2010 Trident Scholars
MIDN 1/C TYRELL W. ARMENT (20th Company)
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Associate Professor Jim S. Cowart, Mechanical Engineering Department
Advisor: Assistant Professor Patrick A. Caton, Mechanical Engineering Department
Title: The Effects of Thermal Barrier Coating, Common Rail Injection, and Reduced Compression Ratio on the Efficiency of Single-Cylinder Diesel Engines
MIDN 1/C ELLYN A. CREASEY (16th Company)
Major: Quantitative Economics
Advisor: Assistant Professor Ahmed S. Rahman, Economics Department
Advisor: Assistant Professor Katherine A. Smith, Economics Department
Title: A Question of Development: Aid in the Post-Conflict Context
MIDN 1/C KYLE R. ENGLUND-KRIEGER (29th Company)
Major: Physics
Advisor: Assistant Professor Richard Witt, Physics Department
Title: Strangeness Production in 19.6 GeV Collisions at RHIC
MIDN 1/C LUKE P. FINNEY (13th Company)
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Advisor: Assistant Professor Eric N. Hallberg, Aerospace Engineering Department
Title: An Investigation of Cavity Flow Effects on Store Separation Trajectories
MIDN 1/C JAMES H. GOLDEN (6th Company)
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Associate Professor Mark M. Murray, Mechanical Engineering Department
Advisor: Associate Professor Andrew N. Smith, Mechanical Engineering Department
Title: Convective Heat Transfer Enhancement Using Alternating Magnetic Fields and Particle Laden Fluid Applied to the Microscale
MIDN 1/C JASON C. MURPHY (19th Company)
Major: Naval Architecture
Advisor: Professor Gregory J. White, Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department
Advisor:Associate Professor Michael P. Schultz, Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department
Title: A Novel Approach to Turbulence Stimulation for Ship-Model Testing
MIDN 1/C MATTHEW A. PORTER (23rd Company)
Major: Electrical Engineering
Advisor: Associate Professor John G. Ciezki, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Advisor: Associate Professor Thomas E. Salem, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Title: Optimizing High Power DC-DC Converter Design Utilizing SiC Field Effect Transistors and Nanocrystalline-Structured Alloy Cores
MIDN 1/C MATTHEW L. ROBERTS (14th Company)
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Advisor: Commander R. Joseph Watkins, USN, Mechanical Engineering Department
Advisor: Professor Oscar Barton, Jr., Mechanical Engineering Department
Advisor: Visiting Professor Craig E. Steidle, Aerospace Engineering Department
Title: Determination of the Error Induced by Platform Vibrations on a Directed Energy Beam System
MIDN 1/C ANGELA M. ROUSH (14th Company)
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Advisor: Professor Oscar Barton, Jr., Mechanical Engineering Department
Advisor: Commander R. Joseph Watkins, USN, Mechanical Engineering Department
Title: Dynamic Analysis of an Optical Laser Platform
Ψ MIDN 1/C KAYLA J. SAX (20th Company)
Major: Systems Engineering (Honors)
Advisor: Professor Martin E. Nelson, Mechanical Engineering Department
Advisor: Professor Svetlana Avramov-Zamurovic, Weapons and Systems Engineering Department
Advisor: Captain Charles B. Cameron, USN, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Advisor: Visiting Research Professor James F. Ziegler, Physics Department
Title: Characterization and Comparison of New Concepts in Neutron Detection
