Student Theses

Supervised or Co-supervised Doctoral Theses [June 2026]

• Mahmoodi A. Integrating Hybrid Models and Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems for Enhancing Last-Mile Delivery Logistics, PhD Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2026. (Laliberté and Millar)
• Shabani P. Virtual testing of aerospace composite materials: low-velocity impact and compression after impact, PhD Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2025. Winner Carleton Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement (Laliberté and Li)
• Cunningham M. Improving Aeromagnetic Surveying Capabilities of Uninhabited Aircraft Systems, PhD Thesis, Earth Sciences, Carleton University, 2022. (Samson and Laliberte) https://curve.carleton.ca/feb9e162-230b-4e08-af7f-7a9c68f2658b
• ElFazani H. An Experimental Investigation of Polymer Additive Manufacturing, PhD Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2022. (Laliberte)  https://curve.carleton.ca/fe57f06f-2558-494f-abd1-d47e38af2786
• Bishop GS. A Holistic Approach to Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Aerospace Structures using Lamb Waves: From Manufacturing to Service, PhD Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2021. (Laliberte) https://curve.carleton.ca/bbf15803-4601-44e4-9bad-6c91d9ba47a3
• Tuck L. Characterization and compensation of magnetic interference resulting from unmanned aircraft systems, PhD Thesis, Earth Sciences, Carleton University, 2019. (Samson and Laliberte)  https://curve.carleton.ca/d2b99a48-2c1d-4c7c-b9ec-a411ad390020
• ElAgamy NMH. An Experimental and Numerical Study of Three-Dimensional Fatigue Damage in Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymers, PhD Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2016. (Laliberte) https://curve.carleton.ca/9f7006df-c6d0-4015-8bb6-5aceae51b0e0
• Cruz PL. Experimental and Numerical Study on Bolted/Bonded Composite Joints for Aircraft, PhD thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2016. (Laliberte) https://curve.carleton.ca/d9c1ec5d-f6c6-4fb6-b85e-8fa007f3571f
• Pant S. Lamb Wave Propagation and Material Characterization of Metallic and Composite Aerospace Structures for Improved Structural Health Monitoring (SHM), PhD thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2014. (Laliberte, Martinez, and Straznicky) https://curve.carleton.ca/737fe2c0-b8a5-423f-b9eb-ffccda63d38e

Supervised or Co-supervised Masters Theses [June 2026]

• Ghandali, S. Sensor Integration to Create a Digital Twin Framework of a Snowblower Robot, Masters Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2026. (Laliberté and Kenny)
• Sherwood, A. Modelling and Optimization of Scalable Hydrogen Fuel Cell Systems for Aviation, Masters Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2025.  https://doi.org/10.22215/etd/2025-16736
• Chavda, N. Design and Validation of Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight Drone Flight Corridors in Low-Level Airways, Masters Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2025. (Laliberté and Borschova) https://doi.org/10.22215/etd/2025-16617
• Richard, C. Life Cycle Analysis Frameworks in Sustainable Aviation, Masters Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2024. (Laliberte)  https://doi.org/10.22215/etd/2024-16346
• Kingma, S. A Framework for Assessing Aircraft Detect and Avoid Systems Using Monte Carlo Simulations, Masters Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2024. (Laliberte and Borshchova) https://doi.org/10.22215/etd/2024-16311
• Nadler, S. Pseudo-Homogeneous Sinusoidal Infill using Non-Planar FFF Techniques for Use in RPAS Structures, Masters Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2024. (Laliberte) https://doi.org/10.22215/etd/2024-16242
• Basawanal, A. Development and Qualification of a Drone-Based Anemometry Platform, Masters Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2024. (Laliberte and Borshchova) https://doi.org/10.22215/etd/2024-15921
• Urquhart, A. Measuring and Evaluating RPAS Performance in Arctic-like Conditions, Masters Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2024. (Laliberte and Kenny) https://doi.org/10.22215/etd/2024-15932
• Patrick, M. Investigation of the Axial and Torsional Low Cycle Fatigue Properties of Notched High Strength Steels for Application to Landing Gear Fuse Pins, Masters Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2024. (Laliberte and Wang) https://doi.org/10.22215/etd/2024-15942
• Krings TdJ. Statistical Modeling of Air Traffic: Development of Methods and Application through a Canadian Case Study, Masters Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2023. (Laliberte and Borshchova) https://doi.org/10.22215/etd/2023-15528
• Costa A. Deep Learning and Synthetic Imagery for Migratory Bird Species Identification Using Drones, Masters Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2023. (Laliberte) https://repository.library.carleton.ca/concern/parent/gh93h0330/file_sets/jm214q18m
• Szeto J. Near Infrared Imaging and Image Pre-Processing to Improve the Automatic Detection of Canada Geese, Masters Thesis, Electrical Engineering, Carleton University, 2022. (Steele and Laliberte) https://curve.carleton.ca/036d1038-c4f0-4740-984d-094d9d16ce45
• Tierney L. Human Factors in Drone Delivery of Automatic External Defibrillators for Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Older Adult Considerations, Masters Thesis, School of Industrial Design, Carleton University, 2022.  (Trudel and Laliberte) https://repository.library.carleton.ca/concern/parent/ft848r69b/file_sets/gx41mj964
• Palmer M. Assessing Non-Planar Slicing and Carbon Fibre Filament Additives as Steps Towards 3D-Printed Drone Propellers, Masters Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2022. (Laliberte) https://curve.carleton.ca/0a6636ed-9347-4734-90ca-60b8d5867254
• Kanevsky MJE. Improving Quality of 3D Printed Components for Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems with Curved Layer Fused Filament Fabrication, Masters Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2022. (Laliberte) https://curve.carleton.ca/58dec2cd-4b7d-496b-8af2-b83edb1cd5c5
• Shah RR. Laser Ablation of Paint from 2024-T3 Alclad Aluminum – Numerical Simulation and Experimental Characterization,  Masters Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2022. (Laliberte) https://curve.carleton.ca/6a399360-376b-4509-985e-658283a942e9
• Moses SJ. Small Light Weight LiDAR Systems with Remotely Piloted Aircraft for Powerline Detection, Masters Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2022.  (Laliberte) https://curve.carleton.ca/bc3e734f-55a5-4678-864d-6f56b3c50a0e
• Chamberland OM, Neural Network Based Predictions for the Aerodynamic Performance of Flapping Wings, Masters Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2021. (Laliberte, Khouli and Dawson) https://curve.carleton.ca/d2e0f709-62d9-4c5e-8e0d-76517285af5c
• Ooi B. Development of a Computer Vision Framework for Improved Remotely Piloted Aircraft Operations, Masters Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2020.  (Laliberte) https://curve.carleton.ca/01458707-daf1-4aa3-8867-0d81058b29b8
• Shafi S.Terrain Draping and Following Using Low-Cost Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems for Geophysical Survey Applications, Masters Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2020. (Laliberte) https://curve.carleton.ca/d42ef7b9-cb4d-426d-95e3-73d7ebc01467
• Dinovitzer M. Development and Characterization of Additive Manufacturing of Superalloy Hastealloy X Using a Cost Effective TIG Technique, Masters Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2020.  (Laliberte and Huang) https://curve.carleton.ca/01ff09d5-c438-4408-b475-a54623cb7ee1
• Molavitabrizi D. Design and Analysis of Novel Metallic Structural Concepts for Lightweight Freight Railcars, Masters Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2018. (Laliberte). https://curve.carleton.ca/633d20f1-3643-4868-9331-545e27573536
• Carrette JS. Environmental Degradation of Carbon Fibre-Reinforced Epoxy Composites: An Experimental Investigation, Masters Thesis, Materials Engineering, Carleton University, 2017.  (Laliberte) https://curve.carleton.ca/7579e99e-eb21-4073-8f43-2d3561e3c671
• Anand P. Use of Optical Fibers for Structural Health Monitoring of Aircraft Components, Masters Thesis, Materials Engineering, Carleton University, 2017.  (Laliberte) https://curve.carleton.ca/49bfe7d8-69db-410f-aa2f-313cbd1ee3a5
• Khaddage W. A Wind-Tunnel Investigation of an Ultra-Light Wing and Ultra-Light Aircraft, Masters Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2017.  (Laliberte) https://curve.carleton.ca/6291fd7f-0a27-47a3-a33f-7da1a0322966
• Dalphy J. Improved Method for Airborne Photogrammetry Using Small Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles in Recording Existing and Historic Structures, Masters Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2017.  (Laliberte) https://curve.carleton.ca/8dc256c8-0e9b-46cc-a3a3-7af038cad3c0
• Kim J. Experimental Investigation of Mechanical Behaviour of Hybrid Bolted/Bonded Joints for Aircraft, Masters Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2016.  (Laliberte) https://curve.carleton.ca/6467cd45-8b45-4463-b87c-3d8b0f12b7a9
• Sachdeva T. Variable Frequency Air Coupled Ultrasonic Phased Array Sensors, Masters Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2016.  (Laliberte) https://curve.carleton.ca/2de280ae-ed14-4db5-b607-ca1fd22229b4
• Al Attar S. Hopper Railcars: A Preliminary Study on the Use of Fibre Reinforced Polymers in Structural Components, Masters Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2016. (Laliberte) https://curve.carleton.ca/1b233664-0fc5-4eaa-980c-9c462cf35b42
• Dewar AJJ. Digital Additive Manufacture: Improved Product and Equipment Design for 3D Printing, Masters Thesis, School of Industrial Design, Carleton University, 2015.  (Halgrimmson and Laliberte) https://curve.carleton.ca/a874e4aa-4d71-4eb3-bcaf-5c7f36505a79
• Polowick CR. Optimizing vacuum assisted resin transfer moulding (VARTM) processing parameters to improve part quality,  Masters Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2013.  (Laliberte and Straznicky) https://curve.carleton.ca/6653e014-a401-4070-b4e4-1f1e0a98697f
• Sunil S. Development and Testing of a Simulation Environment for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Masters Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2014.  (Laliberte) https://curve.carleton.ca/82bd273d-0d70-4c21-8bbe-45a2d8908878
• Kraemer KL. On the application of rapid prototyping technology for the fabrication of flapping wings for micro air vehicles, Masters Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2012. (Laliberte) https://curve.carleton.ca/f2e78ddf-c087-4a97-9b10-a96966c36551
• Chaisson M. Low cost processing of commingled thermoplastic composites, Masters Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2012. (Laliberte) https://curve.carleton.ca/5e93db12-8c49-4e00-8fb6-b974012ba502
• Lares A. Insert design and manufacturing for foam-core composite sandwich structures, Masters Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2011. (Laliberte and Straznicky) https://curve.carleton.ca/09ac7bf5-7cfb-4e25-8cd6-8025df5bda3d
• Mahendran MD. An improved mouldless manufacturing method for foam-core composite sandwich structures, Masters Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2011.  (Laliberte and Straznicky) https://curve.carleton.ca/2f15cb78-1c1c-4346-8809-da9e62ae91d6
• Couture A. Effects of moisture, salinity and temperature on mode I fracture toughness of adhesively-bonded composites, Masters Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2011. (Laliberte and Li) https://curve.carleton.ca/e02d23fe-48f6-4a30-99fa-7b2007489fd9
• Maley JA. An investigation into low-cost manufacturing of carbon epoxy composites and a novel “mouldless” technique using the vacuum assisted resin transfer moulding (VARTM) method, Masters Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 2008.  (Straznicky and Laliberte) https://curve.carleton.ca/4ea4ee9d-2018-42d2-9d88-64805c399261

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