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Tridents 2015
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Rydalch2015 web.
Tang 2015 web.
Swanson 2015 2 web.
Stevens 2015 web.
Markel 2015 web.
Lacinski 2015 web.
Kuerbitz2015 web.
Howard with CAPT Leidig web.
He 2015 web.
Hallgren2015 web.
Johnson2015 web.
Dilks 2015 web.
Etringer2015 web.

2015 Trident Scholars


MIDN 1/C A. EILEEN DILKS
 (10th Company)
Major: Systems Engineering
Advisor: Professor Richard T. O'Brien, Weapons and Systems Engineering Department
External Collaborator: Dr. Ledys J. DiMarsico, M.D., Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
Title: Towards a Personalized Prescription Tool for Diabetes Treatment

MIDN 1/C BENJAMIN C. ETRINGER (20th Company)
Major: Applied Mathematics (Honors)
Advisor: Professor Reza Malek-Madani, Mathematics Department
Title: A Modeling and Data Analysis of Laser Beam Propagation in the Maritime Domain

MIDN 1/C STEVEN T. HALLGREN (18th Company)
Major: Physics
Advisor: Professor Daryl J. Hartley, Physics Department
Title: An Exploration of Structures in the Transitional Odd-Odd Nucleus Lu-160

MIDN 1/C BRIAN R. HE (27th Company)
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Professor Martin R. Cerza, Mechanical Engineering Department
Title: A Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of Post-Compression Water Injection in a Rolls-Royce M250 Gas Turbine Engine

Ψ  MIDN 1/C ANDREA R. HOWARD (19th Company)
Major: Political Science
Advisor: Associate Professor Deborah L. Wheeler, Political Science Department
Advisor: Assistant Professor Michael R. Kellermann, Political Science Department
Advisor: Professor Frederick L. Crabbe, Computer Science Department
Advisor: Assistant Professor Gina R. Henderson, Oceanography Department
Advisor: Associate Professor Patrick A. Caton, Mechanical Engineering Department
Title: Measuring Oman’s Food Security Outlook for Crisis Aversion

MIDN 1/C MICHAEL K. JOHNSON (2nd Company)
Major: Electrical Engineering
Advisor: Assistant Professor Justin A. Blanco, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
External Collaborators: Professor Bradley Hatfield, Dr. Rodolphe Gentili, Hyuk Oh, University of Maryland
Title: Probe-Independent EEG Assessment of Mental Workload in Pilots

MIDN 1/C DANIEL R. KUERBITZ (26th Company)
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Advisor: Assistant Professor Joseph I. Milluzzo, Aerospace Engineering Department 
Advisor: Associate Professor David S. Miklosovic, Aerospace Engineering Department
External Collaborators:  Professor J. Gordon Leishman, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 
Title: An Examination of a Pumping Rotor Blade Design for Brownout Mitigation

MIDN 1/C SAMUEL S. LACINSKI (17th Company)
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Advisor: Associate Professor Tae W. Lim, Aerospace Engineering Department 
Advisor: CDR Tracie A. Severson, USN, Aerospace Engineering Department
External Collaborator:  Dr. Thierry B. Copie, MIT, Lincoln Laboratories 
Title: Multiple Sensor Discrimination of Closely-Spaced Objects on a Ballistic Trajectory

MIDN 1/C ZANE A. MARKEL (18th Company)
Major: Computer Science
Advisor: Permanent Military Professor CDR Michael B. Bilzor, Computer Science Department 
Title: Machine Learning Based Malware Detection

MIDN 1/C FLETCHER D. RYDALCH (9th Company)
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Assistant Professor Marshall G. Millett, Mechanical Engineering Department
Advisor:
Professor Martin E. Nelson, Mechanical Engineering Department
Advisor: VADM Charles I. Leidig, USN (Retired), Mechanical Engineering Department 
External Collaborator: CDR Victor Barrios, Director, USNA Waterfront Readiness Division
External Collaborator:
CAPT Monte L. Ulmer, Commanding Officer, NSA, Washington DC
External Collaborator:
MAJ Andrew W. Decker, Deputy Director, 9J9-NTW (NSERC), Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Title: A Characterization of the Ship-Effect in a Maritime Environment and Special Nuclear Material Detection

MIDN 1/C DAVID A. STEVENS (8th Company)
Major:
 Aerospace Engineering
Advisor:
 Associate Professor Chris L. Pettit, Aerospace Engineering Department
External Collaborator:
 Dr. Philip S. Beran, Air Force Research Laboratory
Title: Computational Sensitivity Analysis for the Aerodynamic Design of Supersonic and Hypersonic Air Vehicles

MIDN 1/C ERIC A. SWANSON (12th Company)
Major: Physics
Advisor: Assistant Professor Eyo E. Ita, Physics Department
Advisor: CDR Richard H. Downey, Physics Department
Advisor: Associate Professor Carl E. Mungan, Physics Department
Title: Black Hole Entropy: Quantum Mechanics in Relativistic Spacetime

MIDN 1/C GABRIEL TANG YING KIT  (15th Company)
Major: Systems Engineering (Honors)
Advisor: Professor Bradley E. Bishop, Weapons and Systems Engineering Department
Title: Cooperative Control of Unmanned Surface Vessels and Unmanned Underwater Vessels for Asset Protection

 

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