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PROJECT ABSTRACTS

The following abstracts were taken from student technical reports in 2011.

Detection and Localization of Clear-Air Turbulence Using Cross- Correlation and Multilateration of Infrasonic Signals	Thermal Testing in the Eight Foot High Temperature Tunnel
The Technical Development of the Electric Work Environment in 2030	Steel Sheet Pile Wall and Lower Wall Helical Tiebacks: Installation Problems Due to Site Conditions and Order of Procedures
PRSEUS Structural Concept Properties Testing	NASA Langley Research Center’s Climate Change Adaptation Plan
Langley Child Development Center	Institutions and Management
Computational Fluid Dynamic Analyses For The KAHU Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Configuration	A Comprehensive Review of Technology Readiness Metrics
New Town Phase 4 Conceptual Design Development	Simulating the Deployment of a 300 kW Roll-Out Solar Array Using MSC Adams
Laser Remote Sensing Branch, Engineering Directorate	Paxos: A Constrained Consensus
3-D Desktop Personal Printing and Applications
Minimizing Induced Drag with a Linked Swarm	Prediction of Jet Noise
A Self-Stabilizing Byzantine-Fault-Tolerant Clock Synchronization Protocol Mathematical Proof	Computational Modeling of the Radiation Shielding Capabilities of Advanced Materials in Space Environments
Surface Preparation for Adhesive Bonding of Aerospace Materials	Modeling the Relationship between Pilot Demographics, Performance, and Acceptance of Interval Management with Spacing Procedures for NextGen
Coordinating Teacher Professional Development Workshops Using NASA Resources	Output-Error Parameter Estimation Applied to Forced-Oscillation Wind Tunnel Measurements
Russia Disasters and Human Health	CALIPSO Trajectory Model
Investigation of Alternative Working Practices to Advance Langley Research Center	Activities with the News Media Team
Python Implementation for Future Modeling of Different Boeing Rod-Stringer Wrap Configurations	Characterization of Test Instrumentation Used for the Orion MPCV BTA Test
Global optimization of multivariate polynomial functions with infinite precision arithmetic	Graphical User Interface for Lidar Level 1 Data
Loads Analysis of Subscale UAV for Airframe Health Diagnosis Algorithm Research	Preparations for a Supersonic Controlled Instability Transition Experiment
Research Directorate, Aerothermodynamics Branch Space Operations Mission Directorate	Simulation of Ultrasonic Waves for Nondestructive Evaluation
A Robust Localization Scheme for Interpolation of Unstructured Grids	Lunar Harvest: A Video Game
Blended Trailing Edge	ADS-B Integration into EDGE Project
Modernization of ANOPP	Probabilistic Design of Two-Stage-To-Orbit Launch Vehicles
Increasing accessibility of formal methods reports by example	Innovating Alternative Workplaces at NASA LaRC
CALIPSO Trajectory Model - Smith	Construction of Facilities (CoF)
Eigenstructure Assignment for Observer-Based Actuator Fault Detection: An Algorithm for Residual Generation	Determining Dynamic Stability Coefficients of an Axi-Symmetric Body at Terminal Velocity
Technological Advances: 2025 and Beyond Future technology and security integration at Langley Research Center	Technological Advances: 2025 and Beyond Future technology and security integration at Langley Research CenterMars Lava Tube Mission: Vertical Take off and Landing Design Concept Trade Study
Acceptance Test Plan for the Compact Jet Engine Simulator’s Fuel Supply	Infrasound Detection in Urban Environment
Summer of Innovation	Airborne Wind Energy Demonstration Unit
Small Satellite Research Laboratory	The Effect of Damping in Rigid Body Kinematic Modeling for Hydro Impact Basin Tests
Design and Testing of the Multi-Purpose Contour Plot Program	Optic Bench Analysis for IR CDS
Airborne Wind Energy Harvesting	Imaging and Photographic Technology
	An Alternative Analysis Method for Second-Order Response Surface Models in Split-Plot Experiments
Analysis of Propulsion and Shielding Technologies for Rapid Human Mars Transit	Developing a TReK Interface using Visual Studios
Global Climate Change Education website: using, developing, and debugging the Drupal web platform	You Invent, I Market. We Succeed.
Trim Tab Effects on Aerodynamic and Aerothermodynamic Environment of Blunt Body Configurations	Stiffness Values of Longerons from the International Space Station’s Solar Array Wings
SRO with a Splash of History	Robust Control Design Using Failure Domain Bounding with Applications to Uncertain Nonlinear Dynamic Systems
Method to Find and Calculate Necessary Flow Values to for the Prediction of Self-Noise	Time-varying Moment of Inertia Simulation Module Development for POST II
Structural Design of the Multifunctional Instrument Console used to Measure Acoustic Impedance from the Grazing Flow Incidence Tube	Vision Based Autonomous Kite Control for Airborne Wind Energy
Development of PRSEUS Composite Panels for Future Aircraft Use	Evaluation of the LaRC “MindShift” Physiological Training Technology
3D Dynamic Modeling of a SPLASH BTA Test	The Application of Particle Image Velocimetry to the Observation of Turbulent Spot Development
Determination of Inertial Properties using the Photogrammetric Hybrid Pendulum Method (PHPM)	Activities with the News Media Team
Electro-Mechanical Properties of Nanostructures	Geant4 Simulated Electron Transport in Slabs
Implementation of Test Instrumentation Used at the Landing and Impact Research Facility	Investigations in Support of Upcoming Compact Jet Engine Simulator Testing
Legislative Affairs and News Media Team	Modeling and Simulation
NASA UH-60A Full-Scale Airloads Rotor Blade Deformation Measurements	Passive Mitigation of Lunar Dust Adhesion
Recording and Analyzing Transient Electromagnetic Signals Using Personal Computer Based Audio Equipment	Sensor Inter-calibration using Spectral Data from ENVISAT. . .
Split Flux Forms for Discretely Conservative Conservation Laws and the Gibbs Phenomena	STAMP Analysis of Hudson River Midair Collision
	System Identification and Aeroelastic Response of a 2DOF Pitch-and-Plunge Wing Model
Validation of the Finite Element Method to Model Sound Radiation from a Vibrating Piston	Engineering Directorate, Atmospheric Flight and Entry Systems Branch
Wind Tunnel Measurements . . .	Reverse Engineering the Composite Structure of the X-29 Wing
CALIPSO Trajectory Model - Elder	Mission Design Process for the Active Sensing of CO2 Emissions over Nights, Days, and Seasons (ASCENDS) Mission
Advanced Materials and Processing Branch	Migrate The Contents Of The ii (Innovation Institute) Wiki To The SRO (Strategic Relationships Office) TWiki
IRVE 3 Ground Support Equipment & The Future Workplace of Langley	Remote Sensing Monitoring of Pumice Rafts in the Pacific Ocean
AirSTAR Battery Power Analysis	Performance Evaluation of a Non-Planar Solar Array
Forced Oscillation Wind Tunnel Testing for FASER Flight Research Aircraft	Structure Analysis of a Panel-based Spacecraft with Vibro-Acoustic Loads
Thermal Imaging Metrics to Qualify Damage in Carbon SiC Materials	Analyzing the Effects of Uncertainty on Conceptual Launch Vehicles
Airborne Wind Energy Harvesting Demonstration Unit	Airborne Nitrogen Dioxide Instrument Comparison during POLARCAT/ARCTAS and DISCOVER-AQ Airborne Campaigns
Sage III on ISS Abstract	Low Frequency Sound Absorption with Acoustic Metamaterials
Piloted Simulation Evaluations of eXternal Vision Systems (XVS)	Kinematics API for ANOPP2

“The LARSS program I think is a really valuable experience, it gave me some great exposure to some the research going on here at NASA Langley, gave me an opportunity to think about careers within NASA and coming back to Langley after I graduated from college, and gave me exposure to some of the people here at Langley and eventually lead me back to pursue a career here . . .”
- Charlie Cockrell, NASA LaRC