2017 Trident Scholars
MIDN 1/C BENJAMIN H. BAILIN (2nd Company)
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: LCDR Ethan E. Lust, Mechanical Engineering Department
Advisor: Professor Karen A. Flack, Mechanical Engineering Department
Title: On the Effects of Unsteady Flow Conditions on the Performance of a Cross Flow Hydrokinetic Turbine
MIDN 1/C BRIAN P. CULLY (19th Company)
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Advisor: Assistant Professor Joseph I. Milluzzo, Aerospace Engineering Department
Advisor: Associate Professor David S. Miklosovic, Aerospace Engineering Department
Advisor: CDR Scott Drayton, Aerospace Engineering Department
Advisor: Professor Mark M. Murray, Mechanical Engineering Department
Title: PIV Flow Field Measurements of Hovering Rotors With Leading-Edge Protuberances
MIDN 1/C JOHN T. DAVIN (7th Company)
Major: Information Technology
Advisor: Assistant Professor Adam J. Aviv, Computer Science Department
External Collaborator: Associate Professor Ravi Kubar, Information Science Department, University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Title: Baseline Measurements of Shoulder Surfing Analysis and Comparability for Smartphone Unlock Authentication
MIDN 1/C ETHAN W. DOHERTY (12th Company)
Major: System Engineering (Honors)
Advisor: Professor Kiriakos Kiriakidis, Weapons and Systems Engineering Department
Advisor: CAPT (sel) Michael A. Hurni, USN, Weapons and Systems Engineering Department
Title: Path Planning for Reduced Identifiability of Unmanned Surface Vessels Conducting Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
MIDN 1/C EMILY S. KILEN (25th Company)
Major: Applied Physics
Advisor: Professor Jamie L. Schlessman, Chemistry Department
Advisor: Associate Professor Carl E. Mungan, Physics Department
Title: Protein Engineering: Development of a Metal Ion-Dependent Switch
Ψ MIDN 1/C CHRISTOPHER L. PANUSKI (28th Company)
Major: Electrical Engineering and Physics
Advisor: Associate Professor R. Brian Jenkins, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Advisor: Associate Professor Deborah M. Mechtel, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Advisor: Associate Professor Carl E. Mungan, Physics Department
Advisor: Professor Nicholas J. Frigo, Physics Department
External Collaborator: Dr. Marcel Pruessner, Naval Research Laboratory
Title: Development of a Mechanically Mediated RF-to-Optical Transducer
MIDN 1/C JOSEPH J. SIMPSON (15th Company)
Major: Physics
Advisor: Associate Professor Richard A. Witt, Physics Department
Title: Study of Doubly-Charged Delta Baryons in Collisions of Copper Nuclei at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
MIDN 1/C JAMES P. TALISSE (29th Company)
Major: Mathematics (Honors)
Advisor: Assistant Professor Kostya Medynets, Mathematics Department
Title: Algebraic Structure of Dynamical Systems
MIDN 1/C THOMAS J. WILSON (29th Company)
Major: System Engineering (Honors)
Advisor: Professor Svetlana Avramov-Zamurovic, Weapons and Systems Engineering Department
Advisor: Assistant Professor Marshall G. Millett, Mechanical Engineering Department
Advisor: VADM(ret) Charles J. Leidig, Corbin A. McNeill Chair of Engineering
Advisor: Professor (ret) Martin E. Nelson, Mechanical Engineering Department
Advisor: LT Kayla J. Barron, Superintendent’s Office
Advisor: Assistant Professor Douglas N. VanDerwerken, Mathematics Department
Title: Modeling the Effects of Meteorological Conditions on the Neutron Flux
