United States Naval Academy

Trident Scholar Program

2006 Trident Scholars

MIDN 1/C RUTH M. GAUNT (6th Company)

Major	Electrical Engineering
Advisor	Assistant Professor Robert W. Ives, Electrical Engineering Department
Advisor	Professor Delores M. Etter, Electrical Engineering Department
Title	Using Non-orthogonal Iris Images for Iris Recognition

MIDN 1/C MARSHALL M. HOFFMAN (25th Company)

Major Chemistry
Advisor Assistant Professor Clare E. Gutteridge, Chemistry Department

Title Design, Synthesis and Testing of Novel Folate Antagonists as Antimalarials

MIDN 1/C CLIFFORD N. JESSOP (1st Company)

Major Electrical Engineering

Advisor Associate Professor R. Brian Jenkins, Electrical Engineering Department

Advisor Captain Robert J. Voigt, USN, Electrical Engineering Department

Title Investigating the Use of Wavelength Conversion for Routing in Optical Networks

MIDN 1/C JUSTIN L.R. LANGLOIS (21st Company)

Major Aerospace Engineering

Advisor Commander David D. Myre, USN, Aerospace Engineering Department

Advisor Professor Martin E. Nelson, Mechanical Engineering Department

Title Dynamic Computer Model of a Space Power System
Consisting of Stirling Engines and Coupled to a Nuclear Reactor

MIDN 1/C CALEB M. REED (8th Company)

Major Systems Engineering

Advisor Associate Professor Bradley E. Bishop, Weapons and Systems Engineering Department

Advisor Associate Professor Jennifer K. Waters, Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department

Title Integration of Sensors and Control for an Automated Surface Vessel

MIDN 1/C ERIC A. ROE (7th Company)

Major Physics

Advisor Assistant Professor Jeffrey A. Larsen, Physics Department

Advisor Professor C. Elise Albert, Physics Department

Title Search for the Tenth Planet: Testing Interferences from the "Kuiper Cliff"

MIDN 1/C KRISTOFER M. WOMACK (10th Company)

Major Mechanical Engineering

Advisor Associate Professor Ralph J. Volino, Mechanical Engineering Department

Advisor Associate Professor Michael P. Schultz, Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department

Title Combined Effects of Pulsed Film Cooling and Upstream Wakes
on Gas Turbine Airfoil Heat Transfer

Revision Date : 18 October 2007

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Major	Chemistry
Advisor	Assistant Professor Clare E. Gutteridge, Chemistry Department
Title	Design, Synthesis and Testing of Novel Folate Antagonists as Antimalarials

Major	Aerospace Engineering
Advisor	Commander David D. Myre, USN, Aerospace Engineering Department
Advisor	Professor Martin E. Nelson, Mechanical Engineering Department
Title	Dynamic Computer Model of a Space Power System Consisting of Stirling Engines and Coupled to a Nuclear Reactor

Major	Systems Engineering
Advisor	Associate Professor Bradley E. Bishop, Weapons and Systems Engineering Department
Advisor	Associate Professor Jennifer K. Waters, Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department
Title	Integration of Sensors and Control for an Automated Surface Vessel

Major	Physics
Advisor	Assistant Professor Jeffrey A. Larsen, Physics Department
Advisor	Professor C. Elise Albert, Physics Department
Title	Search for the Tenth Planet: Testing Interferences from the "Kuiper Cliff"

Major	Mechanical Engineering
Advisor	Associate Professor Ralph J. Volino, Mechanical Engineering Department
Advisor	Associate Professor Michael P. Schultz, Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department
Title	Combined Effects of Pulsed Film Cooling and Upstream Wakes on Gas Turbine Airfoil Heat Transfer