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2019 Bowman Scholars

School of Engineering, Computing, and Weapons

1/C Miriam Ewall-Wice

  • Major: Computer Engineering
  • Title: Optomechanical Actuator and Irradiation Sensor Using the Diamagnetism of Pyrolytic Graphite
  • Advisors: Assistant Professor Hatem ElBidweihy - Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Professor Peter Joyce - Mechanical Engineering Department, Professor Steve Montgomery - Physics Department

1/C Sabella Goodwin

  • Major: Ocean Engineering
  • Title: Using Acceleration-Based Wave Gages to Develop Minimally Invasive, Cost-Effective Techniques to Improve Coastal Erosion and Storm Resiliency in Littoral Environments
  • Advisor: Assistant Professor Victoria Johnson - Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department

1/C Cassandra Haller

  • Major: Ocean Engineering
  • Title: Techno-Economic Analysis of Kelp Farm Systems
  • Advisors: Professor David Fredriksson - Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department, Assistant Professor Victoria Johnson - Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department

1/C Bennitt Hermsen

  • Major: Ocean Engineering
  • Title: Near Wake Characteristics of a Marine Propeller in the Presence of Free Stream Turbulence
  • Advisor: Associate Professor Luksa Luznik - Mechanical Engineering Department

1/C Zachary Johnson

  • Major: Electrical Engineering
  • Title: SSD Firmware Classification Via Side-Channel Power Signal Analysis
  • Advisor: Professor Ryan Rakvic - Electrical and Computer Engineering Department

1/C Andrew Lee

  • Major: Nuclear Engineering
  • Title: Radiation Background Characterization at Altitude for UAV's
  • Advisor: Assistant Professor Marshall Millett - Mechanical Engineering Department

1/C Benjamin McHale

  • Major: Mechanical Engineering
  • Title: Analysis of Stereolithography as an Additive Manufacturing Technique for Naval Applications
  • Advisor: CDR Brad Baker - Mechanical Engineering Department

1/C John Minnehan

  • Major: Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
  • Title: Hydrogen Fuel Cell Integration to Commercial and Military Marine Engineering
  • Advisor: Associate Professor Carolyn Judge - Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department

1/C Nicholas Nathan

  • Major: Nuclear Engineering
  • Title: Testing Ion Irradiation Effects on Welded and Nonwelded MA956 Microstructure and Material Properties
  • Advisor: Assistant Professor Elizabeth Getto - Mechanical Engineering Department

1/C Samantha Nourse

  • Major: Mechanical Engineering
  • Title: Composite Repair Development
  • Advisor: Professor Peter Joyce - Mechanical Engineering Department

1/C Alexandria Ostrander

  • Major: Aerospace Engineering
  • Title: Effects of Eddy Currents on Rotational Rates of CubeSats in Orbit
  • Advisors: Assistant Professor Jin Kang - Aerospace Engineering Department, Professor Carl Mungan - Physics Department

1/C Stefano Pineda

  • Major: Mechanical Engineering
  • Title: Direct Numerical Simulation of Laser Induced Quasi Equilibrium Drop Evaporation
  • Advisors: Associate Professor Cody Brownell - Mechanical Engineering Department, CDR Stuart Blair - Mechanical Engineering Department, Assistant Professor Evelyn Lunasin - Mathematics Department

1/C Eric Reddick

  • Major: Nuclear Engineering
  • Title: The Effects of the Urban Environment on Background Neutron Flux
  • Advisor: Assistant Professor Marshall Millett - Mechanical Engineering Department

1/C Andrew Reinhart

  • Major: Nuclear Engineering
  • Title: Material Property Evaluation of Additively Manufactured Components from Selective Laser Sintering
  • Advisors: CDR Brad Baker - Mechanical Engineering Department, Assistant Professor Elizabeth Getto - Mechanical Engineering Department

1/C Anne Richter

  • Major: Mechanical Engineering
  • Title: Designing an Improved Diesel Engine Intake Port Using Additive Manufacturing
  • Advisor: Assistant Professor Emily Retzlaff - Mechanical Engineering Department

1/C Jordan Rushing

  • Major: Mechanical Engineering
  • Title: Material Response to Corrosion in Reactor Environments
  • Advisors: Assistant Professor Elizabeth Getto - Mechanical Engineering Department, CDR Brad Baker - Mechanical Engineering Department

1/C Jubal Schmidt

  • Major: Mechanical Engineering
  • Title: Submarine Seawater Dechlorination and Main Condenser Biofouling Control
  • Advisor: Professor Karen Flack - Mechanical Engineering Department

1/C Alexander Tracy

  • Major: Nuclear Engineering
  • Title: Characterization of Neutron Ship Effect in Vicinity of Coast Guard Cutter and Loaded Cargo Vessel
  • Advisor: Assistant Professor Marshall Millett - Mechanical Engineering Department

1/C Dakota Wenberg

  • Major: System Engineering (Honors)
  • Title: Development of Hybrid Robotic Controller for Autonomous, On-Orbit Spacecraft Assembly Applications
  • Advisors: Assistant Professor Michael Kutzer - Weapons, Robotics, and Control Engineering Department, Assistant Professor Levi DeVries - Weapons, Robotics, and Control Engineering Department, Assistant Professor Jin Kang - Aerospace Engineering Department

School of Math and Science

1/C Yair Abramoff

  • Major: Computer Science
  • Title: Algorithms for Improving Drone Swarm and Counter-Swarm Tactics
  • Advisor: Professor Frederick Crabbe - Computer Science Department

1/C Andrew Borgdorff

  • Major: Physics
  • Title: Thermal Conductivity of Novel Dielectric Materials
  • Advisor: Assistant Professor Brian Donovan - Physics Department

1/C Matthew Dods

  • Major: Mathematics (Honors)
  • Title: Multi-Dimensional Persistent Homology in Network Science
  • Advisor: Associate Professor Max Wakefield - Mathematics Department

1/C Timothy Getscher

  • Major: Physics
  • Title: Identifying Flow Characteristics of the Chesapeake Bay using Eulerian Measures
  • Advisor: Associate Professor Kevin McIlhany - Physics Department

1/C Colton Gingrass

  • Major: Operations Research
  • Title: Multilevel Modeling for Kidney Accept/Decline Decisions: Increasing the Number of Viable Transplants
  • Advisor: Professor Sommer Gentry - Mathematics Department

1/C John Heropoulos

  • Major: Computer Science
  • Title: Neural Network Solver for Many-Body Quantum Systems
  • Advisor: Assistant Professor Seth Rittenhouse - Physics Department

1/C Zachary Klein

  • Major: Mathematics (Honors)
  • Title: Delta-Matroids/DNA Origami: Hydrogen Bonds in DNA
  • Advisor: Assistant Professor Carolyn Chun - Mathematics Department

1/C Lauren O'Malley

  • Major: Operations Research
  • Title: Search for a Moving Target based on Time Dependent Rates of Transition
  • Advisor: Assistant Professor Brice Nguelifack - Mathematics Department

1/C Hannah Steiner

  • Major: Physics
  • Title: Lagrangian Measurement of Mixing Fluids in the Chesapeake Bay
  • Advisor: Associate Professor Kevin McIlhany - Physics Department

1/C Viktor Turner

  • Major: Physics
  • Title: Energy Transport in Light Harvesting Molecules
  • Advisor: Assistant Professor Seth Rittenhouse - Physics Department
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