PREFACE:
ENGINEERING AND WEAPONS DIVISION
Welcome to the United States Naval Academy’s first
Annual Capstone Day. Senior Capstone projects provide students with valuable real-world experience
that will help them in their future careers, both as
military officers, as well as in private industry.
Please take /me today to congratulate students and
faculty on their impressive achievements.
UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY
Jay Bi3ng, CAPT USN
Chair, E&W Division
Thank you to all the sponsors that helped make this research
possible.
NAVSEA 05
PEO IWS
SENIOR
CAPSTONE
PROJECTS
APRIL 24, 2013
8AM — 3PM
RICKOVER HALL
2013
SCHOLARS TODAY.
WARFIGHTERS TOMORROW.
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Schedule of Events
Capstone Morning Session Schedule
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Room
0830 – 0845
Welcome & Intro
RI 102
Capstone Presenta/ons
Rickover
(various)
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Project X: Wireless Network Attack
Division Director Address
RI 102
1215 – 1300
VIP Luncheon
RI Lobby
Trident/Bowman Poster Session
RI Lobby
Aero &
Astro
Mechanical
1300 – 1500
1500
Poster Session
Conceptual Design of a Light
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Polar Science Program:
Artic Weather Probe
Balloon Launched AutonoDebris Resistive / Acoustics
mous Recovery Naval
grid Orbital Naval Sensor
Experiment
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Design & Test of a
Ballistic Projectile for
the US Navy Railgun
Low-Cost Water Desalina- A Hydraulic Regenerative
tion System for Developing Braking System for an AllRegions
Terrain Vehicle
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ASME: Remote Inspection Device
ASME: Human-Powered
Vehicle
Team Pumpkin 'Merica
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Barbecue Smoker: Thermodynamic Analysis
Human-Powered Sub
Drivetrain Redesign
Improved Workstation: Team
SAW
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Autonomous Cruise
Control
Intelligent Ground Vehicle
Autonomous Off-Road Vehicle Navigation
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Target Tracking Aerial
Robot
Micro-Blimp
Optic Flow Indoor Aerial
Navigation
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Overwatch: Aerial
Tracking System
Hawkeye Designator Detect & Identify
The Pelican - Aerial Delivery
System
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Sailbot
Underwater Propulsion
Pack
Autonomous Amphibious
Vehicle
Systems
RI Lab Deck
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Pulsed Load for an Elec- Next-Gen Integrated Ships
tric Ship
Power System
Systems Ball
Autonomous Weapon System - Battlefield Cover and
Suppression
Systems Ball: Sparticus
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Biofeedback Vest
Biofeedback Vest
Mood Sensor
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Semantic Vision
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Capstone Day Concluded
Naval Arch
& Ocean
Electronic Security: A UserFriendly Approach
Nanobots: Advanced Snowflake ADS: Adaptable
Carbon Nanotube Microstrip
Microrobot Mobility and Precision Guided Airdrop
Patch Antenna
Performance
System
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Room 102: Student Project Videos
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Electrical
&
Computer
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Soccer - Offsides Deter- Hoptimus Prime - Beverage Let's Get Reel - Automated
mining System
Dispenser
Fishing Pole
NA (Reference schedule on page 18)
OE (Reference schedule on page 19)
During lunch, our VIPs will have a chance to interface
Capstone Morning Session Schedule
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with our Trident & Bowman scholars. Thank you for all
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your hard work.
Room 102: Student Project Videos
Facial Recognition in Low Facial Detection Algorithm OptimiNeural-Network Based Facial
Light Conditions Utilizing the zation for Reducing Power Usage Detection for Android-Based MoNear Infrared Spectrum
on Android Device
bile Devices
WAKE UP: A Cost- Effective
Near-Earth Wireless Visualization
Drowsiness Detection System
(NEW-VIS)
for Pilots
Sport Aircraft (LSA) Seaplane
The Design, Implementation and
Evaluation of Ternary Computing
as a Replacement to Binary
Conceptual Design of an Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) Aerobatic Airplane
Tridents
Project Titles
MATTHEW P.
CHRISTIAN
Thermal Modeling of Op/cal Probes in Neural Tissue
CHRISTOPHER D.
GALVIN
Effect of Unsteady Wakes on Turbine Tip Gap Leakage
Astro6 ParkinsonSAT
Pheonix Rocket Development Program
TetherSAT
MITCHELL R.
GRAVES
An Algorithm to Iden/fy and Localize Suitable Dock
Loca/ons from 3-D LiDAR Scans
Portable Composite Bridge for
Special Warfare: Team Yolo
Automated Corrosion Inspection
Robot for U.S. Navy Ships
Wood Gasification System for
Powering an ATV
NICHOLAS R.
LASALLE
Study of Passive Flow Control of Ship Air Wakes
Punkin' Chunkin': Team
Smashing Pumpkins
Custom Prosthetics for Persons with
Special Needs
Portable Composite Bridge for
Special Warfare: Mind the Gap
ZACHARY M.
PATRICK
Control of PlaCorm Induced JiDer for the Mul/ple
Beam Directed Energy System
Improved Workstation: Team
Dazzling Desk
Portable Composite Bridge for
Special Warfare: Team Yolo
Man-Portable Water Desalination
System
ANDREW C.
TRESANSKY
Heat Transfer and Damage Mechanics in laser Irradiated Composite Structures
MAX C.
VAN BENTHEM
Towing Tank Measurements of Hydrodynamic Performance of a Horizontal Axis Tidal Turbine Under
Unsteady Flow Condi/ons
Computer Vision
FSAE Car
Quadrocopter
Semi-Autonomous Indoor
Aerial Recon
Skycam
Autonomous Surface Vessel
Ring Laser Gyroscope Calibration
and Integration
Jitter Control for a Laser System
Maximum Laser Intensity
"Portal" Turret: Target Acquisition & Engagement
Systems Ball: Ball so Hard
Interactive Shooting Range
Task Interaction
Brainwave-Based Robotic Manipulation
Iris Tracking
Automated Laundry Folder
The Brain Trust - Traumatic Brian
Impact Measurement
Measurement and Assessment of
Trumatic Brain Impact
The following Trident Scholars are
Bowman Scholars as well.
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KYLE A.
ELAM
Isola/on of Thermal and Strain Responses in Composites using Embedded Fiber Bragg Gra/ng Temperature Sensors
JENNIFER L.
JONES
Mechanical Property Evalua/on of Inters//ally
Surface Hardened Stainless Steel
ANDREW J.
RYDALCH
Drag Reduc/on in Turbulent Flow over Superhydrophobic Surfaces
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Project Titles
COMPUTER ENGINEERING
ROBERT E.
BRUSS
The Quan/fica/on and Correc/on of Error in an IMU For
Use in Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
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TAYLOR K.
CALIBO
Quan/ta/ve Emo/onal Stress Recogni/on Using EEG
MICHAEL V.
CRISTIANO
Exerge/c Analysis of a Spray Condensing Steam Apparatus
MATTHEW R.
DISHER
Development of an A3tude Determina/on and Control
Simula/on (ADCS) Testbed
THOMAS J.
DOWD
The Design and Implementa/on of a Nonlinear Stabilizing
Controller for a DC/DC Converter Module
JAMES D.
GIESEMANN
Hydrodynamic and Heat Transfer analysis of the Advanced Capability High Data Rate Submarine Mast
algorithms, and student developed soJware to detect and recognize subjects
in an environment without visible light.
JACOB T.
JURIGA
Development of Remote Video Control using Eye Tracking
Technology
Facial Detec9on Algorithm Power Consump9on Op9miza9on on
Advanced Mobile Pla=orms: The overall goal of this project is to im-
JACQUELINE M.
PENICHET
Op/c Flow Impage Processing Algorithms to Localize a
Small Autonomous Aerial Vehicle Naviga/ng Under Close
Quarters Condi/ons
MICHAEL C.
RAYNES
U/lizing Pure Component Hydrocarbon Fuels for Diesel
Combus/on Engines in High Al/tude UAV Opera/ons
Neural-Network Based Facial Detec9on for Android-Based Mobile
Devices: The goal of the project is to create a face detec/on applica/on for
CHRISTOPHER J.
STEVENS
Facial Detec/on Implementa/on on Mobile Devices
Android that runs faster than current applica/ons, to assist with Naval mari/me interdic/on opera/ons.
DAVID M.
TOWLE
Evalua/on of Linear Accelerators for Use in Bremsstrahlung Genera/on for the Detec/on of Special Nuclear Material in a LiDoral Environment
ERIC M.
WASHKEWICZ
Combus/on Effects of Highly Renewable Diesel Fuel
Bowmans
Project X: Wireless Network A3ack: The 802.11 Wireless Network Protocol has been called the most secure and widely used wireless network. A
process called fuzzing iden/fies packets which have unusual effects on a mobile user’s device- the poten/al root of a wireless aDack.
Electronic Security: A User-Friendly Approach: As new technology
enters the baDlefield, the need to establish secure access to informa/on networks has become a priority. The goal of this project is to implement a userfriendly solu/on to the physical security of the smart device using threefactor authen/ca/on.
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Facial Recogni9on in Low Light Condi9ons U9lizing the Near Infrared
Spectrum: This project synergizes commercial hardware, freely available
prove the power performance of an Android plaCorm when op/mizing facial
detec/on algorithms. The op/miza/on will be done through code on the
Android plaCorm.
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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
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RICKOVER 235
Nanobots: Microrobot Mobility and Performance: This project
challenges midshipmen to design microscale robots for micromanipula/on and microassembly. This year team seeks to improve the
speed and efficiency of last year’s design to win first place at the
annual NIST microrobo/cs compe//on.
Snowflake ADS: Adaptable Precision Guided Airdrop System: The
Snowflake Aerial Delivery System is based off of the original snowflake project developed at NPS. This design added pitot tube and a
new trajectory planner to handle a variety of situa/ons.
Carbon Nanotube Microstrip Patch Antenna: This project covers
the design, construc/on, and tes/ng of a microstrip patch antenna
using mul/-walled carbon nanotubes fabricated into sheets.
WAKE UP: A Cost Effec9ve Drowsiness Detec9on System for Pilots:
This design will aDempt to implement an algorithm that successfully
iden/fies and classifies mental awareness states of a subject, with
poten/al for deployment in military and commercial aircraJ.
Near-Earth Wireless Visualiza9on (NEW-VIS): This project's goal is
to gain a beDer understanding of signal propaga/on in the nearground region by providing more accurate and flexible measurements compared to exis/ng single-point systems.
Design, Implementa9on, & Evalua9on of Ternary Compu9ng as a
Replacement to Binary: The goal of this project is to design a balanced ternary adding device, with a focus on the design, simula/on,
fabrica/on and performance of the balanced ternary inverter.
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NWSC Ballis9c Projec9le Tes9ng for Railgun: Naval Surface Warfare
Center (NSWC) Dahlgren is designing a 24" projec/le for the Electromagne/c Railgun. Computer simula/ons have produced conflic/ng
predic/ons, so this team has designed a scale model projec/le for
tes/ng in the USNA Supersonic Wind Tunnel.
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Low-Cost Water Desalina9on System: World Vision's Water Sanita/on & Hygiene program (WASH) needs a filtra/on system capable of
removing corrosive salts from pumped well water in third-world
countries. The goal of this design project was to build new, or modify
exis/ng, machinery in order to cheaply and easily desalinate water.
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Hydraulic Regenera9ve Braking for an ATV: This project seeks to
design & implement a hydraulic regenera/ve braking system without
requiring extensive redesign of vehicle systems. The team will model
the proposed system & design the mechanical assemblies required to
implement the system on a vehicle.
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Portable Composite Bridge for Special Warfare (Team Yolo): In forward opera/ng areas, ground troops oJen have to ford irriga/on
canals and other obstacles ranging from a foot, to tens of feet, wide.
A man-portable, lightweight, rapidly employed method to traverse
these obstacles is needed. This is one of three groups compe/ng in
this challenge.
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Naval Research Lab: Automated Corrosion Inspec9on Robot
"Corrobot" for Navy Ships: NRL has sponsored a program to develop
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an autonomous vehicle capable of naviga/ng the weather decks of US
Navy ships, searching for, documen/ng, and remedia/ng corrosion.
Wood Gasifica9on for Powering ATV: This project seeks to u/lize
gasses released by the burning of wood in an oxygen deficient environment to power a vehicle.
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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
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RICKOVER 236
ASME Compe99on: Remote Inspec9on Device: Inspired by the March
2011 Fukushima tsunami & earthquake induced nuclear accident, the
nuclear industry has requested development of a remotely operated
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inspec/on vehicle that can survey radia/on levels & inspect for damage within a damaged facility.
ASME Compe99on: Human Powered Vehicle: This team is developing
a human powered land vehicle, capable of high performance opera0925
/on, and in addi/on, is safe, prac/cal, and ingenious.
Punkin' Chunkin' (Team Pumpkin ‘Merica): This group has designed a
human powered trebuchet capable of launching 8-10 lb. pumpkins to
far distances. The trebuchet will compete against Team Smashing
Pumpkins in Nov, 2013 by the following year's team.
Punkin' Chunkin' (Team Smashing Pumpkins): The second team to
design a human powered trebuchet capable of launching 8-10 lb.
pumpkins to far distances. The trebuchet will compete against Team
Pumpkin ’Merica in Nov, 2013 by the following year's team.
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Custom Prosthe9cs for Special Needs (Trikes for Tykes ): This project
centers around a young boy whose underdeveloped legs hinder him
from walking on his own. The team's mission is to design an assisted
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walking devices that will help increase his leg muscle's strength & mobility, while protec/ng him from injury, ul/mately allowing him to walk
unassisted.
Portable Composite Bridge for Special Warfare (Team Mind the Gap)
In forward opera/ng areas, ground troops oJen have to ford irriga/on
canals and other obstacles ranging from a foot, to tens of feet, wide. A
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man-portable, lightweight, rapidly employed method to traverse these
obstacles is needed. This is one of three groups compe/ng in this challenge.
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Barbeque Smoker Thermodynamic Analysis: The team constructed a
meat smoker for use at the departmental spring picnic. The device
showcases student's capabili/es, is func/onal, and stylish. The project involves both structural & thermal analyses.
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Human-Powered Submarine Drivetrain Redesign: USNA designed &
built a human-powered submarine (HPS) that competed in the Interna/onal Submarine Races held in Jun 2011 at NWSC Carderock. This
team has improved the drivetrain design to support poten/al implementa/on of HPSs in the future Navy.
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Improved Worksta9on (Team SAW): Military support staff would
benefit from a low-cost worksta/on that adjusts from si3ng to
standing work, as well as allowing for napping/sleeping as opera/onal requirements dictate. This is one of two teams working on an improved worksta/on that achieves the stated objec/ve at an affordable price.
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Improved Worksta9on (Team Dazzling Desk): This is the second of
two teams working on an improved worksta/on.
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Portable Composite Bridge for Special Warfare (Team Anchormen):
In forward opera/ng areas, ground troops oJen have to ford irriga/on canals and other obstacles ranging from a foot, to tens of feet,
wide. A man-portable, lightweight, rapidly employed method to
traverse these obstacles is needed. This is one of three groups compe/ng in this challenge.
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Man-Portable Water Desalina9on System: US ground forces deploy
into environments where fresh water is not always guaranteed. This
team's goal was to design a man-portable, low maintenance, water
purifica/on system capable of supplying 20 people for 3 months,
with the goal of replacing the current prac/ce of using expensive
pallets of boDled water
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SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
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RICKOVER 207
Autonomous Cruise Control: An adap/ve cruise control system is
designed and implemented on a golf cart.
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Aerial Tracking System (Overwatch): An autonomous, target-tracking
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Intelligent Ground Vehicle: The design, build, and programing of an
autonomous medium scale vehicle, capable of naviga/ng an outdoor
obstacle course.
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Hawkeye Designator: a live feedback robot that searches a room,
iden/fies targets, and then gives the user the op/on to engage said
targets.
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Formula SAE Car: Development of a wireless vehicle data acquisi/on
system, implementa/on of paddle shiJ gearbox, & development of a
trac/on control system.
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The Pelican- Aerial Delivery System: The goal is to design a system
capable of precise delivery of a payload from an aircraJ by parachute
drop.
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Semi-Autonomous Indoor Aerial Reconnaissance: A mul/-semester
project aiming to conduct indoor reconnaissance in hos/le condi/ons.
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Skycam: The design, construc/on, & programming of an aerial parallel-cable manipulator.
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Autonomous Off-road Naviga9on: A LiDAR-based autonomous vehi1025
cle designed to navigate without human interven/on
Detec9on of 3D objects using the MicrosoL Kinect: ADemp/ng to
u/lize RGBd images to isolate objects from the background and compare them to known object models.
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Target Tracking Aerial Robot: A UAV designed to autonomously follow designated targets, and report informa/on to operators.
Sailbot: An autonomous sailing vessel.
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Underwater Propulsion Pack: A hands-free guidable propulsor that
allows users to do other things while transi/ng to their desired loca/on.
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Micro-blimp: The Microblimp project aims to provide a test plaCorm
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naviga/on and obstacle avoidance.
Autonomous Amphibious Vehicle: An autonomous vessel created for
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the 2013 AUVSI RoboBoat compe//on.
Bug Eye: This inves/ga/on focuses on op/c flow image processing
algorithms to localize a small autonomous aerial vehicle naviga/ng
under close-quarter condi/ons.
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Hexrotor: Using micro rotorcraJ to search for & iden/fy concealed
explosives in an indoor hos/le environment.
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Autonomous Surface Vessel: An autonomous surface vessel created
for the 2013 AUVSI RoboBoat compe//on.
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Ring Laser Gyro Integra9on/Calibra9on: A Honeywell HG1700 IMU is
being evaluated as a heading reference for USNA's autonomous un1055
derwater vehicle entry in the AUVSI Robosub student compe//on
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SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
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Pulsed Load for an Electric Ship: Design and construc/on of an Energy
Storage Module (ESM) representa/ve of current designs to be imple- 0855
mented on naval vessels.
Biofeedback Vest: Developing a wearable device to monitor real-/me
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biological status of troops & emergency responders.
Biofeedback Vest: Developing a wearable device to monitor real-/me
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biological status of troops & emergency responders.
Next-Gen Integrated Power System: The modeling, design, implementa/on, and tes/ng a stabilizing controller for a low power, low
voltage DC/DC power converter.
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Seman9c Vision: Computer vision recogni/on and classifica/on of
weapons using the scale invariant feature transforms (SIFT) method.
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Ji3er Control for laser system: Predic/ng the posi/on of a laser spot
at a target using only on-board sensors.
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Brainwave-Based Robo9c Manipula9on: Novel approaches in controlling a robo/c manipulator & providing feedback to the operator.
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Maximum Laser Intensity: Reducing a laser beam’s spa/al intensity
variance to achieve greater on-target effect.
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Iris Tracking: A system that automa/cally pans and /lts a remote
camera based on where the user is looking in the video feed.
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Mood Sensor: Determining a person’s feelings and drawing responses
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using computers.
Teleoperated Hand Robot & Hap9c Feedback Exoskeleton: Designing
a CyberGlove allowing a user to “feel” torques and finger/p forces
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exerted on a robo/c manipulator.
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Systems Ball: Construc/on of a robot capable of compe/ng with other robots on a constructed arena.
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Autonomous Weapon System- Ba3lefield Cover & Suppression: A
computer-vision based tracking and targe/ng system.
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Beverage Dispenser “Hop9mus Prime”: A novel approach to beverage dispensing.
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Systems Ball: “Spar9cus” A robot capable of compe/ng with other
robots on a constructed arena.
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Automated Fishing Pole: A fishing pole that detects a fish strike, and
automa/cally reels the Aquarian vic/m in.
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Portal Turret: An automated sentry turret to detect, track, and engage a human using FLIR, computer vision, and mo/on detec/on capabili/es.
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Automated Laundry Folder (ALF): A machine designed to replace the
dull task of folding clean laundry.
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Systems Ball: “Ball so Hard” A robot capable of compe/ng with other
robots on a constructed arena.
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Trauma9c Brain Impact Measurement: Design & construc/on of a
system that mimics a human punch to study trauma/c brain injuries.
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Interac9ve Shoo9ng Range: Developing a target range with moving
(& shootable) graphics.
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Measurement & Assessment of Trauma9c Brain Impact: Construc/ng a model of the human head and brain to model impact injuries.
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Soccer: Off-sides Determining System: A referee’s aid to determining
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on or off-sides calls during a soccer game.
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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING
NAVAL ARCHITECTURE
RICKOVER 240
RICKOVER 103
Conceptual Design of a Light Sport AircraL– Seaplane
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Conceptual Design of a Light Sport AircraL– Aeroba9c
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ASTRONAUTICAL ENGINEERING
Trans-Pacific 52' Racing Yacht: The Trans-Pac 52 yacht is designed in
accordance with the governing rules of the 2013 Trans-Pac 52 Box
Rule.
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Bering Sea Crabbing Vessel: The Bering Sea Crabbing Vessel will be
designed to accomplish offshore crabbing, live crab holding, and ice
transi/ng.
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An9-Piracy Vessel: This team designed an an/-piracy vessel that will
operate off the horn of Africa with missions including Port security and 1030–
defense, an/- piracy, general law enforcement, and mari/me inter1115
cep/on opera/ons.
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Polar Science Program (Arc9c Weather Probe): The mission of the
Aerospace Engineering por/on of the Polar Science Program is to
supplement Arc/c and Antarc/c environmental data observing systems.
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Balloon Launched Autonomous Recovery Naval Experiment
(BLARNE): The project objec/ve is to provide the capability for a fully
autonomous cargo delivery system using a steerable parafoil.
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Debris Resis9ve / Acous9cs grid Orbital Naval Sensor: Demonstrate
an inexpensive, low resource space instrument that can measure the
characteris/cs of orbital debris and improve debris models to improve risk assessment and provide a real-/me impact monitoring
system as basis for taking defensive evasive ac/on.
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Li3oral Combat Submarine: The goal of this team is to produce a preliminary design of a submarine using diesel/gas turbine/electric pro- 1115–
pulsion, and suitable for use in unconven/onal missions in the liDoral 1200
zone.
English Channel ROPAX Ferry: This Capstone project explores the pos1300sibility of crea/ng a vessel capable of transpor/ng ~1000 passengers
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and 400 vehicles between England & France.
Air Bearing SpacecraL Simulator: Astro 6 ParkinsonSAT Remote
Data Relay: Development of an a3tude determina/on and control
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simula/on testbed for improving the performance and expanding the
scope of small satellite missions
Phoenix 10km Rocket Development Program: The Phoenix program
teaches the basics of rocket design & program development by challenging groups to build a rocket with a 10 km apogee.
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TetherSAT: The design and development of a set of small satellites
that will deploy a tether between them in space, in order to characterize the dynamics of the tether deployment and u/liza/on.
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High Speed Motor Yacht: This design effort aims at crea/ng a lavishly
furnished luxury yacht capable of up to 7 day voyages, with a short
range cruising speed of 45 knots.
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Avenger High Speed Assault CraL: This craJ is designed to reach
speeds of 45 kts, as well as be underway for up to 3 days, and perform 1430a variety of missions and tasks rela/ng to liDoral patrol and special
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OCEAN ENGINEERING
UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY
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Mul9-direc9onal Wavemaker: A mul/-chamber pneuma/c wavemaker
0820system is being designed that produces surfable waves moving in differ0845
ent direc/ons for use at recrea/onal water parks.
Delaware: Proposed Ocean Fishing Pier (#1): One of two studies exploring the feasibility & design of a public ocean fishing pier on the Delaware
shore. Factors include site selec/on, constructability, environment, and
budgets.
Delaware: Proposed Ocean Fishing Pier (#2): The second of two studies
exploring the construc/on of fishing pier on the Delaware shore.
ANNAPOLIS, MD
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Erosion Preven9on: Brunswick Town/Ft. Anderson, NC: Designing a sys0955tem to stop erosion and restore /dal marsh habitat through the use of
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living shorelines at a historic & cultural site.
Special thanks to all supporters of Midshipman
research:
USNA Faculty and Staff
Shoreline enhancement- Camp Lejuene: A mul/-faceted shoreline resto1020ra/on plan to prevent further erosion, add /dal wetland, and provide a
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recrea/onal beach for off-duty Marines.
USNA Media Support Center & Nimitz Library
Arc9c Buoy: An ongoing project refining the design & deployment of an
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sea ice cover images.
Design & Fab of Tac9cal Human Powered Submarine: Developing an
alterna/ve means of covertly insert Special Warfare forces into liDoral
regions.
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Analysis/Improvement of Stormwater drainage at Naval Sta9on Nor1300folk: Developing a long-term solu/on ensuring the maximum drainage at
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the Naval Sta/on’s Vista Point ouCall.
Floa9ng Offshore Wind Farm: The goal of this project is to design a
floa/ng offshore wind farm in the 310-m deep Jordan's Bank in the Gulf
of Maine.
Offshore Wind Farm: Ocean City, MD: A design and economic feasibility
assessment of construc/ng an offshore wind farm with a capacity of approximately 200 MW.
Farragut Revetment Reconstruc9on Design: Determining the cause of
armor stone seDlement at the Farragut revetment, and designing a new
revetment able of withstanding the observed seDlement.
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USNA Concrete Canoe: The USNA concrete canoe team seeks to design a
1455canoe that is lightweight, aesthe/cally appealing, streamlined, and struc1520
turally sound to compete in the ASCE regional compe//on.
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