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Division of Engineering & Weapons

MIDN 1/C TYRELL W. ARMENT

Major	Mechanical Engineering
Advisors	Associate Professor Jim S. Cowart and Assistant Professor Patrick A. Caton Mechanical Engineering Department
Title	The Effects of Thermal Barrier Coating, Common Rail Injection, and Reduced Compression Ratio on the Efficiency of Single-Cylinder Diesel Engines

MIDN 1/C JUSTIN A. DEVILLAR

Majors	Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Advisors	Associate Professor Robert W. Ives and Visiting Professor James R. Matey Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Title	Reduction in Constraints on Subjects for Iris Recognition

MIDN 1/C TIMOTHY J. GRUBER

Major	Ocean Engineering
Advisor	Professor Emeritus Michael E. McCormick Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department
Title	Applications of Tubercles in Marine Tidal Turbines

MIDN 1/C PEGGY S. LEGRAND

Major	Mechanical Engineering
Advisor	Associate Professor Michelle G. Koul, Mechanical Engineering Department
Title	Environmentally Assisted Cracking Evaluation of Alloy IN686 Using Constant Extension Rate Testing

MIDN 1/C TIMOTHY J. OMLOR

Major	Mechanical Engineering
Advisor	Professor Richard E. Link, Mechanical Engineering Department
Title	Improved Methodology for Crack Arrest Fracture Toughness Testing

MIDN 1/C MATTHEW A. PORTER

Major	Electrical Engineering
Advisors	Associate Professor John G. Ciezki and Associate Professor Thomas E. Salem Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Title	Optimizing High Power DC-DC Converter Design Utilizing SiC Field Effect Transistors and Nanocrystalline-Structured Alloy Cores

MIDN 1/C MATTHEW L. ROBERTS

Major	Aerospace Engineering
Advisors	Commander R. Joseph Watkins, USN and Professor Oscar Barton, Jr. Mechanical Engineering Department Visiting Professor Craig E. Steidle, Aerospace Engineering Department
Title	Determination of the Error Induced by Platform Vibrations on a Directed Energy Beam System

MIDN 1/C KAYLA J. SAX

Major	Systems Engineering (Honors)
Advisors	Professor Martin E. Nelson, Mechanical Engineering Department Professor Svetlana Avramov-Zamurovic, Weapons and Systems Engineering Department CAPT Charles B. Cameron, USN, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Visiting Research Professor James F. Ziegler, Physics Department
Title	Characterization and Comparison of New Concepts in Neutron Detection

MIDN 1/C WILLIAM P. STILLMAN III

Major	Aerospace Engineering
Advisor	Captain Murray R. Snyder, USN, Mechanical Engineering Department
Title	Numerical Simulation of Ship Air Wakes

MIDN 1/C DANIEL G. WHEATON

Major	Systems Engineering (Honors)
Advisor	Captain John W. Nicholson, USN, Weapons and Systems Engineering Department
Title	Dynamic Control of the Naval Academy's Competition AUV

MIDN 1/C MATTHEW J. WILDER

Major	Electrical Engineering
Advisor	Associate Professor John G. Ciezki, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Title	The Design and Control of an Ultracapacitor/Battery Storage System to Optimize Battery Life

Division of Mathematics & Science