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TECHNICAL REPORT

MAR 2018

Air Force Institute of Technology

Research Report 2017

Period of Report: 1 Oct 2016 to 30 Sep 2017

Graduate School of Engineering and Management

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT

AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

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Air Force Institute of Technology

Research Report 2017

Foreword

Research programs at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) are aligned with

national defense priorities and provide valuable technical and management experiences that

enhance our graduates’ performance throughout their careers. AFIT works closely with

research sponsors from many Air Force and DOD organizations to identify high interest

problems that match our faculty expertise and educational requirements to maximize value.

AFIT’s Autonomy and Navigation Technology Center, Center for Cyberspace

Research, Center for Directed Energy, Center for Operational Analysis, Center for

Technical Intelligence Studies and Research, Center for Space Research and Assurance and

other research groups serve as focal points for many of our research initiatives. Emerging

research groups are addressing game-changing technologies including hypersonics, human-

machine systems, data sciences, and developing defense-related additive manufacturing

applications. AFIT advises over 40 major acquisition programs through the Scientific Test

& Analysis Techniques Test & Evaluation Center of Excellence to achieve maximum

effectiveness of test resources. New consultation efforts include exploration of multi-

domain approaches to the Air Force’s core missions.

AFIT has strategic partnerships with the Air Force Research Laboratory, the

National Air and Space Intelligence Center, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center,

the United States Transportation Command, and many other organizations and operational

communities to maximize the contributions of our research programs to national defense

needs. Our faculty and students also engage in collaborations with researchers at

universities throughout the nation to advance the state-of-the-art in a variety of disciplines.

AFIT cooperates with commercial enterprises to ensure timely transfer of new technology to

US industry through Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs).

This Research Report is prepared annually to summarize the significant

contributions of AFIT; to solicit continued involvement and support from our Air Force,

DOD, and other federal partners; and to encourage new sponsors to participate in AFIT’s

research programs. AFIT welcomes new opportunities to engage in research projects that

are of mutual interest to our customers, faculty, and students. Additional information is

available at http://www.afit.edu/ENR/.

Heidi R. Ries, Ph.D.

Dean for Research

Graduate School of Engineering

and Management

Air Force Institute of Technology

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................... 1

1.1. OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................................................... 1

1.2. THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT RESEARCH

COLLABORATION .......................................................................................................................................... 1

2. SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS .................................................................................................................................. 5

2.1 FACULTY FELLOWS ...................................................................................................................................... 5

2.2 PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS ............................................................................................................. 7

2.3  RESEARCH AND TEACHING AWARDS ...................................................................................................... 9

3. RESEARCH STATISTICS ................................................................................................................................... 13

3.1 RESEARCH AND CONSULTING OUTPUT MEASURES .......................................................................... 13

3.2 RESEARCH AND CONSULTING SPONSORSHIP ..................................................................................... 15

3.3 EXTERNAL SPONSOR FUNDING FOR THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND

MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................................................. 18

4. SPONSORSHIP OF STUDENT RESEARCH .................................................................................................... 20

4.1. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE ................................................................................. 20

4.2. HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ..................................................................................... 20

4.3. AIR COMBAT COMMAND ........................................................................................................................... 21

4.4. AIR EDUCATION AND TRAINING COMMAND ....................................................................................... 21

4.5. AIR FORCE MATERIEL COMMAND .......................................................................................................... 25

4.6. AIR MOBILITY COMMAND ........................................................................................................................ 34

4.7. AIR FORCE SPACE COMMAND ................................................................................................................. 35

4.8. AIR FORCE SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND .................................................................................... 35

4.9. USAF FIELD OPERATING AGENCIES/DIRECT REPORTING UNITS .................................................... 35

4.10. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE .................................................................................................................... 38

4.11. OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES .................................................................................................................. 41

4.12. NON-FEDERAL SPONSORS ...................................................................................................................... 43

5. ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT PUBLICATIONS AND FUNDING INFORMATION ................................... 46

5.1. DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS ................................................................... 47

5.2. DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING ................................................... 71

5.3. DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING PHYSICS .......................................................................................... 103

5.4. DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS ........................................................................ 131

5.5. DEPARTMENT OF OPERATIONAL SCIENCES ...................................................................................... 145

5.6. DEPARTMENT OF SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT ................................................. 170

6. RESEARCH CENTER PUBLICATIONS AND FUNDING INFORMATION ............................................. 192

6.1. AUTONOMY AND NAVIGATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER ................................................................ 193

6.2. CENTER FOR CYBERSPACE RESEARCH ............................................................................................... 2 0 5 

6.3. CENTER FOR DIRECTED ENERGY .......................................................................................................... 213

6.4. CENTER FOR OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS .............................................................................................. 2 2 2 

6.5. CENTER FOR SPACE RESEARCH AND ASSURANCE .......................................................................... 227

6.6. CENTER FOR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE STUDIES AND RESEARCH .......................................... 236

7. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER .............................................................................................................................. 241

7.1. COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS ................................................... 241

7.2. EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS .................................................................................... 241

7.3. PATENTS ...................................................................................................................................................... 242

APPENDICES ............................................................................................................................................................. 243

APPENDIX A: POST-DOCTORAL AND OTHER RESEARCH ASSOCIATES’ CREDENTIALS ................ 243

APPENDIX B: SELECTED ACRONYM LIST ................................................................................................... 249

APPENDIX C: INFORMATION FOR OBTAINING A COPY OF A THESIS .................................................. 251

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1. INTRODUCTION

1.1. OVERVIEW

This Research Report presents the FY17 research statistics and contributions of the Graduate School of

Engineering and Management (EN) at AFIT. AFIT research interests and faculty expertise cover a broad spectrum of

technical areas related to USAF needs, as reflected by the range of topics addressed in the faculty and student

publications listed in this report. In most cases, the research work reported herein is directly sponsored by one or more

USAF or DOD agencies.

AFIT welcomes the opportunity to conduct research on additional topics of interest to the USAF, DOD, and

other federal organizations when adequate manpower and financial resources are available and/or provided by a

sponsor. In addition, AFIT provides research collaboration and technology transfer benefits to the public through

Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs). Interested individuals may discuss ideas for

new research collaborations, potential CRADAs, or research proposals with individual faculty using the contact

information in this document or via the AFIT Directory at http://www.afit.edu/directory_search.cfm.

Additional information on the research programs at AFIT may also be found on the research web home page

at http://www.afit.edu/ENR/. The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, Graduate School of Engineering and

Management can be reached at 937-255-3633, (DSN 785-3633) or by email: [email protected]. The primary points of

contact are the Director of Sponsored Programs, 937-255-3636 x7104, DSN 785-3636 x7104 and Dr. Heidi R. Ries,

Dean for Research, 937-255-3636 x4544, DSN 785-3636 x4544.

1.2. THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT

RESEARCH COLLABORATION

As detailed in the 2015-2017 catalog at http://www.afit.edu/docs/20152017AFITcatalog.pdf, AFIT offers

Master’s and Doctoral programs in a variety of disciplines through six departments: the Department of Aeronautics

and Astronautics (ENY), the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ENG), the Department of

Engineering Physics (ENP), the Department of Mathematics and Statistics (ENC), the Department of Operational

Sciences (ENS), and the Department of Systems Engineering and Management (ENV). In all of these disciplines,

research is an integral component of graduate education, developing an individual student’s skills and providing new

knowledge of interest to many.

A brief listing of each department’s research areas of emphasis appears below. Please contact the faculty or

relevant departmental office for further information, or visit the Graduate School of Engineering and Management

departmental websites at http://www.afit.edu/en/.

The Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, as well as its resident Center for Space Research &

Assurance, invites research topic proposals and collaborative suggestions for the Aeronautical Engineering,

Astronautical Engineering, Materials Science, and Space Systems programs. The following list highlights the

Department’s research specialties:

Aeroelasticity and Design Optimization

Aerospace Structures and Materials

Aircraft Survivability

Autonomous Control of UAVs

Compact Combustor Development

Computational Fluid Dynamics

Control of High Performance Aircraft

Dynamic Flight Simulation

Experimental Fluid Dynamics

High Velocity Impact

Impact Dynamics

Inflatable Space Structures

Materials and Structural Analysis

Mechanics of Materials and Structures

Micro Air Vehicles

Non-Linear Dynamics

Re-entry Dynamics

Rocket & Space Propulsion

Rotocraft Aeromechanics

Satellite Cluster Dynamics, Navigation, &

Control

Spacecraft Dynamics & Control

Spacecraft/Sensor Integration and Testing

Thermal Control of Spacecraft

Turbine Heat Transfer

Weapon Aerodynamic

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, as well as its resident the Autonomy and

Navigation Technology Center and the Center for Cyberspace Research, invites research topic proposals and

collaborative suggestions for the Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Cyber Operations,

and Cyber Warfare programs. The following list highlights the Department’s research specialties:

Advanced Security-Focused Computing

Architectures

Artificial Intelligence

Automatic Target Recognition

Communications/Radar

Computer Communication Networks

Cryptography

Cyber Operations and Security

Electromagnetics/Low Observables

Electro-Optics

Electronic Warfare

Evolutionary Algorithms

Guidance, Navigation, and Control

Hardware Assurance

Information Visualization

Micro- and Nanosystems

Navigation Warfare

Parallel and Distributed Processing

Signal and Image Processing

Software Protection

Wireless Networks

Wireless Sensor Network

The Department of Engineering Physics, as well as its resident Center for Directed Energy and Center

for Technical Intelligence Studies and Research, invites research topic proposals and collaborative suggestions for

the Applied Physics, Nuclear Engineering, Optical Sciences and Engineering, Materials Science (jointly operated with

the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics), and Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction programs. The

following list highlights the Department’s research specialties within these programs:

Adaptive Optics, Aero-Optics and Beam Control

Atmospheric Characterization and Compensation

Atmospheric Effects on Weapons Systems

Atmospheric Electricity

Aviation Weather Forecasting

Biological and Chemical Weapon Technologies

Computational Physics

Defects in Crystalline Solids

Directed Energy Weapons Effectiveness

High Energy Density Physics

Imaging Science

Lasers and Electro-Optics

Muon Detection

Materials – Bio, Nuclear and Sensor

Microscopic Imaging of Surfaces

Modeling and Simulation of Atmospheric

Effects

Molecular Reaction Dynamics

Nanomaterials

Nanomechanics

Nuclear Forensics

Nuclear Survivability

Nuclear Weapons Effects

Numerical Weather Prediction

Physics-Based Scene Modeling

Positron Spectrometry

Radiation and Particle Detection

Radiation Effects on Materials and Electronics

Radiation Transport

Remote Sensing and Signature Analysis

Satellite Meteorology

Semiconductors

Space Physics

Tropical Cyclone Analysis and Forecasting

Weather Radar

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics invites research topic proposals and collaborative

suggestions for the following research specialties:

Acoustic Wave Scattering

Bayesian Analysis

Biostatistics

Categorical Data Analysis

Control Theory

Data Analytics

Design of Experiments

Electromagnetics

Fluid Dynamics

Functional Analysis

Human Performance

Information Fusion

Network Analysis

Nonlinear Waves

Numerical Analysis

Optimization

Partial Differential Equations

Rarefied Gas Dynamics

Regression Modeling

Stochastic Processes

Structural Health Monitoring

Wavelets

The Department of Operational Sciences, as well as its resident Center for Operational Analysis, invites

research topic proposals and collaborative suggestions within the areas of Operations Research, Logistics, and Supply

Chain Management programs. The following list highlights the Department’s research specialties:

Agile Combat Support Prioritization

Automatic Target Recognition

Autonomous System Operations and Testing

Big Data and Analytics

Combat Modeling

Decision Analysis

Design and Analysis of Experiments

Enterprise Level Depot Sustainment

Evaluation of Autonomous Systems

Facility Location Optimization

Force Structure Analysis Tool Development

Information Modeling

Inventory Analysis

Irregular Warfare

Irregular Warfare Model Development

Lean Operations

Logistics

Machine Learning

Maintenance and Production Management

Managerial Economics

Manpower Modeling and Forecasting

Materials Research Test Planning

Mathematical Programming

Modeling and Simulation

Network Analysis

Neural Networks

Operations Management

Operations Research

Optimization

Organization Behavior

Petroleum Management

Repair Network Integration

Robust Decision Making

Robust Design

Robust Mobility Modeling

Scheduling

Service Operations Management

Social Network Modeling and Analysis

Statistical Process Monitoring

Stochastic Modeling

Strategic Sourcing

Supply Chain Management and Resource

Optimization

Test and Evaluation

Test Science

Time Series Analysis

Transportation Policy and Strategic Modeling

The Department of Systems Engineering and Management is a multidisciplinary department offering

graduate degrees in seven different majors and conducting research in collaboration with the wide spectrum of

programs throughout AFIT. The mission of the Department is to provide defense-focused graduate education and

engage in interdisciplinary research to achieve integrated solutions to current and future Air Force challenges and

enhance the interface between technology and human resources by focusing on systems, processes, and management.

The following list highlights the Department’s research specialties:

Acquisition Learning Curves

Applied Environmental Sciences

Built Environment Microbiome

Cognitive Mentorship and Performance

Computer and Network Security

Construction Management

Cost Analysis

Cyber Attack on UAS

Data Analytics

Design and Analysis of Experiments

Ecological Engineering

Emergency Management

Facility and Infrastructure Management

Fuels Microbiology

Geographical Information Science

Human Systems Integration

Human-Agent Interaction

Indoor Air Quality

Image and Display Science

Information Assurance and Security

Infrastructure Asset Management

Knowledge Management

Model-Based Systems Engineering

Modeling and Simulation

Occupational/Environmental

Exposures

Neck Injury Biomechanics

Operations Research

Organizational Change

Permafrost

Photovoltaics

Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic

Modeling Analysis

Product Design and Development

Project Management

Project Delivery

Reliability Engineering

Strategic Decision Support

Structural Health Monitoring

Structural Performance

Surface Science

Sustainability and Life Cycle

Assessment

Systems Engineering

Unmanned Air System Design and Test

Vigilance

Water Quality

Waste-to-Energy Conversion Modeling

Another avenue for educational and research collaboration with the Graduate School of Engineering and

Management is through association with one or more of AFIT’s Research Centers. A brief listing of each Center’s

research or educational areas of emphasis appears below. Please contact the Centers directly (see Chapter 6) or visit

http://www.afit.edu/ENR/page.cfm for further information.

The Autonomy and Navigation Technology (ANT) Center is a forward-looking research center seeking to

identify and solve tomorrow’s most challenging navigation and autonomous and cooperative control problems by

focusing on three research thrusts: autonomous and cooperative systems, non-GPS precision navigation, and robust

GPS navigation/NAVWAR.

The Center for Cyberspace Research (CCR) conducts cyber security and cyber operations research at the

Master’s and PhD levels. CCR affiliated faculty teach and direct graduate research focusing on understanding and

developing advanced cyber-related theories and technologies, such as critical infrastructure protection, cyber-physical

systems, network intrusion detection and avoidance, insider threat mitigation, cyberspace situational awareness,

malicious software detection and analysis, software protection, and anti-tamper technologies. The CCR is forward-

looking and responsive to the changing educational and research needs of the Air Force, Department of Defense, and

the federal government. CCR faculty's research and teaching establishes AFIT as a national Center of Academic

Excellence in Research (CAE-R) and Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations (CAE-CO), designated by

the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the National Security Agency (NSA).

The Center for Directed Energy (CDE) is dedicated to Air Force and DOD research in high energy lasers

(HELs), high power microwaves (HPMs), and their enabling technologies. The Center is an advocate for transitioning

these systems to the battlefield through vigorous scientific and engineering research, graduate education programs and

diverse consulting activities.

The Center for Operational Analysis (COA) conducts defense-focused research which directly supports

DOD strategic objectives. The COA applies rigorous quantitative and qualitative tools, methodologies and approaches

to identify, analyze and solve complex operations and supply chain problems while developing critical and forward-

thinking analysts, managers, and leaders.

The Center for Space Research and Assurance (CSRA) is focused on delivering highly-valued resilient,

responsive and reliable space capabilities to the DOD and Intelligence Community through executing cutting-edge

space technology development, science and space experiments in collaboration with government organizations, to

meet the challenges of tomorrow by developing the technical space cadre through world-class research and immersive

hands-on graduate education.

The Center for Technical Intelligence Studies and Research (CTISR) is focused on Air Force, DOD and

Intelligence Community’s scientific, technical and operational activities through graduate research programs.

Activities are directed on improving technical intelligence gathering via remote sensing. Current research is focused on

signature measurement, phenomenological understanding, and algorithm development for target detection and

tracking, battle space combustion characterization, event classification, and material identification.

The Center of Excellence (COE) for Scientific Test and Analysis Techniques (STAT) in Test &

Evaluation (T&E) is a reach-back T&E capability that provides advice and assistance in the application of scientific

test and analysis techniques in the development of Test & Evaluation Master Plans (TEMP). The COE provides value

to the PEOs/PMs across the DOD through assistance provided to the Chief Developmental Tester (T&E Program

Leads) during the T&E planning, execution and assessment. The COE provides an additional resource of subject

matter expertise for the program managers and chief developmental testers of Major Defense Acquisition Programs

(MDAP) and Major Automated Information Systems (MAIS) during the T&E planning, execution, and assessment

process.

2. SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS

2.1 FACULTY FELLOWS

BADIRU, ADEDEJI B., Dean, Graduate School of Engineering and Management, Fellow of the Institute of Industrial

Engineers, Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering.

COLLINS, PETER J., Professor of Electrical Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,

Fellow of AMPTA.

DECKRO, RICHARD F., Professor of Operations Research, Department of Operational Sciences, Fellow of the

Military Operations Research Society.

*ELROD, WILLIAM E., Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Aerospace Engineering, Department of Aeronautics

and Astronautics, Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers International.

*FRANKE, MILTON E., Professor Emeritus of Aerospace Engineering, Department of Aeronautics and

Astronautics, Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

*GOLTZ, MARK N., Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Environmental Management, Department of Systems

Engineering and Management, Fellow of the Society of American Military Engineers.

GRIMAILA, MICHAEL R., Professor and Head, Department of Systems Engineering and Management, Fellow of

the Information System Security Association.

*HENGEHOLD, ROBERT L., Professor Emeritus of Physics, Department of Engineering Physics, Fellow of the

American Physical Society.

*HOUPIS, CONSTANTINE H., Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering, Department of Electrical and

Computer Engineering, Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.

MALL, SHANKAR, Distinguished Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Department of Aeronautics and

Astronautics, Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers International.

*MAYBECK, PETER S., Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer

Engineering, Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.

PACHTER, MEIR, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Fellow

of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.

PALAZOTTO, ANTHONY N., Distinguished Professor, Aerospace Engineering, Department of Aeronautics and

Astronautics, Fellow of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Fellow of the American Academy of

Mechanics, Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Fellow of the Engineering Mechanics Institute.

PERRAM, GLEN P., Professor of Physics, Department of Engineering Physics, Fellow of the Directed Energy

Professional Society.

PIGNATIELLO, JOSEPH J., Professor of Operations Research; Head, Department of Operational Sciences, Fellow

of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers; Fellow of the American Society for Quality.

POLANKA, MARC D., Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Fellow of

the American Society of Mechanical Engineers International.

RAQUET, JOHN F., Professor of Electrical Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,

Fellow of the Institute of Navigation.

RUGGLES-WRENN, MARINA B., Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Department of Aeronautics and

Astronautics, Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers International.

TERZUOLI, ANDREW J., Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer

Engineering, Fellow of the Electromagnetics Academy.

*TORVIK, PETER J., Professor Emeritus of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Department of

Aeronautics and Astronautics, Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Life Fellow of

American Society of Mechanical Engineers International, Fellow of the Ohio Academy of Science.

WEIR, JEFFERY W., Professor and Associate Department Head, Department of Operational Sciences, Fellow of the

Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education.

*Emeritus faculty

2.2 PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

AHNER, DARRYL K., Professional Engineer (Commonwealth of Virginia)

BADIRU, ADEDEJI B., Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Leadership Certificate (University of

Tennessee Leadership Institute), Professional Engineer (State of Oklahoma)

CHRISSIS, JAMES W., Professional Engineer (Florida #37247)

CUNNINGHAM, WILLIAM A., Certified in Transportation and Logistics (CTL)

ENINGER, ROBERT M., Lt Col, Certified Industrial Hygienist

FASS, ROBERT D., Certified Cost Estimator/Analyst (International Cost Estimating and Analysis Association)

FEE, JAMES R., Lt Col, Nuclear Weapons Effects, Policy, and Proliferations Graduate Certificate

FREELS, JASON K., Maj, Systems Planning, Research, Development and Engineering (SPRDE) Certification,

Level III

GOLTZ, MARK N., Board Certified Environmental Engineer (American Academy of Environmental Engineers),

Professional Engineer (State of Minnesota)

GREENDYKE, ROBERT B., Professional Engineer (State of Texas)

GRIMAILA, MICHAEL R., Certified Information Security Manager (CISM); Information Systems Audit and

Control Association (ISACA); Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP); International

Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, Inc. (ISC)2; National Security Agency INFOSEC

Assessment Methodology (IAM) Certification; National Security Agency INFOSEC Evaluation Methodology

(IEM) Certification; National Security Agency 4011/4012/4013 Certification.

HARPER WILLIE F., Jr., Professional Engineer (State of Arizona)

HAZEN, BENJAMIN T., Maj, Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Certified Six Sigma Green Belt, Certificate in

Transportation and Logistics Regulation, Certification in Transportation and Logistics (CTL)

HOISINGTON, ANDREW, J., Professional Engineer (State of Michigan)

HOUPIS, CONSTANTINE H., Professional Engineer (State of Ohio)

KUNZ, DONALD L., Professional Engineer (Commonwealth of Virginia)

LAKE, ROBERT A., Capt, APDP – Engineering III, Science and Technology Management Level III, Program

Management I.

LIN, ALAN C., Maj, APDP – SPRDE III, Science and Technology Management Level II, Program Management I.

LOPER, ROBERT D., APDP Level II Certification – SPRDE, APDP Level II Certificati

on – S&T Management,

APDP Level I Certification – Program Management

LUCAS, BRANDON, M., Certified Cost Estimator/Analyst (ICEAA), DOD Financial Management Level 3

MAILLOUX, LOGAN O., Maj, Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Systems

Engineering Professional (CSEP)

MARCINIAK, MICHAEL A., APDP Level II Certification – SPRDE, APDP Level II Certification – Program

Management, APDP Level I Certification – Test and Evaluation, Certified Laser Safety Officer (Board of Laser

Safety, Orlando, FL)

MBONIMPA, ERIC G., Professional Engineer (State of Michigan)

MERKLE, LAURENCE D., Acquisition Professionals Development Program Level 2

MULLINS, BARRY E., Professional Engineer (State of Colorado)

OVERSTREET, ROBERT E., Lt Col, Certified in Transportation & Logistics (CTL)

PALAZOTTO, ANTHONY N., Professional Engineer (State of Ohio)

PARR, JEFFREY C., Lt Col, Systems Planning, Research, Development and Engineering (SPRDE) Certification,

Level III

PERRAM, GLEN P., Professional Engineer (State of Ohio)

REEDER, MARK F., Professional Engineer (State of Ohio)

RITSCHEL, JONATHAN, Lt Col, APDP Business-Cost Estimation Certification, Level II

RUTLEDGE, JAMES L., Maj, Professional Engineer (State of Texas)

SLAGLEY, JEREMY M., Board Certified Industrial Hygienist, Board Certified Safety Professional

STONE, BRIAN B., Maj, Six Sigma Black Belt Certification (Arizona State University), Certificate in Statistics

(Arizona State University)

THOMAS, LEVI, M., Maj, Professional Engineer (State of Colorado)

TUTTLE, RONALD F., APDP Level III Certification – Program Management, APDP Level III Certification –

SPRDE

2.3 RESEARCH AND TEACHING AWARDS

2.3.1 FACULTY

BINDEWALD, JASON M., Maj,

2017 Air Force Research and Development Award

BOEHMKE, BRADLEY C.,

ASEE Engineering Economy Division Eugene L. Grant Award for Best Publication

CANCIANI, AARON J., Capt,

2017 John L. McLucas Basic Research Award

CARBINO, TIMOTHY J., Maj,

2017 Air Force Science & Engineering Award- Advance Technology Development

FEE, JAMES R., Lt Col,

Winner of the 2016 AFIT Volunteer of the Year Award

FICKUS, MATTHEW C.,

ENC Instructor of the Quarter, 2016 Fall Quarter

ENC Instructor of the Quarter, 2017 Summer Quarter

ENC Instructor of the Year, 2016-2017

FRANZ, ANTHONY L., Lt Col,

2017 Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education (SOCHE) Faculty Excellence Award.

HARPER, WILLIE F. Jr,

2016 John L. McLucas Basic Research Award

2017-2018 Embassy Science Fellow

HAZEN, BENJAMIN T., Maj,

SOCHE 2016 Faculty Excellence Award

LAKE, ROBERT A., Capt,

Air Force Outstanding Scientist & Engineer Award

LUNDAY, BRIAN J.,

Outstanding Young Member OR/MS Award, INFORMS Cincinnati-Dayton Chapter

MAILLOUX, LOGAN, O. Maj,

2016 AFIT Outstanding Military Instructor of the Year

PRIGGE, DIEDRICH, V.,

2016-2017 Sigma Iota Epsilon - Instructor of the year award

REEGER, JONAH A., Maj,

ENC Instructor of the Quarter, 2017 Winter Quarter

RUGGLES-WRENN, MARINA B.,

2017 ASME Dedicated Service Award

2017 ASME Board of Governors Award

2017 ASME Pressure Vessel and Piping Division Certificate of Appreciation.

WHITE, EDWARD D. III,

SOCHE Faculty Excellence Award, November 2016

Dr. Leslie M. Norton Teaching Excellence Award, March 2017

ENC Instructor of the Quarter, 2017 Spring Quarter

2.3.2 STUDENTS

BARNES, DANIEL R.,

2017 Space Best Presentation Award – 42

AIAA Dayton Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium

CARLSON, NATHAN J.,

2017 Secretary James G. Roche Award honoring the enlisted student who best demonstrates academic, leadership,

research, and service achievements.

CHALAOPAK, KASIDIT V.,

2017 AFIT Chapter of the American Nuclear Society Best Thesis Award

COLLIS, SCHUYLER L.,

Navigation Research Excellence Award

DUNKEL, MELISSA A.,

2017 Optimization Best Presentation Award – 42

AIAA Dayton Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium

FAIN, BENJAMIN M.,

2017 Dean’s Award for the most exceptional master’s thesis by a graduating student in the Electrical and Computer

Engineering. Thesis title: “Small Fixed-wing Aerial Positioning using Inter-vehicle Ranging Combined with Visual

Odometry.”

FERGUSON, MATTHEW D.,

Military Operations Research Society (MORS) Dr. James T. Moore Graduate Research Prize

HALLADA, FRANCIS D.,

2017 Dean’s Award for the most exceptional master’s thesis by a graduating student in the Department of Engineering

Physics. Thesis title: “The Fresnel Zone Light Field Spectral Imager.”

2017 Chancellor's Award for the most exceptional master’s thesis by a graduating student. Thesis title: “The Fresnel

Zone Light Field Spectral Imager.

”

2017 International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) Excellence in Optics and Photonics Research Award

2017 Advanced Technical Intelligence Association (ATIA) Outstanding Student Award

HAWS, DEREK W.,

2017 Air Force Historical Foundation General Bryce Poe II Award

HOEFFNER, ZACHARY W.,

2017 Mervin E. Gross Award, that recognizes a graduating master’s student who has demonstrated the most

exceptional academic achievement and high qualities of character, initiative and leadership.

KNAPP, KEVIN R.,

2017 Lockheed-Martin Best Student Paper Award – 2017 AIAA SciTech Conference

2017 Dean’s Award for the most exceptional master’s thesis by a graduating student in the Department of Aeronautics

and Astronautics. Thesis title: “Time-Dependent Validation of Finite Element Strain Distribution of a Plastically-

Deformed Plate via Digital Image Correlation.”

LEFGREN, SCOTT J.,

AOC Academic Research Excellence Award

LENKER, RONALD J.,

2017 Edwin E. Aldrin, Sr. Award which is given for displaying the most exceptional leadership characteristics while in

the graduate program.

LIM, GAYLEEN S.A.,

March 2017 Jerome G. Peppers Jr., Outstanding Student Award which is given to a member of each graduating class

whose academic record and research significantly contributes to the field of logistics.

LIU, KAN,

2017 Jefferson Goblet Best Student Paper – 2017 AIAA SciTech Conference

PITMAN, BRIAN W.,

2017 MASINT Committee Award of Academic Excellence

PORTANTE, ANTHONY A.,

2017 Best Masters Paper and Presentation at the 12

International Conference on Cyber Warefare and Security

RIGOLET, TAYLOR S.,

June 2017 Jerome G. Peppers Jr., Outstanding Student Award which is given to a member of each graduating class

whose academic record and research significantly contributes to the field of logistics.

ROSE, ANTHONY J.,

2017 Louis F. Polk Award which is given for exhibiting the highest standards of academic and professional

accomplishment and through their research made a significant contribution toward strengthening the nation's

industrial defense base.

SCHWEMMER, JOSEPH R.,

2017 Dean’s Award for the most exceptional master’s thesis by a graduating student in the Department of Operational

Sciences. Thesis title: “Optimal Design of a Hexakis Icosahedron Vacuum Based Lighter than Air Vehicle.”

STELZER, DYLAN,

2017 Jefferson Goblet Best Student Paper – 2017 AIAA SciTech Conference, Jan 2017

STERN, JORDAN L.,

2017 Dean’s Award for the most exceptional master’s thesis by a graduating student in the Department of Systems

Engineering and Management. Thesis title: “Genetic Algorithm Optimization of Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Space

Situational Awareness Systems via Parallel Evaluation of Executable Architectures.

WATCHEL, STEVEN T.,

2017 Dean’s Award for the most exceptional master’s thesis by a graduating student in the Department of Systems

Engineering and Management. Thesis title: “Genetic Algorithm Optimization of Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Space

Situational Awareness Systems via Parallel Evaluation of Executable Architectures.”

3. RESEARCH STATISTICS

3.1 RESEARCH AND CONSULTING OUTPUT MEASURES

There are measurable indicators of AFIT’s contribution to the engineering and scientific community and AFIT’s

success in staying well informed of technical possibilities and scientific opportunities. These indicators include the

number and quality of technical publications accepted by the editors of journals; the number of presentations accepted

for regional, national and international conferences; the number of sponsor funded research projects conducted; and

finally, the number of student Graduate Research Papers, MS theses, and PhD dissertations completed and submitted

to the Defense Technical Information Center. For FY17, these output measures are shown in Tables 3.1a and 3.1b for

the Departments and Centers, respectively.

Table 3.1a Faculty Research and Sponsored Programs Output, by Department

Graduate School, by Department

Graduate Math & Electrical Engineering Operational Sys Eng & Aeronautics

School Stats & Comp Eng Physics Sciences Management & Astro

(EN) Total (ENC) (ENG) (ENP) (ENS) (ENV) (ENY)

umber of Faculty

(FTE)*

133 17 33 26 20 18 19

umber of

Research Faculty

(FTE)

11 - 2 8 1 - -

Refereed

Publication

Authorships**

277 30 43 60 58 52 34

Refereed

Conferences on the

Basis of Full Paper

Review**

152 3 77 21 18 23 10

Refereed

Conferences on the

Basis of Abstract

Review**

205 10 33 51 42 27 42

Sponsor Funded

Projects***

227 5 59 55 39 18 50

Books & Chapters

in Books**

19 2 5 2 2 1 7

Patents**** 24 1 8 5 1 5 4

Doctoral

Dissertations

Advised

40 - 12 14 7 2 5

Master's Theses

Advised

270 5 77 19 51 66 52

Graduate Research

Papers Advised

28 - - - 28 - -

*FTE: Full-time equivalent military and permanent civilian faculty

**Publications/Presentations are counted by faculty authorships.

***One project associated with the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ENR) is reflected in

Graduate School (EN) Total.

****Includes: Patents awarded, patent applications, and invention disclosures counted by faculty

authorships.

Table 3.1b Faculty Research and Sponsored Programs Output, by Center

*Some faculty are affiliated with multiple centers.

**Publications/Presentations are counted by faculty authorships.

****Includes: Patents awarded, patent applications, and invention disclosures counted by faculty

authorships.

Graduate School, by Center

Center

Total

ANT CCR CDE COA

CSRA CTISR

umber of

Affiliated Faculty*

143 25 26 16 16 40 20

Refereed

Publication

Authorships**

71 22 6 29 4 6 4

Refereed

Conferences on the

Basis of Full Paper

Review**

84 33 18 23 - 9 1

Refereed

Conferences on the

Basis of Abstract

Review**

77 21 2 26 3 14 11

Sponsor Funded

Projects

129 30 12 20 26 26 15

Books & Chapters

in Books**

3 1 - 2 - - -

Patents*** 7 1 2 4 - - -

Doctoral

Dissertations

Advised

18 2 6 4 2 2 2

Master's Theses

Advised

111 26 33 3 11 37 1

Graduate Research

Papers Advised

8 - - - 8 - -

3.2 RESEARCH AND CONSULTING SPONSORSHIP

As part of an Air Force institution, the faculty members of the Air Force Institute of Technology focus their research

on current problems as well as future systems of the Air Force and other DOD organizations. Evidence of this focus is

that 95% of all theses, dissertations, and graduate research papers listed in Table 3.1a are externally sponsored by Air

Force, DOD and government agencies. In addition, most of the research projects and consultations are carried out for

Air Force and DOD units. The data are summarized in Figure 3.1 and Table 3.2.

Figure 3.1 Sponsors of AFIT Theses, Dissertations, and Graduate Research Papers

AFRL

32%

DEJTO

DTRA

Other DOD

13%

Other Sponsors

AMC

DHS

Other USAF

32%

AFMC

AFOSR

711

HPW

RCB

Table 3.2 AFIT External Sponsorship by Organization

SPONSOR ORGANIZATION

PhD

Dissertations

Master’s

Theses

Graduate

Research

Papers

Funded

Projects

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE 1 1

HQ UNITED STATES AIR FORCE 1 9 2 7

AIR COMBAT COMMAND 4 1

AIR FORCE MATERIEL COMMAND 5 5

412

Test Wing 1

Test Group 1

704

Test Group 2 1

746

Test Squadron 1

812

Test Squadron 1

Air Force Life Cycle Management Center 4 6

Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center 1

Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) 2

711 Human Performance Wing (RH) 7 8

Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) 1 16 26

Aerospace Systems Directorate (RQ) 3 23 16

Directed Energy Directorate (RD) 2 6

Information Directorate (RI) 1 6 3

Materials & Manufacturing Directorate (RX) 5 11

Munitions Directorate (RW) 7 9

Sensors Directorate (RY) 4 18 16

Space Vehicles Directorate (RV) 2 14 10

Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center 1

Air Force Sustainment Center 1 2 2

Air Force Test Pilot School 1

Wright-Patterson AFB Fire Emergency Services 1

AIR MOBILITY COMMAND 1 1 10

AIR FORCE SPACE COMMAND 2

AIR FORCE SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND 1

USAF FIELD OPERATING AGENCIES/DIRECT

REPORTING UNITS

Air Force Civil Engineer Center 16 2

Air Force Cost Analysis Agency 3

Air Force Inspection Agency 1

Air Force Medical Operations Agency 1

Air Force Rapid Capability Office 1

Air Force Technical Applications Center 1 2 3

National Air and Space Intelligence Center 7 7

US Air Force Academy 1

OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 1 13 2 27

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 1

Defense Threat Reduction Agency 2 4 2

DOD Cyber Crime Center 1

Directed Energy Joint Technology Office 5 5

Joint Aircraft Survivability Program Office 1

Joint Chief of Staff 1 1

Joint Warfare Analysis Center 4 2

Missile Defense Agency 1 1

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency 1

National Guard Bureau 1

National Security Agency 1

Office of the Secretary of Defense 2 3 4

United States Army 1 4 7

United States Navy 3 8

US European Command 2

US Special Operations Command

US Transportation Command

1 2 1

OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES

Department of Energy 2

Department of Homeland Security 1 13 3

Domestic Nuclear Detection Office 1 1

Environmental Protection Agency 1 5 2

Federal Emergency Management Agency 1

National Aeronautics and Space Administration 1 1

National Nuclear Security Administration 1

National Science Foundation 1

NON-FEDERAL AGENCIES

Argentine Air Force Materiel General Directorate 1

Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.

Creare, Inc

Cummons Inc

Innovative Scientific Solutions Inc.

Lincoln Laboratory - MIT

Lockheed Martin 3 2

Ohio Federal Research Network 2

Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems 1 1

Sandia National Laboratories 1

Spectral Sciences, Inc 1

The Optical Sciences Company 1

The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc 1 1

Turkish Air Force 1

UK Ministry of Defense 1

*TOTALS 30 231 23 227

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Dollar Amount Awarded (Millions)

Fiscal Year

Figure 3.2 New Award History FY08-FY17

Education

Research

3.3 EXTERNAL SPONSOR FUNDING FOR THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF

ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT

Many of the Graduate School of Engineering and Management’s theses and research projects completed under

faculty supervision are funded in part by other Air Force, DOD and government units and agencies. Often, this

funding results from collaboration between faculty and thesis sponsors and occurs when the research project can be

leveraged by the purchase of equipment or services not otherwise available. Figure 3.2 summarizes the past ten

fiscal years of sponsored funding. Tables 3.3 and 3.4, and Figure 3.3, summarize external funding for FY17.

Table 3.3 FY17 External Funding & Research Expenditures for Academic

Departments & Research Centers ($1,000’s)

Newly Awarded

Research

Projects

Newly Awarded

Education

Projects

Total FY17

Newly Awarded

Projects

Total FY17

Research

Expenditures

Department

# $k # $k # $k $k

Mathematics & Statistics (ENC) 5 288 - - 5 288 539

Electrical & Computer Eng (ENG) 57 5,950 2 228 59 6,178 7,871

Engineering Physics (ENP) 54 5,719 1 9 55 5,728 7,066

Research & Sponsored Programs (ENR) 1 280 - - 1 280 -

Operational Sciences (ENS) 35 9,976 4 286 39 10,262 11,534

Systems Eng & Management (ENV) 17 1,249 1 400 18 1,649 1,863

Aeronautical & Astronautical Eng (ENY) 48 3,275 2 59 50 3,334 6,320

TOTAL 217 26,737 10 982 227 27,719 35,193

Center

Autonomy and Navigation Technology (ANT) 30 3,792 - - 30 3,792 5,101

Center for Cyberspace Research (CCR) 10 668 2 228 12 896 1,161

Center for Directed Energy (CDE) 19 3,025 1 9 20 3,034 3,186

Center for Operational Analysis (COA) 24 7,516 2 180 26 7,696 9,640

Center for Space Research and Assurance (CSRA) 26 2,484 - - 26 2,484 3,549

Center for Tech Intel Studies & Research (CTISR) 15 1,552 - - 15 1,552 1,836

TOTAL 124 19,037 5 417 129 19,454 24,473

Notes: Total research expenditures reported include institutional cost sharing, which is not included in newly awarded

projects. Numbers reported to the ASEE and NSF research expenditure surveys vary somewhat due to differences in

definitions. All Center funds are also included in departmental funding.

AFOSR

711 HPW

Figure 3.3 New FY17 Awards by Sponsor

Table 3.4 New FY17 Awards to Academic Departments & Research Centers by Sponsor

Dept.

AFRL

AFMC

(Non-AFRL)

Other

USAF

Other

DOD

Other

Federal

Non-

Federal

Total

ENC

284 - - - 4 - 288

ENG

3,102 - 589 1,950 195 341 6,178

ENP

1,552 - 521 3,172 359 124 5,728

ENR

280 - - - - - 280

ENS

617 2,722 2,978 3,320 625 - 10,262

ENV

286 400 512 229 223 - 1,649

ENY

1,031 - - 2,223 - 80 3,334

TOTAL

7,152 3,122 4,600 10,894 1,406 545 27,719

Note: “Other DOD” in this table includes the DEJTO, OSD, NGA, NSA, US Army, and US Navy pie slices from Figure 3.3,

plus funding from other DOD organizations.

Center

ANT

1,892 - 350 1,400 30 120 3,792

CCR

349 - 59 293 195 - 896

CDE

770 - 9 1,816 119 320 3,034

COA

445 2,699 2,602 1,840 110 - 7,696

CSRA 445 - 35 2,004 - - 2,484

CTISR 259 - 318 951 - 24 1,552

TOTAL

4,160 2,699 3,373 8,304 454 464 19,454

Note: All Center funds are also included in departmental funding

*Pie Chart on the right shows breakdown by AFRL Technology Directorates

AFRL

Other DOD

DEJTO

OSD

US Navy

US Army

Other USAF

AFMC (Non-

AFRL)

Other Federal

Non-Federal

NGA

NSA

4. SPONSORSHIP OF STUDENT RESEARCH

4.1. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE

MASTER'S THESES

DWYER, KEVIN M., Forecasting Traditional vs Blended Retirement System for Individual Service Members.

AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-185. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Robert D. Fass. Sponsor: SAF.

GRADUATE RESEARCH PAPERS

NOLAN, STEVEN T., An Intrinsic Case Study Analysis of Air Force Company Grade Officers as High-Potential

Officers. AFIT/ENS/MS/17J-039. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col Robert E. Overstreet Sponsor: SAF.

4.2. HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS

MESSER, ADAM J., On the Development of Robust Anomaly Detection Algorithms with Limited Labeled Data.

AFIT/ENS/DS/17S-040. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kenneth W. Bauer. Sponsor: HQ USAF/A9.

MASTER'S THESES

BARKALOW, ALLISON M., Identifying Factors that Affect the Retention Behaviors of Aircraft Maintenance (21A)

and Munitions and Missile Maintenance (21M) Officers. AFIT/ENS/MS/17J-016. Faculty Advisor:

Lt Col Robert E. Overstreet Sponsor: HQ USAF/A4. [COA]

DEFRANK, JOSHUA D., A Condition Based Maintenance Approach to Forecasting B-1 Aircraft Parts.

AFIT/ENS/MS/17M-123. Faculty Advisor: Capt Michael P. Kretser. Sponsor: HQ USAF/A4.

FRANZEN, COURTNEY N., Survival Analysis of US Air Force Rated Officer Retention. AFIT/ENS/MS/17M-129.

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Raymond R. Hill. Sponsor: HQ USAF/A1.

GOODEN, DUSTIN L., United States Air Force Unaccompanied Housing Divestiture: An Economic Analysis.

AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-188. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jared A. Astin. Sponsor: HQ USAF/A4.

GRIFFITH, JOHN R., The Air Force Fitness Test: Creating New Fitness Assessment Charts using Waist to Height

Ratios. AFIT/ENC/MS/17M-191. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Edward D. White. Sponsor: HQ USAF/A1.

HUSTON, RYAN W., Blended Military Retirement and the Potential Impacts on Retention and Recruiting.

AFIT/ENS/MS/17M-135. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Raymond R. Hill. Sponsor: HQ USAF/A1.

SMITH, JESSICA A., Supply Chain Transformation: An Information Technology Perspective. AFIT/ENS/MS/

17S-065. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Paul L. Hartman. Sponsor: HQ USAF/A4. [COA]

WEST, KIMBERLY S., Approximate Dynamic Programming for the United State Air Force Officer Manpower

Planning Problem. AFIT/ENS/MS/17M-162. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col Matthew J. Robbins. Sponsor: HQ USAF/A1.

ZIMMERMAN, JAMIE T., Application of Enlisted Force Retention Levels and Career Field Stability. AFIT/ENS/

MS/17M-167. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Raymond R. Hill. Sponsor: HQ USAF/A1.

GRADUATE RESEARCH PAPERS

PARRISH, JEFFREY M., United States Nuclear Deterrence Policy: Past, Present, and Future. AFIT/ENS/MS/

17J-043. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Paul L. Hartman. Sponsor: HQ USAF/A3. [COA]

VANN, RAYMUNDO M., Developing a Process for Determining the Optimal Nuclear Weapons Posture.

AFIT/ENS/MS/17J-050. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col Matthew A. Douglas. Sponsor: HQ USAF/A10.

4.3. AIR COMBAT COMMAND

MASTER'S THESES

CROUCH, DANIEL W., Improving Minuteman III Maintenance Concepts. AFIT/ENS/MS/17M-122. Faculty

Advisor: Dr. Paul L. Hartman. Sponsor: AFGSC. [COA]

ROBERTS, ANDREW J., A Systems Engineering Approach to Measuring Live, Virtual, Constructive Training

Effectiveness and Performance. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-217. Faculty Advisor: Maj Logan O. Mailloux. Sponsor: 705

CTS.

VINCENT, AARON T., Maintenance Officer Initial Skills Training Timeline. AFIT/ENS/MS/17M-160. Faculty

Advisor: Maj Benjamin T. Hazen. Sponsor: HQ ACC/A4. [COA]

WILLIAMS, RUSSELL H., Predicting Failure Rates for the B-1B Bomber. AFIT/ENS/MS/17M-163. Faculty

Advisor: Dr. Paul L. Hartman. Sponsor: AFGSC. [COA]

GRADUATE RESEARCH PAPERS

JONES, ELIZABETH M., The Culture of Deterrence. AFIT/ENS/MS/17J-032. Faculty Advisor:

Col Adam D. Reiman. Sponsor: AFGSC.

4.4. AIR EDUCATION AND TRAINING COMMAND

AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS

BURGI, KENNETH W., Reflection Matrix Method for Controlling Light after Reflection from a Diffuse Scattering

Surface. AFIT/ENP/DS/16D-011. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michael A. Marciniak. Sponsor: N/A.

CADY, CAMDON J., A Tree Locality-Sensitive Hash for Secure Software Testing. AFIT/ENG/DS/17S-005. Faculty

Advisor: Dr. Gilbert L. Peterson. Sponsor: N/A. [CCR]

CLIMER, JONATHON R., Dynamic Prototype Addition in Generalized Learning Vector Quantizers.

AFIT/ENG/DS/17S-009. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Gilbert L. Peterson. Sponsor: N/A.

COMPTON, ANDREW JM., A Location-Aware Middleware Framework for Collaborative Visual Information

Discovery and Retrieval. AFIT/ENG/DS/17S-010. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col John M. Pecarina. Sponsor: N/A.

[ANT/CCR]

DAILEY, WHITMAN T., Special Features of the Air-to-Space Neutron Transport Problem. AFIT/ENP/DS/

17S-022. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kirk A. Mathews. Sponsor: N/A.

LAURVICK, TOD V., Improvements to Micro-Contact Performance and Reliability. AFIT/ENG/DS/16D-003.

Faculty Advisor: Capt Robert A. Lake. Sponsor: N/A.

LIEFER, NATHANIEL C., Application of Radio Frequency Distinct Native Attribute Fingerprinting to Commercial

Push-to-Talk (PTT) Radios. AFIT/ENG/DS/17S-013. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michael A. Temple. Sponsor: N/A.

[CCR]

MILLAR, JEREMY R., A Stochastic Model of Plausibility in Live-Virtual-Constructive Environments.

AFIT/ENG/DS/17S-015. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Douglas D. Hodson. Sponsor: N/A. [CCR]

OWENS, CHRISTOPHER T., Effects of Mechanical Load History on Lamb Wave Interactions with Fatigue Cracks in

Aluminum Plates. AFIT/ENY/DS/17S-061. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Eric D. Swenson. Sponsor: N/A.

RODEWALD, JOSHUA V., An Information Theoretic Investigation Of Complex Adaptive Supply Networks With

Organizational Topologies. AFIT/ENV/DS/16D-029. Faculty Advisor: Dr. John M. Colombi. Sponsor: N/A.

SATTLER, JAMES, Engineered Surfaces to Control Secondary Electron Yield for Multipactor Suppression.

AFIT/ENG/DS/17S-018. Faculty Advisor: Capt Robert A. Lake. Sponsor: N/A. [CSRA]

MASTER’S THESES

ALATAWI, NAIF H., RSAF F-15 Reparable Items Capacity Planning & Execution. AFIT/ENS/MS/17S-033. Faculty

Advisor: Dr. William A. Cunningham. Sponsor: N/A.

ALF, CHRISTIAN N., Image Processing for Space Situational Awareness using Commercial-off-the-Shelf Imagery.

AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-238. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Richard G. Cobb. Sponsor: N/A. [CSRA]

ALZAHRANY, RIYADH A., Corrosion Fatigue Behavior of AISI 4340 Steel Coated With Cadmium and Zinc-Nickel

with and Without Scribed Damage in Saltwater Environment. AFIT/ENY/MS/17S-001. Faculty Advisor:

Dr. Shankar Mall. Sponsor: N/A.

ANDERSON, RYAN J., Using a Plenoptic Camera for Real-Time Depth Estimation. AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-002.

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Richard G. Cobb. Sponsor: N/A. [CSRA]

ATKINSON, JOHN D., Diffusion of Autonomous Vehicles as an Organizational Innovation. AFIT/ENS/MS/17M-112.

Faculty Advisor: Maj Benjamin T. Hazen. Sponsor: N/A. [COA]

AUST, MATTHEW E., Proactive Host Mutation in Software-Defined Networking. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-003. Faculty

Advisor: Dr. Barry E. Mullins. Sponsor: N/A. [CCR]

BLACH, NOAH T., Energy Harvesting with Micro Machines. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-007. Faculty Advisor:

Capt Robert. A. Lake. Sponsor: N/A.

BURNETT, JONATHON M., Building Character: Positive Psychology & the Air Force Core Values.

AFIT/ENS/MS/17M-116. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kenneth L. Schultz. Sponsor: N/A.

CABERTO, EDDIE K., Securing Controller Area Networks in Vehicles via Packet Switched Network Segregation.

AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-009. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Scott R. Graham. Sponsor: N/A. [CCR]

CALLAHAM, ANTHONY M., Two-Dimensional Modeling of Self-Healing Shock Waves in Porous Explosives.

AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-249. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Robert B. Greendyke. Sponsor: N/A.

CARLSON, NATHAN J., Multiple Criteria Decision Making on the Load Planning Process to Enhance Cargo

Compartment Utilization. AFIT/ENS/MS/17M-118. Faculty Advisor: Col Adam D. Reiman. Sponsor: N/A.

CHAMBERLAIN, CHAD N., Genetic Algorithm Receiver Optimization for Passive, Bi-static Synthetic Aperture

Radar. AFIT/ENG/MS/17S-007. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Julie A. Jackson. Sponsor: N/A.

COLLIS, SCHUYLER, GPS Spoofer Detection via Receiver Statistical Signal Processing. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-016.

Faculty Advisor: Lt Col Phillip M. Corbell. Sponsor: N/A. [ANT]

COOPER, KEVIN S., Process Categorization using Tree Edit Distance. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-018. Faculty Advisor:

Dr. Gilbert L. Peterson. Sponsor: N/A. [CCR]

COUCH, BRIAN D., Busek 1CM Micro Radio-Frequency Ion Thruster Empirical Performance Determination.

AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-253. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Carl R. Hartsfield. Sponsor: N/A. [CSRA]

CUNNINGHAM, CAMERON R., Evaluation of Networked Satellite Command & Control via Internet Conduit.

AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-254. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Eric D. Swenson. Sponsor: N/A. [CSRA]

DAZZIO, ELAINE L., Statistically Modeling Fuel Consumption with Heteroscedastic Data. AFIT/ENG/MS/

17J-075. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Scott R. Graham. Sponsor: N/A. [CCR]

DUNKEL, MELISSA A., The Impact of Atmospheric Fluctuations on Optimal Boost Glide Hypersonic Vehicle

Dynamics. AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-257. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Richard G. Cobb. Sponsor: N/A. [CSRA]

DUNKEL, PATRICK N., Application of RF-DNA Fingerprinting Techniques to ICOM Radio Satellite

Communication. AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-258. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Eric D. Swenson. Sponsor: N/A. [CSRA]

GOODGION, JONATHON S., Active Response using Host-Based Intrusion Detection System and Software-Defined

Networking. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-032. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Barry E. Mullins. Sponsor: N/A. [CCR]

GRABOSKI, ALEXANDER J., The Impacts of Climate Change and Anthropogenic Processes on Permafrost Soils

and USAF Infrastructure within Northern Tier Bases. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-189. Faculty Advisor:

Lt Col Kevin S. Bartlett. Sponsor: N/A.

GUERRERO, JUSTIN, GNSS Receiver Front-End Component Characterization for High Fidelity Signal Deformation

Monitoring Applications. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-033. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Sanjeev Gunawardena. Sponsor: N/A.

[ANT]

HALLADA, FRANCIS D., The Fresnel Zone Light Field Spectral Imager. AFIT/ENP/MS/17M-095. Faculty Advisor:

Lt Col Anthony L. Franz. Sponsor: N/A. [CDE/CTISR]

HOYT, GREG E., An Investigation Into the Indicators of a Successful Total Force Association. AFIT/ENS/MS/

17M-133. Faculty Advisor: Maj Benjamin T. Hazen. Sponsor: N/A. [COA]

JONES, ANDREW M., Investigations Into Near Infrared Sensitive Solar Cells. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-037. Faculty

Advisor: Capt Robert A. Lake. Sponsor: N/A.

KACZMAREK, JEREMY J., Analysis of Image Processing and Data Reduction for Space Situational Awareness

Applications in CubeSats. AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-268. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Eric D. Swenson. Sponsor: N/A. [CSRA]

KIRK, JORDAN T., Multi-Hypothesis Test Detection for Star Tracking Systems.

AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-041. Faculty

Advisor: Dr. Stephen C. Cain. Sponsor: N/A. [CSRA]

LANZO, DANIEL T., Additively Manufactured Spacecraft Thermal Control System. AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-271.

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Carl R. Hartsfield. Sponsor: N/A. [CSRA]

LEFGREN, SCOTT, Classification of Matched Filtered Replicated Signals in Interference using Radio Frequency

Distinct Native Attributes. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-044. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col Phillip M. Corbell. Sponsor: N/A.

[ANT]

LUGO, DANIEL, A Sandbox in Which to Learn and Develop Soar Agents. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-047. Faculty

Advisor: Dr. Douglas D. Hodson. Sponsor: N/A. [CCR]

MASON, MICHAEL P., Cost Versus Risk: The Policy of Nuclear Weapon Maintenance of Tritium Based Limited Life

Components. AFIT/ENS/MS/17M-143. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alan W. Johnson. Sponsor: N/A.

MCMURRY, RICHARD R., Improving Space Object Detection for Ground Telescopes with Poisson Distribution

Statistics. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-052. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Stephen C. Cain. Sponsor: N/A. [CSRA]

NUSSBAUM, JOHN H., Analyzing the Viability of Photovoltaic Pavement Systems: Quantifying Climate Impacts on

Potential Power and the Risks of Implementation. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-206. Faculty Advisor:

Capt John H. Nussbaum. Sponsor: N/A.

ORTIZ, ROSEMBERG, Scouting in Real-Time Strategy Games: Theory, Methods and Implementation.

AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-056. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Gary. B. Lamont. Sponsor: N/A.

PETREE, OLIVER W., On the Application of FLO_K and PPTE to Extract the Permittivity and Permeability Tensors

of Split Ring Resonator Structures. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-058. Faculty Advisor: Maj Michael D. Seal. Sponsor: N/A.

PHILLIPS, MARIA S., A System Dynamics Model Investigating the Efficacy of Non-Kinetic Policy Strategies on the

Diffusion of Democratic Ideologies in China. AFIT/ENS/MS/17M-153. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Richard F. Deckro.

Sponsor: N/A.

PORTANTE, ANTHONY A., Analysis of Denial-of-Service Attack Vectors in Software-Defined Networks.

AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-060. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Barry E. Mullins. Sponsor: N/A. [CCR]

PROVCHY, ZACHARIAH A., Topology Optimized Perforator for Multi-Layered Target. AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-283.

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Anthony N. Palazotto. Sponsor: N/A.

REABE, MARISSA C., Formation Flight of Earth Satellites on Kamtorus using Classical Orbital Elements.

AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-285. Faculty Advisor: Dr. William E. Wiesel. Sponsor: N/A. [CSRA]

REBOULET, AMANDA M., Organizational Strategic Basing Framework with Infusion of Multi-Dimensional

Uncertainty. AFIT/ENS/MS/17S-068. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Bradley C. Boehmke. Sponsor: N/A. [COA]

ROSS, JOHN S., Total Electron Count Variability and Stratospheric Ozone Effects on Solar Backscatter and LWIR

Emissions. AFIT/ENP/MS/17M-103. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Steven T. Fiorino. Sponsor: N/A. [CDE/CSRA]

ROTH, KRISTA, Analysis of an Experimental Space Debris Removal Mission. AFIT/ENY/MS/17J-071. Faculty

Advisor: Dr. Eric D. Swenson. Sponsor: N/A. [CSRA]

SADOWSKI, JUSTIN A., Dynamic Logical Mission Modeling Tool. AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-290. Faculty Advisor:

Dr. Eric D. Swenson. Sponsor: N/A. [CSRA]

SCHUH, ERIK B., Examining Regionalization Efforts to Develop Lessons Learned and Consideration for Department

of Defense Medical Facilities. AFIT/ENS/MS/17M-156. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Raymond R. Hill. Sponsor: N/A.

SCIACCA, JOSEPH R., AFIT’s Random Noise Radar Characterization. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-068. Faculty Advisor:

Dr. Peter J. Collins. Sponsor: N/A.

STUART, KENNETH J.,

KAM Tori from Two-Line Element Sets: A Comparison to SGP4. AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-293.

Faculty Advisor: Dr. William E. Wiesel. Sponsor: N/A. [CSRA]

TOMMILA, CHRISTOPHER D., Performance Losses in Additively Manufactured Low Thrust Nozzles.

AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-295. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Carl R. Hartsfield. Sponsor: N/A. [CSRA]

UMODU, KEBIN, Hypergame Analysis of Cyber Systems. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-075. Faculty Advisor:

Dr. Gary. B. Lamont. Sponsor: N/A.

VAHLE, MARK W., Application and Validation of Off-Nominal Aircraft Performance Models. AFIT/ENY/MS/

17M-297. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Richard G. Cobb. Sponsor: N/A.

WITHAM, BRET N., 2018 Military Retirement Options: An Expected Net Present Value Decision Analysis Model.

AFIT/ENS/MS/17M-164. Faculty Advisor: Maj Heidi M. Tucholski. Sponsor: N/A

YIELDING, NICHOLAS J., Statistically Applied Non-Uniformity Correction. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-084. Faculty

Advisor: Dr. Stephen C. Cain. Sponsor: N/A.

GRADUATE RESEARCH PAPERS

DAWSON, JEREMY D., Deterring the Russian Tactical Nuclear Arsenal. AFIT/ENS/MS/17J-020. Faculty Advisor:

Dr. Paul L. Hartman. Sponsor: N/A. [COA]

DIAZ, CHRISTOPHER J., Using Social Media to Measure Deterrence. AFIT/ENS/MS/17J-021. Faculty Advisor:

Dr. Alan W. Johnson. Sponsor: N/A.

GAMEL, JUSTIN L., Modernizing USAF Escalation Control. AFIT/ENS/MS/17J-027. Faculty Advisor:

Maj Heidi M. Tucholski. Sponsor: N/A.

LOUIE, ALAN K., Nuclear Weapons Capabilities Required for the 21st Century. AFIT/ENS/MS/17J-033. Faculty

Advisor: Dr. William A. Cunningham. Sponsor: N/A.

MORRIS, BRODERICK S., An Analysis of the Defense Logistics Agency's Forward Stocking Initiatives at Albany and

Barstow Distribution Depots and the Impact on Logistics Response Time. AFIT/ENS/MS/16D-047. Faculty

Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey A. Ogden. Sponsor: N/A.

OWENS, JOHN D., The Nuclear Bomber Force in the 21st Century. AFIT/ENS/MS/17J-040. Faculty Advisor:

Dr. Alan W. Johnson. Sponsor: N/A.

4.5. AIR FORCE MATERIEL COMMAND

MASTER'S THESES

CREAN, RYAN C., Benchmarking DOD use of Additive Manufacturing and Quantifying Costs. AFIT/ENS/MS/

17M-121. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alan W. Johnson. Sponsor: AFMC. [COA]

LEIGHTON, JASON M., Common Support Equipment and its Impact on Aircraft Availability. AFIT/ENS/MS/

17M-141. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alan W. Johnson. Sponsor: AFMC.

LIM, GAYLEEN A., Quantifying Aircraft Maintenance Personnel Time use, Management Perspective, and the Impact

of Personnel Availability on Time Distribution. AFIT/ENS/MS/17M-142. Faculty Advisor: Maj Benjamin T. Hazen.

Sponsor: AFMC.

O'NEAL, BRENDAN M., Aircraft Availability Metric Refinement Based on a 9-Tiered Sub-metric Indication.

AFIT/ENS/MS/17M-151. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Raymond R. Hill. Sponsor: AFMC.

POTTS, GREGORY D., Simulation Modeling and Analysis of Deployed F-16 Operations and Logistics Support.

AFIT/ENS/MS/17M-154. Faculty Advisor: Dr. John O. Miller. Sponsor: AFMC. [COA]

704TH TEST GROUP

MASTER'S THESES

DAY, JOSHUA A., Signature Analysis, Basis Editing, and Reconstruction (SABER) Tool Study. AFIT/ENG/MS/

17M-022. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Peter J. Collins. Sponsor: 704 TG.

KNISELY, ANDREW J., Design and Development of a Unique Two-Way Field Probe System using a Shielded

Octocopter. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-042. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Peter J. Collins. Sponsor: 704 TG.

AIR FORCE LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT CENTER

MASTER’S THESES

CORDELL, IAN S., Engineering Change Orders and their Impact on DOD Acquisition Contracts.

AFIT/ENC/MS/17M-180. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Edward D. White. Sponsor: AFLCMC.

GALBRAITH, VIRGINIA L., Analysis of Factors Related to Turnover Intentions Among the Financial Management

(65Fx/65Wx) Career Field. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-187. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Brandon M. Lucas. Sponsor: AFLCMC.

RHEA, AARON M., Comparison of Profit Margin Percentages Between Prime Contractors and Subcontractors for

Aircraft, Missiles, and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-215. Faculty Advisor:

Lt Col Brandon M. Lucas. Sponsor: AFLCMC.

TRUDELLE , RYAN C., Using Multiple and Logistic Regression to Estimate the Median Will-Cost and Probability of

Cost and Schedule Overrun for Program Managers. AFIT/ENC/MS/17M-231. Faculty Advisor:

Dr. Edward D. White. Sponsor: AFLCMC.

AFRL: 711th HUMAN PERFORMANCE WING

MASTER'S THESES

CANTU, GABRIEL A., Toxicological Differences Between Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Isomers using

Developmental Biomarkers. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-178. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col David M. Kempisty. Sponsor: 711

HPW/USAFSAM.

MCKINION, ERIC M., Evaluation of Security Flaws in the Current Probe Request Design and Proposed Solutions.

AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-051. Faculty Advisor: Maj Alan C. Lin. Sponsor: 711 HPW/RH. [CCR]

NOWOCZYNSKI, MATTHEW P., Method Development for the Characterization of Organic Chemical Emission

Hazards from the Combustion of Advanced Aircraft Composite Materials. AFIT/ENV/MS/ 17M-205. Faculty

Advisor: Lt Col Robert M. Eninger. Sponsor: 711 HPW/USAFSAM.

OVIATT, CAITLIN M., Perception vs. Reality: Improving Mission Commander Decision-Making Capabilities by use

of Heart Rate Zone Feedback in Training Environments. AFIT/ENC/MS/17M-152. Faculty Advisor:

Dr. Edward D. White. Sponsor: 711 HPW/RH.

PAGE, MICHELLE L., Characterization of Jet Fuel Combustion Emissions During a C-130 Aeromedical Evacuation

Engines Running Onload. AFIT/ENV/MS/17S-050. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col Robert M. Eninger. Sponsor: 711

HPW/USAFSAM.

SATAVA, STEPHEN J., Neck Injury Criteria Development for use in System Level Ejection Testing; Characterization

of ATD to Human Response Correlation under Gy Accelerative Input. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-221. Faculty Advisor:

Lt Col Jeffrey C. Parr. Sponsor: 711 HPW/RH.

SWIFT, CHRISTOPHER A., M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank Crew Member Occupational Health Hazard Analysis

during Live-Fire Operations. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-228. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Eric G. Mbonimpa. Sponsor: 711

HPW/USAFSAM.

AFRL: AIR FORCE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS

COTTLE, ANDREW E., Flow Field Dynamics in a High-g Ultra-Compact Combustor. AFIT/ENY/DS/16D-037.

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Marc D. Polanka. Sponsor: AFOSR.

MASTER'S THESES

BOWEN, THOMAS A., Stressed Oxidation of Hafnium Diboride in Air at 1500°C. AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-243. Faculty

Advisor: Dr. Marina B. Ruggles-Wrenn. Sponsor: AFOSR.

CHAVEZ, INNA D., Optimal Configurations for Aerosol Monitoring With Multi-Rotor Small Unmanned Aerial

Systems. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-179. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col Robert M. Eninger. Sponsor: AFOSR.

GARNICK, CHRISTOPHER J., A Study of Human Reliance on Imperfect Automation. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-030.

Faculty Advisor: Maj Jason M. Bindewald. Sponsor: AFOSR. [ANT]

HARRIS, MARK A., Variable Timing Effects on Performance and Behavior within Human-Machine Teams.

AFIT/ENV/MS/17J-056. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michael E. Miller. Sponsor: AFOSR.

HILLESHEIM, ANTHONY J., Analysis of Human and Agent Characteristics on Human-Agent Team Performance

and Trust. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-194. Faculty Advisor: Maj Christina F. Rusnock. Sponsor: AFOSR. [ANT]

HYATT, NICHOLAS L., Hall Effect Thruster Characterization through Potential, Magnetic, and Optical

Measurements. AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-267. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Carl R. Hartsfield. Sponsor: AFOSR. [CSRA]

JOHNSON, CLIFFORD D., A Framework for Analyzing and Discussing Level of Human Control Abstraction.

AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-197. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michael E. Miller. Sponsor: AFOSR. [ANT]

LANARI, ANN M., Numerical Wave Optics Investigation of Optical Scatter from Statistically Rough Surface.

AFIT/ENP/MS/17M-099. Faculty Advisor: Maj Samuel D. Butler. Sponsor: AFOSR.

LENKER, RONALD C., Characterization of Neutron and Proton Exposure on the Radiation Resistant Bacterium,

deinococcus radiodurans. AFIT/ENP/MS/17M-100. Faculty Advisor: LTC Douglas R. Lewis. Sponsor: AFOSR.

MEYER, TIMOTHY R., Small-muscle Movement and Its Effect on Cognitive Functions. AFIT/ENG/MS/

17M-053. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Brett J. Borghetti. Sponsor: AFOSR.

SCHWEMMER, JOSEPH R., Optimal Design of a Hexakis Icosahedron Vacuum Based Lighter than Air Vehicle.

AFIT/ENS/MS/17M-158. Faculty Advisor: Dr. James W. Chrissis. Sponsor: AFOSR.

SNYDER, JORDAN W., A Study of Quasi-Static and Dynamic Analyses of a Hexakis Icosahedron Frame for use in a

Vacuum Lighter Than Air Vehicle. AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-291. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Anthony N. Palazotto. Sponsor:

AFOSR.

SPULLER, JAKE M., Analysis of How Communication Affects Human Teams in a Dynamic Game. AFIT/ENG/MS/

17M-071. Faculty Advisor: Maj Jason M. Bindewald. Sponsor: AFOSR. [ANT]

THOMAS, SARAHKATIE, Transient Nonlinear Optical Properties of Thin Film Titanium Nitride. AFIT/ENP/MS/

17M-106. Faculty Advisor: Maj Manuel R. Ferdinandus. Sponsor: A

FOSR.

VORGERT, CHRISTOPHER J., Relating Film Cooling Performance Between Ambient and Near Engine

Temperatures. AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-298. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Marc D. Polanka. Sponsor: AFOSR.

YANTERI, ERHAN E., Analysis of Small Muscle Movement Effects on EEG Signals. AFIT/ENG/MS/16D-051.

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Brett J. Borghetti. Sponsor: AFOSR.

AFRL: AEROSPACE SYSTEMS DIRECTORATE

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS

CARR, RYAN W., Optimal Control Methods for Missile Evasion. AFIT/ENY/DS/17S-055. Faculty Advisor:

Dr. Richard G. Cobb. Sponsor: AFRL/RQ.

GREENE, KARA M., Toward a Flying Qualities Standard for Unmanned Aircraft. AFIT/ENY/DS/17M-260. Faculty

Advisor: Dr. Donald L. Kunz. Sponsor: AFRL/RQ.

WHEELER, PAMELA L., Satellite Propulsion Spectral Signature Detection and Analysis for Space Situational

Awareness using Small Telescopes. AFIT/ENY/DS/17S-063. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Richard G. Cobb. Sponsor:

AFRL/RQ. [CSRA]

MASTER'S THESES

BECHERER, NICHOLAS C., Transfer Learning in Convolutional Neural Networks for Fine-Grained Image

Classification. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-005. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col John M. Pecarina. Sponsor: AFRL/RQ. [ANT]

BENTZ, BRYAN R., Reliability and Cost Impacts for Attritable Systems. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-172. Faculty Advisor:

Dr. John M. Colombi. Sponsor: AFRL/RQ.

BLANTIN, JASON R., Characterization and Scaling Study of Energy Pathways in Small Four-stroke Internal

Combustion Engines. AFIT/ENY/MS/17S-054. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Marc D. Polanka. Sponsor: AFRL/RQ.

BRYANT, CAROL E., Relative Contributions to Overall Effectiveness in Gas Turbine Cooling. AFIT/ENY/MS/

17M-248. Faculty Advisor: Maj James L. Rutledge. Sponsor: AFRL/RQ.

CHOATE, JEFFREY L., Extending AFSIM with Behavioral Emergence. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-014. Faculty Advisor:

Dr. Gilbert L. Peterson. Sponsor: AFRL/RQ.

EISENSMITH, DAVID L., Fatigue Effects of Laser Shock Peening Minimally Detectable Partial-through Thickness

Surface Cracks. AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-259. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Anthony N. Palazotto. Sponsor: AFRL/RQ.

HAMIDANI, ALI M., Evaluating the Autonomous Flying Qualities of a Simulated Variable Stability Aircraft.

AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-261. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Donald L. Kunz. Sponsor: AFRL/RQ.

HEIDLAUF, PETER, Optimal UAV Path Planning with Dynamic No-Fly-Zones for Target Geolocation using Line-of-

Bearing Measurements and Kalman Filtering. AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-262. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Richard G. Cobb.

Sponsor: AFRL/RQ.

HOSKINS, CHRISTOPHER R., An Analysis of Two Geometries at Mach 3 using Cleanly Seeded PIV Techniques.

AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-265. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mark F. Reeder. Sponsor: AFRL/RQ.

JOHNSON, DANIEL T., Combined Stereo Vision and Inertial Navigation for Automated Aerial Refueling.

AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-036. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Scott L. Nykl. Sponsor: AFRL/RQ. [ANT]

KNAPP, KEVIN R., Time-dependent Validation of Finite Element Strain Distribution of a Plastically-deformed Plate

via Digital Image Correlation. AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-269. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Anthony N. Palazotto. Sponsor:

AFRL/RQ.

LUCAS, LAURA L., Enhanced Cost Minimization Algorithm for Control Architectures. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-200.

Faculty Advisor: Dr. David R. Jacques. Sponsor: AFRL/RQ. [ANT]

LUM, ERIC W., Mechanical Properties of Additively Manufactured Stainless Steel. AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-273. Faculty

Advisor: Dr. Anthony N. Palazotto. Sponsor: AFRL/RQ.

MASH, ROBERT L., Toward Automated Aerial Refueling: Automated Visual Aircraft Identification with

Convolutional Neural Networks. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-048. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col John M. Pecarina. Sponsor:

AFRL/RQ. [ANT]

MCCLANAHAN, ROBERT L., Improving Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Formation Flight and Swarm Cohesion by using

Commercial off the Shelf Sonar Sensors. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-202. Faculty Advisor: Dr. David R. Jacques.

Sponsor: AFRL/RQ. [ANT]

MCCOLLUM, BLAKE T., Analyzing GPS Accuracy Through the Implementation of Low-cost COTS Real-time

Kinematic GPS Receivers in Unmanned Aerial Systems. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-203. Faculty Advisor:

Dr. David R. Jacques. Sponsor: AFRL/RQ. [ANT]

PARSONS, CHRISTOPHER A., Improving Automated Aerial Refueling Stereo Vision Pose Estimation using a

Shelled Reference Model. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-057. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Scott L. Nykl. Sponsor: AFRL/RQ.

[ANT]

PETRIE, RYAN C., Characterization of the Variable Camber Compliant Wing using a Vortex Panel Method.

AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-281. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Donald L. Kunz. Sponsor: AFRL/RQ.

RECKER, RYAN P., Determining the Operation and Support Cost for Low Cost Attritable Aircraft. AFIT/ENV/MS/

17M-214. Faculty Advisor: Dr. John M. Colombi. Sponsor: AFRL/RQ.

ROBINSON, CHRISTINE, Evaluating the Viability of Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence to Determine the

Constituents of AF-M315E Exhaust Plume. AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-287. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Carl R. Hartsfield.

Sponsor: AFRL/RQ. [CSRA]

STEGEMANN, BEAU J., Fuel Injection Requirements of the Rotating Detonation Engine. AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-292.

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Marc D. Polanka. Sponsor: AFRL/RQ.

TOSCANO, LIDIA, Effectiveness of Inter-Vehicle Communications and On-Board Processing for Close Unmanned

Autonomous Vehicle (UAV) Flight Formations. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-230. Faculty Advisor: Dr. John M. Colombi.

Sponsor: AFRL/RQ. [ANT]

WELCH, LUKE A., Computational Optimization under Uncertainty of an Active Flow Control Jet. AFIT/ENY/MS/

17M-299. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col Jacob A. Freeman. Sponsor: AFRL/RQ.

AFRL: DIRECTED ENERGY DIRECTORATE

MASTER'S THESES

GOUGH, BRADY M., Characterization of Instantaneous Nonlinear Optical Refraction and Absorption in a Platinum

Acetylide Organic Chromophore, E1-BTFOH. AFIT/ENP/MS/17M-094. Faculty Advisor:

Maj Manuel R. Ferdinandus. Sponsor: AFRL/RD.

SUMMERS, DANIEL S., An Approximate Dynamic Programming Approach for Comparing Firing Solutions in a

Networked Air Defense Environment. AFIT/ENS/MS/17M-159. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col Matthew J. Robbins.

Sponsor: AFRL/RD.

AFRL: INFORMATION DIRECTORATE

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS

LEWIS, TYRONE A.L., Biologically Inspired Network (BiONet) Authentication using Logical and Pathological RF-

DNA Credential Pairs. AFIT/ENG/DS/17S-012. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kenneth M. Hopkinson. Sponsor: AFRL/RI.

[CCR]

MASTER'S THESES

CHAPPELL, RICHARD E., A Game Theory Model for Allocating Scarce Resources in Critical Infrastructure

Protection. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-012. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kenneth M. Hopkinson. Sponsor: AFRL/RI. [CCR]

COON, CAMERON W., Comparative Analysis of RF Emission Based Fingerprinting Techniques for ZigBee Device

Classification. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-017. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kenneth M. Hopkinson. Sponsor: AFRL/RI. [CCR]

KHOU, STEPHEN, A Framework for Understanding, Prioritizing, and Applying Systems Security Engineering

Processes, Activities, and Tasks. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-039. Faculty Advisor: Maj Logan O. Mailloux. Sponsor:

AFRL/RI. [CCR]

LESCH, NOAH C., A Software Framework for Image Retrieval and Visual Understanding in Dynamic and Sensor

Rich Environments. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-045. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col John M. Pecarina. Sponsor: AFRL/RI.

RICHARDSON, DANIEL P., Cloud Benchmark Testing of Cassandra on Raspberry Pi for Internet of Things

Capability. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-065. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col John M. Pecarina. Sponsor: AFRL/RI.

SMITH, DAVID A., Satellite Communications in the V and W Band: Natural and Artificial Scintillation Effects.

AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-070. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Andrew J. Terzuoli. Sponsor: AFRL/RI. [CSRA]

AFRL: MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING DIRECTORATE

MASTER'S THESES

ARIDA, MARVIN-RAY., Cavity Perturbation Technique of 10 GHz Cylindrical Resonator for Measuring Dielectric

Properties of Materials at Very High Temperatures. AFIT/ENP/MS/17M-086. Faculty Advisor:

Dr. Michael A. Marciniak. Sponsor: AFRL/RX.

BOUCHER, NICHOLAS J., Fatigue Behavior of an Advanced Melt-Infiltrated SiC/SiC Composite at 1200°C in Air

and in Steam. AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-242. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Marina B. Ruggles-Wrenn. Sponsor: AFRL/RX.

KLAUS, AUSTIN M., Process Design and Economics for the Production of Algal Biomass: Algal Biomass

Production in Closed Bioreactor Systems and Processing through Dewatering for Downstream Conversion.

AFIT/ENS/MS/17M-138. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jeffery D. Weir. Sponsor: AFRL/RX.

MITCHELL, RONALD K., Creep of Hi-Nicalon™ S Ceramic Fiber Tows at 900°C In Air and In Silicic Acid-

Saturated Steam. AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-277. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Marina B. Ruggles-Wrenn. Sponsor: AFRL/RX.

VIENS, MADILYNN E., Liquid Crystal Performance Limitations due to Thermal Loading and Oblique Incident

Angles. AFIT/ENP/MS/17M-108. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michael A. Marciniak. Sponsor: AFRL/RX.

AFRL: MUNITIONS DIRECTORATE

MASTER'S THESES

BOWER, ANDREW D., Investigation of Dynamic Store Separation out of a Weapons Bay Cavity Utilizing a Low

Speed Wind Tunnel. AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-244. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mark F. Reeder. Sponsor: AFRL/RW.

BOX, CHRISTOPHER A., Analysis of Additively Manufactured Lattice Structures using Finite Element Methods.

AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-245. Faculty Advisor: Maj Ryan P. O'Hara. Sponsor: AFRL/RW. [CSRA]

COATES, SEAN, An Investigation of the Homicidal Chauffeur Differential Game. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-015. Faculty

Advisor: Dr. Meir Pachter. Sponsor: AFRL/RW. [ANT]

COOPER, MATTHEW A., Converting a 2D Scanning LiDAR to a 3D System for use on Quad-Rotor UAVs in

Autonomous Navigation. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-019. Faculty Advisor: Dr. John. F. Raquet. Sponsor: AFRL/RW.

[ANT]

FAIN, BENJAMIN M., Small Fixed-wing Aerial Positioning using Inter-vehicle Ranging Combined with Visual

Odometry. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-027. Faculty Advisor: Dr. John. F. Raquet. Sponsor: AFRL/RW. [ANT]

KIM, MARK S., Celestial Aided Inertial Navigation by Tracking High Altitude Vehicles. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-040.

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Stephen C. Cain. Sponsor: AFRL/RW. [ANT]

LEE, JOSHUA J., Study of Chaotic Behavior in the Nonlinear Dynamic Response of an Airfoil with a Trailing Edge

Flap. AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-272. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Anthony N. Palazotto. Sponsor: AFRL/RW.

AFRL: SENSORS DIRECTORATE

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS

BADENHOP, CHRISTOPHER W., A Multifaceted Security Evaluation of Z-Wave, a Proprietary Implementation of

the Internet of Things. AFIT/ENG/DS/17J-074. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Scott R. Graham. Sponsor: AFRL/RY. [CCR]

DEPPENSMITH, RANDALL D., Integrated Circuit Wear-out Prediction and Recycling Detection using Radio-

Frequency Distinct Native Attribute Features. AFIT/ENG/DS/16D-002. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michael A. Temple.

Sponsor: AFRL/RY.

O'KEEFE, DANIEL S., Oblique Longwave Infrared Atmospheric Compensation. AFIT/ENP/DS/17S-030. Faculty

Advisor: Dr. Kevin C. Gross. Sponsor: AFRL/RY. [CTISR]

RICE, JOHN C., RF-DNA Aided Ambiguity Resolution in a Dual Process Electronic Warfare Receiver.

AFIT/ENG/DS/16D-001. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Robert F. Mills. Sponsor: AFRL/RY. [CCR]

MASTER'S THESES

BRICKEY, JAMES F., Radiation Effects in Graphene Field Effect Transistors (GFET) on Hexagonal Boron Nitride

(hBN). AFIT/ENP/MS/17J-009. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col Michael R. Hogsed. Sponsor: AFRL/RY. [CSRA]

BUSHO, COLIN R., Tactical Targeting Network Technology (TTNT) Device Discrimination using Radio Frequency

Distinct Native Attribute (RF-DNA) Fingerprinting. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-008. Faculty Advisor:

Dr. Michael A. Temple. Sponsor: AFRL/RY. [CCR]

EMMONS, STEPHEN T., Application of the Modal Method and Response Surface Analysis to X-Band and Ka-Band

Cavity Scattering Problems. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-025. Faculty Advisor: Maj Michael D. Seal. Sponsor: AFRL/RY.

ERSTEIN, ELLIOT R., Experimental Validation of a Heterogeneous Radar Clutter Statistical Estimation Method.

AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-026. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Julie A. Jackson. Sponsor: AFRL/RY.

FOGARTY, BENJAMIN I., Single Layer Permittivity Extraction from Multilayered Biaxial Anisotropic Media using a

Rectangular Waveguide. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-028. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michael J. Havrilla. Sponsor: AFRL/RY.

KAVAL, WILLIAM G., Electrostrictive Polymers for Mechanical to Electrical Energy Harvesting. AFIT/ENG/MS/

17M-038. Faculty Advisor: Capt Robert A. Lake. Sponsor: AFRL/RY.

O'NEILL, SEAN P., Radio Frequency-Based Device Discrimination of Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits and

Counterfeit Detection. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-055. Faculty Advisor: Maj Joan A. Betances. Sponsor: AFRL/RY.

[CCR]

POTTHOFF, TRAVIS S., A Proof-Of-Concept for Software-Only Attestation on Real-Time Systems using Von

Neumann Architecture and Dynamic Memory Allocation. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-062. Faculty Advisor:

Dr. Scott R. Graham. Sponsor: AFRL/RY. [CCR]

REBER, PATRICK A., A Comprehensive Security Analysis of and an Implementation Framework for Embedded

Software Attestation Methods Leveraging FPGA-Based System-On-A-Chip Architectures. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-063.

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Scott R. Graham. Sponsor: AFRL/RY. [CCR]

RENNICH, TRAVIS B., Low Probability of Detection Communication using Inverse Beamforming in GNU Radio

using Code Division Multiple Access. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-064. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Richard K. Martin. Sponsor:

AFRL/RY.

ROSS, BRADY P., Physical-Layer Identification of Power Line Communications using WS-DNA Fingerprinting.

AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-067. Faculty Advisor: Maj Timothy J. Carbino. Sponsor: AFRL/RY. [CCR]

TALBOT, CHRISTOPHER M., Securing Insteon Home Automation Networks using Slope-Based FSK (SB-FSK)

Fingerprinting. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-074. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michael A. Temple. Sponsor: AFRL/RY. [CCR]

VAN PATTEN, DONALD A., Prototyping Modern Web Technologies and Lambda Architecture Concepts to

Facilitate Collection, Analysis, and Presentation of UAS Log Data. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-076. Faculty Advisor:

Dr. Douglas D. Hodson. Sponsor: AFRL/RY. [CCR]

VAUGHN, ALTON M., MIL-STD-1553 Fingerprinting using Wired Signal Distinct Native Attributes.

AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-077. Faculty Advisor: Maj Timothy J. Carbino. Sponsor: AFRL/RY. [CCR]

WEATHERS, DAVID L., Sound Based Positioning. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-081. Faculty Advisor: Dr. John F. Raquet.

Sponsor: AFRL/RY. [ANT]

WIREMAN, MARK J., Signal Deformation Analysis of the GLONASS Constellation using Chip Shape Processing.

AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-082. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Sanjeev Gunawardena. Sponsor: AFRL/RY. [ANT]

WURST, NATHAN P., Improved Atmospheric Characterization for Hyperspectral Exploitation. AFIT/ENP/MS/

17J-014. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Steven T. Fiorino. Sponsor: AFRL/RY. [CDE]

ZIMMERMAN, NICOLAS H., The Effects of Multi-static Processing and Autofocusing on an Experimental Passive

Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging System.

AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-085. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Julie A. Jackson.

Sponsor: AFRL/RY.

AFRL: SPACE VEHICLES DIRECTORATE

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS

IMHOF, ERIC A., Development of Compact, Deployable Sensors using Cold Atom Interference. AFIT/ENP/DS/17J-

073. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Glen P. Perram. Sponsor: AFRL/RV.

LOTT, GORDON E., Three-Dimensional Imaging of Cold Atoms in a Magneto-Optical Trap with a Light Field

Microscope. AFIT/ENP/DS/17S-029. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michael A. Marciniak. Sponsor: AFRL/RV.

MASTER'S THESES

BARNES, DANIEL R., An Analysis of Radio-Frequency Geolocation Techniques for Satellite Systems Design.

AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-241. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Richard G. Cobb. Sponsor: AFRL/RV. [CSRA]

BRICK, JOHN N., Military Space Mission Design and Analysis in a Multi-Body Environment: An Investigation of

High-Altitude Orbits as Alternative Transfer Paths, Parking Orbits for Reconstitution, and Unconventional Mission

Orbits. AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-246. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col Christopher D. Geisel. Sponsor: AFRL/RV. [CSRA]

CHILDRESS, JONATHON M., Control Allocation Methods for Constrained and Over Actuated Satellite Attitude

Control Systems. AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-215. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Eric D. Swenson. Sponsor: AFRL/RV. [CSRA]

DOWNEY, JACOB J., Structural Analysis of a 3D Printed Composite Truss. AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-256. Faculty

Advisor: Dr. Eric D. Swenson. Sponsor: AFRL/RV. [CSRA]

LEDFORD, MICHAEL J., Development of a Software-Defined GNSS Simulation Prototype for Advanced Signals

Research. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-043. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Richard K. Martin. Sponsor: AFRL/RV. [ANT]

LOWERY, JASON P., Measuring Light Curve Uncertainty for Surrogate Geostationary Satellite Models. AFIT/ENY/

MS/17S-060. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Richard G. Cobb. Sponsor: AFRL/RV. [CSRA]

NGUYEN, HAI-DANG, Use of Artificial Neural Networks to Classify CB-DNA Fingerprints by Radio of Origin.

AFIT/ENS/MS/17M-150. Faculty Advisor: Dr. John O. Miller. Sponsor: AFRL/RV.

OLIVER, RACHEL, Model Fidelity Analysis for Production of Accurate Theoretical Light Curves. AFIT/ENY/MS/

17M-279. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Richard G. Cobb. Sponsor: AFRL/RV. [CSRA]

PITMAN, BRIAN W., Maneuver Detection and Characterization using Wavelets for Geosynchronous Spacecraft.

AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-282. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Richard G. Cobb. Sponsor: AFRL/RV. [CSRA]

RICH, ADAM T., Investigating Analytical and Numerical Methods to Predict Satellite Orbits using Two-Line Element

Sets. AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-286. Faculty Advisor: Dr. William E. Wiesel. Sponsor: AFRL/RV. [CSRA]

STERN, JORDAN L., & WATCHEL, STEVEN T., Genetic Algorithm Optimization of Geosynchronous Earth Orbit

Space Situational Awareness Systems via Parallel Evaluation of Executable Architectures. AFIT/ENV/MS/

17M-277. Faculty Advisor: Dr. John M. Colombi. Sponsor: AFRL/RV. [CSRA]

STROM, ALEX R.,

Correction of Stair Mode for an Optical Phased Array using an ArrayTilt Estimator.

AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-073. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col Milo W. Hyde. Sponsor: AFRL/RV.

TULLINO, STEPHEN K., Testing and Evaluating Deployment Profiles of the Canisterized Satellite Dispenser (CSD).

AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-296. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Eric D. Swenson. Sponsor: AFRL/RV. [CSRA]

WATCHEL, STEVEN T., See STERN, JORDAN L. [CSRA]

AIR FORCE INSTALLATION AND MISSION SUPPORT CENTER

MASTER'S THESES

FREEBORN, CODY S., An Analysis of Forecasting Methods on Supply Discrepancy Reporting. AFIT/ENS/MS/

17M-130. Faculty Advisor: Capt Michael P. Kretser. Sponsor: AFIMSC.

AIR FORCE SUSTAINMENT CENTER

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS

WHITE, ANTHONELLI, Determinants of Individual-level Demand Forecasting Performance. AFIT/ENS/DS/

17S-045. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col Matthew A. Douglas. Sponsor: AFSC. [COA]

MASTER'S THESES

BAKER, DOMINIC G., Determining Field Requirements of the Air Force Supply System: A Delphi Study.

AFIT/ENS/MS/17M-113. Faculty Advisor: Dr. William A. Cunningham. Sponsor: AFSC.

SCHULTZ, DIANE E., Derating Predicted Mean Time Between Failures for Life Cycle Cost Estimates.

AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-223. Faculty Advisor: Maj Jason K. Freels. Sponsor: AFSC.

4.6. AIR MOBILITY COMMAND

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS

ROBERTS, MATTHEW D., Development and Investigation of an Air Transportation Operations Safety Climate

Scale. AFIT/ENS/DS/17S-042. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Matthew A. Douglas. Sponsor: AMC.

GRADUATE RESEARCH PAPERS

BREDESEN, DAVID T., More With Less: Increasing The Strategic Airlift Fleet Capability Through Optimized

Planning Factors. AFIT/ENS/MS/17J-018. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jeffery D. Weir. Sponsor: 618 AOC. [COA]

DAVIS, JEFFREY C., Mobility Air Force Aircrew Flight Training Requirements Validation Through the use of Line

Oriented Safety Audit Data. AFIT/ENS/MS/17J-019. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col Matthew A. Douglas. Sponsor: AMC.

EVANS, JASON B., Guam Tankers: A Quantitative Analysis of KC-135s at Andersen AFB. AFIT/ENS/MS/17J-024.

Faculty Advisor: Lt Col Jason R. Anderson. Sponsor: AMC.

FRENCH, JONATHAN M., Organizing Major Commands for Today’s Cyber Security Challenges.

AFIT/ENS/MS/17J-026. Faculty Advisor: Maj Benjamin T. Hazen. Sponsor: AMC. [COA]

GILLET, BRANDON G., Cost Comparison of Military versus Commercial Airlift. AFIT/ENS/MS/17J-028. Faculty

Advisor: Dr. William A. Cunningham Sponsor: AMC.

MCKEOWN, BARRY V., Evaluating the Effect of Aircrew Flight Events on AMC Aircraft Safety Incidents.

AFIT/ENS/MS/17J-036. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col Jason R. Anderson. Sponsor: AMC.

PARISE, NICHOLAS A., Chutes Over Pope: Air Mobility Support to GRF Airborne Readiness Training.

AFIT/ENS/MS/17J-041. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alan W. Johnson. Sponsor: 18AF/A3D.

PARKER, JACOB R., Tanker Force Nuclear Structure: Are We Properly Organized, Trained, and Equipped?

AFIT/ENS/MS/17J-042. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col Robert E. Overstreet Sponsor: 18AF/CC.

PEDERSEN, JEFFREY J., Assessment of MAF Pilot Overabsorption: Expansion of the 1999 Rated Summit Intent.

AFIT/ENS/MS/17J-044. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Bradley C. Boehmke. Sponsor: AMC. [COA]

RIGOLLET, MATTHIEU A., Increasing Pilot Production by Applying Elements of 'Lean Production Theory' and

'Value Stream Analysis' to the Current Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Syllabi. AFIT/ENS/MS/17J-046.

Faculty Advisor: Lt Col Matthew A. Douglas. Sponsor: AMC.

SANDERS, CORY E., Development of a Fuel Efficiency Motivation Survey. AFIT/ENS/MS/17M-303. Faculty

Advisor: Dr. Kenneth L. Schultz. Sponsor: AMC.

4.7. AIR FORCE SPACE COMMAND

MASTER’S THESES

BENTLEY, MICHAEL J., Enabling Air Force Satellite Ground System Automation through Software Engineering.

AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-006. Faculty Advisor: Maj Alan C. Lin. Sponsor: SMC. [CCR/CSRA]

DEBOIS, PETER A., The Financial Impact of Commercial Small Satellite and Small Launch Providers on the

Department of Defense. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-183. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col Clay M. Koschnick. Sponsor: SMC.

4.8. AIR FORCE SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND

MASTER’S THESES

HARRIS, JASON O., Total Force Integration: A Look at the Integrated Wing Pilot Program at Seymour-Johnson

AFB, NC. AFIT/ENS/MS/17J-030. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col Jason R. Anderson. Sponsor: AFSOC.

4.9. USAF FIELD OPERATING AGENCIES/DIRECT REPORTING UNITS

AIR FORCE CIVIL ENGINEERING CENTER

MASTER’S THESES

ALLEN, BRIAN R., Actionable Stitched Images from an Unmanned Aerial System. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-168. Faculty

Advisor: Dr. John M. Colombi. Sponsor: AFCEC.

BLAESS, MICHAEL J., A Portfolio Decision Analysis Study for Improving Consequence of Facility Failure Indices.

AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-175. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alfred E. Thal, Jr. Sponsor: AFCEC.

BUYER, JOSEPH C., Refining Air Force Asset Management Strategy: Connecting Air Force Infrastructure to Core

Missions. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-177. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col Vhance V. Valencia Sponsor: AFCEC.

DANIELS, JIM H., Analyzing Performance in Air Force Facility Maintenance and Repair. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-182.

Faculty Advisor: Lt Col Christopher M. Stoppel. Sponsor: AFCEC.

ESHLEMAN, JUSTIN E., Enhancing the Thermal Performance of Temporary Fabric Shelters for the Advanced

Energy Efficient Shelter System. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-186. Faculty Advisor: Capt Robert A. Lake. Sponsor:

AFCEC.

GREINER, NATHAN A., Runway Repair using Additive Manufacturing. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-190. Faculty Advisor:

Maj Jason K. Freels. Sponsor: AFCEC.

GUINN, VICTOR L., Smartphone-Based Infrastructure Work Order Submission. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-192. Faculty

Advisor: Lt Col Brent T. Langhals. Sponsor: AFCEC.

KRAMER, ERICH C., An Empirical Analysis of Air Force Military Construction Project Delivery Method

Performance in the United States. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-199. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col Christopher M. Stoppel.

Sponsor: AFCEC.

MARTEL, CHAD A., Quantifying the Strategic Value of United States Air Force Airfields. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-201.

Faculty Advisor: Maj Heidi M. Tucholski. Sponsor: AFCEC.

MURPHY, SEAN T., Strength Test and Analysis of Additive Manufactured Gears and Their Applicability for

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Robots. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-204. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col Vhance V. Valencia.

Sponsor: AFCEC.

OLIVE, MARY C., An Energy Benchmarking Categorization Scheme and Consumption Data Validation for Air Force

Facilities. AFIT/ENV/ MS /17M-207. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col Brent T. Langhals. Sponsor: AFCEC.

PAGE, WILLIAM L., Air Force Additive Manufacturing: Case Studies on Tools, Jigs, and Topology Optimization.

AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-212. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col Jeffrey C. Parr. Sponsor: AFCEC.

PETERSON, MICHAEL W., The Security Risks Associated with using a Mobile Application to Collect Work Order

Data. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-213. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col Brent T. Langhals. Sponsor: AFCEC.

TWIGG, CHRISTOPHER M., Recommended Selective Maintenance and Rehabilitation Treatment Approach for Air

Force Primary Rigid Runway Pavement Systems. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-232. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alfred E. Thal, Jr.

Sponsor: AFCEC.

VEITENHEIMER, SHANE R., Implication of Additive Manufacturing on United States Air Force Expeditionary Civil

Engineer Squadron Supply Chain. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-234. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col Jeffrey C. Parr. Sponsor:

AFCEC.

WILLIAMS, ANTHONY D., Predicting Solar Performance in a Contingency Environment to Meet Net-Zero Facility

Power. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-237. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col Christopher M. Stoppel. Sponsor: AFCEC.

AIR FORCE COST ANALYSIS AGENCY

MASTER’S THESES

BROWN, MICHAEL J., An Evaluation of Cost and Schedule in Open Mission System Avionic Versus Historical

Proprietary Designs. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-176. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Robert D. Fass. Sponsor: AFCAA.

D'AMICO, CORY N., A Longitudinal Study and Color Rating System of Acquisition Cost Growth. AFIT/ENC/MS/

17M-181. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Edward D. White. Sponsor: AFCAA.

RONNING, DANIEL, The use of Price Indices and Cost Estimating Relationships (CERs) in Forecasting Aircraft

Maintenance Costs. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-218. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col Brandon M. Lucas. Sponsor: AFCAA.

AIR FORCE MEDICAL OPERATIONS AGENCY

MASTER’S THESES

HUGHES, KELSIE L., Supply Base Reduction Efforts Regarding Laboratory Reagents within Hospital Networks.

AFIT/ENS/MS/17M-134. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey A. Ogden. Sponsor: AFMOA.

AIR FORCE RAPID CAPABILITY OFFICE

MASTER’S THESES

BARRETT, DONALD A., Development of the Architecture Cost Effectiveness Framework and Application to Open

Systems Architectures. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-171. Faculty Advisor: Dr. John M. Colombi. Sponsor: AFRCO.

AIR FORCE TECHNICAL APPLICATIONS CENTER

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS

BURLEY, JARRED L., A Computational Tool for Hyperspectral Propagation of NUDET Effects. AFIT/ENP/DS/

17S-021. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Steven T. Fiorino. Sponsor: AFTAC. [CDE]

MASTER'S THESES

SCHULMEISTER, TAYLOR R., Modeling the White Sands Missile Range Fast Burst Reactor using a Discrete

Ordinates Code, PENTRAN. AFIT/ENP/MS/17M-104. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col James R. Fee, Jr. Sponsor: AFTAC.

TILLMAN, ROMAN, Genetic Algorithm Optimization of Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Space Situational Awareness

Systems via Parallel Evaluation of Executable Architectures. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-277. Faculty Advisor:

Dr. John M. Colombi. Sponsor: AFTAC. [CSRA]

NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE INTELLIGENCE CENTER

MASTER'S THESES

BROCH, LAURA H., Constellation Architecture Design for Persistent Space Situational Awareness of Direct Ascent

to Geosynchronous Orbit. AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-247. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Richard G. Cobb. Sponsor: NASIC.

[CSRA]

CERANSKI, ALISON M., Simulation of Aerothermal and Chemical Concentrations for an RDX Explosion.

AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-250. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Robert B. Greendyke. Sponsor: NASIC.

CUHRAN, JOSEPH J., JENKINS, MATHEW K., & WALTERS, MICHAEL J., Quantifying and Evaluating the

Resilience of Optimized Space Constellations for Fire Detection. AFIT/ENV/MS/17J-057. Faculty Advisor: Dr.

John M. Colombi. Sponsor: NASIC. [CSRA]

HOEFFNER, ZACHARY W., A Computational Study: The Effect of Hypersonic Plasma Sheaths on Radar Cross

Section for Over the Horizon Radar. AFIT/ENP/MS/17M-097. Faculty Advisor: Maj Charlton D. Lewis. Sponsor:

NASIC.

JENKINS, MATHEW K., See CUHRAN, JOSEPH J. [CSRA]

LISKOWCYZ, MATTHEW M., SpaceX: Breaking the Barrier to the Space Launch Vehicle Industry.

AFIT/ENV/MS/16D-045. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alfred E. Thal, Jr. Sponsor: NASIC.

WALTERS, MICHAEL J., See CUHRAN, JOSEPH J. [CSRA]

US AIR FORCE ACADEMY

GRADUATE RESEARCH PAPERS

WELLS, MICHAEL W., Reduced-Engine Taxi: A Cost-Savings Exploration. AFIT/ENS/MS/17J-051.

Faculty Advisor: Maj Benjamin T. Hazen. Sponsor: USAFA. [COA]

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB FIRE EMERGENCY SERVICES

MASTER'S THESES

VAIRA, KEEGAN D., Improving Fire Station Turnout Time through Discrete-Event Simulation. AFIT/ENV/MS/

17M-233. Faculty Advisor: Maj Christina F. Rusnock. Sponsor: WPAFB Fire Emergency Services.

4.10. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

MASTER'S THESES

OWENS, JOSEPH R., Evaluating Process Improvement Courses of Action through Modeling and Simulation.

AFIT/ENV/MS/17S-049. Faculty Advisor: Dr. John M. Colombi. Sponsor: 513 EWS.

GRADUATE RESEARCH PAPERS

ZENNER, AMANDA L., An Analysis of E-3A Component’s End of Lifecycle Spare Parts Reclamation.

AFIT/ENS/MS/17J-055. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kevin J. Gaudette. Sponsor: LWS.

DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS

KANANEN, BRANT T., Luminescence in Lithium Borates. AFIT/ENP/DS/17S-027. Faculty Advisor:

Dr. John W. McClory. Sponsor: DTRA.

MARTIN, JACOB A., Passively Estimating Index of Refraction for Specular Reflectors using Polarimetric

Hyperspectral Imaging. AFIT/ENP/DS/16D-016. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kevin C. Gross. Sponsor: DTRA. [CTISR]

MASTER'S THESES

CHALAOPAK, KASIDIT V., Rapid Location and Characterization of Radioactive Sources using an Autonomous

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. AFIT/ENP/MS/17M-090. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Justin A. Clinton. Sponsor: DTRA.

FARLEY, KEVIN J., An Experimental Design and Approach to a Response Surface Validation of an Environmental

Weapons Effects Model. AFIT/ENS/MS/17J-025. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Darryl K. Ahner. Sponsor: DTRA.

HAWS, DEREK W., Using Principal Component Analysis to Improve Fallout Characterization. AFIT/ENP/MS/

17M-096. Faculty Advisor: Dr. John W. McClory. Sponsor: DTRA.

LOGAN, JULIE V., Rotating Scatter Mask for Gamma Source Imaging. AFIT/ENP/MS/17M-101. Faculty Advisor:

Lt Col Buckley E. O'Day. Sponsor: DTRA.

DOD CYBER CRIME CENTER

MASTER'S THESES

GOOD, RYAN A., AutoProv: An Automated File Provenance Collection Tool. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-031. Faculty

Advisor: Dr. Gilbert L. Peterson. Sponsor: DC3. [CCR]

DIRECTED ENERGY JOINT TECHNOLOGY OFFICE

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS

BAUER, WILLIAM A., Laser Heating of Graphite and Pulsed Laser Ablation of Titanium and Aluminum.

AFIT/ENP/DS/17S-020. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Glen P. Perram. Sponsor: DEJTO. [CDE]

EMMONS, DANIEL J., Analysis of Ar(1s5) Metastable Populations in High Pressure Argon-Helium Gas Discharges.

AFIT/ENP/DS/17S-025. Faculty Advisor: Dr. David E. Weeks. Sponsor: DEJTO. [CDE]

ESHEL, BEN, Linear and Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Optically-Thick Argon and Argon-Helium Plasmas in Radio-

Frequency Dielectric-Barrier Discharges. AFIT/ENP/DS/17J-011. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Glen P. Perram. Sponsor:

DEJTO. [CDE]

GONZALES, ASHLEY E., Kinetics of Graphite Oxidation in Reacting Flow from Imaging Fourier Transform

Spectroscopy. AFIT/ENP/DS/17M-093. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Glen P. Perram. Sponsor: DEJTO. [CDE]

HALUSKA, NATHAN D., Cascade and Two-Photon Lasing from Two-Photon Excitation of Cesium 62D.

AFIT/ENP/DS/17S-026. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Glen P. Perram. Sponsor: DEJTO. [CDE]

JOINT CHIEF OF STAFF

MASTER'S THESES

LEIBY, BENJAMIN D., A Conditional Logistic Regression Predictive Model of World Conflict Considering

Neighboring Conflict and Environmental Security. AFIT/ENS/MS/17M-140. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Darryl K. Ahner.

Sponsor: JS/J7

GRADUATE RESEARCH PAPERS

RIGOLLET, TAYLOR S., One Size Does Not Fit All: Removing Unnecessary Barriers To Entry In The Pilot

Community. AFIT/ENS/MS/17J-047. Faculty Advisor: Maj Benjamin T. Hazen. Sponsor: JCS/J4. [COA]

JOINT WARFARE ANALYSIS CENTER

MASTER'S THESES

CABALLERO, WILLIAM N., On Proportionate and Truthful International Alliance Contributions: An Analysis of

Incentive Compatible Cost Sharing Mechanisms to Burden Sharing. AFIT/ENS/MS/17M-117. Faculty Advisor:

Dr. Brian J. Lunday. Sponsor: JWAC.

KLINE, ALEXANDER G., Real-Time Heuristic Algorithms for the Static Weapon-Target Assignment Problem.

AFIT/ENS/MS/17M-139. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Darryl K. Ahner. Sponsor: JWAC.

MUNIZ, MEGAN L., Analyzing the Critical Supply Chain for Unmanned Aircraft Systems. AFIT/ENS/MS/17M-149.

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Richard F. Deckro. Sponsor: JWAC.

WILLIAMS, RANDI D., Optimal Location of Integrated Air Defense Radars and Interceptor Batteries within a Game

Theoretic Framework. AFIT/ENS/MS/17J-052. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Brian J. Lunday. Sponsor: JWAC.

MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY

MASTER’S THESES

THORP, ETHAN D., RbHe Potential Energy Surface Sensitivity Study. AFIT/ENP/MS/17M-107. Faculty Advisor:

Maj Charlton D. Lewis. Sponsor: MDA.

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS

ATKINSON, ANDREW D., Wavelet-Based Simulation Model Validation of Functional Data. AFIT/ENS/DS/

17S-034. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Raymond R. Hill. Sponsor: OSD

STORM, SCOTT M., Validation of Discrete and Functional Simulation Responses over Experimental Regions using

Response Surfaces. AFIT/ENS/DS/17S-044. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Raymond R. Hill. Sponsor: OSD.

MASTER’S THESES

ALWABEL, ABDULRAHMAN S., Effect of Fused Filament Fabrication Process Parameters on the Mechanical

Properties of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers. AFIT/ENV/MS/17S-046. Faculty Advisor: Maj Jason K. Freels.

Sponsor: OSD.

BENSON, BENJAMIN, An Initial Ambient Noise Database Based on National Park Service Data. AFIT/ENS/MS/

17M-114. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Raymond R. Hill. Sponsor: OSD.

DILLARD, DOUGLAS A., Reduction Methods of Wind Tunnel Testing Data Requirements.AFIT/ENS/MS/17M-124.

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Raymond R. Hill. Sponsor: OSD.

UNITED STATES ARMY

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS

ROBINSON, PAUL D., Duality Behaviors of the Quantile Regression Model Estimation Problem. AFIT/ENS/DS/

17S-043. Faculty Advisor: Dr. James W. Chrissis. Sponsor: ARCYBER.

MASTER’S THESES

BARNES, BRANDON B., Environmental Applications of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems in Multi-Service Tactics,

Techniques, and Procedures for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Reconnaissance and Surveillance.

AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-170. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col Robert M. Eninger. Sponsor: ECBC.

FERGUSON, MATTHEW D., A Scenario-Based Parametric Analysis of Stable Marriage Approaches to the Army

Officer Assignment Problem. AFIT/ENS/MS/17M-128. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Raymond R. Hill. Sponsor: AHRC.

GUTIERREZ, ROBERT J., A Tabulated Vector Approach for Log-Based Anomaly Detection. AFIT/ENS/MS/

17M-131. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kenneth W. Bauer. Sponsor: ARCYBER. [COA]

JENKINS, PHILLIP R., Using Markov Decision Processes with Heterogeneous Queueing Systems to Examine

Military MEDEVAC Dispatching Policies. AFIT/ENS/MS/17M-137. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col Matthew J. Robbins.

Sponsor: MEPD.

UNITED STATES NAVY

MASTER’S THESES

BINGGELI, ALICIA D., A Cost Benefit Analysis of Emerging LED Water Purification Systems in Expeditionary

Environments. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-174. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col Clay M. Koschnick. Sponsor: NAVFAC.

HARRIS, SHARIF F., Learning Curves: An Alternative Analysis. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-193. Faculty Advisor:

Dr. John Elshaw. Sponsor: NPS.

POST, CASSANDRA R., Towards Automation of Tipping and Cueing between Small Satellites in a Constellation.

AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-061. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kenneth M. Hopkinson. Sponsor: NPS.

UNITED STATES EUROPEAN COMMAND

GRADUATE RESEARCH PAPERS

DIERDORF, JEFFREY M., Airlift at Risk: Modeling Operations in a European Contested, Denied, Operationally

Limited Environment. AFIT/ENS/MS/17J-022. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jeffery D. Weir. Sponsor: EUCOM.

HALL, TERRY L., How Can the United States Better Contribute to NATO'S Dual Capable Aircraft Mission?

AFIT/ENS/MS/17J-029. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Adam B. Lowther. Sponsor: EUCOM.

UNITED STATES SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND

MASTER’S THESES

COX, TRAVIS L., The use of Data Mining and Network Algorithms for Chemical Warfare Agent Interdiction.

AFIT/ENS/MS/17M-120. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Richard F. Deckro. Sponsor: USSOCOM.

JAMESON, GARRETT L., Refugees in Urban Environments: Social, Economic, and Infrastructure Impacts.

AFIT/ENS/MS/17M-136. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Richard F. Deckro. Sponsor: USSOCOM.

UNITED STATES TRANSPORTATION COMMAND

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS

HANKS, ROBERT W., Robust Goal Programming and Risk Assessment using Cardinality-Constrained and Strict

Robustness via Alternative Uncertainty Sets. AFIT/ENS/DS/17S-035. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jeffery D. Weir.

Sponsor: USTRANSCOM. [COA]

MASTER’S THESES

FAIRMAN, CHRISTIANA R., Intermodal Shipment Planning Over the USPACOM Distribution Network: An

Analysis of the Tradeoff Space. AFIT/ENS/MS/17M-126. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Brian J. Lunday. Sponsor:

USTRANSCOM.

SCHULTE, KATLYN A., Resilience Analysis of Distribution Networks In Response to Regional Disruption, as

Applied to the USPACOM Area of Responsibility. AFIT/ENS/MS/17M-157. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Brian J. Lunday.

Sponsor: USTRANSCOM.

4.11. OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS

LOPEZ, JR., JUAN, Enhanced Industrial Control System (ICS) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition

(SCADA) Security for ISA99 Level-0 using Field Device Wired Signal Distinct Native Attributes (WS-DNA)

Fingerprints. AFIT/ENG/DS/16D-008. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michael A. Temple. Sponsor: DHS. [ANT/CCR]

MASTER’S THESES

CHAVES, ANDREW J., Increasing Cyber Resiliency of Industrial Control Systems. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-013.

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Barry E. Mullins. Sponsor: DHS. [CCR]

DAOUD, JOSEPH K., Multi-PLC Exercise Environments for Training ICS First Responders. AFIT/ENG/MS/

17M-020. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Barry E. Mullins. Sponsor: DHS. [CCR]

GALLENSTEIN, JUSTIN K., Integration of the Network and Application Layers of Automatically Configured

Programmable Logic Controller Honeypots. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-029. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Barry E. Mullins.

Sponsor: DHS. [CCR]

GUTIÉRREZ DEL ARROYO, JOSÉ A., Enhancing Critical Infrastructure Security using Bluetooth Low Energy

Traffic Sniffers. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-034. Faculty Advisor: Maj Jason M. Bindewald. Sponsor: DHS. [ANT/CCR]

LIN, HTEIN A., Framework for Industrial Control System Honeypot Network Traffic Generation. AFIT/ENG/MS/

17M-046. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Barry E. Mullins. Sponsor: DHS. [CCR]

MAYS, CALEB E., Constructing Honeypots to Defend Building Automation Systems. AFIT/ENG/MS/

17M-049. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Barry E. Mullins. Sponsor: DHS. [CCR]

MCCARGAR, ELWYN J., Synchronization Algorithms for Programmable Logic Controller Emulation.

AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-050. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Barry E. Mullins. Sponsor: DHS. [CCR]

PLUMLEY, EVAN G., A Framework for Categorization of Industrial Control System Cyber Training Environments.

AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-059. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Barry E. Mullins. Sponsor: DHS. [CCR]

ROSE, ANTHONY J., Security Evaluation and Exploitation of Bluetooth Low Energy Devices. AFIT/ENG/MS/

17M-066. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Barry E. Mullins. Sponsor: DHS. [CCR]

ROSSON, JOHN P., An Expanded Cyber Insurance Framework to Mitigate Cyber Induced Economic Losses of the

US Power Industry. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-219. Faculty Advisor: LTC Mason J. Rice. Sponsor: DHS.

SIBIGA, MATTHEW P., Applying Cyber Threat Intelligence to Industrial Control Systems. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-069.

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Robert F. Mills. Sponsor: DHS. [CCR]

STINE, IAN W., A Cyber Risk Scoring System for Medical Devices. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-072. Faculty Advisor:

LTC Mason J. Rice. Sponsor: DHS. [CCR]

YERKES, BLAKE E., Cyber Security Analysis and Strategy Development for Software-Defined Radars.

AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-083. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Barry E. Mullins. Sponsor: DHS. [CCR]

DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS

MATTERS, DAVID A., Nuclear Structure of

186

Re. AFIT/ENP/DS/16D-017. Faculty Advisor: Dr. John W. McClory.

Sponsor: DNDO.

MASTER’S THESES

MOFFETT, KAZ A., Optimization of a Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectrometer to Measure Negative Point

Vacancies in Hydrothermally Grown Single-Crystal Thorium Dioxide. AFIT/ENP/MS/17M-102. Faculty Advisor:

Dr. Larry W. Burggraf. Sponsor: DNDO.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS

STUBBS, JOHN E., Dynamics of Chemical Degradation in Water using Photocatalytic Reactions in an Ultraviolet

Light Emitting Diode Reactor. AFIT/ENV/DS/17S-052. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Willie F. Harper, Jr. Sponsor: EPA.

MASTER’S THESES

JAMES, SHANDON L., Investigating Point-of-Use UV-LED Water Purification Device using Computational

Multiphysics Modeling Software. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-196. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michael E. Miller. Sponsor: EPA.

KOHLHEPP, DAVID A., Modeling and Validating a Continuous Flow Ultraviolet Light Emitting Diode Water

Purification Reactor. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-198. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michael E. Miller. Sponsor: EPA.

RUSSELL, MORGAN M., Destruction of Aqueous Phase Organic Pollutants using Ultraviolet Light Emitting Diodes

and Photocatlaysis. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-220. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col David M. Kempisty. Sponsor: EPA.

SCHMIDT, CHRISTOPHER T., Adsorption of Perfluorinated Compounds from Post-Emergency Response

Wastewater. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-222. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col David M. Kempisty. Sponsor: EPA.

SMITH, MATTHEW D., The Effect of Bacillus Globigii Spores on the Activity and Performance of Activated Sludge.

AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-226. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Willie F. Harper, Jr. Sponsor: EPA.

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

GRADUATE RESEARCH PAPERS

RIDLEY, MICHAEL E., Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquake Basing and Supply Delivery Strategy Based on

Current Planning and Historical Event Analysis. AFIT/ENS/MS/17J-045. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Paul L. Hartman.

Sponsor: FEMA. [COA]

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

MASTER’S THESES

JACKSON, BRYAN V., Alternate Stimuli for the Elicitation of Event-Related Potentials. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-195.

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michael E. Miller. Sponsor: NASA. [ANT]

NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

MASTER’S THESES

SHELBY, CLINTON A., Tumbler-Snapper Atmospheric Nuclear Test Series Streak Film Analysis. AFIT/ENP/MS/

17M-105. Faculty Advisor: Dr. John W. McClory. Sponsor: NNSA.

4.12. NON-FEDERAL SPONSORS

ARGENTINE AIR FORCE MATERIEL GENERAL DIRECTORATE

MASTER’S THESES

BERTRAM, ROBERTO H., Spectrometric Oil Analysis Program Enhancements for the Argentine Air Force.

AFIT/ENS/MS/17M-115. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alan W. Johnson. Sponsor: Argentine Air Force Material General

Directorate.

BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON, INC

MASTER’S THESES

DEGROOT, COREY R., Identifying Partnership Opportunities at Air Force Installations: A Geographic Information

Systems Approach. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-184. Faculty Advisor: Maj Jason K. Freels. Sponsor: Booz Allen

Hamilton, Inc.

CUMMONS INC

MASTER’S THESES

BIERHAUS, ZACHARY S., Feasibility and Environmental Implications of using Waste Motor Oil as Alternative

Supplemental Fuel in Contingency Prime Power Generation. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-173. Faculty Advisor:

Dr. Eric G. Mbonimpa. Sponsor: Cummons Inc.

INNOVATIVE SCIENTIFIC SOLUTIONS, INC.

MASTER’S THESES

ASHBY, ROBERT W., Scaling Film Cooling Performance from Ambient to Near Engine Temperatures. AFIT/ENY/

MS/17M-240. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Marc D. Polanka. Sponsor: Innovative Scientific Solutions, Inc.

LINCOLN LABORATORY – MIT

MASTER’S THESES

LAPP, KEVIN P., Design and Testing of a Micro-Scale Wave Rotor System. AFIT/ENY/MS/17S-067. Faculty

Advisor: Dr. Marc D. Polanka. Sponsor: MIT/LL.

LOCKHEED MARTIN

MASTER’S THESES

CARSON, DANIEL J., Aerial Visual-Inertial Odometry Performance Evaluation. AFIT/ENG/MS/17M-010. Faculty

Advisor: Dr. John F. Raquet. Sponsor: Lockheed Martin. [ANT]

CORBETT, STUART, Agent-Based Modeling to Analyze the Tactical Employment of a Small Advanced Capability

Missile. AFIT/ENS/MS/17M-119. Faculty Advisor: Dr. John O. Miller. Sponsor: Lockheed Martin.

MAATZ, IAN M., Computational Evaluation of the Aerodynamics of a Missile Undergoing a Prescribed Pitching

Motion. AFIT/ENY/MS/17M-274. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mark F. Reeder. Sponsor: Lockheed Martin.

THE CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC

MASTER’S THESES

JACKSON, PHILIP C., Performance Evaluation of Astro-Optical-Inertial Navigation System. AFIT/ENG/MS/

17M-035. Faculty Advisor: Dr. John. F. Raquet. Sponsor: CSDL. [ANT]

RAYTHEON SPACE AND AIRBORNE SYSTEM

MASTER’S THESES

WILSON, JACOB A., Measuring the Nonlinear Performance of Indium Gallium Phosphide using the Z-Scan and

Intensity Variation Methods. AFIT/ENP/MS/17J-013. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michael A. Marciniak. Sponsor:

Raytheon Space and Airborne System.

SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES

MASTER’S THESES

RIGGS, CASEY J. R., Resource Evaluation of Quantum Linear Systems Algorithm for Application to Electromagnetic

Scattering Problems. AFIT/ENV/MS/17M-216. Faculty Advisor: Maj Logan O. Mailloux. Sponsor: Sandia National

Laboratories.

TURKISH AIR FORCE

MASTER’S THESES

BINGOL, GUNDUZ, Simulation of Aircraft Sortie Generation under an Autonomic Logistics System.

AFIT/ENS/MS/16D-052. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alan W. Johnson. Sponsor: TuAF.

UK MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

GRADUATE RESEARCH PAPERS

BLAND, JESSICA S., How can the UK Ministry of Defense More Effectively Convey the Role and Importance of An

Independent Nuclear Deterrent? AFIT/ENS/MS/17J-017. Faculty Advisor: Lt Col Jason R. Anderson. Sponsor: UK

Ministry of Defence.

5. ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT PUBLICATIONS AND FUNDING

INFORMATION

5.1. DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS

Access Phone: 937-255-3069, DSN 785-3069

Fax: 937-656-7621, DSN 986-7621

Homepage: http://www.afit.edu/ENY/

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5.1.2 MASTER'S THESES 48

5.1.3 FACULTY BIOGRAPHIES & RESEARCH OUTPUT 52

5.1.1. DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS

CARR, RYAN W., Optimal Control Methods for Missile Evasion. AFIT/ENY/DS/17S-055. Faculty Advisor:

Dr. Richard G. Cobb. Sponsor: AFRL/RQ.

COTTLE, ANDREW E., Flow Field Dynamics in a High-g Ultra-Compact Combustor. AFIT/ENY/DS/16D-037.

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Marc D. Polanka. Sponsor: AFOSR.

GREENE, KARA M., Toward a Flying Qualities Standard for Unmanned Aircraft. AFIT/ENY/DS/17M-260. Faculty

Advisor: Dr. Donald L. Kunz. Sponsor: AFRL/RQ.

OWENS, CHRISTOPHER T., Effects of Mechanical Load History on Lamb Wave Interactions with Fatigue Cracks in

Aluminum Plates. AFIT/ENY/DS/17S-061. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Eric D. Swenson. Sponsor: N/A.

WHEELER, PAMELA L., Satellite Propulsion Spectral Signature Detection and Analysis for Space Situational

Awareness using Small Telescopes. AFIT/ENY/DS/17S-063. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Richard G. Cobb. Sponsor:

AFRL/RQ. [CSRA]

5.1.2. MASTER'S THESES