United States Naval Academy Trident Scholar Program

MIDN 1/C DANIEL F. CHIAFAIR (4th Company)

Major	Systems Engineering
Advisor	Assistant Professor Edwin L. Zivi, Weapons & Systems Engineering Department
Title	Stability Analysis of a Nonlinear System Stabilizing Controller for an Integrated Power System

MIDN 1/C JOSHUA B. DATKO (1st Company)

Major	Computer Science
Advisor	Assistant Professor Margaret M. McMahon, Computer Science Department
Advisor	Associate Professor Donald M. Needham, Computer Science Department
Title	Supporting Secure, Ad Hoc Joins for Tactical Networks

MIDN 1/C JOHN D. DIRK (23rd Company)

Major	Physics
Advisor	Professor Martin E. Nelson, Mechanical Engineering Department
Advisor	Visiting Professor James F. Ziegler, Physics Department
Title	Electronic Reliability and the Environmental Thermal Neutron Flux

MIDN 1/C AMANDA L. DONGES (2nd Company)

Major	Quantitative Economics
Advisor	Assistant Professor Matthew J. Baker, Economics Department
Advisor	Associate Professor Gary O. Fowler, Mathematics Department
Title	A Multinational Empirical Analysis of Humanitarian Assistance

MIDN 1/C BENJAMIN A. DREW (16th Company)

Major	Systems Engineering
Advisor	Associate Professor Carl E. Wick, Weapons & Systems Engineering Department
Title	Underwater Gliders: Measurement Methods and Analysis

MIDN 1/C TAREK S. ELMASRY (29th Company)

Major	Electrical Engineering
Advisor	Associate Professor R. Brian Jenkins, Electrical Engineering Department
Advisor	Associate Professor Deborah M. Mechtel, Electrical Engineering Department
Title	Characterization of an Optical Self-Homodyne DPSK Receiver

MIDN 1/C EDWARD H. L. FONG (9th Company)

Major	Computer Science
Advisor	Assistant Professor Frederick L. Crabbe, Computer Science Department
Title	Acquisition of 3-D Map Structures for Mobile Robots

MIDN 1/C BENJAMIN M. HEINEIKE (28th Company)

Major	Mathematics
Advisor	Professor Reza Malek-Madani, Mathematics Department
Advisor	Associate Professor Sonia M. Garcia, Mathematics Department
Title	Modeling Morphogenesis with Reaction-Diffusion Equations Using Galerkin Spectral Methods

MIDN 1/C PETER D. HUFFMAN (25th Company)

Major	Chemistry
Advisor	Professor Jeffrey P. Fitzgerald, Chemistry Department
Title	Towards Improved Optical Limiters

MIDN 1/C PRITHA M. MAHADEVAN (8th Company)

Major	Chemistry
Advisor	Assistant Professor Virginia F. Smith, Chemistry Department
Title	Biophysical Characterization of a Bifunctional Iron Regulating Enzyme

MIDN 1/C JONATHAN P. NELSON (27th Company)

Major	Systems Engineering
Advisor	Associate Professor John M. Watkins, Weapons & Systems Engineering Department
Advisor	Associate Professor George E. Piper, Weapons & Systems Engineering Department
Title	Active Control of Fan Noise in Ducts Using Magnetic Bearings

MIDN 1/C  NOAH F. REDDELL (3rd Company)

Major	Electrical Engineering
Advisor	Associate Professor Erik M. Bollt, Mathematics Department
Advisor	CDR Thaddeus B. Welch, III, USN, Electrical Engineering Department
Title	Covert Communication Utilizing Discretely Generated Chaos

MIDN 1/C  JEREMIAH J. WATHEN (11th Company)

Major	Physics
Advisor	Assistant Professor James J. Butler, Physics Department
Title	Optical Limiting Within Capillary Waveguides

 

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