United States Naval Academy

Trident Scholar Program

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2009 Trident Scholars

 MIDN 1/C JACOB P. DOBISESKY (13th Company)
Major Systems Engineering (Honors)
Advisor Professor Martin E. Nelson, Mechanical Engineering Department
Advisor Visiting Professor Vincent L. Pisacane, Aerospace Engineering Department
Advisor Captain John W. Nicholson, USN, Weapons and Systems Engineering Department
Title Monitoring Cosmic Radiation Risk:
Comparisons between Observations and Predictive Codes for Naval Aviation

MIDN 1/C AARON P. HAVILAND (29th Company)
Major Physics
Advisor Assistant Professor Jeffrey A. Larsen, Physics Department
Advisor Professor Debora M. Katz, Physics Department
Title Characterizing the Hercules Thick Disk Cloud

MIDN 1/C CHARLES C. JONES (20th Company)
Major Aerospace Engineering
Advisor Commander David D. Myre, USN, Aerospace Engineering Department
Advisor Associate Professor Jim S. Cowart, Mechanical Engineering Department
Title Performance and Analysis of Vortex Oxidizer Injection in a Hybrid Rocket Motor

MIDN 1/C CHRISTINA J. MOORE (12th Company)
Majors Systems Engineering (Honors) and Mechanical Engineering
Advisor Professor Martin E. Nelson, Mechanical Engineering Department
Advisor Assistant Professor Randy P. Broussard, Weapons and Systems Engineering Department
Advisor Professor Mark J. Harper, Mechanical Engineering Department
Title Development of an Integrated Robotic Radioisotope Identification and Location System

MIDN 1/C BRETT W. SADOWSKI (11th Company)
Major Chemistry
Advisor Associate Professor Clare E. Gutteridge, Chemistry Department
Title Design, Synthesis and Testing of Novel Antimalarial Compounds
Based Upon a Novel Chemical Lead

MIDN 1/C MEGAN E. SELBACH-ALLEN (18th Company)
Major Applied Mathematics
Advisor Assistant Professor Sommer E. Gentry, Mathematics Department
Advisor Associate Professor Kevin L. McIlhany, Physics Department
Title Using Biomechanical Optimization to Interpret Dancers' Pose Selection for a Partnered Spin

MIDN 1/C WILLIAM C.SELBY (13th Company)
Major Systems Engineering (Honors)
Advisor Associate Professor Matthew G. Feemster, Weapons and Systems Engineering Department
Title Urban Convoy Escort Utilizing a Swarm of UAVs

MIDN 1/C BRADLEY J. ULIS (29th Company)
Major Electrical Engineering
Advisor Assistant Professor Ryan N. Rakvic, Electrical Engineering Department
Advisor Assistant Professor Randy P. Broussard, Weapons and Systems Engineering Department
Title Iris Recognition using Parallel and Sequential Logic in a Reconfigurable Logic Device

 

Revision Date :   19 October 2009 

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