2015 Bowman Scholars
School of Engineering, Computing, and Weapons
1/C Brent Aldridge
- Major: Mechanical Engineering
- Title: A Heat Transfer Analysis of Advanced Submarine Masts
- Advisor: Professor Martin Cerza - Mechanical Engineering Department
1/C Stephen Arceneaux
- Major: Mechanical Engineering
- Title: IN-Situ SHM for Advanced Materials Using Lamb Wave Model Decomposition
- Advisor: Professor Colin Ratcliffe - Mechanical Engineering Department
1/C Eric Bermudez
- Major: Mechanical Engineering
- Title: Diesel Engine Startup Characterization with Conventional and Alternative Navy Fuels
- Advisor: Associate Professor Jim Cowart - Mechanical Engineering Department
1/C Timothy Bihl
- Major: Computer Engineering
- Title: Analysis of Energy Usage in Single-Thread and Parallel Biometrics Processing for Server and Mobile Applications
- Advisor: Associate Professor Ryan Rakvic - Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
1/C Cody Colyer
- Major: Mechanical Engineering
- Title: Alcohol to Jet (ATJ) Renewable Fuel Performance in Navy Diesel Engines
- Advisor: Associate Professor Jim Cowart - Mechanical Engineering Department
1/C Christopher Diorio
- Major: Electrical Engineering
- Title: Rapid Topic Identification for Spoken Documents Using Point Process Model Based Keyword Search
- Advisor: CDR Keith Kintzley - Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
1/C Patrick Dods
- Major: Aerospace Engineering
- Title: The Effect of Jitter and Incidence Angle on Laser Drilling of Structural Materials
- Advisors: Associate Professor Joshua Radice - Mechanical Engineering Department, Associate Professor Peter Joyce - Mechanical Engineering Department, CAPT R. Joseph Watkins - Mechanical Engineering Department
1/C Nicholas Doeller
- Major: Ocean Engineering
- Title: Hydrodynamic Drag Reduction of Super-Hydrophobic Surfaces
- Advisor: Professor Michael Schultz - Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department
1/C Phillip Ellsworth
- Major: Mechanical Engineering
- Title: Energy Harvesting with Bistable Smart Material Mechanisms
- Advisor: Associate Professor Joshua Radice - Mechanical Engineering Department
1/C Jeremiah Fulton
- Major: Mechanical Engineering
- Title: Characterization of Near Wake of Model Tidal Turbine
- Advisors: Professor Karen Flack - Mechanical Engineering Department, Professor Luksa Luknik - Mechanical Engineering Department
1/C Jorge Garcia
- Major: Mechanical Engineering
- Title: Effects of High-Energy Lasers on Composite Materials
- Advisors: Associate Professor Peter Joyce - Mechanical Engineering Department, CAPT R. Joseph Watkins - Mechanical Engineering Department
1/C Kevin Hawxhurst
- Major: Mechanical Engineering
- Title: High Modulus Propulsor Blading Metallic Demonstration
- Advisor: CDR Jeffery Woertz - Mechanical Engineering Department
1/C Emily Jensen
- Major: Mechanical Engineering
- Title: Evaluation of Drag Coefficients and Vortex Shedding Frequencies on Novel Submarine Masts
- Advisor: Professor Martin Cerza - Mechanical Engineering Department
1/C Jean Loomis
- Major: Ocean Engineering
- Title: Submerged Bodies in Rotorcraft-based Towing
- Advisors: Assistant Professor Jaye Falls - Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department, Professor Sarah Mouring - Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department
1/C Jonathan Lucas
- Major: Systems Engineering (Honors)
- Title: Design of Resilient Power Distribution for Forward Operating Bases
- Advisor: Professor Edwin Zivi - Weapons and Systems Engineering Department
1/C Clayton Petty
- Major: Mechanical Engineering
- Title: High Energy Laser Integration on Submarines - Material Characterization of Maritime Effects on Aperture Element
- Advisors: Associate Professor Joshua Radice - Mechanical Engineering Department, Associate Professor Peter Joyce - Mechanical Engineering Department, CAPT R. Joseph Watkins - Mechanical Engineering Department
1/C Fletcher Rydalch
- Major: Mechanical Engineering
- Title: A Characterization of the Background Ship-Effect in a Maritime Environment
- Advisors: Assistant Professor Marshall Millett - Mechanical Engineering Department, Professor Martin Nelson - Mechanical Engineering Department, VADM Charles Leidig, USN (ret'd) - Mechanical Engineering Department
1/C Ryan Tran
- Major: Ocean Engineering
- Title: Analysis of Breaking Wave Loads on Elevated Buildings
- Advisor: Professor David Kriebel - Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department
1/C Timothy Waterman
- Major: Mechanical Engineering
- Title: Effect of Stress and Microstructure on Beta Phase Precipitation in 5xxx Series Aluminum Alloys
- Advisor: Professor Richard Link - Mechanical Engineering Department
School of Math and Science
1/C Benjamin Etringer
- Major: Mathematics (Honors)
- Title: A Modeling and Data Analysis of Laser Beam Propagation in the Maritime Domain
- Advisor: Professor Reza Malek-Madani - Mathematics Department
