United States Naval Academy

Trident Scholar Program

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1997 Trident Scholars

 MIDN 1/C BRANDON W. DAVIS (27th Company)
Major Mechanical Engineering
Advisor Professor Patrick J. Moran, Mechanical Engineering Department
Title The Influence of Crystal Orientation on the Corrosion Behavior of Aluminum

 MIDN 1/C TIMOTHY A. ERICKSON (3rd Company)
Major Marine Engineering
Advisor Associate Professor Keith W. Lindler 
Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering Department
Advisor Associate Professor Mark J. Harper 
Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering Department
Title Design and Construction of a Thermophotovoltaic Energy Conversion System  
Using Combustion Gases from a T58 Gas Turbine

 MIDN 1/C KEVIN P. GRAVES (16th Company)
Major Computer Science
Advisor Professor Patrick R. Harrison, Computer Science Department
Title Continuous Localization and Navigation of Mobile Robots

 MIDN 1/C CHRISTOPHER S. IRWIN (6th Company)
Major Oceanography
Advisor Associate Professor Mario E.C. Vieira, Oceanography Department
Advisor Professor Reza Malek-Madani, Mathematics Department
Title An Analysis of Circulation Patterns and Water Column Destratification 
in the Severn River Estuary

 MIDN 1/C ERICA J. KOLSCH (26th Company)
Major Chemistry
Advisor Associate Professor Mark L. Campbell, Chemistry Department
Title Reaction Kinetics of Sc, V, Cr, Co, and Ni with N2O

 MIDN 1/C PATRICK C. SAXTON (11th Company)
Major Mechanical Engineering
Advisor Assistant Professor Angela L. Moran, Mechanical Engineering Department
Advisor Associate Professor Mark J. Harper 
Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering Department
Advisor Associate Professor Keith W. Lindler 
Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering Department
Title Thermophotovoltaic Emitter Material Selection and Design

MIDN 1/C BRETT A. ST. GEORGE (16th Company)
Major Electrical Engineering
Advisor Assistant Professor Louiza Sellami, Electrical Engineering Department
Advisor Instructor Ellen Curran K. Wooten, Electrical Engineering Department
Title Speech Coding and Phoneme Classification Using a Back-propagation Neural Network 

 MIDN 1/C ROLAND R. TINK (6th Company)
Major Systems Engineering
Advisor LT Beth L. Pruitt, USN, Weapons and Systems Engineering Department
Title Advanced Controller Retrofit with Acoustic Emission Feedback
 
 

 
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