa Pastorius and Keara Wright, UMSL Fifth Grade Astronomy Outreach Program Amanda Quint, Selecting and Analyzing Data for Eclipsing Binary Systems Michelle Rader, Dryden Flight Research Center Co-op Student Experience Melody Rea, Microwave/Millimeter Wave Non-Destructive Evaluation Tonya Sanders, Lunar Transfers from the Earth-Moon L1 Libration Point Jeff Scott, Thermal Management of Radioisotope Molybdenum-99 during Fission Brandon Smith, Characterization of the Exploding Wire Gun with Discussion of Supporting Instrumentation Zebadiah Smith, Computation of Electrostatic Interactions Between Arbitrarily Shaped Particles Taylor Swanson, Low Reynolds Number Aerodynamics at High Angle of Attack Jacob Swett, Procedure for Determining the Period of RR Lyrae Stars Ryan Swindle, Pre-Phase A Thermal System Design for AFL Seismology Package Earl Tipton, Computation of Transport Coefficients for Gas Mixtures Fiona Turett, Advancing STEREO Radio Observations of the Sun Jennis Marie Vicente, Development of a Novel Neutron Resistance Temperature Sensor Robert Vick, Modular Flight Software Design for the Missouri S&T Satellite Mission Mark Worth, On the Development, Integration, and Testing of a Microsatellite Keara Wright, Carbon Monoxide in the Circumstellar Material Surrounding R Mon Miners in Space Thrusters Team, Reduced Gravity Testing of a Refrigerant-Based Cold Gas Thruster Miners in Space Weld Team, Studying Arc Welding in Microgravity Conditions