2025-2026 Trident Scholar Committee

Committee Chair

Professor Maria J. Schroeder
Associate Director of Midshipman Research

School of Engineering, Computing and Weapons

• Associate Professor Christian DeLozier - Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Associate Professor Michael Kutzer - Weapons, Robotics and Control Engineering
• Assoicate Professor Tori Tomiczek (Johnson) - Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
• Professor Ralph Volino - Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering

School of Humanities and Social Sciences

• Associate Professor Alex McQuoid - Economics
• Associate Professor Lee Pennington - History
• Associate Professor John Polga-Hecimovich - Political Science
• Associate Professor Maria Swanson - Languages and Culture

School of Mathematics and Science

• Professor Elena Cimpoiasu - Physics
• Professor Irina Popovici - Mathematics
• Associate Professor Ana Maria Soane - Mathematics
• Professor Cecily Steppe - Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences