United States Naval Academy Trident Scholar Program

MIDN 1/C TYLER H. CHURCHILL (13th Company)

Major	Physics
Advisor	Professor Jeffrey R. Vanhoy, Physics Department
Title	Investigation of Tellurium-130 Nuclear Structure Using Inelastic Neutron Scattering

MIDN 1/C KRISTEN L. DEFFENBAUGH (23rd Company)

Major	Mechanical Engineering
Advisor	Assistant Professor Michelle A. Koul, Mechanical Engineering Department
Advisor	Associate Professor Angela L. Moran, Mechanical Engineering Department
Title	The Effect of Processing on Strength and the Environmentally Assisted Cracking Resistance of Aerospace Alloy AA7249 in Extruded Form

MIDN 1/C JEFFREY H. DORMO (22nd Company)

Major	Electrical Engineering
Advisor	Associate Professor R. Brian Jenkins, Electrical Engineering Department
Advisor	Professor Martin E. Nelson, Mechanical Engineering Department
Title	Optical Calibration of TLD Readers

MIDN 1/C LUKE R. DUNDON (17th Company)

Major	Physics
Advisor	Associate Professor Debora M. Katz, Physics Department
Title	Observations of the Physical Properties for a Sample of Near-Earth Objects

MIDN 1/C NATHAN A. FLEISCHAKER (18th Company)

Major	Electrical Engineering
Advisor	Captain Joseph C. McGowan, USNR, Electrical Engineering Department
Title	Development of Mobile Ad Hoc Networking Protocols for Troop Transport Operations in a Littoral Environment

MIDN 1/C KATHERINE E. GROENENBOOM (13th Company)

Major	Aerospace Engineering
Advisor	Dr. Richard P. Fahey, Visiting Professor, Aerospace Engineering Department
Advisor	Professor Daryl G. Boden, Aerospace Engineering Department
Title	Analysis of Earth Atmospheric Density Using the USNA Satellite

MIDN 1/C PHILIP C. HOBLET (15th Company)

Major	Systems Engineering
Advisor	Associate Professor Richard T. O'Brien, Jr., Weapons and Systems Engineering Department
Advisor	Assistant Professor Jenelle L. Piepmeier, Weapons and Systems Engineering Department
Title	Scale Model Vehicle Analysis for the Design of a Steering Controller

MIDN 1/C KENNETH J. HOOVER (22nd Company)

Major	Electrical Engineering
Advisor	Professor Antal A. Sarkady, Electrical Engineering Department
Advisor	Commander Charles B. Cameron, USN, Electrical Engineering Department
Title	Designing a Bluetooth-Based Wireless Network for Distributed Shipboard Monitoring and Control Systems

MIDN 1/C BRYAN M. HUDOCK (21st Company)

Major	Systems Enginering
Advisor	Associate Professor Bradley E. Bishop, Weapons and Systems Engineering Department
Advisor	Assistant Professor Frederick L. Crabbe, IV, Computer Science Department
Title	Development of a Superior Urban Search-and-Rescue Robot

MIDN 1/C ERIC H. LARSEN (30th Company)

Major	Mechanical Engineering
Advisor	Associate Professor Martin R. Cerza, Mechanical Engineering Department
Advisor	Assistant Professor Andrew N. Smith, Mechanical Engineering Department
Title	Electronics Cooling Using Capillary Pumped Loops

MIDN 1/C MICHAEL OLIVER (8th Company)

Major	Aerospace Engineering
Advisor	Professor Gabriel N. Karpouzian, Aerospace Engineering Department
Title	The Effects of Transverse Shear Deformation on Composite Wings in High Speed, Compressible Flow Regimes

MIDN 1/C SEAN A. PATTERSON (7th Company)

Major	Systems Engineering
Advisor	Professor Kenneth A. Knowles, Weapons and Systems Engineering Department
Advisor	Associate Professor Bradley E. Bishop, Weapons and Systems Engineering Department
Title	A Study of the Principles of Self-reconfigurable Independent Magnetically-latched Modular Robots

MIDN 1/C JON P. SILVERBERG (12th Company)

Major	Naval Architecture
Advisor	Assistant Professor Paul H. Miller, Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department
Title	Methods of Ship Performance Prediction and Design with Respect to Tank Testing and Computational Fluid Dynamics

MIDN 1/C JOSEPH F. SWEGER (30th Company)

Major	Aerospace Engineering
Advisor	Captain Robert J. Niewoehner, USN, Aerospace Engineering Department
Title	Design Specifications Development for Unmanned Aircraft Carrier Landings: A Simulation Approach

MIDN 1/C DAVID L. ZANE (6th Company)

Major	Mathematics Honors
Advisor	Assistant Professor William N. Traves, Mathematics Department
Advisor	Assistant Professor Christopher W. Brown, Computer Science Department
Title	Optimizing Scheduling at the U.S. Naval Academy

 

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