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2022 Bowman Scholars

School of Engineering, Computing, and Weapons

1/C Jacob Barberio

  • Major: Robotics and Control Engineering (Honors)
  • Title: Determining Key Factors in Professional Football Outcomes Using Artificial Neural Networks
  • Advisor: Associate Professor Randy Broussard - Weapons, Robotics, and Control Engineering Department

1/C Noah Byrne

  • Major: Nuclear Engineering
  • Title: Estimates of Dose to Personnel Exposed to Cosmic Radiation Using MCNP6.2
  • Advisor: Assistant Professor Stephen McHale - Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department

1/C Alexander Carter

  • Major: Nuclear Engineering
  • Title: Optimizing the Concept of Operations for Aerial Radiation Surveys in an Urban Environment
  • Advisor: Associate Professor Marshall Millett - Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department

1/C Andreas Casillas

  • Major: Robotics and Control Engineering
  • Title: Underway Replenishment Through the Implementation of an Autonomous Submersible
  • Advisor: CDR Paul Frontera - Weapons, Robotics, and Control Engineering Department

1/C Samantha Chan

  • Major: Ocean Engineering
  • Title: Physical and Theoretical Modeling of Wave Attenuation due to Mangrove Forest at Full and Bench-Scales
  • Advisors: Assistant Professor Tori Johnson - Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department, Assistant Professor Anna Wargula - Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department

1/C Teresa Collins

  • Major: Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
  • Title: NSWG Dry Combat Submersible External Storage
  • Advisor: CDR Jonathan Gibbs - Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department

1/C Jackson Dabek

  • Major: Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department
  • Title: Determination of the Aerodynamic Roughness Length at the Air-Sea Interface
  • Advisor: Professor Karen Flack - Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department

1/C Brinley Harrison

  • Major: Ocean Engineering
  • Title: Physical and Biological Suitability of Integrating Aquaculture Structures with Floating Wind Farms
  • Advisor: Professor David Fredriksson - Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department

1/C William Jarrett

  • Major: Robotics and Control Engineering (Honors)
  • Title: Machine Learning-Based Design of Structured Laser Light to Improve Data Transfer Rates in Underwater Communication
  • Advisors: Professor Svetlana Avramov-Zamurovic - Weapons, Robotics, and Control Engineering Department, Professor Joel Esposito - Weapons, Robotics, and Control Engineering Department

1/C Nicholas Kennedy

  • Major: Nuclear Engineering
  • Title: Determining Ship Effect Background for Underwater Neutron Detection
  • Advisors: CDR Matthew Schell - Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department, Associate Professor Marshall Millett - Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department

1/C Jeremy Kmitta

  • Major: Ocean Engineering
  • Title: Submarine Main Seawater System Ejector to Maximize Auxiliary Propulsion
  • Advisor: LT Benjamin McFarland - Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department

1/C Katherine Lupo

  • Major: Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department
  • Title: High Strain Rate Behavior of Additive Manufactured Materials
  • Advisor: Associate Professor Emily Retzlaff - Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department

1/C Katelyn Majors

  • Major: Nuclear Engineering
  • Title: Utilization of Recovered Waste Heat from a Lead-Cooled Small Modular Reactor for Desalination
  • Advisors: Professor Martin Cerza - Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department, Professor Mark Murray - Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department

1/C Nathan Matalavage

  • Major: Nuclear Engineering
  • Title: Evaluation of Potential Detectors for Use with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Advisor: CDR Matthew Schell - Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department

1/C Jennifer Nguyen

  • Major: Robotics and Control Engineering
  • Title: Rigid Formation Control for Marine Vehicles
  • Advisors: Associate Professor Matthew Feemster - Weapons, Robotics, and Control Engineering Department, CDR Paul Frontera - Weapons, Robotics, and Control Engineering Department

1/C Isabelle Ross

  • Major: Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
  • Title: Experimental Assessment of Current Forces on Moored Vessels in Shallow Water
  • Advisor: Associate Professor Andrew Metzger - Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department

1/C Anna Sewall

  • Major: Mechanical Engineering
  • Title: Submarine Auxiliary Waterjet Propulsion
  • Advisor: LT Benjamin McFarland - Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department

1/C Cameron Smith

  • Major: Robotics and Control Engineering
  • Title: Characterizing Tandem Fin Wake Interaction using Lateral Line Inspired Sensors
  • Advisors: Professor Mark Murray - Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department, Professor David Fredrikkson - Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department, Associate Professor Levi DeVries - Weapons, Robotics, and Control Engineering Department

1/C Gabriel Stevens

  • Major: Electrical Engineering
  • Title: Fabrication and Characterization of 3D-Printed Scintillators for Portable Radiation Detection
  • Advisors: Associate Professor Hatem ElBidweihy - Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Associate Professor Deborah Mechtel - Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Professor Brian Jenkins - Electrical and Computer Engineering Department

1/C Damien Stonhill

  • Major: Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering
  • Title: The Effects of Cetane Improvers on Low Cetane Jet Fuel Diesel Engine Cold Starting Performance
  • Advisor: Professor Jim Cowart - Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department

1/C Derrick Thompson

  • Major: Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering
  • Title: Charge Heating for Improved Cold Diesel Engine Starting with Low Cetane Fuels
  • Advisor: Professor Jim Cowart - Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department

1/C Victor Wang

  • Major: Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering
  • Title: The Effect of Corrosion on Blister Adhesion
  • Advisor: Professor Joel Schubbe - Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department

School of Math and Science

1/C David Benson

  • Major: Operations Research
  • Title: Robust Allocation of Limited Search Assets in Undersea Warfare
  • Advisor: Assistant Professor Anna Svirsko - Mathematics Department

1/C Soojung Kim

  • Major: Computer Science
  • Title: Unmanned Counter-Swarm Tactics Using Deep Reinforcement Learning
  • Advisor: Professor Frederick Crabbe - Computer Science Department

1/C Joshua Murrell

  • Major: Operations Research (Honors)
  • Title: Optimizing the Equality of Baltimore City Election Resource Distribution
  • Advisor: Assistant Professor Daphne Skipper - Mathematics Department

1/C Pippen Robison

  • Major: Chemistry
  • Title: Investigating the Photodegradation Mechanisms of Chlorpyrifos in Arctic Lacustrine Systems
  • Advisor: Assistant Professor Jennifer Guerard - Chemistry Department

1/C Courtney Tse

  • Major: Computer Science
  • Title: Applying Differential Privacy to RDF Triplestore Queries
  • Advisors: Associate Professor Seong Geol Choi - Computer Science Department, Professor Adina Crainiceaunu - Computer Science Department, Associate Professor Daniel Roche - Computer Science Department
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