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Optimization of Hull Shapes for Water-skiing and Wakeboarding 

Daily, Robert (2005-12-15)
This study attempts to define an optimal hull shape for a boat towing either a skier or a wakeboarder. Two methods for determining a free surface deformation (both hull and wake shape) given an applied pressure disturbance ...

Stream Function Path Planning and Control for Unmanned Ground Vehicles 

Daily, Robert (2008-08-15)
This research develops a harmonic potential field based path planner and controller. The first component of the dissertation compares several analytical and numerical potential field generation methods. To overcome ...