Trident Scholars 2020-2029
2020
KADEN C. DOHM
“Optimizing the Structural and Deflagration Properties of Aluminum-Rich Paraffin-Based Hybrid Rocket Motors”
Faculty Advisors: Associate Professor Jin Kang and Assistant Professor Spencer Temkin, Aerospace Engineering Department
TIMOTHY J. FORMAN
“Improving the Security of Android Unlock Patterns using New Iterations of the Standard Pattern Lock Interface”
Faculty Advisor: Associate Professor Daniel Roche, Computer Science Department
External Collaborator: Associate Professor Adam Aviv, George Washington University
Ψ JOHN M. HANLING
“Proofs of Retrievability with Low Server Storage”
Faculty Advisor: Associate Professor Daniel Roche, Computer Science Department
CHRISTIAN E. HOFFMAN
“Advancing the Synthesis of Polyionic Biocomposite Materials by the Natural Fiber Welding Process”
Faculty Advisors: CDR David Durkin, Professor Paul Trulove, Assistant Professor Elizabeth Yates, Chemistry Department
CHRISTOPHER D. JELLEN
“A Machine Learning Model for Prediction of Optical Turbulence in Near-Maritime Environments”
Faculty Advisors: Associate Professor John Burkhardt and Associate Professor Cody Brownell, Mechanical Engineering Department
JAMIE W. LEE
“Oblivious K-Nearest Neighbors for Secure Map Applications”
Faculty Advisors: Associate Professor Daniel Roche and Assistant Professor Travis Mayberry, Computer Science Department
External Collaborator: Associate Professor Adam Aviv, George Washington University
JONATHAN P. PECK
“Characterization of the Far-Wake of a 6:1 Prolate Spheroid”
Faculty Advisor: LCDR Ethan Lust, Mechanical Engineering Department
CLAYTON S. PELZER
“The Effects of Acceleration on Film Cooling in Gas Turbine Engines”
Faculty Advisors: Professor Ralph Volino and Assistant Professor Ronald Warzoha, Mechanical Engineering Department
AIDAN J. SABETY-MASS
“Decision Problems in Computational Group Theory”
Faculty Advisor: Associate Professor Kostya Medynets, Mathematics Department
2021
DANIEL J. BUTCHKO
“Cyber-Physical System Security of Surface Ships using Intelligent Constraints”
Faculty Advisors: Professor Kiriakos Kiriakidis, Weapons, Robotics, and Control Engineering Department, and Assistant Professor Brien Croteau, Cyber Science Department
LENNING A. DAVIS
“Tracking Additive Manufacturing using Machine Vision”
Faculty Advisors: Associate Professor Michael Kutzer and Assistant Professor John Donnal, Weapons, Robotics, and Control Engineering Department
ALEC J. ENGL
“Photorealistic Image Generation for Satellite Pose Estimation using Generative Adversarial Networks”
Faculty Advisors: Associate Professor Tae Lim, Aerospace Engineering Department, Associate Professor Randy Broussard, Weapons, Robotics, and Control Engineering Department, Associate Professor Gavin Taylor, Computer Science Department
External Collaborator: Dr. David Gaylor, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Ψ HARRISON D. FOLEY
“Deceiving Neural Networks in Common Applications”
Faculty Advisor: Associate Professor Gavin Taylor, Computer Science Department
External Collaborator: Associate Professor Tom Goldstein, University of Maryland
PHILIP C. GATBONTON
“A Framework to Evaluate Embedded Security Implementations on the Basis of Common Implementation Mistakes and Vulnerabilities”
Faculty Advisors: Associate Professor Owens Walker, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Assistant Professor Dane Brown, Cyber Science Department
ELIZABETH K. GERGAL
“Drone Swarming Tactics using Reinforcement Learning and Policy Optimization”
Faculty Advisor: Professor Frederick Crabbe, Computer Science Department
MATTHEW C. GILLCRIST
“Freestream Deceleration Effects on Film Cooling Over a Flat Plate”
Faculty Advisor: Professor Ralph Volino, Mechanical Engineering Department
* JOHN M. JOHNSON
“Analyzing Error Correcting Code Structures via Matroid Invariants”
Faculty Advisor: Professor Max Wakefield, Mathematics Department
* The Naval Academy suffered the devastating loss of MIDN 1/C Johnson in December 2020. At the time of his death, John was half-way through his Trident project and making tremendous progress. His work will be continued by his faculty advisor.
ELANA P. KOZAK
“Analyzing Behaviors of Artificial Intelligence Methods for a Search Game”
Faculty Advisor: Assistant Professor Scott Hottovy, Mathematics Department
External Collaborator: Dr. Ira Schwartz, Naval Research Laboratory
SARAH M. NGUYEN
“Parametric Analysis and Optimization of an Elastocaloric Refrigeration Cycle”
Faculty Advisors: Associate Professor Ronald Warzoha, Professor Andrew Smith, and Associate Professor Joshua Radice, Mechanical Engineering Department, and Assistant Professor Brian Donovan, Physics Department
ZACHARY D. NYGAARD
“Near-Body Velocity and Turbulence Measurements in the Lee of an Inclined 6:1 Prolate Spheroid”
Faculty Advisor: LCDR Ethan Lust, Mechanical Engineering Department
NATALIE A. SCHIEUER
“Wireless Electromechanical Power Transfer Using Piezoelectric Materials”
Faculty Advisors: Associate Professor Joshua Radice and Associate Professor John Burkhardt, Mechanical Engineering Department
PHILIP B. SMITH
“Predicting Naval Academy Performance using Holistic Personality Analysis in Multidimensional Space”
Faculty Advisors: CAPT Kevin Mullaney, Leadership, Ethics, and Law Department, and Professor William Traves, Mathematics Department
LILLIAN N. USADI
“Acoustic Manipulation of Microrobots Using Chladni Plates and Multimode Membrane Resonators”
Faculty Advisors: Professor Samara Firebaugh, Associate Professor Hatem ElBidweihy, and LT Steven Yee, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, and Professor Murray Korman, Physics Department
JOSEPH B. WIEDEMANN
“Superradiance of Few Driven Two-Level Quantum Dot Emitters in the Bad Cavity Limit”
Faculty Advisors: Associate Professor Seth Rittenhouse and Assistant Professor Peter Brereton, Physics Department
External Collaborators: Dr. Joel Grim and Dr. Samuel Carter, Naval Research Laboratory
LOGAN R. WILLIAMS
“Characterizing the Economic Abundance of Water through a Theoretical and Empirical Framework”
Faculty Advisors: Professor Kurtis Swope, Economics Department, and LT R.J. Armador, English Department
