2022 Trident Scholars
MIDN 1/C MATTHEW J. FOX (10th Company)
Major: Physics (Honors)
Advisor: Professor Elena Cimpoiasu – Physics
Advisor: CDR David Durkin, USN – Chemistry
Title: Structural and Magnetic Properties of Iron-Palladium and Iron-Nickel Nanoparticle Biocomposites
MIDN 1/C KADE M. HECKEL (16th Company)
Majors: Computer Science and Computer Engineering
Advisor: Professor Frederick Crabbe – Computer Science
Title: Competitively Learned Attention Mechanism Prototypes (CLAMPs) for Network Intrusion Detection
MIDN 1/C JONATHAN J. HUANG (11th Company)
Major: Chemistry
Advisor: Professor Graham Cheek – Chemistry
Advisor: Professor Jamie Schlessman – Chemistry
Title: Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Investigations of Bismuth(III) Ions with Sulfur-Containing Biomolecules
Ψ MIDN 1/C WILLIAM A. JARRETT (5th Company)
Major: Robotics and Control Engineering (Honors)
Advisor: Professor Svetlana Avramov-Zamurovic – Weapons, Robotics, and Control Engineering
Advisor: Professor Joel Esposito – Weapons, Robotics, and Control Engineering
Title: Machine Learning-Based Design of Structured Laser Light for Improved Data Transfer Rate in Underwater Wireless Communication
MIDN 1/C KYLE G. JUNG (9th Company)
Major: Applied Mathematics (Honors)
Advisor: Professor Reza Malek-Madani – Mathematics
Advisor: Professor Svetlana Avramov-Zamurovic – Weapons, Robotics, and Control Engineering
Title: An Analytical and Computational Study of the Paraxial Wave Equation with Applications to Laser Beam Propagation
MIDN 1/C SAMUEL P. LANEY (16th Company)
Major: Computer Science
Advisor: Associate Professor Daniel Roche – Computer Science
Advisor: Associate Professor Justin Blanco – Electrical and Computer Engineering
Advisor: Associate Professor Travis Mayberry – Cyber Sciences
Title: Participant and Channel Privacy in End-to-End Encrypted VoIP Teleconferencing
MIDN 1/C JAMES J. POTTICARY (25th Company)
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: CAPT Brad Baker, USN – Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Professor Peter Joyce – Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Associate Professor Emily Retzlaff – Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Associate Professor Hatem ElBidweihy – Electrical and Computer Engineering
Title: A Novel Approach to Thermoelectric Material Fabrication Using Additive Manufacturing
MIDN 1/C PIPPIN E. ROBISON (28th Company)
Major: Chemistry
Advisor: Assistant Professor Jennifer Guerard – Chemistry
External Collaborator: Professor Yu-Ping Chin – University of Delaware
Title: Investigating the Photodegradation Mechanisms of Chlorpyrifos in Arctic Lacustrine Systems
MIDN 1/C LOGAN C. SCHOFFSTALL (12th Company)
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Advisor: Professor Peter Joyce – Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Assistant Professor Elizabeth Getto – Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: CDR David Durkin, USN – Chemistry
Advisor: CAPT Brad Baker – Mechanical Engineering
Title: Effects of Gamma Radiation on the Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Additively Manufactured Thermoplastics
MIDN 1/C SKYLER P. SCHORK (5th Company)
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Associate Professor John Burkhardt – Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Professor Cody Brownell – Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Associate Professor Charles Nelson – Electrical and Computer Engineering
Title: Machine Learning Enabled Prediction of Optical Turbulence from No-Reference Imaging
MIDN 1/C CAMERON B. SMITH (14th Company)
Major: Robotics and Control Engineering (Honors)
Advisor: Professor Mark Murray – Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Professor David Fredriksson – Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
Advisor: Associate Professor Levi DeVries – Weapons, Robotics, and Control Engineering
Advisor: Assistant Professor Alexander Laun – Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
Title: Characterizing Tandem Fin Wake Using Lateral Line Inspired Sensors
MIDN 1/C SARAH G. SORENSEN (20th Company)
Majors: Operations Research and Quantitative Economics
Advisor: Professor Sommer Gentry – Mathematics
External Collaborator: Associate Research Professor Nicholas Wood – Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute
Title: Ensuring Equitable Access to Liver Transplant Using Linear Programming, Network Flow, and Simulation
MIDN 1/C CAROLINE G. TURNER (16th Company)
Major: Operations Research (Honors)
Advisor: Assistant Professor Anna Svirsko – Mathematics
External Collaborator: Assistant Professor Gian-Gabriel Garcia – Georgia Institute of Technology
External Collaborator: Assistant Professor Spencer Liebel – University of Utah School of Medicine
Title: Network Analysis of Concussion Symptoms in Collegiate Athletes
