United States Naval Academy

Trident Scholar Program

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2001 Trident Scholars

 MIDN 1/C PETER G. BRERETON (7th Company)
Major Physics 
Advisor Associate Professor Steven R. Montgomery, Physics Department
Advisor Assistant Professor Charles A. Edmondson, Physics Department
Title Complex Impedance Studies of Optically Stimulated Strontium Barium Niobate

 MIDN 1/C DANIEL R. J. ESTES (9th Company)
Major Electrical Engineering 
Advisor Professor Antal A. Sarkady, Electrical Engineering Department
Advisor CDR Thaddeus B. Welch, III, USN, Electrical Engineering Department
Title Assessment of Radio Frequency Propagation in a Naval Shipboard Environment

 MIDN 1/C CHARLES P. FERRER (1st Company)
Major Mechanical Engineering 
Advisor Associate Professor Angela L. Moran, Mechanical Engineering Department
Advisor Assistant Professor Michelle G. Koul, Mechanical Engineering Department
Title Optimizing the Strength and Stress Corrosion Cracking Resistance of
Aluminum Alloys Used for Refurbishing Aging Aircraft

 MIDN 1/C ROBERT M. GALLAGHER (2nd Company)
Major Aerospace Engineering 
Advisor Professor Robert F. Ferrante, Chemistry Department
Title Radiation-induced Processing of Hydrocarbons in Environments Relevant to Pluto

 MIDN 1/C RICHARD C. HERRON (28th Company)
Major Mechanical Engineering 
Advisor Associate Professor Mark J. Harper, Mechanical Engineering Department
Advisor Associate Professor Martin R. Cerza, Mechanical Engineering Department
Title Investigation of a Flat Plate Evaporator for a Capillary Pumped Loop
as a Low Temperature Heat Transfer Device

 MIDN 1/C BENJAMIN P. MALAY (28th Company)
Major Aerospace Engineering 
Advisor Dr. Richard P. Fahey, Visiting Professor, Aerospace Engineering Department
Title Celestial Navigation on the Surface of Mars

 MIDN 1/C KEVIN D.V. SMITH (20th Company)
Major Mechanical Engineering 
Advisor Assistant Professor John A. Burkhardt, Mechanical Engineering Department
Title The Development of an Inverse Ultrasonic Radiative Transfer Technique

 MIDN 1/C JONATHAN J. VANECKO (29th Company)
Major Systems Engineering 
Advisor Assistant Professor Edwin L. Zivi, Weapons and Systems Engineering Department
Advisor CDR Bradley D. Taylor, USNR, Weapons and Systems Engineering Department
Title Advanced Shipboard Control Systems

 MIDN 1/C JOHN L. YOUNG, III (3rd Company)
Major Aerospace Engineering 
Advisor Professor Daryl G. Boden, Aerospace Engineering Department
Title Determination of Atmospheric Density in Low Earth Orbits Using GPS Data

 
 

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