NPS AUV Workbench: Theses

All NPS theses and dissertations are searchable online via the Bosun search engine at the Dudley Knox Library.

The following theses are included in the NPS AUV Workbench documentation distribution.

• Ayala, Miguel Arnaldo, Execution-Level Java Software and Hardware for the NPS Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), Masters Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California, September 2002.
• Bacon, Daniel Keith Jr., Integration of a Submarine into NPSNET, Masters Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California, September 1995.
• Boncal, Richard J., A Study of Model-based Maneuvering Controls for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, Masters Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California, December 1987.
• Burkley, Frederick Garvin, An Acoustic Sensor History Server for a Submarine Combat Control System, Masters Thesis, Northeastern University, Boston Massachusetts, August 2002.
• Burns, Michael L., Merging Virtual and Real Execution-Level Control Software for the Phoenix Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), Masters Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California, September 1996.
• Byrne, Kevin Michael, Real-Time Modeling of Cross-Body Flow for Torpedo Tube Recovery of the Phoenix Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), Masters Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California, March 1998. Also available: slideset.
• Davis, Duane T., Precision Control and Maneuvering of the Phoenix Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) for Entering a Recovery Tube, Masters Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California, September 1996.
• Fodrea, Lynn Renee, Obstacle Avoidance Control for the Remus Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), Masters Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California, December 2002.
• Hawkins, Darrin L. and Van Leuvan, Barbara C., An XML-based Mission Command Language for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), Masters Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California, June 2003.
• Holliday, Timothy M., Real-Time 3D Sonar Modeling and Visualization, Masters Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California, June 1998.
• Johnson, Jay, AUV Steering Parameter Identification for Improved Control Design, Masters Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California, June 2001. Also available: slideset.
• Kucik, Daniel P., "Follow the Leader" Tracking by Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) using Acoustic Communications and Ranging, Masters Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California, September 2003.
• Leaver, R. Greg, VRML Terrain Modeling for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS), Masters Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California, September 1998.
• Lee, Chin Siong, NPS AUV Workbench: Collaborative Environment for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) Mission Planning and 3D Visualization, Masters Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California, March 2004. Also available: thesis slideset, Jabber agents slideset, and XML Tactical Chat (XTC) slideset.
• Leonhardt, Bradley J., Mission Planning and Mission Control for the Phoenix Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV): Implementation and Experimental Study, Masters Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California, March 1996.
• Monroe, Dennis W., Navy Requirements for Controlling Multiple Off-Board Robots using the Autonomous Unmanned Vehicle Workbench, Masters Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California, June 2007.
• Neushul, James D., Interoperability, Data Control and Battlespace Visualization using XML, XSLT and X3D, Masters Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California, September 2003.
• Norbraten, Terry D., Utilization of Forward Error Correction (FEC) Techniques with Extensible Markup Language (XML) Schema-based Binary Compression (XSBC) Technology, Masters Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California, December 2004. Also available: thesis slideset.
• Rauch, Travis, Savage Modeling Analysis Language (SMAL): Metadata for Tactical Simulations and X3D Visualizations, Masters Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California, March 2006.
• Rosetti, Scott, Tactical Web Services: Using XML and Java Web Services to Conduct Real-time, Net-centric Sonar Visualization, Masters Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California, September 2004.
• Scholz, Thomas, The State-Transition Diagram with Path Priority and Its Applications, Masters Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California, September 1993.
• Serin, Ekrem, Design and Test of the Cross-Format Schema Protocol (XFSP) for Networked Virtual Environments, Masters Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California, March 2003. Also available: slideset.
• Seguin, John M., Simulating Candidate Missions for a Novel Glider Unmanned Underwater Vehicle, Masters Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California, March 2007.
• Thompson, Stephanie, Extensible 3D (X3D) Graphics for Visualizing Marine Mammal Reaction to Underwater Sound on the Southern California ASW Range (SOAR), Masters Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California, June 2007.
• Zeswitz, Steven, NPSNET: Integration of Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) Protocol for Communication Architecture and Information Interchange, Masters Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California, September 1993.