PROJECTS DAY
Promoting Academic Excellence
May 1, 2014
westpoint.edu/project
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Table of Contents
Map of Central Post Area .................................................................................... 5
West Point Map................................................................................................... 6
Awards................................................................................................................. 7
Schedule of Events .............................................................................................. 9
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership ........................................ 34
Department of Chemistry and Life Sciences ..................................................... 37
Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering............................................. 43
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science .......................... 47
Department of English and Philosophy ............................................................. 50
Department of Foreign Languages .................................................................... 53
Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering ............................ 56
Department of History ...................................................................................... 58
Department of Law ........................................................................................... 60
Department of Military Instruction ................................................................... 62
Department of Mathematical Sciences............................................................. 63
Department of Physics and Nuclear Engineering .............................................. 67
Department of Social Sciences .......................................................................... 70
Department of Systems Engineering ................................................................ 72
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Welcome to Projects Day 2014!
Projects Day began in 2000 and has grown each year. With fifteen USMA departments and
students from four other colleges participating in over 250 presentations, we are excited about
this display of intellectual capital at this year’s event.
Senior class members present their senior thesis, capstone projects, or research activities in
either an individual or collective capacity. Students present to fellow cadets, faculty, clients,
and, in some instances, to a group of guest evaluators. Highlights include capstone design
projects, competition projects, thesis defenses, poster displays, various individual and group
performances, film screenings, and presentations on various topics relevant to the Army and
our social world.
USMA staff, faculty, and cadets from all classes as well as our many guests and visitors are
invited and encouraged to attend any and all of the presentations, which are scheduled from
7:30 am to 4:00 pm in various academic buildings throughout the post including Thayer Hall,
Mahan Hall, Lincoln Hall, Washington Hall, Jefferson Hall, Bartlett Hall, Building 606 (Law) and
the West Point Club Ballroom.
Although students from the United States Military Academy comprise the largest group of
presenters, students from visiting schools have become more pronounced in the event during
recent years. This year we have students participating in Projects Day from a variety of schools
including Columbia University, George Mason University, Stevens Institute of Technology and
the United States Air Force Academy.
Cadets will be competing for the annual Scott R. Clark (USMA 1985) Innovation for Soldiers
Award. The award is presented to a cadet project that demonstrates an innovative approach to
solving a problem of direct application to the Army. Additionally, cadets will be competing for
the Walter W. Hollis Award which recognizes excellence in Operations Research or Systems
Analysis.
We welcome all guests who will be attending Projects Day, especially the guest evaluators and
judges, students, and faculty from visiting schools. Additionally, we welcome special guests of
the Academy and the West Point Association of Graduates. They have all made significant
contributions in support of West Point and the Long Gray Line.
Student presentations are identified in the program by time of day and affiliated department. A
map of West Point and a map of the central area buildings where the presentations will be held
are also provided in the program.
We hope you enjoy the day!
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Presentations will be held by Departments in the following locations:
Bartlett Hall
CLS – Dept of Chemistry and Life Science
PANE – Dept of Physics and Nuclear Engineering
DPE – Dept of Physical Education
BLDG 606
LAW – Dept of Law
Jefferson Hall
DSE – Dept of Systems Engineering
Lincoln Hall
DEP – Dept of English and Philosophy
SOSH – Dept of Social Sciences
Mahan Hall
CME – Dept of Civil & Mechanical Engineering
Thayer Hall
BSL – Behavioral Sciences & Leadership
HIST – Dept of History
Math – Dept of Mathematical Sciences
Washington Hall
DFL – Dept of Foreign Languages
DMI – Dept of Military Instruction
GENE – Dept of Geography & Environmental Engineering
West Point Club
EECS – Dept of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
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Map of Central Post Area
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West Point Map
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Awards
The Scott R. Clark Innovation Award
The Scott R. Clark (USMA 1985) Innovation for Soldiers Award is given to the project that best
demonstrates an innovative approach to solving a problem of direct application to the soldier
and to the Army. The donor states, “This gift is to encourage cadets to demonstrate for soldiers,
innovations which can benefit soldiers.”
Each department has the opportunity to nominate projects to compete for the award. Projects
are evaluated based on the following criteria:
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Impact of the innovation to the soldier
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Scope of the Innovation (number of soldiers impacted)
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Significance of the innovation (evolutionary vs. revolutionary)
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Impact of the innovation to the Army
The Projects Day panel that will select a winner is comprised of experienced soldiers from across
the academy.
The Walter W. Hollis Award
The Walter W. Hollis Award recognizes excellence in military operations research or systems
analysis. The Hollis Award is an annual competition co-sponsored by the USMA Department of
Mathematical Sciences and the Department of Systems Engineering. The award is named for
the Honorable Walter W. Hollis, former Deputy Under Secretary of the Army for Operations
Research, in recognition of his lifetime of distinguished service to the Army and the Nation.
The award winner is selected based on work completed at the Academy that addresses issues
confronting the profession of arms. The winner is selected based upon creativity, the
application of mathematics, science, & systems engineering concepts, and effective
communication of their findings in both writing and oral presentation.
Intellectual Property and Patent Processing
The RDECOM Armaments Research Development & Engineering Center's Patent Processing group will be on
West Point for the entirety of Projects Day. Located in Jefferson Hall, Room 131, they have a staff of lawyers
and intellectual property specialists present. If your project has a new concept or breakthrough embedded
in the report, you need to complete a Invention Disclosure Form. This simple step will initiate the process
and allow you to add "Patent Pending" to all future communications of your work. Send a project
representative to JH 131 between 0900-1430hrs with your project write up. The ARDEC team will get you
through the next step!
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The United States Military Academy welcomes students and faculty
from the following universities who are participating in Projects Day
2014:
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United States Air Force Academy
Columbia University
Stevens Institute of Technology
George Mason University
We also welcome students and faculty from the following schools who
are visiting Projects Day and the United States Military Academy:
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United States Military Academy Preparatory School
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West Point Middle School
James I. O’Neill High School
Newburgh Free Academy
Chelsea High School
Elmont Memorial High School
Vestal High School
A special thanks to the members of the Academy
Research Council and the staff of the USMA Institute
for Innovation and Development for their invaluable
support in coordinating Projects Day 2014!
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Schedule of Events
1 May 2014
Time
Location
Sponsor
Title
Cadet
7:30 7:50 a.m.
MH 223
CME
Steel Bridge
Bye, et al.
88:20 a.m.
TH 120
MATH
Mixed Boundary Analysis Of The
Complex Variable Boundary Element
Method
Hughes, Matthew
88:20 a.m.
TH 120
NSC
NetSel: Network Analysis for
Participant Selection
Langhans, Zachary
88:20 a.m.
88:45 a.m.
MH 223
CME
Concrete Canoe
Kneppler, et al.
MH 205
CME
Ammunition Resupply Projectile
Zordell, et al.
88:45 a.m.
MH Arnold
Aud.
CME
Intelligent Ground Combat Vehicle
Baker, et al.
88:45 a.m.
MH B5
CME
Design, Build, Fly Competition I
Walling, et al.
88:50 a.m.
TH 344
DMI
"Megacities and The Future of
Urban Combat"
Anderson, et al.
88:50 a.m.
WH 5114/DMI
DMI
"Strengthening the future US-UK
Special Relationship"
Angel-Hardy, et al.
88:55 a.m.
LAW CONF
LAW
Domestic Surveillance and Terrorist
Attacks: Neutralizing the Bigger
Threat
Homan, Dustin
88:55 a.m.
LAW LIB
LAW
Technology's Assault on the Fourth
Amendment
Doyle, James
89 a.m.
WH 4303
DFL
US-Jordanian Relations: Maintaining
Stability in the Wake of the Syrian
Crisis
Hancock, et al.
89 a.m.
WH 4317
DFL
French Military and Humanitarian
Aid Organization Interaction: Case
Studies of Central African Republic
and Mali
Crockett, et al.
89:30 a.m.
LH 100
SOSH
What effect do colonial regimes
have on the contemporary
persistence of divisions of identity?
Hurd, Robert
89:30 a.m.
LH 123
SOSH
Why Morocco: Domestic Variables
in Foreign Assistance Disbursement
Cantrell, Michal
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Time
89:30 a.m.
89:30 a.m.
Location
LHB B101B
Sponsor
SOSH
Title
Measuring Treatment Types in
Adherence Programs
The Army Recruiting Assistance
Program and Soldier Continuation
Cadet
Connors, Kevin
LHB B102
SOSH
89:30 a.m.
LHB B203
SOSH
Influences on State Policy:
Immigration in California and
Arizona
Tummers, Rebecca
811 a.m.
BH 122
PANE
Synthesizing Load Profiles for
Forward Operating Bases
Hart, Thomas
811 a.m.
BH 122
PANE
X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) Experiment
for a Cadet Laboratory
Olatunde, Azeezat
811 a.m.
BH 122
PANE
Kim, Paul
811 a.m.
BH 122
PANE
Analyzing the Characteristic Set of
Source Terms and Radiation
Environment for Vehicle Radiation
Protection Factor Modeling
Nuclear Weapons Effects, Optical
Flash Modeling in NYC
811 a.m.
BH 122
PANE
Effects of target rotation on heat
transfer via high energy laser
Arnold, Frank
811 a.m.
BH 122
PANE
Controlling laser heat transfer via
conductor-doped paints
De Mallie, et al.
811 a.m.
BH 122
PANE
Adjusting High Energy Laser
engagement scenarios based on
non-normal incidence
Corbins, et al.
811 a.m.
BH 122
PANE
Rutherford Scattering Lab for
Advanced Physics Using Pelletron
Accelerator
Jung, Seok
811 a.m.
BH 122
PANE
Theoretical Characterization of
Visual Signatures (muzzle flash)
Scales, et al.
811 a.m.
BH 122
PANE
A Telecentric Scanning System for
Nonlinear Microscopy
Williams, Katie
811 a.m.
BH 122
PANE
Blanchard, et al.
811 a.m.
BH 122
PANE
Making the world's thinnest
material using "Magic" - Graphene
production by mechanical
exfoliation
Women STEM, Analysis of the
Middle School Learning
Environment
811 a.m.
BH 122
PANE
Women STEM, Development of
Communication Plan Promoting
Women Opportunities in STEM
Fields
Shannon, Molly
Petersen, Grant
Murphy, Daniel
Blanchard, Jordan
10
Time
811 a.m.
811 a.m.
Location
BH 122
Sponsor
PANE
Title
Women STEM, Development of a
Mentor Program in NYC
Nuclear Power, A risk analysis of
alternative power supplies
Cadet
Bray, Jordan
BH 122
PANE
811 a.m.
BH 122
PANE
Un-manned Radiological Survey
using PackBots
Kendl, et al.
811 a.m.
BH 122
PANE
Dose Analysis of PET/CT Combined
Imaging Procedures
Vercollone, Jenna
811 a.m.
BH 122
PANE
Nuclear Weapons Effects,
Radiological Dispersion Device
Modeling in NYC
Nelson, Eric
811 a.m.
BH 122
PANE
Astronomy Club's latest balloon
satellite launch
Squatrito, et al.
811 a.m.
BH 122
PANE
Mobilized MOx Fueled Sodium Heat
Pipe Fast Reactor Core Design
Concept
Kendl, et al.
811 a.m.
BH 122
PANE
Modeling and Simulation of Neutron
Protection Factors for Army
Equipment
Murphy, et al.
811 a.m.
BH 122
PANE
Gamma Ray Protection Factors:
Simplified Vehicle Characterization
Using an Iron Shield
Shultz, et al.
811 a.m.
BH 122
PANE
Vercollone, et al.
811 a.m.
BH 122
PANE
Examination of accidental isotopic
contamination on the skin during a
nuclear medicine imaging
procedure.
Radioisotope Pyroelectric Generator
811 a.m.
BH 122
PANE
Validating Nuclear Fallout Models
Through Late Cloud Analysis of
Historic Nuclear Weapons Test Films
McLaughlin, et al.
811 a.m.
BH 122
PANE
A Study of Concrete Additives to
Enhance Neutron Attenuation for
Dry Cask Storage
Monk, et al.
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
Discrimination and Identification of
Metals and Isotopes by Elemental
Analysis
Hall, et al.
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
Identification and Analysis of
Photonic Mechanisms of Seasonal
Affective Disorder
Schaefer, et al.
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
Design and Synthesis of Caged
Neurotransmitters for the Study of
the Brain
Bullock, et al.
Calvin, Richard
Calvin, et al.
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Time
811 a.m.
Location
BHN 106
811 a.m.
BHN 106
811 a.m.
Sponsor
CLS
Title
Electrospinning Nanofibers for use
in Chemical Detection
Cadet
Christoffersen, Jack M.
CLS
Design and Synthesis of Potential
Anti-Leishmania Compounds Based
on Natural Products
Harbol, et al.
BHN 106
CLS
Raman Spectrometry for Detection
of Explosive Compounds on Varying
Substrates
Cal, et al.
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
Using NMR to Identification of RDX
Breakdown Products
Llewellyn, Charles
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
Molecular Electronics and Devices
Chemistry and Semiconductors
Ast, Patricia
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
Optimizing Headspace Analysis of
Explosives
Kostich, et al.
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
Tracking Antibiotic Action with
Hyperspectral Imaging
Gotschall, et al.
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
IAD(A): Earthworm Range-Finding
Bioconcentration Study with 3,5Dinitro-o-toluamine (3,5-DNoTAME)
and 2-methoxy-5-nitrophyridine
Lee, et al.
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
IAD(A): Surface Modification of
Crystalline Cellulose for Production
of Translucent Composites
Stewart, Christopher
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
IAD(A): Mass Spectrometry Based
Proteomics
Lacey, Benjamin
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
IAD(A): Metallurgy at the Mint
Livingston, et al.
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
IAD(A): Synthesizing Quantum Sized
Fluorescent Gold Nanoclusters
Zhan, et al.
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
IAD(A): Carbon Nanotube Thin Film
Speakers
Richardson, David
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
Sterling, Robert
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
IAD(A): Stabilization of CuBTC
IAD(A): Metal Organic Framework
Using Plasma-Enhanced Chemical
Vapor Deposition of Carbon
Hexafluoride
IAD(A): Raman Spectroscopy
Cobb, et al.
12
Time
811 a.m.
Location
BHN 106
811 a.m.
BHN 106
811 a.m.
Sponsor
CLS
Title
IAD(A): Neutralization of Chemical
Agents Using a Field Deployable
Hydrolysis System
Cadet
Crain, Sean
CLS
IAD(A): Development of Green
Pyrotechnics at Picatinny Arsenal
Harbol, Seth
BHN 106
CLS
Hierarchical 3D Nanotube-Nanowire
Assemblies
Lowell, et al.
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
3-Dimensional DNA-Templated
Nanowire Synthesis
Brown, et al.
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
Biotemplating with DNA to form 3Dnano-porous hydroxyapatite
Collins, et al.
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
Brown, et al.
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
The Effects of Melatonin on Cell
Cycle Progression and Drug
Sensitivity of the Malaria Parasite
Plasmodium falciparum
Life Cycle and Drug Sensitivity
Changes in Malaria Parasites due to
the Manipulation of Calcium Uptake
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
Vafides, et al.
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
Evaluation of virulence gene
expression patterns in Acinetobacter
baumannii using quantitative realtime polymerase chain reaction
(qRT-PCR) array
Assessment of Mutations in Outer
Membrane Proteins on the Fitness &
Virulence of Acinetobacter
baumanni
Analysis of the Application of
Controlled Release Silver
Nanoparticles from Electrospun
Nanofibrous Scaffolds for the
Inhibition of Bacterial Growth
IAD(A): Investigation of Multi-Drug
Resistant Acinetobacter Baumannii
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
Cadet Tobacco Use/ USMA Tobacco
Cessation Program
Phillips, et al.
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
IAD(A): Internship at the Australian
Army Malaria Institute
Jude, et al.
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
Investigation of Individual Light
Exposure Levels and Light Bulb
Effects on Seasonal Affective
Disorder
Warren, et al.
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
Acetic Acid Tolerance in Bio-Hybrid
Fuel Cells
Bann, et al.
Chong, et al.
Scoggin, et al.
Tate, et al.
Coe, Valerie R.
13
Time
811 a.m.
Location
BHN 106
Sponsor
CLS
Title
Microbial Fuel Cells: Effect of
Electron Mediation on Alcohol
Production in Baker’s & White Wine
Yeast
Development of Peptides for
Detection of Munitions Constituents
Using Genetic Modification of E. coli
Cadet
Houston, et al.
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
Developing a Peptide Separator for
Separation of TNT
Ng, et al.
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
Moton, Elizabeth
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
Cathode Catalyst, composed of Ag
nano-particles Supported on
Graphene, tested for tolerance to
presence of Alcohols and Impurities
in fuels for fuel cells.
Wine Making at West Point
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
West Point Chocolate Factory
Arrowchis, et al.
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
Kicking Mule Brewing Company
Lacey, et al.
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
The cardiovascular system by
considering heart rate variability
McCormick, Mark C.
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
Dela Cruz, Marco Jose
C.
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
IAD(A): Detecting Simple Sugars by
Ultra Performance Liquid
Chromatography-Tandem Mass
Spectrometry Analysis
IAD(A) The USDA’s use for
Hyperspectral Imagery to Ensure
Food Quality and Safety
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
Unterseher, et al.
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
The effects of butanoic acid on the
germination and growth of
commercial radishes (Raphanus
sativus)
Dipicolinic acid release after
treatment of Bacillus anthracis
endospores with short-chain fatty
acids
Inactivation of the virus MS-2 by
butanoic acid
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
Development of a quantitative PCR
technique for enumerating
Staphylococcus pseudintermedius
Ellis, et al.
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
IAD(A): Walter Reed Physician
Shadowing
Chung, et al.
Beyea, Aaron
Lacey, Matt
Browning, et al.
Cummings, et al.
Snyder, et al.
14
Time
811 a.m.
Location
BHN 106
811 a.m.
BHN 106
811 a.m.
Sponsor
CLS
Title
Analysis of Acinetobacter baumannii
multidrug resistance using mutant
strains
Cadet
Broderick, Joseph
CLS
Galleria mellonella as a model
organism to study Acinetobacter
baumannii multidrug resistance
Singh, et al.
BHN 106
CLS
The U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical
Biological Center
Greene, et al.
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
Brighter and Safer Illumination:
Development of High-Nitrogen
Energetics in Military Pyrotechnics
Ketchum, et al
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
Koltun, et al.
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
Processing Blood Samples to Study
the Relationship Between the Levels
of p11 and Seasonal Affective
Disorder
Monitoring the Dynamics of Gene
Expression in a Bacterial System
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
Determining the Kinetics of a
Catalytic DNA System Using Optical
Tools
Murcin, et al.
811 a.m.
BHN 106
CLS
Whitaker, et al.
811 a.m.
BHN LIBRARY
PANE
Glenoid Bone Loss Associated with
Anterior Glenohumeral Instability:
Assessment and Implications for
Management
Walk-by solar observation clinicSunspot viewing
8 a.m. 12 p.m.
WPCB
EECS
Intelligent Ground Vehicle
Competition (IGVC)
Baker, et al.
8 a.m. 12 p.m.
WPCB
EECS
Project Atlas
Brown, et al.
8 a.m. 12 p.m.
WPCB
EECS
Black Knight Satellite II
Clawson, et al.
8 a.m. 12 p.m.
WPCB
EECS
Calypso
Keyes, et al.
8 a.m. 12 p.m.
WPCB
EECS
DynaMA
Zeidler, et al.
8 a.m. 12 p.m.
WPCB
EECS
FOCER
Corbins, et al.
8 a.m. 12 p.m.
WPCB
EECS
GANG Analyzes Networks and
Geography (GANG)
Kenney, et al.
McMurray, et al.
Graves, et al.
15
Time
8 a.m. 12 p.m.
Location
WPCB
8 a.m. 12 p.m.
WPCB
8 a.m. 12 p.m.
Sponsor
EECS
GNUraiders
Title
Cadet
Gorak, et al.
EECS
Hex
Sharpsten, et al.
WPCB
EECS
HLT
Davis, et al.
8 a.m. 12 p.m.
WPCB
EECS
Intelligent Cyber Attribution (InCA)
Paulo, et al.
8 a.m. 12 p.m.
WPCB
EECS
MapReduce speeds up Robinson
Foulds (MrsRF)
Tyson, et al.
8 a.m. 12 p.m.
WPCB
EECS
NetViz
Blood, et al.
8 a.m. 12 p.m.
WPCB
EECS
NotLost!
Hanlon, et al.
8 a.m. 12 p.m.
WPCB
EECS
Team Pandora
DeCoursey, et al.
8 a.m. 12 p.m.
WPCB
EECS
Remotely Operated Automatic
Mortar System (ROAMS)
De Groof, et al.
8 a.m. 12 p.m.
WPCB
EECS
SNIC
Hannigan, et al.
8 a.m. 12 p.m.
WPCB
EECS
Squad X
Faughn, et al.
8 a.m. 12 p.m.
WPCB
EECS
USMA Map App
Gibson, et al.
8 a.m. 12 p.m.
WPCB
EECS
ARAMIS
Stepat, et al.
8 a.m. 12 p.m.
WPCB
EECS
Applied Robotics for Installation and
Base Operations (ARIBO)
Abreu, et al.
8 a.m. 12 p.m.
WPCB
NSC
GANG: “GANG” Analyzes Networks
and Geography
Kenney, et al.
8 a.m. 12 p.m.
WPCB
NSC
InCA: Intelligent Cyber Attribution
Moores, et al.
16
Time
8 a.m. 12 p.m.
Location
WPCB
Sponsor
NSC
Title
SNIC: Spatially-Near Iterative
Constraining Algorithm
Cadet
Hernandez, et al.
8:30 8:50 a.m.
MH 223
CME
Ultra High Performance Concrete
Barry, et al.
8:30 10:30 a.m.
TH 120
NSC
Moellering, Matthew
8:30 10:30 a.m.
TH 120
NSC
Communications through Mission
Command: Using Network Analysis
to Develop Contingent Command
and Control Strategies for Tactical
Communication During the
Information Age
Control Theory within Social
Networks
8:30 10:30 a.m.
TH 120
NSC
Do diarrhea and sex predict infant
mortality in Uganda?
Webster, et al.
8:30 10:30 a.m.
TH 120
NSC
Effects of Cincinnati Neighborhoods’
Accessibility on the Obesity of Its
Residents
Lan, et al.
8:30 10:30 a.m.
TH 120
NSC
Human Trafficking in Asia
Moellering, et al.
8:30 10:30 a.m.
TH 120
NSC
Improving Efficiency of Network
Analysis in Military Web Operations
Curwin, et al.
8:30 10:30 a.m.
TH 120
NSC
A Network Analysis of the Cloture
on S. 1752: Military Justice
Improvement Act of 2013
Black, et al.
8:30 10:30 a.m.
TH 120
NSC
Simulating Cyber Conflict Effects on
Computer Networks with Python
Topp, Stuart
8:30 10:30 a.m.
TH 120
NSC
Effective Large Scale Networks:
Utilizing "Big Data" in Disaster
Situations
Bates, Alex
8:30 10:30 a.m.
TH 120
NSC
Social Networks, Stability, and
Somali Piracy
Warren, Eric
8:30 10:30 a.m.
TH 120
NSC
Redefining Patrol Areas
Markow, Victoria
8:30 10:30 a.m.
TH 120
NSC
Data Collection, Fusion, and
Visualization for Decision
Making in Stability Operations
Blum, et al.
8:30 11:30 a.m.
SIP Hut located
in the Power
Plant Moat
CME
Boeing Advanced Concept Energy
System
Bowers, et al.
Fong, Theodore
17
Time
8:50 9:40 a.m.
Location
TH 344
Sponsor
DMI
Title
"Civil-Military Relations in Central
America: Analyzing a Complex Issue
in a Dynamic World"
Cadet
Costa, et al.
8:50 9:40 a.m.
WH 5114/DMI
DMI
“Securing Niger: Strategic Analysis of
the Agadezian Drone Base"
Mace, et al.
99:20 a.m.
MH 223
CME
Lusk Water Treatment Plant
Butler, et al.
99:30 a.m.
TH 158
HIST
Conducting Archival Research: A
History Major's Experience
Reeves, Alexander
99:45 a.m.
MH 205
CME
Obscurant Projective System
Bartkowski, et al.
99:45 a.m.
MH Arnold
Aud.
CME
SAE Mini-Baja Competition
Hartman, et al.
99:45 a.m.
MH B5
CME
Design, Build, Fly Competition II
Lesmeister, et al.
99:55 a.m.
LAW CONF
LAW
Direct Participation in Cyber
Hostilities
Allyson Hauptman
99:55 a.m.
LAW LIB
LAW
Cyber Weapons: A Second
Amendment Perspective
Fitzsimmons, Andrew
910 a.m.
TH 127
HIST
The Affect of Demographic Change
on African-American Education in
Ohio
Brodman, Jacob
910 a.m.
TH 160
HIST
Bastoky, Alexander
910 a.m.
TH 347
DEP
The Taktika of Emperor Leo VI: A
Doctrinal Response to Muslim
Military Challenges on Byzantium’s
Ninth Century Frontier
"Mystery Critic Theater 3000"
910 a.m.
TH 347
DEP
"Gazing through the Critic's Glasses"
Alexander, et al.
910 a.m.
TH 347
DEP
EP344 (Criticism) Projects
910 a.m.
TH 347
DEP
"No Talking in the Library: A
Conversation through Critical
Perspectives"
Van Kopp, et al.
910 a.m.
WH 4303
DFL
Civil Military Relations and the
Emergence of Democracy in Egypt
Brown, et al.
Feinman, et al.
18
Time
910 a.m.
Location
WH 4306
Sponsor
DFL
Title
Forgotten Crossroad: Enhancing
Military Interoperability with the
Republic of Azerbaijan
Cadet
Ivashchenko, et al.
910 a.m.
WH 4307
DFL
Oportunidades para associações
econômicos: Angola e Brasil
(Opportunities for Economic
Partnership: Angola and Brazil) Keith
Buell, Elijah Bovenzi
How French Public Opinion is
Effecting France’s Future Energy
Options and Security Strategy
Buell, et al.
910 a.m.
WH 4317
DFL
910 a.m.
WH 4413
DFL
Options Available to the Communist
Part of China and Their Effects on
Diplomatic Relations with U.S.,
Russia, and South Korea
Vielfalt in der Bundeswehr: The
Integration of Minorities in the
German Armed Forces
Garcia , et al.
910 a.m.
WH 5002/DFL
DFL
911 a.m.
TH 2nd FL/BSL
BSL
The Not So Great Debate: Women in
Combat-Arms Branches of the Army
Will Mace
911 a.m.
TH 2nd FL/BSL
BSL
Propensity to Serve: Asian Americans in the US Army
An, et al.
911 a.m.
TH 2nd FL/BSL
BSL
Kaley Mosher
911 a.m.
TH 2nd FL/BSL
BSL
The Projection of Rank in the
Military: Differences in Life
Experiences Between Officer and
Enlisted Spouses
The Impact of Frequent Relocation
on Military Children
911 a.m.
TH 2nd FL/BSL
BSL
The Postmodern Rwandan Military
Emily L. Carl
911 a.m.
TH 2nd FL/BSL
BSL
IDF: A Postmodern Military?
Katie Wacker
911 a.m.
TH 2nd FL/BSL
BSL
The Impact of Humanitarian Aid on
Armed Forces and Society
Hillary Rollins
911 a.m.
TH 2nd FL/BSL
BSL
The evolution of international
conflict: A psychological analysis by
future military leaders
Blickle, et al.
911 a.m.
TH 345
DEP
“Follow the Man in the Straight
Jacket: Unconventional Leadership
in the Modern Bureaucracy”
Pendleton, Jake H1
911 a.m.
TH 226
MATH
Understand Ultrafilters, Understand
Shur's Theorem
Foss, Joseph
Lee, et al.
Lewis, et al.
Kristin Rogers
19
Time
911 a.m.
Location
TH 226
Sponsor
MATH
Title
Pull-spinning: A novel nanofiber
fabrication process for point of wear
textiles
Cadet
Glavin, Calla
911 a.m.
TH 226
MATH
Drummond, Chloe
911 a.m.
TH 226
MATH
Polynomial Solutions for a
Generalized Laguerre Differential
Equation and Relevant Properties of
these Solutions
Exploring the Scalability of
Algorithms using High Performance
Computing
911 a.m.
TH 226
MATH
A Parallelization of Divide-andConquer Sorting Algorithms
Hubbard, Steven
911 a.m.
TH 226
MATH
Ranking College football Teams and
a New BCS
Strack, Matthew
911 a.m.
TH 226
MATH
Using Implied Volatility to Forecast
the Macro-Economic Activity of
Countries of Strategic Interest
Lee, Jason
911 a.m.
TH 226
MATH
Efficacy of Clustering Algorithms to
Improve Geolocation
Kaputsos, Peter
911 a.m.
TH 226
MATH
Solving Polynomials with Origami
Lan, Anna
911 a.m.
TH 226
MATH
Analyzing Efficiency and Predictive
Measures of Success in the Major
League Baseball Amateur Draft
Lee, Jonathan
911 a.m.
TH 226
MATH
Composite, Regression Based
Metrics for Security Volatility
Mayville, Robert
911 a.m.
TH 226
MATH
Origami Mathematics: The
Colorability of Crease Patterns
Oh, Esther
911 a.m.
TH 226
MATH
An Analysis of Boundary Behavior
Using Complex Variable Boundary
Elements
Thomasy, Corbin
911 a.m.
TH 226
MATH
The Cadet Race: A Mathematical
Approach to Board Game
Grucella, Madeline
911 a.m.
TH 226
MATH
Media and Perception:
Understanding the Role of Media in
the Philippines
Kunst, Kailee
911 a.m.
TH 226
MATH
Assessing Student Interdisciplinary
Work
Olcese, Elizabeth
911 a.m.
TH 226
MATH
Applying Markov Chains in Classic
Board Game Development
Paulo, Damon
Grigsby, Carolynn
20
Time
911 a.m.
Location
TH 226
Sponsor
MATH
Title
Towards Proving the Graceful Tree
Conjecture
Cadet
Barnette, Saylor
911 a.m.
TH 226
MATH
Seeking a Relationship Between the
Change in the Influence of Islam and
Violence in the Southern Phillipines
Mills, Edward
911:30 a.m.
WH vic 5300
GENE
The Second Congo War
Hendrix, Grant
911:30 a.m.
WH vic 5300
GENE
4-Variable Disaster Mapping
Dewhirst, Jacob
911:30 a.m.
WH vic 5300
GENE
Kindley, Ethan
911:30 a.m.
WH vic 5300
GENE
Developments in Architecture:
Modern and Post-Modern
Influences on New York City’s
Skyscrapers
Environmental Security and the Lake
Victoria Watershed Region
911:30 a.m.
WH vic 5300
GENE
Where is the Next John Elway?: A
Geographical Analysis of the High
Schools of NFL Athletes
McLucus, Andrew
911:30 a.m.
WH vic 5300
GENE
The Slums of Kampala: Sustainable
Urban Living
Stewart, et al.
911:30 a.m.
WH vic 5300
GENE
Landslides within the Bududa
District
Szott, John
911:30 a.m.
WH vic 5300
GENE
Angola: Identifying the Roots of
Conflict through Spatial Analysis
Shields, Raziel
911:30 a.m.
WH vic 5300
GENE
Anderson, William
911:30 a.m.
WH vic 5300
GENE
911:30 a.m.
911:30 a.m.
WH vic 5300
GENE
Promoting growth in Lolium
multiflorum and Lolium perenne
using actively aerated compost tea:
Comparing growth promoters
The environmental impacts of the
trampling effect on the Bull Pond
land navigation military training
area in West Point, NY
A Snowless Ski Slope
WH vic 5300
GENE
Target Hill Irrigation and Power
System
Bradway, et al.
911:30 a.m.
WH vic 5300
GENE
Waste to Power for the Developing
World
Constantino, et al.
911:30 a.m.
WH vic 5300
GENE
Rainwater Collection System to
Supplement Drinking Water for a
Honduran Orphanage
Anderson, et al.
Link, James
Hudgins, McKenzie
Carron, et al.
21
Time
911:30 a.m.
Location
WH vic 5300
Sponsor
GENE
Title
MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS: Turning
mess hall waste into a resource
Cadet
Platman, Mitchell
911:30 a.m.
WH vic 5300
GENE
Determining the increase in wasteto-energy output of microbial fuel
cells through a novel pre-treatment
process
The Use of MFC to treat waste
streams on Army FOBs
Cavins, Lawrence
911:30 a.m.
WH vic 5300
GENE
911:30 a.m.
WH vic 5300
GENE
Detecting and Treatment Strategies
for Sulfate Reducing Bacteria in
Water Wells
DeFabio, Andrew
911:30 a.m.
WH vic 5300
GENE
Lessons Learned from Building a
Biogas Digester in Western Uganda
Bradway, et al.
911:30 a.m.
TH 345
DEP
“Much Ado about a Midsummer’s
Bachelorette: A Shakespearean
Mash-up”
Efaw, Alex I3
911:30 a.m.
TH 345
DEP
Monfort, Patrick H2
911:30 a.m.
TH 345
DEP
“Life After (Un)Death: Freud’s
Unheimlich in Contemporary
Zombie
Fiction”
"Flipping the Switch: Illuminating
Individualism in Emerson and
Ellison"
911:30 a.m.
TH 345
DEP
Chamberlin, Ellen G4
911:30 a.m.
TH 345
DEP
“An Icon of Active Love: The
Moment of the Bow in Fyodor
Dostoevsky’s The Brothers
Karamazov”
"Rebellion: The Inner Conflict of Ivan
Karamazov and the Language of
Dostoevsky”
911:30 a.m.
TH 345
DEP
“Destiny and Designed Communities
in William Faulkner’s Absalom,
Absalom! and Light in August”
Dore, Tim H4
911:30 a.m.
TH 345
DEP
Literature Thesis Presentations
9 a.m. 12 p.m.
TH 2nd FL/BSL
BSL
On the Move: From Mental Illness to
Independence
Addo, et al.
9 a.m. 12 p.m.
TH 2nd FL/BSL
BSL
Homeless Female Veterans: A
Comprehensive Solution
Bordenave, et al.
9 a.m. 12 p.m.
TH 2nd FL/BSL
BSL
Building Effective Character
Education Programs
Adams, et al.
9 a.m. 12 p.m.
TH 2nd FL/BSL
BSL
Changing the Look of School
Discipline: Restorative Justice in
Education.
Dean, et. al.
Carron, Christian
Leake, Evan H3
Kornegay, Gabe C1
22
Time
9 a.m. 12 p.m.
Location
TH 2nd FL/BSL
9 a.m. 12 p.m.
TH 2nd FL/BSL
9 a.m. 12 p.m.
Sponsor
BSL
Title
Schooling Principals in Leadership
the West Point Way
Cadet
Beto, et al.
BSL
Homeless Veterans: Reversing the
Trend
Davison, et al.
TH 2nd FL/BSL
BSL
A Pipeline of Advanced Training
through Teamwork
Fowler, et al.
9 a.m. 12 p.m.
TH 2nd FL/BSL
BSL
Food Selection and Institutional
Hierarchy Effects on Conformit
Adams, et al.
9 a.m. 12 p.m.
TH 2nd FL/BSL
BSL
Exploring the Faces of Leadership:
The Effects of Sexual Dimorphism on
Perception of Leadership Potential"
Sloth, Eric
9 a.m. 12 p.m.
TH 2nd FL/BSL
BSL
Social Influences on Cognitive
Testing Performance
Marriner, et al.
9 a.m. 3 p.m.
TH 2nd FL/BSL
BSL
SAGE Graphical User Interface
Optimization
McAuliffe, et al.
9 a.m. 3 p.m.
TH 2nd FL/BSL
BSL
Advisor Self-directed Immersion
Readiness Tool
Watson, et al.
9 a.m. 3 p.m.
TH 2nd FL/BSL
BSL
Using IMPRINT to Identify Targets
for Intelligent Tutoring
Reece, et al.
9 a.m. 3 p.m.
TH 258A
BSL
Immersive Multiplayer Training
Scenario
Epsych Class of 2014
9 a.m. 3 p.m.
TH 268
BSL
Artificial Human Project Using
artificial agents in the design of
military training scenarios
Epsych Class of 2014
9:30 9:50 a.m.
MH 223
CME
SIP Hut
Crespo, et al.
9:30 10 a.m.
TH 158
HIST
A Semester Abroad: Studying
History in the Ukraine
Brimer, Andrew
9:40 10:30 a.m.
TH 344
DMI
"The Army Cyber Officer: Defining
the Role"
Dixon, et al.
9:40 10:30 a.m.
WH 5114/DMI
DMI
“Strategic Landpower: Defining and
Explaining its Role in Modern
Warfare of the United States"
Agha, et al.
10 10:20 a.m.
MH 223
CME
Structural Visualization
Caruso, et al.
23
Time
10 10:30 a.m.
Location
TH 158
Sponsor
HIST
Title
The History Department Staff Ride:
Cultural Emersion in India
Cadet
Rapone, et al.
10 10:45 a.m.
MH 205
CME
Picatinny Weapons Project
Boyd, et al.
10 10:45 a.m.
MH Arnold
Aud.
CME
West Point Exo-Skeleton
Polston, et al.
10 10:45 a.m.
MH B5
CME
Soldier Knee Pad Redesign
Ferro, et al.
10 10:55 a.m.
LAW CONF
LAW
The Military Commissions Act of
2009: An Adequate and Appropriate
Tool in the War on Terror
Reagan, Clayton
10 10:55 a.m.
LAW LIB
LAW
One Right to Rule them All: The
Balance of Habeas Corpus in the
Civil War and the War on Terror
Holloway, Thomas
10 11 a.m.
TH 127
HIST
Progressive Era Prostitution in New
Orleans
Strader, Samuel
10 11 a.m.
TH 160
HIST
President Clinton's Decision to Deny
the Army's Request to Deploy Heavy
Armor to Somolia in 1993
Janowski, Michael
10 11 a.m.
10 11 a.m.
WH 4303
DFL
Pedron, et al.
WH 4307
DFL
10 11 a.m.
WH 4317
DFL
10 11 a.m.
WH 4413
DFL
10 11 a.m.
WH 5002/DFL
DFL
Egypt and Morocco : A New
Paradigm
O problema demográfico de
Portugal e seu impacto na
economia, cultura e militar
(Portugal’s Demographic Problem
and the Impact on its Economy,
Culture and Military)
“Afreq-com: A Design to Achieve
Better Machine-Aided Tactical Level
Translation Between and Across
Multinational Forces and Local
Populations”
Political Compliance or Political
Backlash: The Effects of Censorship
on the Chinese Domestic Political
Climate
Vielfalt in der Bundeswehr: The
Integration of Minorities in the
German Armed Forces
10 11:30 a.m.
LH 100
SOSH
Merck vs. Pfizer: Financial Economic
Perspectives on Global
Pharmaceutical Titans
Lord, et al.
10 11:30 a.m.
LH 123
SOSH
Institutional Legitimacy and
Jurisprudence: The Effects of
External Factors on Decision-Making
in the Supreme Court
Helsop, Jared
Young, et al.
E-numu, et al.
Lee, et al.
Brooks, et al.
24
Time
10 11:30 a.m.
Location
LHB B101B
Sponsor
SOSH
Title
Why did Britain form a coalition
with U.S. in the Iraq War?
Cadet
Hutcheson, Beirne
10 11:30 a.m.
LHB B102
SOSH
Peer Effects in the Tennessee Star
Experiment
Foss, Joseph
10 11:30 a.m.
LHB B203
SOSH
Meyers, Mark
10 11:45 a.m.
TH ROBINSON
AUD
DEP
If At First You Don’t Secede: The
Effect of Political Decentralization
and Identity on Violent Secessionist
Movements in Western
Democracies
Academy Idol
10:30 10:50 a.m.
MH 223
CME
Structural Optimization
Glasz, Tyler
10:30 11 a.m.
TH 158
HIST
Soviet Cinema and Nationalism
Schrack, Robert
10:30 11:20 a.m.
TH 344
DMI
"Partner, Competitor, or Adversary:
Potential USARPAC Options to
Shape Future US-China Relations"
Canacci, et al.
10:30 11:20 a.m.
WH 5114/DMI
DMI
"The PLA and US Army in 2025: A
comparative study of future roles in
the Asia Pacific"
Gray, et al.
11 11:20 a.m.
MH 223
CME
Envision and LEED Green Associate
Certification
Caesar, et al.
11 11:30 a.m.
TH 158
HIST
Stock, Gordon
11 11:45 a.m.
MH 205
CME
Endorsing Equity: The American
Media's Treatment of Women's
Changing Role in Romance, 19201945
VTOL ISR System
11 11:45 a.m.
MH Arnold
Aud.
CME
Natick Design
Greene, et al.
11 11:45 a.m.
MH B5
CME
NISH: Disability Assistive Device
Sommerfeld, et al.
11 11:55 a.m.
LAW CONF
LAW
Exempting Military Officials from
Bivens Liability: ‘Special Factors’
Allowing Courts to Equivocate
Mitchiner, Meghan
11 11:55 a.m.
LAW LIB
LAW
Water and Power: The Rule of Law
Struggle for the Most Basic of Needs
Mangru, Gabrielle
Grays, et al.
Knowles, et al.
25
Time
11 a.m. 12 p.m.
Location
TH 277
Sponsor
BSL
Title
Detection of an Auditory Stimulus:
The Effect of Expertise
Cadet
Schiff, Benjamin
11 a.m. 12 p.m.
TH 127
HIST
Sacagawea and Pochahontas in
History and Memory
Caskey, David
11 a.m. 12 p.m.
TH 160
HIST
Corruption in South Vietnam
Allen, Taylor
11 a.m. 12 p.m.
TH 352
BSL
Race, Branch, Sex, and Other Marital
Trends of U.S. Military Academy
Graduates
McCraw, et al.
11 a.m. 12 p.m.
WH 4303
DFL
Rainey, et al.
11 a.m. 12 p.m.
WH 4305
DFL
Advancing an Integrated Ballistic
Missile Defense System in Gulf
Cooperation Council Nations: An
Analysis of Barriers to System
Integration
The Legitimacy of Arab Monarchies:
A Comparative Analysis
11 a.m. 12 p.m.
WH 4317
DFL
Leopold, et al.
11 a.m. 12 p.m.
WH 4409
DFL
11 a.m. 12 p.m.
WH 4413
DFL
11:20 a.m.
12:10 p.m.
WH 5114/DMI
DMI
Intra-State Conflict in Sub-Saharan
Africa: Case Studies of South Sudan
and the Democratic Republic of the
Congo
Language and Culture Programs for
Regionally Aligned Forces:
Curriculum Assessment for the 7th
Special Forces Group (Airborne)
Use of Propaganda by the
Communist Party of China for
Support, Legitimacy, and
Prominence
"Guiding Organizational Change in
the Future Mechanized Infantry
Platoon"
11:30 11:50 a.m.
MH 223
CME
LEED Accredited Professional Building Design and Construction
Certification
Hume, Robert
11:30 a.m.
12 p.m.
TH 158
HIST
The Canadian Contribution to the
Manhattan Project
Davis, Brandi
12 1 p.m.
LAW LIB
LAW
War Crimes Staff Ride, Civil Rights
Staff Ride & Point to Point AIAD
Presentation
Leskera, et al.
11:30 p.m.
LH 100
SOSH
Grand Strategy perspective on
Drones
McNamara, William
11:30 p.m.
LH 123
SOSH
Saving Foreigners, a Domestic Affair:
Internal Determinants of Armed
Humanitarian Intervention
Schumacher, Luke
Lund, et al.
Williams, et al.
Johnson, et al.
Gallegos, et al
26
Time
11:30 p.m.
Location
LHB B101B
Sponsor
SOSH
Title
Military Service and Unemployment
Insurance Benefits Receipt: Evidence
from Texas
Cadet
Zachensky, Stephen
11:30 p.m.
LHB B102
SOSH
Estimating Peer Effects in USMA
Physical Training
Lee, Jonathan
11:30 p.m.
MH 223
CME
Insurgency Simulation
Alonso, et al.
11:30 p.m.
MH B5
CME
Improvised Armaments
Carlson, et al.
11:30 p.m.
TH 347
DEP
"Art as an Expression of Feeling"
Jesus, John G4
11:30 p.m.
TH 347
DEP
“Intervening on Intervention: A
Philosophical Examination of SHARP
Doctrine”
Schmidt, Havana G2
11:30 p.m.
TH 347
DEP
“Possibility and Actuality: An
Examination of How We Understand
Modality”
McCollum, Ryan C4
11:30 p.m.
TH 347
DEP
Philosophy Thesis Presentations
11:45 p.m.
MH 205
CME
Counter-UAV Munition
Schlotterbeck, et al.
11:45 p.m.
MH Arnold
Aud.
CME
Soldier Portable Heavy Vehicle
Lifting System
Luehrmann, et al.
11:55 p.m.
LAW CONF
LAW
Execution Waiting Line: A plausible
remedy to the destabilizing wait for
convicted felons on death row
Wilkins, William
11:55 p.m.
LAW LIB
LAW
Soldiers, Sex, and Alcohol: The
Evolution of Article 120 and its
Treatment of Impaired Victims
Miller, Brianna
12 p.m.
TH 277
BSL
Cadet Perceptions of Leadership
Jones, Margaret
12 p.m.
TH 127
HIST
Public Opinion of the Whiskey
Rebellion
Fleming, Kevin
12 p.m.
TH 160
HIST
The Fall of Acre in 1291 – historical
outcomes
Scott, Andrew
12 p.m.
TH 352
BSL
Hair: The Systematic Devaluation of
Military Women of Color
Justice, et al.
27
Time
12 p.m.
Location
WH 4303
12 p.m.
WH 4305
12 p.m.
Sponsor
DFL
Title
Sayyid Qutb and the Contemporary
Muslim Brotherhood: An Icon’s
Influence on Ideology and Action in
post-Arab Spring Egypt
Cadet
Marino, et al.
DFL
The Way Forward: Language and
Culture in the Regionally Aligned
Force Model
Reichold, el al.
WH 4317
DFL
The Potential for the United States,
France and China to Cooperate on
Maritime Security around the Horn
of Africa
Cody, et al.
12 p.m.
WH 4409
DFL
APTUS in Spanish: Going Global
Without Getting Lost in Translation
Osigian, et al.
13 p.m.
TH ROBINSON
AUD
DEP
EP342 (Film & Film Theory) Cadet
Short Film Projects
15 p.m.
TH 158
HIST
Allen, et al.
1:30 1:50 a.m.
MH 223
CME
USMA-Columbia University History
Panel: The Historical Uses of Both
'Hard' and 'Soft' Power Elements of
National Power
Transportation Optimization
21:20 p.m.
MH 223
CME
Goethals Infrastructure Challenge
Hansen, Evan
21:30 p.m.
TH 352
BSL
Becoming Like Men? Roles and
Uniforms in the U.S. Armed Forces
Donna Bennett
21:45 p.m.
MH 205
CME
Surveillance Squad Level UAV
System
Marx, et al.
21:45 p.m.
MH Arnold
Aud.
CME
Liquid Spray X-Ray Design
Ryan, et al.
21:55 p.m.
LAW CONF
LAW
Law 495 Capstone Course Appellate
Debate Competition
23 p.m.
TH 277
BSL
Producing Successful Plebes
Brandt, Lucas
23 p.m.
TH 127
HIST
Leninism Revisited: Populism,
Marxism and the ‘Strictly Defined
Theory
Gongaware, Gina
23 p.m.
TH 160
HIST
'Damned Dutchman?' Franz Sigel Reevaluated
Maxfield, Seth
Horstman, et al.
28
Time
23 p.m.
Location
WH 4303
23 p.m.
WH 4305
24 p.m.
Sponsor
DFL
Title
Experiential and Educational
Influences on Key Iraqi Shiite
Leaders After 9/11
Cadet
Garcia de leon, et al.
DFL
Managing Yemen’s Terror Problem:
Al Qaeda, Ungoverned Spaces and
the United States
Allbright, et al.
TH 345
DEP
“The Personal Sublime: Exploring
Fleeting Moments of Lasting
Revelation"
Monfort, Patrick H2
24 p.m.
24 p.m.
TH 345
DEP
“Incandescent Minds”
Leake, Evan H3
TH 345
DEP
“Terse Vignettes: Finding
Hemingway’s Style”
Ferebee, Jeff F1
24 p.m.
24 p.m.
24 p.m.
TH 345
DEP
“In One Ear”
Hunt, Andrew B3
TH 345
DEP
"Perceptions of Freedom"
Pendleton, Jake H1
TH 345
DEP
“The Forked Apple”
Barger, Cody E4
24 p.m.
TH 345
DEP
"Valuing Ambiguities"
Koch, Charles H2
24 p.m.
TH 345
DEP
“Violating the Story”
De Rosa, Phillip C4
24 p.m.
TH 345
DEP
EP348 (American Literature II)
Projects
2:30 2:50 p.m.
2:30 3 p.m.
MH 223
CME
Infrastructure: Overview
Dimarco, Regina
TH 352
BSL
Racial Harmony and Homophily
Among Singaporean Teens
Meadows, et al.
33:20 p.m.
MH 223
CME
Infrastructure: Water
Meach, et al.
33:45 p.m.
LAW LIB
LAW
Mock Trial Team Demonstration
Boerema, et al.
33:50 p.m.
MH 223
CME
Infrastructure: Transportation
Mescher, et al.
33:55 p.m.
LAW CONF
LAW
Individual Liability for Individual
Liability for Group War Crimes: An
Examination of Current Approaches
and Recommendations for
Improvement
Lewis, Emily
29
Time
34:30 p.m.
Location
LH 100
Sponsor
SOSH
Title
Conceptual comparisons of the idea
of war in two modern nation states
(Korea and Japan)
Cadet
Park, Andrea
34:30 p.m.
LH 123
SOSH
Comparison of unilateral vs.
multilateral ideologies in pursuing
nuclear weapons reductions.
Moore, Branden
34:30 p.m.
LHB B101B
SOSH
Labor Market Effects of State Earned
Income Tax Credit Programs
Yarbrough, Kevin
34:30 p.m.
LHB B102
SOSH
Effects of Hunting Pressure on
White-Tailed Deer Harvests
Clopton, Alexander
44:30 p.m.
LAW LIB
LAW
Ungerman, et al.
45 p.m.
LH 222
DEP
West Point Speech Team Debate
Competition: Topic: Should
Commanders or Lawyers make the
decision to prosecute under the
UCMJ?
EP390 (Romanticism) Literary Video
Projects
All Day -
TH ROBINSON
ROTUNDA
DEP
EN102 Creative Project Display
-
JH
DSE
Creating a Predictive Statistical
Model for Catching 155mm Artillery
Projectiles
Jang-Milsten, et al.
-
JH
DSE
Process Re-Engineering the Veterans
Affairs Disaiblity Claims Systems
Carpenter, et al.
-
JH
DSE
Life Cycle Cost Models for IMX
Wastewater Treatment
Fugate, et al.
-
JH
DSE
Complex Systems Architecture
Analysis of Nation State Disaster
Response
Lee, et al.
-
JH
DSE
Analyzing Macroeconomic Factors
and How They Relate to the Army
Divestiture Process
Burns, et al.
-
JH
DSE
Kalnins, et al.
-
JH
DSE
An Analysis of the Infantry Warrior
Simulation (IWARS) through
Engagement Effectiveness Modeling
and Statistical Data Collection
Modeling with OneSAF: Combat
Lightweight Weapon System
-
JH
DSE
Systems Thinking Applied to Slavery
Melville, et al.
Janigian, et al.
30
Time
-
Location
JH
-
JH
-
Sponsor
DSE
Title
West Point and Highland Falls
Relations
Cadet
Lorton, et al.
DSE
Data Collection, Fusion, and
Visualization for Decision Making in
Stability Operations
Blum, et al.
JH
DSE
Squad X-Operational Architecture
and Mission Requirements Analysis
Amrhein, et al.
-
JH
DSE
System Decision Process for the
NGATS Configuration
Healy, et al.
-
JH
DSE
Decision Support Tool for the Global
Reaction Force Out-load Process
Malta, et al.
-
JH
DSE
Leveraging Experimental Design and
Distributed Simulation to Illuminate
Tradespace Decisions
Peaco, et al.
-
JH
DSE
A Resource Allocation Framework
for Military Operations in
Afghanistan
Mountford, et al.
-
JH
DSE
ERDC CRSP Yard Capstone
Werner, et al.
-
JH
DSE
Leveraging Microfinance: A Tool to
Aid Ground Commanders in
Distributing Funds
Schoenlein, et al.
-
JH
DSE
Evaluating and Assessing Current
Department of Defense Acquisition
Models
Fields, et al.
-
JH
DSE
ISR "Search Window"
Bennett, et al.
-
JH
DSE
Determining the Saturation Point of
US Army Energy Savings
Performance Contracts
Chapman, et al.
-
JH
DSE
Missile Intercept: Consequence
Management
Langhans, et al.
-
JH
DSE
Army Mission Optimization and
Scheduling System (AMOSS)
Bilyeu, et al.
-
JH
DSE
Hughes, et al.
-
JH
DSE
Geospatial Planning and Decision
Aids for the Urban Operational
Environment
Development and Assessment of an
Intelligent Tutorial
-
JH
DSE
Irregular Warfare Models for
Regional Stability
Kalinka, et al.
Crockett, et al.
31
Time
-
Location
JH
-
JH
-
Sponsor
DSE
Title
Non-Kinetic Operations for
Stabilizing Government
Cadet
Gower, et al.
DSE
Future of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Morgan, et al.
JH
DSE
ARAMIS Remote Radio Detection &
Differentiation Project
Stepat, Frederick
-
JH
DSE
Improving the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) Process at
West Point
Kealy, et al.
-
JH
DSE
Improving Bill of Material
Consumption Rate
Casinelli, et al.
-
JH
DSE
Evaluating Army Geospatial Data
Collection Tools
Wilton, et al.
-
JH
DSE
Simulation Analysis for Deployable
Force Protection Technologies
Ali, et al.
-
JH
DSE
Simulation of Base Defense Sensors
within Mission Command Systems
Burk, et al.
-
JH
DSE
Water as a Conflict Driver
Mayville, et al.
-
JH
DSE
Park, et al.
-
JH
DSE
Simulation Based Training for
Mission Command- Improving Army
Training to Reduce Reliance on Field
Service Representatives
A Ground Truth Methodology for
Ground-based Radar Systems
-
JH
DSE
A Value-based, Temporal-dependent
Mission Analysis to Support Army
Squad Situational Awareness
Cunanan, et al.
-
JH
DSE
Army Geospatial Center's Situational
Awareness Geospatial Enabled
(SAGE) Project
Wilde, Adam
-
JH
DSE
Black Knight Space Program
Ruckman, Dan
-
JH
DSE
Consequence Management
Assistance Program Assessment
Framework
Kwak, et al.
-
JH
DSE
Design of a Peer Support Group
System to Mitigate Suicide Risk
Gardner, et al.
Covell, et al.
32
Time
-
Location
JH
Sponsor
DSE
Title
Evaluation and Implementation of
Geospatial Tools to Improve UAS
Route Planning
Cadet
Gianessi, et al.
-
JH
DSE
Magdiel, et al.
-
JH
DSE
Geographic Combatant Command
Consequence Management
Assistance Program Assessment
Framework
Minimizing Aircraft Startup
Procedures in Future Vertical Lift
-
JH
DSE
Pediatric Brain Tumor Drug
Development
Brandt, et al.
-
JH
DSE
Systems Decision Process Model for
the Next Generation Automated
Test System (NGATS) Configuration
Cetnar, et al.
-
JH
DSE
Sustainable Base Camp
Interdisciplinary Service Academy
Capstone Competition
Elliott, et al.
-
JH
DSE
Squad X
Kamide, et al.
-
JH
DSE
Creating a Predictive Statistical
Model for Catching 155mm Artillery
Projectiles
Pasque, et al.
Kincade, et al.
33
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership
nd
Poster Session: The following projects will be on the 2 floor of Thayer Hall
Time
Project
Cadet
9 a.m. 3 p.m.
Advisor Self-directed Immersion Readiness Tool
Faculty Advisor: COL James Ness
Watson, Julian
Giammaria, Carson
9 a.m. 3 p.m.
Using IMPRINT to Identify Targets for Intelligent Tutoring
Faculty Advisor: COL James Ness
Reece, Trent
Mucke, Katherine
Giammaria, Carson
Sohn, Aylssa
9 11 a.m.
The Not So Great Debate: Women in Combat-Arms
Branches of the Army
Faculty Advisor: COL Irving Smith
Mace, William
9 11 a.m.
Propensity to Serve: Asian -Americans in the US Army
Faculty Advisor: COL Irving Smith
An, Kimberly
Kim, Josh
9 11 a.m
The Projection of Rank in the Military: Differences in Life
Experiences Between Officer and Enlisted Spouses
Faculty Advisor: COL Irving Smith
Mosher, Kaley
9 11 a.m
The Impact of Frequent Relocation on Military Children
Faculty Advisor: COL Irving Smith
Rogers, Kristin
9 11 a.m
The Postmodern Rwandan Military
Faculty Advisor: COL Irving Smith
Carl, Emily L.
9 11 a.m
IDF: A Postmodern Military?
Faculty Advisor: COL Irving Smith
Wacker, Katie
9 11 a.m
The Impact of Humanitarian Aid on Armed Forces and
Society
Faculty Advisor: COL Irving Smith
Rollins, Hillary
9 11 a.m
The evolution of international conflict: A psychological
analysis by future military leaders
Faculty Advisor: COL Diane M. Ryan
Blickle, John
Chang, Jonathan
Dooley, Joseph
Findley, Likas
Hutchison, Sarah
Morton, Spencer
9 a.m. 3 p.m.
SAGE Graphical User Interface Optimization
Faculty Advisor: COL James Ness
McAuliffe, James
Sohn, Alyssa
Reece, Trent
34
9 a.m. 12 p.m.
On the Move: From Mental Illness to Independence
Faculty Advisor: COL Diane M. Ryan
Addo, Kwame
Dzierzanowski,
Elizabeth
Kim, Hee Yeon
9 a.m. 12 p.m.
Homeless Female Veterans: A Comprehensive Solution
Faculty Advisor: COL Diane M. Ryan
Bordenave, Megan
Miner, Jennifer
Ranowsky, Sarah
9 a.m. 12 p.m.
Building Effective Character Education Programs
Faculty Advisor: COL Diane M. Ryan
Adams, Issac
Leffer, Michael
9 a.m. 12 p.m.
Changing the Look of School Discipline: Restorative Justice
in Education.
Faculty Advisor: COL Diane M. Ryan
Dean, Paul
Lesmeister, Jeffrey
Jones, Margaret
9 a.m. 12 p.m.
Schooling Principals in Leadership the West Point Way
Faculty Advisor: COL Diane M. Ryan
Beto, Louis
Brandt, Lucas
Kaminski, Jonathan
O'Hearn, Briana
Talavera, Juliet
Tougher, Michael
9 a.m. 12 p.m.
Homeless Veterans: Reversing the Trend
Faculty Advisor: COL Diane M. Ryan
Davison, Nathan
Illiev, Margaret
Sloth, Eric
9 a.m. 12 p.m.
A Pipeline of Advanced Training through Teamwork
Faculty Advisor: COL Diane M. Ryan
Fowler, Steven
Shen, John
9 a.m. 12 p.m.
Food Selection and Institutional Hierarchy Effects on
Conformit
Faculty Advisor: COL Diane M. Ryan
Adams, Issac
Miner, Jennifer
Talavera, Juliet
9 a.m. 12 p.m.
Exploring the Faces of Leadership: The Effects of Sexual
Dimorphism on Perception of Leadership Potential"
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Lisa Korenman
Sloth, Eric
9 a.m. 12 p.m.
Social Influences on Cognitive Testing Performance
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Lisa Korenman
Marriner, Scott
Crowley, Dominic
Buonforte, John
nd
The following thesis defenses will be on the 2 floor of Thayer Hall, Room 277
Time
Project
Cadet
11 a.m. Detection of an Auditory Stimulus: The Effect of
Schiff, Benjamin
12 p.m.
Expertise
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Lisa Korenman
35
1–
2 p.m.
Cadet Perceptions of Leadership
Faculty Advisor: COL Diane M. Ryan
Jones, Margaret
2–
3 p.m.
Producing Successful Plebes
Faculty Advisor: LTC Daniel Smith
Brandt, Lucas
Time
2 2:30 p.m.
The following briefings will be in Thayer Hall, Room 352
Project
Cadet
Becoming Like Men? Roles and Uniforms in the U.S.
Bennett, Donna
Armed Forces
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Sharon Edens
11 a.m. 12 p.m.
Race, Branch, Sex, and Other Marital Trends of U.S.
Military Academy Graduates
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Morten Ender
McCaw, Jozlyn A.
Febus-Traphagen,
Karlos
1–
2 p.m.
Hair: The Systematic Devaluation of Military Women of
Color
Faculty Advisor: COL Irving Smith
Justice, Ashley A.
Lewis, Jocelyn M.
Mincey, Tiffany N.
2:30 –
3 p.m.
Racial Harmony and Homophily Among Singaporean
Teens
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Luke Gerdes
Meadows, Tyree
O'keefe, William
nd
The following demonstration will be on the 2 floor of Thayer Hall, Room 258A
Time
Project
Cadet
9 a.m. Immersive Multiplayer Training Scenario
Epsych Class of 2014
3 p.m.
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Shannon Worthan
nd
The following demonstration will be on the 2 floor of Thayer Hall, Room 268
Time
Project
Cadet
9 a.m. Artificial Human Project Using artificial agents in the design Epsych Class of 2014
3 p.m.
of military training scenarios
Faculty Advisor: COL James Ness
36
Department of Chemistry and Life Sciences
Appreciation and Thanks to the C&LS Projects Day Sponsors:
The Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM)
West Point Association of Graduates (AOG)
Army Research Office (ARO)
Army Research Laboratory (ARL)
Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC)
Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center (ECBC)
The US Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center Environmental Lab (ERDC-EL)
The Construction Engineering Research Lab (CERL)
Program Executive Office (PEO) Ammunition, Picatinny Arsenal
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR)
The US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (MRMC)
Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC)
The Defense Medical Research and Development Program (DMRDP)
The Photonics Research Center
The United States Mint at West Point
North Carolina State University
Washington Penn Plastics
Columbia University, NY
All presentations will be held from in Bartlett Hall North, Room 106
Time: 8 – 11 a.m.
Project Title
Cadets
Acetic Acid Tolerance in Bio-Hybrid Fuel Cells
Bann, Seamus
Faculty Advisor: Bozic, Robert G. , LTC
Pyers, Reed
Sponsors: RDECOM-ARL
West Point Chocolate Factory
Faculty Advisor: Bozic, Robert G., LTC
Development of Peptides for Detection of Munitions Constituents
Using Genetic Modification of E. coli
Arrowchis, David
Foster, Leland
Beyea, Aaron
Faculty Advisor: Bozic, Robert G., LTC
Sponsors: RDECOM-ARL
Microbial Fuel Cells: Effect of Electron Mediation on Alcohol
Production in Baker’s & White Wine Yeast
Faculty Advisor: Bozic, Robert G., LTC
Sponsors: RDECOM-ARL
Kicking Mule Brewing Company
Faculty Advisor: Bozic, Robert G., LTC
Houston, Erik
Bohnhoff, John
Bann, Seamus
Pyers, Reed
Heckmann, Ethan
Yi, Caspar
Lacey, Matt
Landefeld, Stewart
37
Wine Making at West Point
Lacey, Matt
Faculty Advisor: Bozic, Robert G., LTC
Cathode Catalyst, composed of Ag nano-particles Supported on
Graphene, tested for tolerance to presence of Alcohols and
Impurities in fuels for fuel cells.
Moton, Elizabeth
Faculty Advisor: Bozic, Robert G., LTC
Sponsors: RDECOM-ARL
Developing a Peptide Separator for Separation of TNT
Faculty Advisor: Bozic, Robert G., LTC
Sponsor: EDRC, Columbia University, NY
Ng, Lauren
Beyea, Aaron
Held, Nathan
Moore, Erik A.
The cardiovascular system by considering heart rate variability
McCormick, Mark C.
Faculty Advisor: Brechue, William F., PhD
3-Dimensional DNA-Templated Nanowire Synthesis
Faculty Advisor: Burpo, F. John, LTC
Sponsors: RDECOM-ARL
Hierarchical 3D Nanotube-Nanowire Assemblies
Faculty Advisor: Burpo, F. John, LTC
Sponsor: DARPA
Biotemplating with DNA to form 3D-nano-porous hydroxyapatite
Faculty Advisors: Burpo, F. John, LTC & Velasquez, Erick, MAJ
Sponsors: RDECOM-ARL
Design and Synthesis of Caged Neurotransmitters for the Study of
the Brain
Faculty Advisor: Comitz, Richard L., LTC
Sponsors: RDECOM-ARL-FDRF
Design and Synthesis of Potential Anti-Leishmania Compounds
Based on Natural Products
Faculty Advisor: Comitz, Richard L., LTC
Sponsors: RDECOM-ARL-FDRF
Cadet Tobacco Use/ USMA Tobacco Cessation Program
Faculty Advisor: Dorfman, Sally Faith, MD
Brown, David
Geiser, Kyle
Lowell, Samuel
Pribble, Andrew
Parra, Alex
Gross, Katie
Collins, Katherine
Galindo, Ricardo
Cooper, Shawn
Mulhere, Conner
Bullock, Eric
Zimmerman, Ryan
Hitt, Joseph Ryan
Harbol, Seth
Pak, Kevin
Chung, Joon Mo
Lee, Junyoung
Lim, Bosung
Phillips, Ashley S.
Blaney, Megan
Dela Cruz, Marco
Jose
Affrin, Zachary
Paneral, Nicholas
Steinke, Andrea
Mullin, Edmund
38
Raman Spectrometry for Detection of Explosive Compounds on
Varying Substrates
Cal, Charles J.
Jean, Dairen
Faculty Advisors: Fell, Nicholas, PhD & Wickiser, Kenneth, PhD
Sponsor: RDECOM-ARL
Tracking Antibiotic Action with Hyperspectral Imaging
Faculty Advisor: Fell, Nicholas, PhD & Wickiser, Kenneth, PhD
Sponsor: RDECOM-ARL
Evaluation of virulence gene expression patterns in Acinetobacter
baumannii using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction
(qRT-PCR) array
Gotschall, Michael
Valencia, Raoul
Ramos, Francisco
Raheem, Ishmael
Vafides, Andrew
O'conor, Daniel
Faculty Advisors: Goodin, Jeremy, MAJ & Brinkley, Carl, COL
Sponsor: RDECOM-ARL-FDRL
Electrospinning Nanofibers for use in Chemical Detection
Faculty Advisor: Hoff, Richard H. PhD
Sponsor: RDECOM-ARL
Discrimination and Identification of Metals and Isotopes by
Elemental Analysis
Faculty Advisor: Kneapler, Caitlin, PhD
Sponsor: DTRA/NSERC
Identification and Analysis of Photonic Mechanisms of Seasonal
Affective Disorder
Faculty Advisor: Kneapler, Caitlin, PhD
Sponsors: Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
Investigation of Individual Light Exposure Levels and Light Bulb
Effects on Seasonal Affective Disorder
Christoffersen, Jack
M.
Hall, Derrick
Payne, Evelyn
Song, Kaoru
Schaefer, Michael
Warren, Kyle
Marinelli, John
Runion, Janelle
Faculty Advisor: Kneapler, Caitlin, PhD
Sponsors: Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
Warren, Kyle
Schaefer, Michael
Marinelli, John
Runion, Janelle
Using NMR to Identification of RDX Breakdown Products
Llewellyn, Charles
Faculty Advisor: Kowalski, Eileen, PhD
Sponsor: RDECOM-ARL-FDRF
Development of a quantitative PCR technique for enumerating
Staphylococcus pseudintermedius
Faculty Advisor: Labare, Michael, PhD
Sponsor: DTRA
The effects of butanoic acid on the germination and growth of
commercial radishes (Raphanus sativus)
Ellis, Oriana
Phillips, Ashley
Sterling, Robert
Unterseher, Andrea
Trent, Julian
Faculty Advisor: Labare, Michael, PhD
Sponsor: DTRA
39
Dipicolinic acid release after treatment of Bacillus anthracis
endospores with short-chain fatty acids
Faculty Advisors: Labare, Michael, PhD & Butkus, Michael, PhD
Sponsor: DTRA
Inactivation of the virus MS-2 by butanoic acid
Faculty Advisors: Labare, Michael, PhD & Butkus, Michael, PhD
Sponsor: DTRA
Assessment of Mutations in Outer Membrane Proteins on the
Fitness & Virulence of Acinetobacter baumanni
Faculty Advisors: Lannan, Ford M., MAJ & Brinkley, Carl, COL
Sponsor: RDECOM-ARL-FDRF
Analysis of the Application of Controlled Release Silver
Nanoparticles from Electrospun Nanofibrous Scaffolds for the
Inhibition of Bacterial Growth
Faculty Advisors: Lannan, Ford M., MAJ & Brinkley, Carl, COL
Sponsors: RDECOM-ARL-FDRF, WRAIR, North Carolina State University
Glenoid Bone Loss Associated with Anterior Glenohumeral
Instability: Assessment and Implications for Management
Cummings, Danielle
Wiedemann, Marion
Venrick, Connor
Snyder, Rita
Wilson, Allison
Adams, Carl
Scoggin, Jacob T.
Tate, Jamison F.
Coe, Valerie R.
Husson, Christopher
M.
Moran, Nicholas A.
Tate, Jamison F.
Husson, Christopher
M.
Moran, Nicholas A.
Whitaker, Daniel
Zalneraitis, Holt
Faculty Advisors: Lannan, Ford, MAJ, Peck, Karen Y., Med, ATC, Cameron,
Kenneth L. PhD, MPH, ATC
Sponsors: John A. Feagin, Jr. Sports Medicine Fellowship
Analysis of Acinetobacter baumannii multidrug resistance using
mutant strains
Broderick, Joseph
Faculty Advisors: O'Donovan, Kevin, PhD & Brinkley, Carl, COL
Sponsor: RDECOM-ARL-FDRF, WRAIR
Galleria mellonella as a model organism to study Acinetobacter
baumannii multidrug resistance
Faculty Advisors: O'Donovan, Kevin, PhD & Brinkley, Carl, COL
Sponsor: RDECOM-ARL-FDRF
Optimizing Headspace Analysis of Explosives
Faculty Advisor: Riegner, Dawn, PhD
Sponsor: RDECOM-ECBC
Brighter and Safer Illumination: Development of High-Nitrogen
Energetics in Military Pyrotechnics
Singh, Sneha
Grant, Shelby
Ting, Nelson
Macky, Dillon
Kostich, Ted
Svoboda, Dillon
Faculty Advisor: Robert, Leon, COL
Sponsor: RDECOM-ARDEC, PEO-Ammo
Ketchum, William
Patrick, Cole
Sullivan, Andersson
Kinney, Michael
Molecular Electronics and Devices Chemistry and Semiconductors
Ast, Patricia
Faculty Advisor: Washington, Gary, PhD
40
Processing Blood Samples to Study the Relationship Between the
Levels of p11 and Seasonal Affective Disorder
Faculty Advisor: Wickiser, J. Kenneth, PhD
Sponsor: MRMC-TATRC
Monitoring the Dynamics of Gene Expression in a Bacterial System
Faculty Advisor: Wickiser, J. Kenneth, PhD
Sponsor: CDMRP
Determining the Kinetics of a Catalytic DNA System Using Optical
Tools
Faculty Advisor: Wickiser, J. Kenneth, PhD
Sponsor: DTRA
The Effects of Melatonin on Cell Cycle Progression and Drug
Sensitivity of the Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum
Faculty Advisors: Williams, John, MAJ & Brinkley, Carl, COL
Sponsor: RDECOM-ARL-FDRF
Life Cycle and Drug Sensitivity Changes in Malaria Parasites due to
the Manipulation of Calcium Uptake
Faculty Advisors: Williams, John, MAJ & Brinkley, Carl, COL
Sponsor: RDECOM-ARL-FDRF
IAD(A): The U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center
Faculty Advisor:
Sponsor: RDECOM-ECBC
IAD(A): The USDA’s use for Hyperspectral Imagery to Ensure Food
Quality and Safety
Koltun, Kristen
Kalik, Jaclyn
Mescher, Patrick
Anderson, Caitlin
Blickle, John
Farlett, Johnmark
McMurray, Jeremy
Tobin, Michael
Yu, Haana
Murcin, Lara
McClenathan,
Matthew
Dela Cruz, Marco
Hegeman, Erik
Brown, Sam
Jude, Joe
Cox, Anthony
Ping Medvigy, Riley
Chong, Stephen
Chong, Stephen
Pekny, Carissa
Murray, Brittney
Loomis, Michaela
Lee, Rebecca
Brown, Sam
Greene, Nicholas
Chansuk, Piyachai
Browning, Catherine
Valencia, Raoul
Faculty Advisor: Fell, Nicholas, PhD
Sponsors: Photonics Research Center, US Department of Agriculture
IAD(A): Carbon Nanotube Thin Film Speakers
Richardson, David
Sponsor: RDECOM-ARL
IAD(A): Detecting Simple Sugars by Ultra Performance Liquid
Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry Analysis
Dela Cruz, Marco
Jose C.
Sponsor: RDECOM-ECBC
IAD(A): Development of Green Pyrotechnics at Picatinny Arsenal
Harbol, Seth
Sponsor: RDECOM-ARDEC
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IAD(A): Earthworm Range-Finding Bioconcentration Study with 3,5Dinitro-o-toluamine (3,5-DNoTAME) and 2-methoxy-5nitrophyridine
Lee, Junyoung
Yap, Melody
Sponsor: RDECOM-ECBC
IAD(A): Internship at the Australian Army Malaria Institute
Sponsor: AOG
IAD(A): Investigation of Multi-Drug Resistant Acinetobacter
Baumannii
Jude, Joseph
Brown, Samuel
Chong, Stephen
Coe, Valerie R.
Faculty Advisors: Lannan, Ford M., MAJ & Brinkley, Carl, COL
Sponsors: RDECOM-ARL, WRAIR
IAD(A): Mass Spectrometry Based Proteomics
Lacey, Benjamin
Sponsor: RDECOM-ECBC
IAD(A): Metallurgy at the Mint
Sponsor: US Mint at West Point
IAD(A): Neutralization of Chemical Agents Using a Field Deployable
Hydrolysis System
Livingston, Zachary
Williams, Zena
Crain, Sean
Sponsor: RDECOM-ECBC
IAD(A): Raman Spectroscopy
Sponsor: RDECOM-ECBC
IAD(A): Stabilization of CuBTC IAD(A): Metal Organic Framework
Using Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition of Carbon
Hexafluoride
Cobb, Gabriel
Neff, Christopher
Sterling, Robert
Sponsor: RDECOM-ECBC
IAD(A): Surface Modification of Crystalline Cellulose for Production
of Translucent Composites
Stewart, Christopher
Sponsor: RDECOM-ECBC
IAD(A): Synthesizing Quantum Sized Fluorescent Gold Nanoclusters
Sponsor: RDECOM- ARL
IAD(A): Walter Reed Physician Shadowing
Sponsor: AOG
Zhan, Edric
Lee, Rebecca
Parker, Regina
Chung, Joon
Galindo, Ricardo
Gasser, Robert
Lagasse, Andrew
Pak, Kevin
Scoggin, Jacob
Warren, Kyle
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Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering
The following capstones will be located in Mahan Hall, Room 205
Sponsor: ARDEC Picatinny
Attendance limited to DoD and contractors only
Time
8–
8:45 a.m.
Project Title
Ammunition Resupply Projectile
9 9:45 a.m.
Obscurant Projective System
10 –
10:45 a.m.
Picatinny Weapons Project
11 –
11:45 a.m.
VTOL ISR System
1–
1:45 p.m.
Counter-UAV Munition
2 2:45 p.m.
Surveillance Squad Level UAV System
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Dave Hampton
Faculty Advisor: Dr. John Rogers
Faculty Advisor: LTC Bruce Floersheim
Faculty Advisor: LTC Bret Van Poppel
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Hans Thomas
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Hans Thomas
Cadets
Zordell, Brian
Bauer, Maxwell
Updike, Kevin
Bartkowski,
Stephen
Salas, Michael
Schroeder, Zachary
Boyd, William
Twitchell, David
Fraser, Simon
Knowles, Trevor
Trexler, Jay
Zander, Kevin
Grady, Anthony
Schlotterbeck, Holly
Whitaker, Charles
Diaz, Roger
Marx, Peter
Hufana, Christopher
Rutherford,
Katherine
Witschen, Bernard
The following oral presentations will be located in Mahan Hall, Room 223
Time
7:30 –
7:50 a.m.
Project Title
Steel Bridge
8–
8:20 a.m.
Concrete Canoe
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Kevin Arnett
Faculty Advisor: LTC Curt Decker
Cadets
Bye, Cody
Cansler, Alexander
Merrill, Bruce
Roden, Tyler
Shinkwin, Matthew
Kneppler, John
Miller, Benjamin
Presley, jena
Pugh, Eric
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8:30 –
8:50 a.m.
Ultra High Performance Concrete
9–
9:20 a.m.
Lusk Water Treatment Plant
9:30 –
9:50 a.m.
SIP Hut
10 –
10:20 a.m.
Structural Visualization
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Christopher Conley
Caruso, Anthony
Gooden, Nathaniel
Howell, Cabot
10:30 –
10:50 a.m.
Structural Optimization
Glasz, Tyler
11 –
11:20 a.m.
Envision and LEED Green Associate Certification
11:30 –
11:50 a.m.
LEED Accredited Professional - Building Design and
Construction Certification
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Christopher Conley
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Christopher Conley
Faculty Advisors: COL Fred Meyer & LTC Steve Hart
Barry, Kevin
Brownfield, Daniel
Butler, Cameron
Matheny, Dylan
Crespo, Diego
Ratzer, Scott
Faculty Advisor: LTC Curt Decker
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Scott Katalenich
Caesar, Nicholas
Glavin, Matthew
Hamm, Kendall
Horstman, Christer
Pinho, Daniel
Price, Christopher
Richards, Jonathon
Hume, Robert
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Scott Katalenich
1–
1:20 p.m.
Insurgency Simulation
1:30 –
1:50 p.m.
Transportation Optimization
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Led Klosky & COL Joseph Hanus
Alonso, Jennifer
Groom, Luke
Holmgren, Jonathon
Horstman, Christer
McCauley, Abigail
2–
2:20 p.m.
Goethals Infrastructure Challenge
Hansen, Evan
2:30 –
2:50 p.m.
Infrastructure: Overview
3–
3:20 p.m.
Infrastructure: Water
3–
3:50 p.m.
Infrastructure: Transportation
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Led Klosky & COL Joseph Hanus
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Berndt Spittka
Dimarco, Regina
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Berndt Spittka
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Berndt Spittka
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Berndt Spittka
Meach, Sovisal
Song, Kaoru
Mescher, Patrick
Yu, Charles
The following capstones will be located in Mahan Hall, Arnold Auditorium
Time
Project Title
Cadets
8–
Intelligent Ground Combat Vehicle
Baker, Stuart
Faculty Advisor: COL Bob Sadowski & MAJ Brodie Hoyer
8:45 a.m.
Cluff, Isaac
Carroll, Ryan
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9–
9:45 a.m.
SAE Mini-Baja Competition
10 –
10:45 a.m.
West Point Exo-Skeleton
11 –
11:45 a.m.
Natick Design
1–
1:45 p.m.
Soldier Portable Heavy Vehicle Lifting System
2–
2:45 p.m.
Liquid Spray X-Ray Design
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Elsa Johnson
Sponsor: AOG
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Becky Zifchock & MAJ Amber Walker
Sponsor: DARPA
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Steve Elgan
Sponsor: Natick
Faculty Advisor: LTC Michael Benson
Sponsor: AFRL
Faculty Advisor: LTC Michael Benson
Sponsor: ARL
Hartman, Derek
Callahan, Brian
Yoder, Henry
Moreno, John
Stephens, Anthony
Choi, Ranny
Soos, Benjamin
Crocker, Matthew
Everett, Cameron
Winn, Laura
Polston, Ryan
Zwank, Brandon
Hamner, Adam
Reichert, Zachary
Latimer, Meagan
Greene, Corey
Chestnut, David
Dimilia, James
Alexander, Clay
Luehrmann, James
Lee, Christina
Hu, Jason
Coote, Alessandra
Abdul, Christopher
Billisits, Nathan
Cook, Joshua
Hunnewell, Blake
Jones, Shane
Stanley, Drew, and
Mughrabi, Hashem
Ryan, Matthew
Eichner, Daniel
Tennis, Jonathan
The following capstones will be located in Mahan Hall, Room B5
Time
8–
8:45 a.m.
Project Title
Design, Build, Fly Competition I
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Steve Chetcuti
Sponsor: AOG
Cadets
Walling, Victoria
Hartke, Matthew
Menicucci, Ryan
Pedigo, Austin
You, Jae
Gregory, Trevor
Little, Daniel
Evans, Daren
Gonzalez, Gerardo
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9–
9:45 a.m.
Design, Build, Fly Competition II
10 –
10:45 a.m.
Soldier Knee Pad Redesign
11 –
11:45 a.m.
NISH: Disability Assistive Device
1–
2:30 p.m.
Improvised Armaments
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Ryan Goyings
Sponsor: AOG
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Dan Andrews
Faculty Advisor: COL Daisie Boettner
Sponsor: NISH
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Gunnar Tamm & MAJ Brodie Hoyer
Sponsor: ARDEC - Picatinny
(Attendance limited to invited personnel only)
Lesmeister, Michael
Cotner, Kyle
Gadhgadhi, Khalil
Bookout, William
Labelle, John
Brown, Derek
Ivanco, Theodore
Eack, Michael
Decker, Justin
Ferro, Alexander
Fleming, Drake
Sims, Jordan
Sommerfeld, Jared
Miranda, Michael
Hayes, Alec
Carlson, Andrew
LaRue, Isaac
Gebner, Adam
Bowman, Austin
Felix, Justin
Heath, Harrison
The following capstone will be at the SIP Hut located in the Power Plant Moat
Time
8–
11:30 a.m.
Project Title
Boeing Advanced Concept Energy System
Faculty Advisor: COL Grant Crawford & LTC Steve Hart
Sponsor: Boeing
Cadets
Bowers, Zachary
Vaverka, Kolby
Stephens, William
McCorkle, Noah
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Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Posters will be displayed in the West Point Ballroom
Time: 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Project Title
Cadets
Applied Robotics for Installation and Base Operations (ARIBO)
Abreu, Matthew
Faculty Advisor: LTC Paul Maxwell
Anderson, Michael
Carr, Michael
Carroll, Matthew
Fentress, Craig
Lowe, Victor
Roman, Jonathan
Project Atlas
Faculty Advisor: CPT(P) Joshua Rykowski
Black Knight Satellite II
Faculty Advisor: LTC Matt Burrow
Calypso
Faculty Advisor: CAPT Mark DeYoung
DynaMA
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Todd Arnold
FOCER
Faculty Advisor: CPT(P) John Zehnpfennig II
GANG Analyzes Networks and Geography (GANG)
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Paulo Shakarian, LTC Michael Martin
GNUraiders
Faculty Advisor: CPT(P) Joshua Rykowski
Brown, Wil
O'Brien, Conor
Robertson, Tyler
Clawson, Nicholas
Coote, Alessandra
Melvin, Robert
Oliver, Rachel
Oswald, Andrew
Ruckman, Daniel
Welker, Christopher
Keyes, Kevin
Patten, Stephen
Thompson, Matthew
Zeidler, John
Tippett, Hayden
D'Antonio, Sean
Clark, Jacob
Corbins, Khirsen
Taephanitcharoen,
Dome
Wilkes, Jason
Kenney, Evan
Lademan, Jacob
Young, Christian
Gorak, Zachary
Sands, Samuel
Myers, William
Chistiansen, Jacob
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Hex
Faculty Advisor: COL Thomas Cook
HLT
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Todd Arnold
Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (IGVC)
Faculty Advisors: COL Eugene Ressler, COL Robert Sadowski, Dr. Peter Hanlon
Intelligent Cyber Attribution (InCA)
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Paulo Shakarian
MapReduce speeds up Robinson Foulds (MrsRF)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Suzanne Matthews
NetViz
Faculty Advisor: LTC David Raymond
NotLost!
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Joseph Heyman
Team Pandora
Faculty Advisor: LTC Glenn Robertson
Sharpsten, Christian
Allison, Benjamin
Harrison, Bradley
Molenaar, Taylor
Webber, Matthew
Davis, Andrew
Herren, George
Wilde, Adam
Wolf, Nina
Baker, Stuart
Carroll, Ryan
Cluff, Isaac
Demoss, James
Depp, Zachary
Heffernan, Aubin
Koch, William
Salmento, Joseph
Paulo, Damon
Moores, Geoffrey
Tyson, Bryce
Rollings, Nathaniel
Betros, Rosemary
Blood, Andrew
Choban, Joseph
Petty, Brian
Roberts, Christopher
Short, Zachary
Hanlon, Gaelan
Leblanc, Donald
McGuire, Matthew
Rathbone, Michael
Ragay, Kiefer
DeCoursey, Jason
Miller, Laramie
Hyde, Dylan
Oberle, Robert
Cardillo, Kyle
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Remotely Operated Automatic Mortar System (ROAMS)
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Raymond Blaine
SNIC
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Paulo Shakarian
Squad X
Faculty Advisor: COL Robert Kewley
USMA Map App
Faculty Advisor: LTC Christa Chewar
ARAMIS
Faculty Advisors: LTC Daniel Bennett and Mr. Dave Chennault
De Groof, Sebastian
Mendoza, Richard
Miller, Peter
Ramirez, Zachary
Sohn, Clayton
Webber, Kenneth
Hannigan, Joseph
Fischl, Bradley
Hernandez,
Guillermo
Faughn, Hannah
Wilcox, Peter
Gibson, Holland
Howard, Ian
Marciano, Zachary
Mortensen, Jonathan
Nesbit, Reginald
Vargas, Melissa
Stepat, Fritz
Little, Jamonte
Mihalik, Mark
Newman, Zachary
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Department of English and Philosophy
EP 344 (Criticism) Projects
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Rebecca Wisor
Location: Thayer Hall, Room 347
Time: 9 – 10 a.m.
Project Title
"Mystery Critic Theater 3000"
Type of Presentation: Film
"Gazing through the Critic's Glasses"
Type of Presentation: Film/Presentation
"No Talking in the Library: A Conversation through Critical
Perspectives"
Type of Presentation: Performance
Cadets
Feinman, Dean F4
Williams, Matt F1
Hinds, Thomas B3
Alexander, Chanice I4
Wilson, Clude E1
Moore, Jennifer H4
Van Kopp, Mark C3
O’Connor, Haley E3
Koch, Charles H2
Kelly, Jonathan F3
Hunt, Andrew B3
Literature Thesis Presentations (Paper)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Rebecca Wisor
Location: Thayer Hall
Time: 9 – 11:30 a.m.
Project Title
“Follow the Man in the Straight Jacket: Unconventional Leadership
in the Modern Bureaucracy”.
Cadets
Pendleton, Jake H1
“Much Ado about a Midsummer’s Bachelorette: A Shakespearean
Mash-up”
Efaw, Alex I3
“Life After (Un)Death: Freud’s Unheimlich in Contemporary Zombie
Fiction”
Monfort, Patrick H2
"Flipping the Switch: Illuminating Individualism in Emerson and
Ellison"
Leake, Evan H3
“An Icon of Active Love: The Moment of the Bow in Fyodor
Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov”
Chamberlin, Ellen G4
"Rebellion: The Inner Conflict of Ivan Karamazov and the Language
of Dostoevsky”
Kornegay, Gabe C1
“Destiny and Designed Communities in William Faulkner’s Absalom,
Absalom! and Light in August”
Dore, Tim H4
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Philosophy Thesis Presentations (Paper)
Faculty Advisor: LTC Chris Mayer
Location: Thayer Hall, Room 347
Time: 1 – 2:30 p.m.
Project Title
"Art as an Expression of Feeling"
Cadets
Jesus, John G4
“Intervening on Intervention: A Philosophical Examination of SHARP
Doctrine”
Schmidt, Havana G2
“Possibility and Actuality: An Examination of How We Understand
Modality”
McCollum, Ryan C4
EP 348 (American Literature II) Projects (Paper)
Faculty Advisor: COL Mike Stoneham
Location: Thayer Hall, Room 345
Time: 2 – 4 p.m.
Project Title
Cadets
“The Personal Sublime: Exploring Fleeting Moments of Lasting
Monfort, Patrick H2
Revelation"
“Incandescent Minds”
Leake, Evan H3
“Terse Vignettes: Finding Hemingway’s Style”
Ferebee, Jeff F1
“In One Ear”
Hunt, Andrew B3
"Perceptions of Freedom"
Pendleton, Jake H1
“The Forked Apple”
Barger, Cody E4
"Valuing Ambiguities"
Koch, Charles H2
“Violating the Story”
De Rosa, Phillip C4
Theatrical Performance:
Academy Idol
Cadets: Grays, James B1; Vosburgh, Zach I2; Rowell, Katja E1; Broullire, Kenner H1;
Cuomo, Danielle C4; Bidwell, Roger I1; Petersen, Micah I1; Diulus, Danielle G4; Steinke,
Andrea H2
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Marc Napolitano
Location: Robinson Auditorium
Time: 10 – 11:45 a.m.
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Film Presentation:
EP342 Film & Film Theory Cadet Short Film Projects
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Marc Napolitano
Location: Robinson Auditorium
Time: 1 - 3 p.m.
Multimedia Presentation:
EP 390 (Romanticism) Literary Video Projects
Faculty Advisor: COL Scott Krawczyk
Location: Lincoln Hall, Room 222
Time: 4 – 5 p.m.
Display:
EN102 Creative Project Display
Faculty Advisor: Rebecca Wisor
Location: Robinson Auditorium, Rotunda
All Day
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Department of Foreign Languages
Arabic Briefings
Location: Washington Hall, Room 4303
Time
8–
9 a.m.
9–
10 a.m.
Project
US-Jordanian Relations: Maintaining Stability in the
Wake of the Syrian Crisis
Cadets
Faculty Advisor: COL John Baskerville
Hancock, Paul
Murray, Chris
Reeves, Christian
Civil Military Relations and the Emergence of
Democracy in Egypt
Brown, Pat
Nyhan, Joseph
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Gregory Mitchell
10 –
11 a.m.
Egypt and Morocco : A New Paradigm
Faculty Advisor: LTC David Shively
Pedron, Chase
Johnson, Erik
11 a.m. –
12 p.m.
Advancing an Integrated Ballistic Missile Defense
System in Gulf Cooperation Council Nations: An
Analysis of Barriers to System Integration
Rainey, Richard
Nasir, Ahmad
Wood, Wesley
Faculty Advisor: LTC Jennifer Griffin
1–
2 p.m.
Sayyid Qutb and the Contemporary Muslim
Brotherhood: An Icon’s Influence on Ideology and
Action in post-Arab Spring Egypt
Marino, Michael
Noreen, Peter
Faculty Advisor: COL John Baskerville
2–
3 p.m.
Experiential and Educational Influences on Key Iraqi
Shiite Leaders After 9/11
Faculty Advisor: LTC David Shively
Garcia De Leon, John
Parks, Darcy
Jefferies, Alexander
Arabic Briefings
Location: Washington Hall, Room 4305
Time
11 a.m. –
12 p.m.
Project
The Legitimacy of Arab Monarchies: A Comparative
Analysis
Cadets
Lund, Johanna
Perez, Jeffrey
Faculty Advisor: LTC David Shively
1–
2 p.m.
The Way Forward: Language and Culture in the
Regionally Aligned Force Model
Reichold, James
Matthews, Michael
Faculty Advisor: LTC Jennifer Griffin
2–
3 p.m.
Managing Yemen’s Terror Problem: Al Qaeda,
Ungoverned Spaces and the United States
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Gregory Mitchell
Allbright, Sarah
Hoshall, Carson
Iadonisi, Joseph
Chinese Briefings
Location: Washington Hall, Room 4413
Time
9–
Project
Options Available to the Communist Part of China and
Cadets
Garcia, Danny
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10 a.m.
Their Effects on Diplomatic Relations with U.S., Russia,
and South Korea
Hazlett, Jennifer
Slattery, Sean
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Kevin Jensen
10 –
11 a.m.
Political Compliance or Political Backlash: The Effects
of Censorship on the Chinese Domestic Political
Climate
Lee, Daniel
Avelino, Andres
Hughes, Michael
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Kevin Jensen
11 –
12 p.m.
Use of Propaganda by the Communist Party of China
for Support, Legitimacy, and Prominence
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Kevin Jensen
Johnson, Caleb
Kim, Apphia
Easley, Kevin
French Briefings
Location: Washington Hall, Room 4317
Time
8–
9 a.m.
Project
French Military and Humanitarian Aid Organization
Interaction: Case Studies of Central African Republic
and Mali
Cadets
Crockett, Julian
Dyson, Jonathon
Haden, Savannah
Faculty Advisor: CPT (P) Charles Parsons
9–
10 a.m.
10 –
11 a.m.
How French Public Opinion is Effecting France’s Future
Energy Options and Security Strategy
Faculty Advisor: CPT (P) Charles Parsons
Lee, Peter
Pozuelos, Brian
Ritchey, Caleb
“Afreq-com: A Design to Achieve Better MachineAided Tactical Level Translation Between and Across
Multinational Forces and Local Populations”
E-nunu, Teminiro
Kim, Alexander
Kingma, Kelly
Faculty Advisor: LTC John Hubbard
11 a.m. –
12 p.m.
Intra-State Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa: Case Studies
of South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the
Congo
Leopold, Aaron
Susong, Charles
Faculty Advisor: CPT (P) Ronald Hijduk
1–
2 p.m.
The Potential for the United States, France and China
to Cooperate on Maritime Security around the Horn of
Africa
Cody, Rozier
Wang, William
Faculty Advisor: CPT (P) Ronald Hijduk
German Briefings
Location: Washington Hall, Room 5002 (Conference Room)
Time
9–
10 a.m.
Project
Vielfalt in der Bundeswehr: The Integration of
Minorities in the German Armed Forces
Faculty Advisor: COL Mark Gagnon
Cadets
Lewis, Jason
Knapp, Kathryn
Kneppper, John
Maxfield, Seth
Riley, David
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10 –
11 a.m.
Vielfalt in der Bundeswehr: The Integration of
Minorities in the German Armed Forces
Faculty Advisor: COL Mark Gagnon
Brooks, Patrick
Faulkner, Caleb
Hickman, Isaiah
Kaufman, Cristine
Westervelt, Bryan
Portuguese Briefings
Location: Washington Hall, Room 4307
Time
9–
10 a.m.
Project
Oportunidades para associações econômicos: Angola e
Brasil (Opportunities for Economic Partnership: Angola
and Brazil) Keith Buell, Elijah Bovenzi
Cadets
Buell, Keith
Bovenzi, Elijah
Faculty Advisors: LTC Shane Baker and Dr. Rebecca JonesKellogg
10 –
11 a.m.
O problema demográfico de Portugal e seu impacto na
economia, cultura e militar (Portugal’s Demographic
Problem and the Impact on its Economy, Culture and
Military)
Young, Hollis
Wilkins, Aris
Verano, Rommel
Faculty Advisors: LTC Shane Baker and Dr. Rebecca JonesKellogg
Russian Briefing
Location: Washington Hall, Room 4306
Time
9–
10 a.m.
Project
Forgotten Crossroad: Enhancing Military
Interoperability with the Republic of Azerbaijan
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Lawrence Mansour
Cadets
Ivashchenko, Ivan
Kelly, Christopher
Zinn, Milton
Spanish Briefings
Location: Washington Hall, Room 4409
Time
11 a.m. –
12 p.m.
Project
Language and Culture Programs for Regionally Aligned
Forces: Curriculum Assessment for the 7th Special
Forces Group (Airborne)
Faculty Advisors: LTC Jesus Aguirre and Dr. Laura Vidler
Sponsors: 7th Special Forces Group, DARPA
1–
2 p.m.
APTUS in Spanish: Going Global Without Getting Lost
in Translation
Faculty Advisors: LTC Jesus Aguirre and Dr. Laura Vidler
Cadets
Williams, Scott
Lynn, Seth
Skinner, Aaron
Ambrogio, Francis
Osigian, Barkef
Zimmerman, Kaitlyn
Flemings, Joshua
Clemente, Shannon
Lang, Leah
Saint Louis, Djeunie
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Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering
Posters will be displayed in Washington Hall (GENE Hallway), vic 5300
Time: 9 – 11:30 a.m.
Project Title
Cadets
4-Variable Disaster Mapping
Honors
Dewhirst, Jacob
Faculty Advisors: Dr Amy Krakowka, MAJ Dylan Malcomb
Project
Sponsors: Minerva Research Initiative, Center for Network
Sciences
The Second Congo War
Hendrix, Grant
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Dylan Malcomb
Sponsors: Minerva Research Initiative, Center for Network
Sciences
Developments in Architecture: Modern and PostModern Influences on New York City’s Skyscrapers
Honors
Project
Kindley, Ethan
Link, James
Faculty Advisors: Dr Amy Krakowka, MAJ Dylan Malcomb
Sponsors: Minerva Research Initiative, Center for Network
Sciences
Uganda
AIAD
Research
Honors
Project
Where is the Next John Elway?: A Geographical
Analysis of the High Schools of NFL Athletes
Honors
Project
McLucus, Andrew
Uganda
AIAD
Research
Stewart, Blair
Virtue, Jacob
Uganda
AIAD
Research
Honors
Project
Szott, John
Faculty Advisors: COL Wiley Thompson, Dr Amy Krakowka
Sponsors: Minerva Research Initiative, Center for Network
Sciences
Angola: Identifying the Roots of Conflict through
Spatial Analysis
Honors
Project
Shields, Raziel
Faculty Advisor: Dr Jon Malinowski
Environmental Security and the Lake Victoria
Watershed Region
Faculty Advisor: Dr Jon Malinowski
The Slums of Kampala: Sustainable Urban Living
Faculty Advisors: COL Wiley Thompson, Dr Amy Krakowka,
MAJ Dylan Malcomb
Sponsors: Minerva Research Initiative
Landslides within the Bududa District
Faculty Advisor: LTC Andrew Lohman
Sponsors: Minerva Research Initiative, Center for Network
Sciences
Promoting growth in Lolium multiflorum and Lolium
perenne using actively aerated compost tea:
Comparing growth promoters
Anderson, William
Faculty Advisor: Dr Marie Johnson
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The environmental impacts of the trampling effect
on the Bull Pond land navigation military training
area in West Point, NY
Hudgins, McKenzie
Faculty Advisor: Dr Marie Johnson
A Snowless Ski Slope
Faculty Advisor: Dr Michael Butkus
Target Hill Irrigation and Power System
Faculty Advisor: Dr Michael Butkus
Waste to Power for the Developing World
Faculty Advisor: Dr Michael Butkus
Rainwater Collection System to Supplement
Drinking Water for a Honduran Orphanage
Faculty Advisor: Dr Michael Butkus
MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS: Turning mess hall waste
into a resource
Carron, Christian
Cavins, Lawrence
DeFabio, Andrew
Platman, Mitchell
Bradway, Bonny
Nichols, Benjamin
Puritz, Joel
Constantino, Christen
Kruse, James
Rodino, Christopher
Anderson, Nathalia
Doody, Katherine
Hernandez, Asia
Smith, Kelsey
Platman, Mitchell
Faculty Advisors: Dr Michael Butkus, LTC Jeff Starke, MAJ
Matthew Baideme
Determining the increase in waste-to-energy output
of microbial fuel cells through a novel pre-treatment
process
Cavins, Lawrence
Faculty Advisor: CPT Matty Haith
The Use of MFC to treat waste streams on Army
FOBs
Carron, Christian
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Christian Robbins
Sponsors: DARPA
Detecting and Treatment Strategies for Sulfate
Reducing Bacteria in Water Wells
DeFabio, Andrew
Faculty Advisor: LTC Jeff Starke
Sponsors: CONSOL Energy
Lessons Learned from Building a Biogas Digester in
Western Uganda
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Adam Brady
Sponsors: CSCMO
Bradway, Bonny
Doody, Katie
Bastianelli, Patrick
Adams, Courtland
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Department of History
The following projects are located in Thayer Hall, Room 127
Time
9–
10 a.m.
Project Title
The Affect of Demographic Change on AfricanAmerican Education in Ohio
Cadets
Brodman, Jacob
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Forney
10 –
11 a.m.
Progressive Era Prostitution in New Orleans
11 a.m. –
12 p.m.
Sacagawea and Pochahontas in History and Memory
1–
2 p.m.
Public Opinion of the Whiskey Rebellion
2–
3 p.m.
Leninism Revisited: Populism, Marxism and the
‘Strictly Defined Theory
Strader, Samuel
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Forney
Caskey, David
Faculty Advisor: PROF Robert McDonald
Fleming, Kevin
Faculty Advisor: PROF Robert McDonald
Gongaware, Gina
Faculty Advisor: PROF Greta Bucher
The following projects are located in Thayer Hall, Room 158
Time
9–
9:30 a.m.
Project Title
Conducting Archival Research: A History Major's
Experience
Cadets
Reeves, Alexander
Faculty Advisor: PROF Sam Watson
9:30 –
10 a.m.
A Semester Abroad: Studying History in the Ukraine
10 –
10:30 a.m.
The History Department Staff Ride: Cultural Emersion
in India
Brimer, Andrew
Faculty Advisor: PROF Steve Waddell
Faculty Advisor: PROF Rasheed Hosein
Rapone, Spenser
Clifford, John
Affrin, Zachary
10:30 –
11 a.m.
Soviet Cinema and Nationalism
Schrack, Robert
11 –
11:30 a.m.
Endorsing Equity: The American Media's Treatment of
Women's Changing Role in Romance, 1920-1945
Faculty Advisor: PROF Greta Bucher
Stock, Gordon
Faculty Advisor: PROF Sam Watson
11:30 a.m. 12 p.m.
The Canadian Contribution to the Manhattan Project
1–
5 p.m.
USMA-Columbia University History Panel: The
Historical Uses of Both 'Hard' and 'Soft' Power
Elements of National Power
Davis, Brandi
Faculty Advisor: MAJ William Nance
Allen, Taylor
Carlisle, Craig
Steckler, Jacob
Faculty Advisor: MAJ John Morris
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The following projects are located in Thayer Hall, Room 160
Time
9–
10 a.m.
Project Title
The Taktika of Emperor Leo VI: A Doctrinal Response
to Muslim Military Challenges on Byzantium’s Ninth
Century Frontier
Cadets
Bastoky, Alexander
Faculty Advisor: PROF Rasheed Hosein
10 –
11 a.m.
President Clinton's Decision to Deny the Army's
Request to Deploy Heavy Armor to Somolia in 1993
Janowski, Michael
Faculty Advisor: PROF Rasheed Hosein
11 a.m. –
12 p.m.
Corruption in South Vietnam
1–
2 p.m.
The Fall of Acre in 1291 – historical outcomes
2–
3 p.m.
'Damned Dutchman?' Franz Sigel Re-evaluated
Allen, Taylor
Faculty Advisor: COL Greg Daddis
Scott, Andrew
Faculty Advisor: PROF Rasheed Hosein
Maxfield, Seth
Faculty Advisor: LTC David Siry
59
Department of Law
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The following projects will be located in Bldg 606, 4 Floor, Law Conference Room
Time
8–
8:55 a.m.
Project Title
Domestic Surveillance and Terrorist Attacks:
Neutralizing the Bigger Threat
Cadets
Homan, Dustin
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Sabra Janko
Note: Senior Honor's Thesis Defense
9–
9:55 a.m.
Direct Participation in Cyber Hostilities
Allyson Hauptman
Faculty Advisor: LTC Shane Reeves
Note: Senior Honor's Thesis Defense
10 –
10:55 a.m.
The Military Commissions Act of 2009: An Adequate
and Appropriate Tool in the War on Terror
Reagan, Clayton
Faculty Advisor: COL David Wallace
Note: Senior Honors Thesis Defense
11 –
11:55 a.m.
Exempting Military Officials from Bivens Liability:
‘Special Factors’ Allowing Courts to Equivocate
Mitchiner, Meghan
Faculty Advisor: LTC Janine Felsman
Note: Senior Honor's Thesis Defense
12 –
1 p.m.
War Crimes Staff Ride, Civil Rights Staff Ride & Point
to Point AIAD Presentation
(Oral Presentation - Brown bag discussion of AIAD
experiences on three Law Dept. Staff Rides: War
Crimes, Civil Rights and Point to Point (Liberia))
Faculty Advisors: LTC Mark Visger, LTC Walter Narramore,
Prof. Robert Goldstein
Sponsor: West Point Association of Graduates
1–
1:55 p.m.
Execution Waiting Line: A plausible remedy to the
destabilizing wait for convicted felons on death row
Leskera, Jordan
Homan, Dustin
Cachopa, Kyle
Heslop, Jared
Kulungowski,
Mallory
Jimenez, Adam
Wilkins, William
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Matt Kemkes
Note: Senior Honor's Thesis Defense
3–
3:55 p.m.
Individual Liability for Individual Liability for Group
War Crimes: An Examination of Current Approaches
and Recommendations for Improvement
Lewis, Emily
Faculty Advisor: LTC Mark Visger
Note: Senior Honor's Thesis Defense
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Law 495 Capstone Course Appellate Debate Competition
Capstone Course Professor: LTC Shane Reeves
Location: Law Conference Room, Law Library and SJA Court Room
Time: 2 – 2:55 pm
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The following projects will be located in Bldg 606, 4 Floor, Law Library
Time
8–
8:55 a.m.
Project Title
Technology's Assault on the Fourth Amendment
Cadets
Doyle, James
Faculty Advisor: LTC Walter Narramore
Note: Senior Honor's Thesis Defense
9–
9:55 a.m.
Cyber Weapons: A Second Amendment Perspective
Faculty Advisor: COL Mark Toole
Fitzsimmons,
Andrew
Note: Senior Honor's Thesis Defense
10 –
10:55 a.m.
One Right to Rule them All: The Balance of Habeas
Corpus in the Civil War and the War on Terror
Holloway, Thomas
Faculty Advisor: LTC Michael Kramer
Note: Senior Honor's Thesis Defense
11 –
11:55 a.m.
Water and Power: The Rule of Law Struggle for the
Most Basic of Needs
Mangru, Gabrielle
Faculty Advisor: Professor Robert Goldstein
Note: Senior Honor's Thesis Defense
1–
1:55 p.m.
Soldiers, Sex, and Alcohol: The Evolution of Article 120
and its Treatment of Impaired Victims
Miller, Brianna
Faculty Advisor: COL Maritza Ryan
Note: Senior Honor's Thesis Defense
3–
3:45 p.m.
Mock Trial Team Demonstration
(Oral - Demonstration of Mock Trial Competition
Event)
Faculty Advisor: CPT Trent Powell
44:45 p.m.
Speech Team Debate Demonstration
Topic: Should Commanders or Lawyers make the
decision to prosecute under the UCMJ?
Boerema, Kiam
Cooper, Josh
Brosnan, Megan
Fitzsimmons, Drew
Sweaney, Shawn
Yang, Grace
Conners, Cassidy
Berry, Ian
Ungerman, Meyer
Hernandez, Nathan
Voet, Ken
Moore, Will
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Department of Military Instruction
Oral Presentations (follow up with Q&A)
Location: Thayer Hall, Room 344
Time
Project
8–
8:50 a.m.
"Megacities and The Future of Urban Combat"
8:50 –
9:40 a.m.
"Civil-Military Relations in Central America: Analyzing
a Complex Issue in a Dynamic World"
Sponsors: Chief of Staff of the Army, Strategic Studies Group
Sponsors: US Army South, G-2 (Intel)
9:40 –
10:30 a.m.
"The Army Cyber Officer: Defining the Role"
10:30 –
11:20 a.m.
"Partner, Competitor, or Adversary: Potential
USARPAC Options to Shape Future US-China
Relations"
Sponsor: US Army Cyber Command
Sponsors: US Army Pacific, G-5 (Strat Plans)
Cadets
Anderson, James
Freeman, Daniel
Rohweder, Erik
Talley, Matthew
Costa, Jacob
Malinda, James
Quintana, Joshua
Stark, Kate
Dixon, Chelsea
St. Pierre, John
Washington, Kelly
Welch, Matthew
Canacci, Alexander
Finerty, Kevin
Morris, Ian
Woods, Conor
Oral Presentations (follow up with Q&A)
Location: Washington Hall, Room 5114 (Benavidez Room)
Time
9:40 –
10:30 a.m.
Project
“Strategic Landpower: Defining and Explaining its Role
in Modern Warfare of the United States"
Sponsor: Strategic Landpower Task Force
8–
8:50 a.m.
"Strengthening the future US-UK Special Relationship"
8:50 –
9:40 a.m.
“Securing Niger: Strategic Analysis of the Agadezian
Drone Base"
Sponsors: The Joint Staff, J-5 (Western Europe and Balkans
Division)
Sponsor: U.S. Agency for International Development
10:30 –
11:20 a.m.
"The PLA and US Army in 2025: A comparative study of
future roles in the Asia Pacific"
Sponsor: Office of Net Assessment (OSD)
11:20 a.m. 12:10 p.m.
"Guiding Organizational Change in the Future
Mechanized Infantry Platoon"
Sponsor: Maneuver Center of Excellence
Cadets
Agha, Hamad
Kirby-Dante,
Christopher
Rice, Gregory
Roberts, Kord
Turner, Jackson
Angel-Hardy, Arnold
Garcia, Jacob
Kim, Julius
Lovely, Alexander
Mace, William
Pozonsky, Jonathan
Vrudny, Scott
Woronowicz,
Roberta
Gray, Shawn
Hill, Kristian
Pashko, Steven
Stenta, Austin
Gallegos, Joshua
Higgins, Matthew
Magana, Markos
Mayorga, Richard
Naber, Justin
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Department of Mathematical Sciences
Mathematical Sciences Center
The following project presentations will be held in Thayer Hall Rm. 120
Time: 8:00 – 8:20 a.m.
Project Title
Cadets
Mixed Boundary Analysis Of The Complex Variable Boundary
Hughes, Matthew
Element Method
Faculty Advisor: LTC Anthony Johnson
nd
The following posters will be displayed in Thayer Hall, 2 Floor vicinity Rm. 226
Time: 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Project Title
Cadets
Understand Ultrafilters, Understand Shur's Theorem
Foss, Joseph
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kendal Williams
Pull-spinning: A novel nanofiber fabrication process for point
of wear textiles
Glavin, Calla
Faculty Advisor: COL Michael Phillips
Polynomial Solutions for a Generalized Laguerre Differential
Equation and Relevant Properties of these Solutions
Drummond, Chloe
Faculty Advisor: Fr. Gabe Costa
Exploring the Scalability of Algorithms using High Performance
Computing
Grigsby, Carolynn
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Adam Springer
A Parallelization of Divide-and-Conquer Sorting Algorithms
Hubbard, Steven
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Adam Springer
Ranking College football Teams and a New BCS
Strack, Matthew
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Bill Pulleyblank
Using Implied Volatility to Forecast the Macro-Economic
Activity of Countries of Strategic Interest
Lee, Jason
Faculty Advisor: LTC Mike Yankovich
Efficacy of Clustering Algorithms to Improve Geolocation
Kaputsos, Peter
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Bethany Kubik
Solving Polynomials with Origami
Lan, Anna
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Bethany Kubik
Analyzing Efficiency and Predictive Measures of Success in the
Major League Baseball Amateur Draft
Lee, Jonathan
Faculty Advisor: Fr. Gabe Costa
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nd
The following posters will be displayed in Thayer Hall, 2 Floor vicinity Rm. 226
Time: 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Project Title
Composite, Regression Based Metrics for Security Volatility
Cadets
Mayville, Robert
Faculty Advisor: Fr. Gabe Costa
Origami Mathematics: The Colorability of Crease Patterns
Oh, Esther
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Bethany Kubik
An Analysis of Boundary Behavior Using Complex Variable
Boundary Elements
Thomasy, Corbin
Faculty Advisor: LTC Anthony Johnson
The Cadet Race: A Mathematical Approach to Board Game
Development
Grucella, Madeline
Faculty Advisor: LTC Doug McInvale
Media and Perception: Understanding the Role of Media in the
Philippines
Kunst, Kailee
Faculty Advisor: MAJ James Starling
Assessing Student Interdisciplinary Work
Olcese, Elizabeth
Faculty Advisor: COL Gerald Kobylski
Applying Markov Chains in Classic Board Game Development
Paulo, Damon
Faculty Advisor: LTC Doug McInvale
Towards Proving the Graceful Tree Conjecture
Barnette, Saylor
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Bill Pulleyblank
Seeking a Relationship Between the Change in the Influence of
Islam and Violence in the Southern Phillipines
Mills, Edward
Faculty Advisor: MAJ James Starling
Network Science Center
The following project presentation will be held in Thayer Hall Rm. 120
Time: 8:00 – 8:20 a.m.
Project Title
Cadets
NetSel: Network Analysis for Participant Selection
Langhans, Zachary
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jocelyn Bell
st
The following posters will be displayed in Thayer Hall, 1 Floor vicinity Rm. 120
Time: 8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Project Title
Cadets
Communications through Mission Command: Using Network
Moellering, Matthew
Analysis to Develop Contingent Command and Control Strategies
for Tactical Communication During the Information Age
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Chris Arney
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Control Theory within Social Networks
Fong, Theodore
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Chris Arney and Dr. Kate Coronges
Do diarrhea and sex predict infant mortality in Uganda?
Webster, Jennifer
Kunst, Kailee
Kaputsos, Peter
Glavin, Calla
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Chris Arney and Dr. Luke Gerdes
Effects of Cincinnati Neighborhoods’ Accessibility on the Obesity
of Its Residents
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Chris Arney and Dr. Luke Gerdes
Human Trafficking in Asia
Lan, Anna
Gulley, Emanuel
Drummond, Chloe
Oh, Esther
Moellering, Matthew
Meadows, Tyree
Jaye, David
Thomasy, Corbin
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Chris Arney and Dr. Luke Gerdes
Improving Efficiency of Network Analysis in Military Web
Operations
Curwin, Eric
O’Keefe, William
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Chris Arney and Dr. Luke Gerdes
A Network Analysis of the Cloture on S. 1752: Military Justice
Improvement Act of 2013
Black, Lewis
Fong, Theodore
Juliano, Nicholas
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Chris Arney and Dr. Luke Gerdes
Simulating Cyber Conflict Effects on Computer Networks with
Python
Topp, Stuart
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Chris Arney
st
The following posters will be displayed in Thayer Hall, 1 Floor vicinity Rm. 120
Time: 8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Project Title
Cadets
Effective Large Scale Networks: Utilizing “Big Data” in Disater
Bates, Alex
Situations
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Chris Arney
Redefining Patrol Areas
Markow, Victoria
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Pam Harris
Data Collection, Fusion, and Visualization for Decision
Making in Stability Operations
Faculty Advisor: MAJ David Beskow
Social Networks, Stability, and Somali Piracy
Blum, David
Gusafson, Nathan,
Kern, Emily
Waggoner, Jessica
Warren, Eric
Faculty Advisor: Charles Thomas
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The following posters will be displayed in the West Point Club Ballroom
Time: 8:00 – 12:00 p.m.
Project Title
GANG: “GANG” Analyzes Networks and Geography
Faculty Advisors: MAJ Paulo Shakarian and LTC Michael Martin
InCA: Intelligent Cyber Attribution
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Paulo Shakarian
SNIC: Spatially-Near Iterative Constraining Algorithm
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Paulo Shakarian
Cadets
Kenney, Evan
Young, Christian
Laderman, Jacob
Moores, Geoff
Paulo, Damon
Hernandez, Guillermo
Fischl, Bradley
Hannigan, Joseph
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Department of Physics and Nuclear Engineering
Appreciation and great thanks goes to the PANE Projects Day Partners:
Army Research Office, Army Research Laboratories, High Energy Laser-Joint Technology
Office, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, and the Memorial Sloan Ketterin Cancer Center
All projects will be held in Bartlett Hall North, Room 122
Time: 8 – 11 a.m.
Project Title
Cadets
Effects of target rotation on heat transfer via high energy laser
Arnold, Frank
Faculty Advisor: Dr. David Kashinski
Sponsor: Army Research Office, HEL-JTO
Controlling laser heat transfer via conductor-doped paints
Faculty Advisor: Dr. David Kashinski
Sponsor: Army Research Office, HEL-JTO
Adjusting High Energy Laser engagement scenarios based on nonnormal incidence
Faculty Advisor: LTC John Hartke
Sponsor: Army Research Office, HEL-JTO
Rutherford Scattering Lab for Advanced Physics Using Pelletron
Accelerator
De Mallie, Ian
Vollmer, Steven
Corbins, Phillip
Yasnowski, Melissa
Wink, Christopher
Jung, Seok
Faculty Advisor: LTC Kenneth Allen
Theoretical Characterization of Visual Signatures (muzzle flash)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. David Kashinski
Sponsor: Army Research Laboratories
Scales, Austine
Vander Ley, Dana
Chase, Gavin
Di Nallo, Oliver
A Telecentric Scanning System for Nonlinear Microscopy
Williams, Katie
Faculty Advisor: COL Kraig Sheetz
Sponsor: Army Research Office
Making the world's thinnest material using "Magic" - Graphene
production by mechanical exfoliation
Blanchard, Jordan
Warfield, Kaeleigh
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Paula Fekete
Sponsor: Army Research Office
Synthesizing Load Profiles for Forward Operating Bases
Hart, Thomas
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Aaron St. Leger
Women STEM, Analysis of the Middle School Learning Environment
Blanchard, Jordan
Faculty Advisor: COL Bryndol Sones
Women STEM, Development of Communication Plan Promoting
Women Opportunities in STEM Fields
Shannon, Molly
Faculty Advisor: COL Bryndol Sones
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Women STEM, Development of a Mentor Program in NYC
Bray, Jordan
Faculty Advisor: COL Bryndol Sones
Nuclear Power, A risk analysis of alternative power supplies
Calvin, Richard
Faculty Advisor: COL Bryndol Sones
Un-manned Radiological Survey using PackBots
Faculty Advisor: COL Bryndol Sones and LTC Rob Prins
Kendl, Alex
Wallingford, Ioannis
X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) Experiment for a Cadet Laboratory
Olatunde, Azeezat
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Brian Moretti
Dose Analysis of PET/CT Combined Imaging Procedures
Vercollone, Jenna
Faculty Advisor: LTC Rob Prins
Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Ketterin Cancer Center
Analyzing the Characteristic Set of Source Terms and Radiation
Environment for Vehicle Radiation Protection Factor Modeling
Kim, Paul
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Sean Barbaras
Sponsor: Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Nuclear Weapons Effects, Optical Flash Modeling in NYC
Murphy, Daniel
Faculty Advisor: COL Bryndol Sones
Nuclear Weapons Effects, Radiological Dispersion Device Modeling
in NYC
Nelson, Eric
Faculty Advisor: COL Bryndol Sones
Astronomy Club's latest balloon satellite launch
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Paula Fekete
Mobilized MOx Fueled Sodium Heat Pipe Fast Reactor Core Design
Concept
Squatrito, Alberto
Maier, William
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Brian Moretti, LTC Kenneth Allen, CPT Trevor McLaughlin
Kendl, Alex
Maxwell, Kyle
Salinas, Ernesto
Modeling and Simulation of Neutron Protection Factors for Army
Equipment
Murphy, Daniel
Sloan, Steven
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Sean Barbaras
Sponsor: Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Gamma Ray Protection Factors: Simplified Vehicle Characterization
Using an Iron Shield
Shultz, Brian
Carlson, Houston
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Sean Barbaras
Sponsor: Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Examination of accidental isotopic contamination on the skin during
a nuclear medicine imaging procedure.
Vercollone, Jenna
Olatunde, Azeezat
Faculty Advisor: LTC Rob Prins
Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Ketterin Cancer Center
Radioisotope Pyroelectric Generator
Faculty Advisor: COL Bryndol Sones
Calvin, Richard
Nelson, Eric
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Validating Nuclear Fallout Models Through Late Cloud Analysis of
Historic Nuclear Weapons Test Films
McLaughlin, Brian
Kloiber, Brian
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Tom McQuary
Sponsor: Defense Threat Reduction Agency
A Study of Concrete Additives to Enhance Neutron Attenuation for
Dry Cask Storage
Monk, Emily
Senter, Erin
Faculty Advisors: MAJ Nestor Echeveria and MAJ Sam Hieder
The following presentation will be held in the Library Amphitheater (weather permitting)
Time: 8 – 11 a.m.
Project Title
Cadets
Walk-by solar observation clinic – Sunspot viewing
Graves, Abigail
Roche, Jonathan
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Paula Fekete and LTC Dave Harper
Steinke, Andrea
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Department of Social Sciences
Time
8–
9:30 a.m.
The following projects will be located in Lincoln Hall, Room 100
Project Title
Cadets
What effect do colonial regimes have on the
Hurd, Robert
contemporary persistence of divisions of identity?
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Robert Person
10 –
11:30 a.m.
Merck vs. Pfizer: Financial Economic Perspectives on
Global Pharmaceutical Titans
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Stephen Bloom
1–
2:30 p.m.
Grand Strategy perspective on Drones
3–
4:30 p.m.
Conceptual comparisons of the idea of war in two
modern nation states (Korea and Japan)
Lord, Jarron
Moore, William
Cody Cuvillier
Leadbeater, Ryan
Rosenberger, Ruth
Yarbrough, Kevin
Koss, Mickey
Richard, Mark
Odom, Tyler
Emerson, Chris
Robertson, Jack
Washburn, Erik
McNamara, William
Faculty Advisor: LTC Charles Faint
Park, Andrea
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Benjamin Mitchell
Time
8–
9:30 a.m.
The following projects will be located in Lincoln Hall, Room 123
Project Title
Cadets
Why Morocco: Domestic Variables in Foreign
Cantrell, Michal
Assistance Disbursement
Faculty Advisor: Mr. Gabriel Koehler-Derrick
10 –
11:30 a.m.
Institutional Legitimacy and Jurisprudence: The Effects
of External Factors on Decision-Making in the Supreme
Court
Helsop, Jared
Faculty Advisor: Ms Rachel Yon
1–
2:30 p.m.
Saving Foreigners, a Domestic Affair: Internal
Determinants of Armed Humanitarian Intervention
Schumacher, Luke
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Rachel Sondheimer
3–
4:30 p.m.
Comparison of unilateral vs. multilateral ideologies in
pursuing nuclear weapons reductions.
Moore, Branden
Faculty Advisor: LTC John Hagen
70
The following projects will be located in Lincoln Hall Basement, Room B101B
Time
8–
9:30 a.m.
Project Title
Measuring Treatment Types in Adherence Programs
10 –
11:30 a.m.
Why did Britain form a coalition with U.S. in the Iraq
War?
Cadets
Connors, Kevin
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Susan Carter
Hutcheson, Beirne
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Seth Johnston
1–
2:30 p.m.
Military Service and Unemployment Insurance
Benefits Receipt: Evidence from Texas
Zachensky, Stephen
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Riley Post
3–
4:30 p.m.
Labor Market Effects of State Earned Income Tax
Credit Programs
Yarbrough, Kevin
Faculty Advisor: LTC William Skimmyhorn
The following projects will be located in Lincoln Hall Basement, Room B102
Time
8–
9:30 a.m.
Project Title
The Army Recruiting Assistance Program and Soldier
Continuation
Cadets
Petersen, Grant
Faculty Advisor: Dr. John Smith
10 –
11:30 a.m.
Peer Effects in the Tennessee Star Experiment
1–
2:30 p.m.
Estimating Peer Effects in USMA Physical Training
3–
4:30 p.m.
Effects of Hunting Pressure on White-Tailed Deer
Harvests
Foss, Joseph
Faculty Advisor: CPT(P) Michael Walker
Lee, Jonathan
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Francis Murphy
Clopton, Alexander
Faculty Advisor: Dr. John Smith
The following projects will be located in Lincoln Hall Basement, Room B203
Time
8–
9:30 a.m.
Project Title
Influences on State Policy: Immigration in California
and Arizona
Cadets
Tummers, Rebecca
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Hugh Liebert
10 –
11:30 a.m.
If At First You Don’t Secede: The Effect of Political
Decentralization and Identity on Violent Secessionist
Movements in Western Democracies
Meyers, Mark
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Jordan Becker
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Department of Systems Engineering
th
The General Donald R. Keith Memorial Capstone Conference, now in its 10 year, is held
annually as a forum for cadets to present their capstone work to fellow students, faculty,
and research sponsors. The conference also includes students from other universities
including the US Air Force Academy, Columbia University, George Mason University,
Stevens Institute of Technology, University of Arkansas, and the University of Virginia.
Presentation Times: 0830-1150; 1300-1600
All projects will be held in Jefferson Hall
Presentation Tracks
Decision Analysis
B002
Modeling & Simulation I
RM 103
Modeling & Simulation II
RM 145
Modeling & Simulation for Military Applications
RM 501
Engineering Management
RM 121
Systems Design
RM 401
Systems Design for Defense Applications
RM 414
Problem Solving in Systems Engineering
RM 514
Hollis Award
Haig Room
Project Title
Creating a Predictive Statistical Model for Catching 155mm Artillery
Projectiles
Faculty Advisors: LTC Greg Boylan, Mr. Scott Hunter
Creating a Predictive Statistical Model for Catching 155mm Artillery
Projectiles
Faculty Advisor: Mr. Scott Hunter
Process Re-Engineering the Veterans Affairs Disaiblity Claims
Systems
Faculty Advisor: Dr. John Farr
Life Cycle Cost Models for IMX Wastewater Treatment
Faculty Advisor: Dr. John Farr
Cadets
Jang-Milsten, Henry
Molacek, Jamie
Pfister, Alexander
Bolitho, Logan
Pasque, Michael
Abia, Alexander
Bolitho, Logan
Lee, John
Jang-Milsten, Henry
Molacek, Jamie
Pfister, Alexander
Martin, Charles
Boylan, Gregory L.
Carpenter, Alexander
Carter, Cameron
Sprouse, Daniel
Fugate, Peter
Gill, Elaine
Hamilton, Grace
Jolly, Robert
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Complex Systems Architecture Analysis of Nation State Disaster
Response
Faculty Advisor: LTC Tom Saltysiak
Analyzing Macroeconomic Factors and How They Relate to the
Army Divestiture Process
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Travis Trammell
An Analysis of the Infantry Warrior Simulation (IWARS) through
Engagement Effectiveness Modeling and Statistical Data Collection
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Josh Eaton
Modeling with OneSAF: Combat Lightweight Weapon System
Faculty Advisor: LTC Steve Henderson
Systems Thinking Applied to Slavery
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Christy Licklider
West Point and Highland Falls Relations
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Julia Brennan
Data Collection, Fusion, and Visualization for Decision Making in
Stability Operations
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Dave Beskow
Squad X-Operational Architecture and Mission Requirements
Analysis
Faculty Advisor: LTC Greg Boylan
System Decision Process for the NGATS Configuration
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Christy Licklider
Decision Support Tool for the Global Reaction Force Out-load
Process
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Dave Beskow
Leveraging Experimental Design and Distributed Simulation to
Illuminate Tradespace Decisions
Faculty Advisor: LTC Alex MacCalman
Lee, Hyunseok
Gleason, Jacob
Ward, Kyle
Newman, Allen
Burns, Michael
Shearin, Nicholas
Scheumann, Amy
Mango, Hope
Kalnins, Ryan
Zecha, Andrew
Wilson, Preston
McKearn, Mitchell
Janigian, John
Bush, Aaron
Huff, Benjamin
Belanger, John
Melville, Sarah
Kastl, Garrett
Lorton, Brendan
Pena, Timothy
Cooksey, Joshua
Burkman, James
Blum, David
Gustafson, Nate
Kern, Emily
Amrhein, Benjamin
Norring, Ryan
Bland, Justin
Antonio, Mark
Healy, Ryan
Manriquez, Matthew
Williams, Tyler
Malta, Marissa
Horovitz, Zachary
Maeker, Tyler
Thomas Schafer
Peaco, James
Coley, Megan
Deister, Aaron
Strain, Mason
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A Resource Allocation Framework for Military Operations in
Afghanistan
Faculty Advisor: LTC Paul Evangelista
ERDC CRSP Yard Capstone
Faculty Advisor: LTC Libby Schott
Leveraging Microfinance: A Tool to Aid Ground Commanders in
Distributing Funds
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Isaac Faber
Evaluating and Assessing Current Department of Defense
Acquisition Models
Faculty Advisor: LTC Schott
ISR "Search Window"
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Tim Elkins
Determining the Saturation Point of US Army Energy Savings
Performance Contracts
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Isaac Faber
Missile Intercept: Consequence Management
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Tim Elkins
Army Mission Optimization and Scheduling System (AMOSS)
Faculty Advisor: LTC Ryan Worthan
Geospatial Planning and Decision Aids for the Urban Operational
Environment
Faculty Advisors: MAJ Pierre Han & MAJ Jed Richards
Mountford, Alex
Bell, Zachary
Aladesuru,
Christopher
Bates, Alex
Werner, John
Musholt, David
Lewis, Gabriel
Herbeck, Joshua
Schoenlein, Braden
George, Nicholas
Gordon, Max
Parker, Lance
Fisk, Colin
Fields, Alfred, J
Kunkle, Adam
Rose, Kevin
Bennett, Jacob
Taylor, Della
Sikorski, Michael
Lee, Jordan
Chapman, Gavin
Sambor, Jim
Bagley, Andrea
McKinley,
Christopher
Langhans, Zachary
Metzler, Eric
Bednar, Matthew
Cate, Daniel
Bilyeu, Ryan
Carrasco,
Quetzalcoatl
Smith, Alexander
Pennings, Matthew
Hughes, Matthew
Egan, John (Jack)
Lee, Jason
Eo, Daniel
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Development and Assessment of an Intelligent Tutorial
Faculty Advisors: Mr. Eugene Lesinski and COL Dan McCarthy
Irregular Warfare Models for Regional Stability
Faculty Advisor: LTC Ed Teague
Non-Kinetic Operations for Stabilizing Government
Faculty Advisor: LTC Edward Teague
Future of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mike Kwinn
ARAMIS Remote Radio Detection & Differentiation Project
Crockett, Samuel
Fung, Michael
Mathieson, Gregory
Beerman, Kevin
Flanagan, Maxwell
Kalinka, Joseph
Hayes, Jacob
DeWoody, Robert
Isnardi, Nicholas
Gower, Stephanie
D'Antonio, Collin
Young, Andrea
Morgan, Jasmine
John Delano
Matthew
Asika Isoh
Stepat, Frederick
Faculty Advisor: Mr. Dave Chennault
Improving the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Process at West
Point
Faculty Advisor: COL Donna Korycinski
Improving Bill of Material Consumption Rate
Faculty Advisor: COL Donna Korycinski
Evaluating Army Geospatial Data Collection Tools
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michael Kwinn
Simulation Analysis for Deployable Force Protection Technologies
Faculty Advisor: COL Rob Kewley
Simulation of Base Defense Sensors within Mission Command
Systems
Faculty Advisor: COL Rob Kewley
Kealy, Philip
Masters, Charles
Matthews, Wesley
Bovard, Andrew
Casinelli, Domenic
Dulce, Richard
Compeau, Devon
Godes, Justin
Wilton, Megan
Sutherland,
Alexandra
Davis, Breawna
Ali, Maher
Anderson, Nolan
Kester, Cody
Topp, Stuart
Burk, John
Trumbauer, Wesley
Tobin, Charles
Miles, Nicholas
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Simulation Based Training for Mission Command- Improving Army
Training to Reduce Reliance on Field Service Representatives
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Bruce Keith
Water as a Conflict Driver
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Bruce Keith
A Ground Truth Methodology for Ground-based Radar Systems
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Pat Driscoll
A Value-based, Temporal-dependent Mission Analysis to Support
Army Squad Situational Awareness
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Pat Driscoll
Army Geospatial Center's Situational Awareness Geospatial Enabled
(SAGE) Project
Park, David
Crowley, John
Kotoriy, Anthony
Nguyen, Jonathan
Mayville, Robert
Epp, Kevin
Jonathan Lee
Houghton, Michael
Covell, Neal
Fink, Frank
Hart, Patrick
Matheson, Jackson
Cunanan, Kevin
Eldridge, Neal
Hoff, Matthew
Allen, Daniel
Wilde, Adam
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Rykowski (EECS)
Black Knight Space Program
Ruckman, Dan
Faculty Advisor: Mr. Dave Chennault
Consequence Management Assistance Program Assessment
Framework
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kenny McDonald
Design of a Peer Support Group System to Mitigate Suicide Risk
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Ashok Deb
Evaluation and Implementation of Geospatial Tools to Improve UAS
Route Planning
Faculty Advisor: MAJ Jed Richards
Geographic Combatant Command Consequence Management
Assistance Program Assessment Framework
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kenny McDonald
Kwak, Hyangshim
Sullivan, Brian
Todaro, Joseph
Wallerstein, Juliette
Gardner, Jonathan
Crockett, Jordan
Reese, Jordan
Kim, Michael
Gianessi, Seth
Crichlow, Shantel
Le, Phillip
Nguyen, Vincarlo
Magdiel, Kevin
Smith, Christopher
Diehl, Patrick
Wood, Lauren
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Minimizing Aircraft Startup Procedures in Future Vertical Lift
Faculty Advisor: LTC Steve Henderson
Pediatric Brain Tumor Drug Development
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mike Kwinn
Systems Decision Process Model for the Next Generation
Automated Test System (NGATS) Configuration
Faculty Advisor: Mr. Dave Chennault
Sustainable Base Camp Interdisciplinary Service Academy Capstone
Competition
Faculty Advisor: LTC Paul Evangelista
Squad X
Faculty Advisor: Mr. Dave Chennault
Kincade, Cartavious
Freiert, Daniel
Raphael, Jerome
Snyder, Richard
Brandt, Lucas
Banning, Gregory
Cantrell, Michal
Castillo, Dustin
Cetnar, James
Beloney, Lyle
Rubalcaba, Adam
Elliott, Brian
Garner, James
Mayorga, Richard
No, Enoch
Kamide, Tyler
Kennedy, Garrett
Csan. Seth
O'Donnell, Elizabeth
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