Division of Engineering & Weapons

MIDN 1/C ROBERT E. BRUSS

Major	Systems Engineering (Honors)
Adviser	CAPT Jack Nicholson, USN, PMP, Weapons and Systems Engineering Department
Title	The Quantification and Correction of Error in an IMU For Use in Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

MIDN 1/C TAYLOR K. CALIBO

Major	Electrical Engineering
Advisers	Assistant Professor Justin Blanco and Associate Professor Samara Firebaugh, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Title	Quantitative Emotional Stress Recognition Using EEG

MIDN 1/C MICHAEL V. CRISTIANO

Major	Mechanical Engineering
Adviser	CDR Matt Carr, USN, PMP, Mechanical Engineering Department
Title	Exergetic Analysis of a Spray Condensing Steam Apparatus

MIDN 1/C MATTHEW R. DISHER

Major	Aerospace Engineering
Adviser	Associate Professor Tae Lim, Aerospace Engineering Department
Title	Development of an Attitude Determination and Control Simulation (ADCS) Testbed

MIDN 1/C THOMAS J. DOWD

Major	Systems Engineering (Honors)
Adviser	Professor Ed Zivi, Weapons and Systems Engineering Department
Title	The Design and Implementation of a Nonlinear Stabilizing Controller for a DC/DC Converter Module

MIDN 1/C KYLE A. ELAM

Major	Electrical Engineering
Advisers	Associate Professor Brian Jenkins and Associate Professor Deborah Mechtel, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Associate Professor Peter Joyce, Mechanical Engineering Department
Title	Isolation of Thermal and Strain Responses in Composites using Embedded Fiber Bragg Grating Temperature Sensors

MIDN 1/C JAMES D. GIESEMANN

Major	Mechanical Engineering
Adviser	Professor Martin Cerza, Mechanical Engineering Department
Title	Hydrodynamic and Heat Transfer analysis of the Advanced Capability High Data Rate Submarine Mast

MIDN 1/C JENNIFER L. JONES

Major	Mechanical Engineering
Advisers	Associate Professor Michelle Koul and Associate Professor Joel Schubbe, Mechanical Engineering Department
Title	Mechanical Property Evaluation of Interstitially Surface Hardened Stainless Steel

MIDN 1/C JACOB T. JURIGA

Major	Systems Engineering (Honors)
Adviser	Associate Professor Jenelle Piepmeier, Weapons and Systems Engineering Department
Title	Development of Remote Video Control using Eye Tracking Technology

MIDN 1/C JACQUELINE M. PENICHET

Major	Systems Engineering (Honors)
Adviser	Professor George Piper, Weapons and Systems Engineering Department
Title	Optic Flow Impage Processing Algorithms to Localize a Small Autonomous Aerial Vehicle Navigating Under Close Quarters Conditions

MIDN 1/C MICHAEL C. RAYNES

Major	Mechanical Engineering
Adviser	Associate Professor Jim Cowart, Mechanical Engineering Department
Title	Utilizing Pure Component Hydrocarbon Fuels for Diesel Combustion Engines in High Altitude UAV Operations

MIDN 1/C ANDREW J. RYDALCH

Major	Mechanical Engineering
Advisers	Professor Ralph Volino, Mechanical Engineering Department, Professor Michael Schultz, Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department
Title	Drag Reduction over Superhydrophobic Surfaces

MIDN 1/C CHRISTOPHER J. STEVENS

Major	Computer Engineering
Advisers	Associate Professor Ryan Rakvic and Assistant Professor Hau Ngo, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Title	Facial Detection Implementation on Mobile Devices

MIDN 1/C DAVID M. TOWLE

Major	Mechanical Engineering
Adviser	Professor Martin Nelson, Mechanical Engineering Department
Title	Evaluation of Linear Accelerators for Use in Bremsstrahlung Generation for the Detection of Special Nuclear Material in a Littoral Environment

MIDN 1/C ERIC M. WASHKEWICZ

Major	Mechanical Engineering
Adviser	Associate Professor Jim Cowart, Mechanical Engineering Department
Title	Combustion Effects of Highly Renewable Diesel Fuel

Division of Mathematics & Science