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ENGINEERING AND WEAPONS DIVISION

UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY

ENGINEERS TODAY. WARFIGHTERS TOMORROW.

S E N I O R

CAPSTONE

P RO JEC T S APRIL 23, 2014

0730 — 1530

RICKOVER HALL

2014

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WELCOME:

Welcome to the United States Naval Academy’s second Annual Capstone Day.

We are excited you could join us for this celebration of engineering here in An-

napolis.

Capstone projects provide students with valuable real-world experience that

will help them in their future careers, both as military officers, as well as in pri-

vate industry. At this year’s Capstone Day you will see the culmination of the

year’s academic efforts of our Midshipmen. Today, we have over 90 projects

representing all the engineering disciplines at the Naval Academy.

Jay Bitting, CAPT USN

Director, E&W Division

Thank you to all the sponsors that helped make this research possible.

In the morning, our seniors will be presenting projects in parallel sessions throughout Rickover Hall. You are

encouraged to browse the program and to move from room to room according to your interest. In the after-

noon, the same students will reconvene for a poster session on the lab deck of Rickover Hall. Take time to

engage students at your pleasure, and please make sure to congratulate them on their impressive accom-

plishments in the short time that is their senior year. I thank you for coming to the Naval Academy and hope

you enjoy the day!

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Schedule of Events

All Day Shuttle bus service, Stadium ↔ USNA (see pg 4 for schedule)

0745 – 0845 Registration / welcome Rickover Lobby

0855 – 1200 Capstone presentations Rickover (various)

1200 – 1210 Division director remarks Rickover 102

1210 – 1300 Buffet luncheon Rickover Lobby

1330—1530 USNA Project Shop walk-throughs Rickover Lab Deck

1330 – 1530 Poster session Rickover Lab Deck

Table of Contents

Directions to USNA / Rickover Hall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

Morning presentation schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9

Systems Engineering Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-15

Mechanical & General Engineering Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-21

Computer & Electrical Engineering Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-24

Project Support Branch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Ocean Engineering Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26-27

Naval Architecture Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-29

Aeronautical Engineering Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30-31

Astronautical Engineering Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32-33

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Parking & general orientation

Finding your way to Capstone Day

Stadium Parking for Capstone Day (all-day)

Parking at USNA is always in limited supply. For this reason, we are providing general parking for Capstone guests at

the Navy-Marine Corps Stadium (see map below). Upon arrival at the parking lot, tell the attendant you are partici-

pating in the “CAPSTONE DAY” event, otherwise you will be asked to pay for parking.

Bus Schedule

0730—0900 Continuous shuttle service, Stadium ↔ USNA

0930—1330 Stadium → USNA (on the half hour)

1000—1300 USNA → Stadium (on the hour)

1400—1600 Continuous shuttle service, USNA ↔ Stadium

Parking on USNA—SES and Flag guests

With the constraints of on-site parking, we have secured limited parking that we have designated for civil service SES

as well as military flag guests in the small parking lot adjacent to Alumni Hall (see map at right).

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Directions

From Washington, DC: Take US Route 50 East for 35 miles and get off on Rowe Blvd., Exit 24. Take Rowe Blvd. approximately 1 mile to the intersection with Taylor Ave.—turn right. After passing the courthouse, you will see a sign for stadium parking on your right. Turn in. Tell the parking attendant you are attending the “Capstone Day” event. Wait at the shuttle stop for a shuttle to arrive, bringing you to USNA.

From Baltimore: Take either Interstate 97 South or Maryland Route 2 South for 26 miles and get off on Rowe Blvd., Exit 24. Follow the directions

as stated above from this point.

On-campus Parking Directions

Follow directions above to USNA Gate 8. Once through the gate, you will be on Decatur Avenue. Proceed along Decatur until you arrive in front of Alumni Hall. Parking in the SES/Flag log is one-directional flow, so enter at the farther turn-in to the lot. Use the below map to find your way to Rickover Hall.

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Morning Presentations

Rickover Hall 1st & 2nd Decks

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Afternoon Poster Session

Rickover Hall Lab Level

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Capstone Day Morning Presentation Schedule

855 925 955

Room

102 (EEE/EME) Bancroft Hall Energy Mon-itoring System

(EEE/EME) Net-Zero Energy Rifle Range (EME) Solar-Thermal Array for Heating LeJeune Pool

103 (EAS) 3D Printer Applications to Small Fixed-wing and VTOL UAVs

(EAS) Propane fuel-cell powered UAV for long endurance ISR

(EAS) Rolling-Convoy Deployed UAV for IED Detection Using LWIR

110 (EOE) Sand Backpass System for Re-hoboth Beach, Delaware

(EOE) Coastal Area Impact Mitigation, USNA

(EOE) Coastal Engineering for NPS

111 (EASA) PSAT Navy Commnication Sat-ellite Development

(EASA) Balloon Launched Prototyping of Spacecraft Experiements

(EASA) PHOENIX Bi-propellant Rocket Development

124 (EEE) CNT Patch Antennas (ENA) Coastal Intelligence Submarine

126 (EOE) Airboat for Riverine Warfare (EOE) Underwater Glider (EOE) Tidal Estuary Energy Develop-ment (1)

203 (ESE) Implementing Security Methods in RFID Authenticated Firearms

(ESE) Autonomous Sentry Gun with Body Language Identification

(ESE) Smart Uniform

206 (ESE) Ground Mapping Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

(ESE) Mobile Sensor Network (ESE) Radiological Survey Simulation

207 (ESE) Biofeedback System (ESE) Fear the Goat (ESE) Fire the LASER

208 (ESE) Improving Running Footstrike: An Integrated Feedback System

(ESE) Autonomous Cooperative RF Tracking

(ESE) The "Perceptron" Autonomous Surface Vessel

209 (ESE) Iceman - infantry temperature regulation

(ESE) The Isacc Washington (ESE) Scout-Bot

223 (EGE/EME) Non-Lethal Small Craft Neutralizer: Pirate Hunters

(EME) Non-Lethal Small Craft Neutral-izer: Quatros Robertos

(EGE/EME) Rickover Hall Green Roof

224 (EME) Roadway Runoff Recyler (EME) Sound, Flash, and Recoil Su-pressor for a Military Rifle

(EGE/EME) Service Academy Design Challenge: Mobile Heavy Lift Capability

235 (EEE/EME/ESE) Advanced Concept Energy System (ACES)

(EEE/ESE) iTrain (EME) Shipboard UAV Capture System

240 (EGE/EME/ESE) Formula SAE Racecar

243 (EEE) Fuzzy Jelly Beans (EEE) Securing the Matrix: Recoded (EEE) Wireless Wrist-Worn PTSD Moni-tor

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Capstone Day Morning Presentation Schedule

1025 1055 1125

(EEE) Solar-Powered Car (EME) Wood Gasification System for Remote Power Generation

(EME) Electrochemical Power Generation for Remote Operating Bases and Beachheads

(EASA) Unix Server in Space - USS Lang-ley Communication Satellite Development

(EAS) Flying Qualities and Performance Evaluation of the Piper Geronimo Air-plane

(ESE) Lacrosse Ball Returner

(EOE) Guatemala Coastal Mitigation (EOE) Aquaponics Development (EOE) Concrete Canoe

(EAS) Replacement Carrier Onboard De-livery Aircraft

(EASA) Attitude Determination and Con-trol System Module for CubeSats

(EASA) DRAGONS Orbital Debris Sensor Pay-load

(ENA) Fireboat (ENA) Offshore Support/Supply Vessel, LCC

(ENA) MAXI Racing Sailboat

(EOE) Tidal Estuary Energy Development (2)

(EOE) Offshore Wind Farm

(ESE) Flightline of the Future (ESE) Haptic Feedback Suit (ESE) Wireless MBED Nodes

(ESE) RoboGoat - the Autonomous Ground Vehicle

(ESE) Auto-Docking for Autonomous Surface Vehicle

(ESE) SkyNet

(ESE) Microrobot Control (ESE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Tracking (ESE) UAV Hand Guesture Control

(ESE) Autonomous Rover (ESE) Mobile Phone Detection (ESE) Smart Rower

(ESE) GPS Electric Fence (ESE) Gun Safety - A Failure Prediction System

(ENA/ESE) Sailbot

(EME/ESE) Thermoluminescent Dosimeter(TLD) Scanner/Sorter

(EGE) Snow to Drinking Water for Moun-tain Warefare Support

(EME) Household Solid Waste Management for Ile-a-Vache, Haiti

(EME) ASME Human-Powered Vehicle Competition

(EGE) Adaptive Technology for People with Special Needs: Team Colby

(EGE/EME) Adaptive Technology for People with Special Needs: Kevin's Transport

(EEE) Droid Drone (EAS/EEE) Recovery of a Payload from Very High Altitude Using a Parafoil

. . . SAE (cont) (EEE/EGE/EME) Navy Robotic Football

(EEE) Polar Science Project (EEE) Fiber Optic Sensors I (EEE) Fiber Optic Sensors II

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ESE

Weapons & Systems Engineering

Project Iceman

MIDSHIPMEN FACULTY ADVISOR/S: PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

B. FREEDMAN Z. AVRAMOV Project to improve the physical performance of the modern infantryman through temperature regulation. M. RILOFF

K. NAKAYAMA

A. MALIA

SMART UNIFORM


D. HUBER B. BISHOP Haptic Feedback Suit. Based on position and direction facing as well as an end location, vibrations about the upper torso tell the user which di-rection to go. Our goal is to minimize the amount of land navigation re-quired and allow a patrol to navigate more safely.

Z. MOTTER K. LEWIS I. BALCZEWSKI

FLIGHTLINE OF THE FUTURE


N. MARTINELLI B. BISHOP The Navy has a need for easier access to necessary parts as well as a better system of accountability for these parts. This project seeks to in-tegrate RFID technology and Augmented Reality to improve the way a maintenance worker would catalog parts.

R. KOCHERT E. HUGHES

TRANSATLANTIC AUTONOMOUS SAILBOAT


A. DOUGHERTY B. BISHOP The Transatlantic Autonomous Sailboat project aims to design an auton-omous controller for a sailboat capable of crossing the Atlantic Ocean. The project's challenges include using solar energy to recharge batteries and recovering from failures in sensing, actuation, and power manage-ment. Ultimately, the goal of this project is to withstand the 3000-mile ocean transit from Cape Cod to Ireland without any human intervention.

K. FLAHERTY

PROSTHETIC LIMB


J. MACKOVJAK B. BISHOP Our project focuses on integrating force sensors on a myoelectrically controlled biomimetic prosthetic limb to give vibro-tactile haptic feedback via tactor motors to an amputee. The prosthetic has been engineered and designed to be printed by a 3-D printer to improve cost efficiency and simplicity to ultimately spread this technology to financially strained amputees.

J. MACKOVJAK

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WIRELESS MBED NODES


J. CURRIE B. BISHOP In the modern technology environment, “connection” has become a buzzword. This project seeks to establish the framework to wirelessly con-nect devices through Bluetooth communications in order to sense the world around us, decide how to use that information, and then act accordingly.

AUTONOMOUS SENTRY GUN WITH BODY LANGUAGE IDENTIFICATION


H. DAVISON R. BROUSSARD This project's purpose is to design and build a sentry that automatically de-tects targets, designates the targets as friendly or hostile, and engages the targets based on their designation.

M.

BYRNE

FIREARM IDENTIFICATION USING RFID & BIOMETRICS


R. DUFFY R. BROUSSARD In order to reduce the misuse of firearms, this project explores the use of RFID & biometric technology as a means of securing weapons so they may only be fired by their authorized users.

GROUND MAPPING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE


C. MCKIERNAN J. DAWKINS This project aims to creating a quadrotor UAV that is LIDAR enabled, ena-bling it to execute near-range ground mapping, and wirelessly transmit that data from its onboard bungleboard computer back to a user station on ground.

A. SAWYER

H. SWANSON

MOBILE SENSOR NETWORK


J. DRIESSLEIN J. DAWKINS This project is a heterogeneous sensory network that has a standardized communication protocol. Different sensor suites(nodes), on different plat-forms can all communicate to a central node that takes and processes the information to allow the network to react dynamically to stimuli.

RADIOLOGICAL SURVEY SIMULATION


M.

GILROY J. DAWKINS

This project employs Matlab and Simulink to model and assess various radi-ological sensors’ performance in detecting and localizing a nuclear threat in an environment while mounted on an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) on a specified flight path.

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DARPA CHALLENGE: SKYNET


K. BYRNE J. ESPOSITO The goal of this team is to build a small unmanned aerial system to pro-vide a persistent real-time, high resolution, wide-area, video surveillance capability.

V. TUCCIARONE

D. HIBERT

ROBOGOAT: THE AUTONOMOUS GROUND VEHICLE


G. SCHELSKE J. ESPOSITO The USNA Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) effort competes in a year-ly competition against other universities. This year's goal is to improve field of view with an omnidirectional camera for use in the 2014 Intelli-gent Ground Vehicle Competition (IGVC).

A. TAYLOR

AUTO-DOCKING FOR AUTONOMOUS SURFACE VEHICLE


C. KHOL J. ESPOSITO This project develops a control algorithm for an underactuated boat to autonomously dock along a pier while operating in close proximity to obstacles. The design objective is to develop and implement a control algorithm which will navigate the Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV) to a desired pier location, while arriving at the destination in the correct

M. FEEMSTER

THE "PERCEPTRON" AUTONOMOUS SURFACE VESSEL


G. RIMMER M. FEEMSTER The goal of this effort was to develop a surface vessel capable of auton-omous navigation and autonomous completion of competition-based tasks using computer vision software.

THE ISSAC WASHINGTON


G. DINKEL M. HURNI Create a system capable of mixing together various beverages.

J. MOSSMAN

BIOFEEDBACK SYSTEM


C. GERARD S. NOBLE This proof of concept project involves the networking of biofeedback sensors using a smartphone application as the user interface and the mobile data network as the medium for transportation. Members of a group each wear a biofeedback sensor that transmits their vital signs via Bluetooth to both their respective phones, as well as to the other team member's phones.

C. LEE

J. NEIGEL

B. OBRANSKI

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SMART ROWER


J. HILDEBRAND B. CONNETT This team explored using technology to place rowers in a shell for opti-mum performance. D. DOLINAR

C. MORALES

GPS ELECTRIC FENCE


J. BRAMBLE K. DONEY This project attempted to design and build a dog collar that can contain a pet with customized locations and provide a GPS location when the dog leaves the boundary.

L. DUGGER T. SULLIVAN

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ESE


SCOUT-BOT


B. HUGGINS E. RODRIGUEZ-SEDA Develop a robot to provide intelligence for untis involved in a building clear-ance scenario. C. ORMSBEE

SHOE INTEGRATED HAPTIC FEEDBACK SYSTEM FOR IMPROVEMENT OF RUNNING FOOTSTRIKE


S. GEDEON T. SEVERSON Design a prodect to teach runners the correct way running using the les-sons of minimalistic form to prevent injury. E. HOFFSTADT

AUTONOMOUS COOPERATIVE RF TRACKING


S. HUNT T. SEVERSON This project aimed to develop a method to track and find a RF signal using a team of coordinated autonomous ground vehicles. F. SHAAK

LACROSSE BALL RETURNER


R. KOMMER O. THORP III This team explored designing a system for collecting and returning lacrosse balls to the players to increase actual practice time and decrease the amount of time spent collecting balls.

A. ZABLOCKY

AUTONOMOUS ROVER


C. DALTON M. FEEMSTER This rover moves to a GPS beacon position. In its end state, it would col-laborate with the AERO Dept project for autonomous payload delivery.

GUN SAFETY: A FAILURE PREDICTION SYSTEM


J. KIM D. O'MARA Develop a failure prediction system to improve on safety when testing the physical limits of primarily plastic weapons S. THAMES

T. WALTERS

(MULTI-DISCIPLINARY) FSAE CAR


A. LIU D. O'MARA Implementing advanced electronic controls with data and telemetry acquisi-tion on the 2014 Navy FSAE car. M. SCHAIDLE

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FEAR THE GOAT


J. FOUNDS R. OBRIEN This project aimed at designing three robots- one capable of throwing a football, one capable of catching a football, and a center capable of snap-ping the ball to the quarterback. These three robots then competed in a combine and scrimmage in order to test how well they were designed and their abilities to play robotic football.

J. KUZMICK S. GRAHAM

K. EDMONDS

J. FIGUEROA

**UPDATE** This team recently competed against, and beat, Notre

Dame in its Robotic Football scrimmage.

FIRE THE LASER


C. FRON R. OBRIEN The aim of this project was to create a simulation of a laser beam propa-gating through turbulence, and being corrected by an adaptive optic. The simulation is a stepping stone for future projects to implement into a laser system.

A. KAVALL

TLD SCANNER AND SORTER


A. MILLER R. OBRIEN Naval Dosimetry Center had a need to inventory mass quantities of Ther-moluminescent Dosimeters (TLD). It is our job to develop a machine that takes a sleeve of TLDs, scans their barcode, and deposits the TLDs in an output sleeve as quickly as possible. Once the TLDs were analyzed, test data would be automatically transmitted to a data management system.

R. KEYES S. JORDAN J. PEABODY

MICROBOT CONTROL


C. OLSEN J. PIEPMEIER This project investigates uncalibrated visual servoing of microrobot devices in a fluidic environment. Point-to-point motion and trajectory following are demonstrated using electromagnets. Microbead manipulation and flow dis-turbance control are also achieved.

S. FIREBAOUGH

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE TRACKING SYSTEM


E. CRAIG G. PIPER To create an unmanned aerial vehicle that can track a target autonomous-ly. R. DEMERS

UAV HAND GESTURE CONTROL


R. ANDON G. PIPER This project is an application of a human-computer interface (HCI) in which human gesture commands are captured and processed through computer vision, interpreted as control algorithms, and executed as the flight controls of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

A. PETRO

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EME / EGE

Mechanical and General Engineering

BRINE MINERS


M. DAVILA LT J. ANGLE Design a cost effective mechanical method for retrieving salt from roadway runoff to preclude it from reaching Chesapeake Bay and as a means of re-using rather than replacing the salt.

A. EDWARDS K. MALCOLM

SILENT BUT DEADLY


C. MCCLURE J. ANGLE Muzzle devices have been used to alter and suppress the recoil, muzzle flash, and recoil effects of supersonic projectiles. The goal of this capstone project will be to produce a single device that will accomplish all three in a single unit.

D. PETETT P. CATON

N. AUFDERHEIDE

C. CROWELL

LOGOFF PRODUCTIONS


E. ABORDO J. ANGLE Last year, a group of students designed and built a wood-gasification sys-tem which converts wood pellets to syngas which could then be burned in a regular engine, specifically a dune-buggy engine. This year’s project would build on that experience to create a stationary device that could provide fuel for a commercially available generator. Such a device could be used at forward operating bases (FOB) where wood is plentiful but fuel is costly to import.

S. WILLIAMS L. BROWN R. BRADLEY J. LENHART

THE HALL MONITORS


C. MASTERS K. FLACK ORNL, DoD, and public works are interested in starting a Brigade company competition to see who can reduce their power consumption by the greatest amount. The objective of this project would be to develop a means of retro-fitting Bancroft Hall in order to measure and record the energy usage for each zone - preferably each room.

O. BALL S. FIREBAUGH J. BURNS M. MURPHY

J. RUIZ

MEAN GREEN MACHINE


M. WOLFORD K. FLACK USNA Public Works would like to explore the option of removing the USNA rifle range from the electric grid. This would mean that all electricity used by the facility would need to be generated at the facility. Initial research was needed to determine the energy load of the range. This was followed by research into all possible means of providing that power. The outcome of the project is a detailed plan of execution.

D. ANDERSON S. FIREBAOUGH J. TEMPLE

P. WEARS

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ROBO GOATZ


D. GALLAHER S. GRAHAM The purpose of this project is to field a robotic football team to take on Notre Dame and other colleges to compete for the Hederman Memorial Trophy in April 2014.

**UPDATE** The Robo Goatz team recently had their robotic football scrim-mage against Notre Dame and soundly beat them in the Combine Competi-tion!

J. BOWMAN J. RADICE

P. PIERSON

A. YUSOF

J. HALLER

D. RAMOS

A. RODRIGUEZ

THE GREEN ROOF HOOLIGANS


N. JASMAN S. GRAHAM The benefits of green roofs are numerous. They reduce summer cooling loads by reducing absorbed sunlight, reduce stormwater runoff, increase the lifespan of the roof, and can beautify an otherwise often industrial looking space. The purpose of this project is to create not only a green roof, but an autonomous system to provide for it.

T. BATYE M. CARR

N. BURT

K. HALL

B. STOUT

THE LOGIC DETECTORS


J. PEABODY S. GRAHAM This project aims to design and build a system that can take thousands of Thermoluminescent Dosimeter (TLD) cards, sort them, feed them into existing Naval Dosimetry Center (NDC) TLD readers, and automatically report testing quota results to NDC personnel.

S. JORDAN M. NELSON

Brine Miners

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EME / EGE


TEAM PHANTOM


S. BOLSTAD E. LUST As commanders increasingly rely on advanced UAVs, they require increased range, longer time over target, and higher video resolution. All of these things increase the weight of the UAV. Therefore, the purpose of this project is to design a system capable of arresting a larger scale UAV underway aboard an air-capable ship.

M. GRIMM L. CRAUGH

R. MCKAIN

D. SHACKLETON

J. MATCHAM

GAPP ENERGY & ASSOCIATES


G. PAGE E. LUST The purpose of this project is to commercialize a silver-chloride fuel cell, which could then be scaled up for use at Forward Operating Bases or to provide beachhead power. The prototype for this project should provide sufficient power to charge a cell phone.

P. TAYLOR M. KOUL

A. MONTECINOS P. LYONS

TEAM TROPICAL TRASH


K. ASHTON E. LUST The Hatian Island of Ile-a-Vache currently lacks the means to dispose of household solid waste and commercial waste generated at the island's largest market. To compound the problem, ocean currents are such that large amounts of plastic regularly wash up on shore. Design a means to recycle, remove, and/or destroy this waste in a way that is effective, safe, inexpensive, and does not require outside expertise or materials.

C. GUERRERO M. TOEPPER

D. MEANEY

B. HEASTY

Team Tropical Trash

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Midshipmen engaging in hands-on research & development:

1) Mean Green Machine

2) Midshipman taking soundings on shoreline

3) Solar car team

4) Sounding measurements at USNA Visitor’s Center

5) Guatemala Coastal Mitigation team

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EME / EGE


TEAM JACKED


G. LOWHORN J. SCHEDEL During rescue, Pararescue Jumpers, or PJs, have need to lift damaged air-

frames, large vehicles, or other structures as much as 18 inches above

grade to enable rescue and recovery. The current equipment is bulky and

slow and does not allow for multiple lifts without resupply. The purpose of

this project is to design a light-weight heavy-lift system that can used repeat-

edly to lift more than 45,000 lbs. to a height of at least 18 in.

C. PROX

M. KILBY

I. SUGG R. GAY

WINTER'S COMING


A. KINSELLA J. WATKINS Melting snow to provide drinking water to Marines operating in mountainous

environments is a challenge. The purpose of this project is to design a

method or device, preferably one that will complement the standard infantry-

man’s load-out, that will provide potable water from snow in a way that is

M. TUIMAVAVE R. VOLINO

C. WATKINS

J. SHELTON

PIRATE HUNTERS


S. EBY J. WATKINS Design a remotely-controlled platform capable of intercepting small, high-speed water craft in the vicinity of U.S. Navy warships. This project is half of a cooperative effort with the Quatros Robertos.

J. WATKIS S. BLAIR

J. LOCKSMITH

M. KEMPISTY

QUATROS ROBERTOS


C. PETERSON J. WATKINS

Design a non-lethal means of stopping a small, high-speed water craft in the vicinity of U.S. Navy warships. The device must be mounted to the platform designed by the Pirate Hunters.

M. ROBERTS M. MURRAY

B. ZEISS

R. ATKINSON

KEVIN'S TRANSPORT


M. NUCUM J. SCHEDEL Kevin suffers from Cerebral Palsy and Microcephaly which hinder his ability to comprehend & interact with the external world. This project aims to produce a vehicle would allow Kevin to move around outdoors and get some exercise with the assistance of his parents.

R. WHEELER J. BURKHARDT K. DAVINSIZER T. ANJOLA

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SPOKING AND JOKING


H. COZZA J. SCHEDEL Human-powered transport is often the only type available in underdeveloped or inaccessible parts of the world, and if well designed, can be an increasingly via-ble form of sustainable transportation. ASME's international Human Powered Vehicle Challenge (HPVC) provides an opportunity for students to demonstrate the application of sound engineering design principles in the development of sustainable and practical transportation alternatives.In the HPVC, students work in teams to design and build efficient, highly engineered vehicles for eve-ryday use—from commuting to work, to carrying goods to market.

K. POLLINGER J. COWART

S. OBERST

TEAM COLBY


S. DENNIS J. SCHEDEL Colby is an eight year old boy with autism. His parents would like an adaptive

bike/trike which Colby could ride, first with help, but that would ultimately teach

him to ride without assistance.

L. HENDRIX P. JOYCE

S. MORENO

J. MELVIN

FORMULA SAE CAR


B. ANDRE S. DRAYTON A interdisciplinary team of 25 1/C and 2/C midshipmen from the EME and ESE depart-ments designed and built a small formula-style race car to participate in an intercolle-giate competition sponsored by SAE. The design of the car is governed by an extensive set of SAE rules to set competition standards. The team will compete against 119 other universities and colleges from around the world at Michigan International Speed-way 14 - 17 May 2014.

P. FREUND

I. GRAY

E. GRECO

M. HARMS

C. HORR

C. JOHNSON

S. LOGAN

D. LORIO

K. LYNCH

C. MALDONADO

S. SANDERS

J. SCISCOE

J. SHONTZ

D. SMITH

C. ZEMAN

J. FULTON

A. MCCOMBS

M. GUYNN

A. MAPUGAY

A. RAGAN

J. RIVERA

E. ROMER

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EEE / ECE

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Solar-Powered Car


J. CHANG L. SELLAMI With the ever increasing cost of gasoline, conventional internal combustion vehicles are becoming an economic burden. Electric vehicles can be a cheap alternative to gasoline cars. While maintaining an affordable budget, the primary objective of this capstone is to design and build an efficient, cost effective power control system for an electric vehicle and to utilize solar cells to augment its capabilities.

W. RODIN

S. ZAHZOUHI

D. OJARD

S. EBERT

Fuzzy Jelly Beans


A. HILL O. WALKER Fuzzing is a type of penetration testing used to examine an electronic device's re-sponse to unexpected inputs. We used this method to probe a Droid RAZR MAXX running the Android Jelly Bean operating system for vulnerabilities. This was done by creating a soft wireless access point which repeatedly sent malformed 802.11 (wireless) packets to the smartphone.

J. TORRES D. BROWN

E. MARKOVICH

Securing the Matrix: RECODED


R. DALLAS P. VINCENT The Matrix consists of 24 nodes conducting radio tomographic imaging to deter-mine vehicular presence within the detection zone. Securing the Matrix is a project to improve upon the wireless network security suite used by the Matrix. It address-es several key aspects of network security including radio frequency hopping to mitigate jamming, RSA encryption to secure transmissions between nodes, and con-trol node hopping to obscure a critical vulnerability of the network.

J. GARCIA D. BROWN

I. VLADIMIROV

Hall Monitors (EEE/EME)


M. MURPHY K. FLACK ORNL, DoD, and public works are interested in starting a Brigade company competi-tion to see who can reduce their power consumption by the greatest amount. The objective of this project would be to develop a means of retrofitting Bancroft Hall in order to measure and record the energy usage for each zone - preferrably each room.

J. RUIZ S. FIREBAUGH

C. MASTERS

J. BURNS

O. BALL

Net Zero (EEE/EME)


J. TEMPLE S. FIREBAUGH Our group designed a net-zero energy solution for the shooting ranges at the Naval Station. We determined that the optimal system to maximize power production and energy savings would be a large grid-connected photo-voltaic array. Our final design enables USNA to support alternative energy initiatives, reduce dependence on purchasing energy from utility companies, and encourage a sustainable energy future for the U.S. Navy as a whole.

M. WOLFORD K. FLACK

D. ANDERSON

P. WEARS

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Wireless Wrist-Worn PTSD Monitor


J. WILSON J. BLANCO In this project we use a tissue-mimicking phantom material in conjunction with anechoic chamber and network analyzer testing to investigate how antenna propagation patterns in wireless wrist-worn devices are influenced by the electrical properties of the human wrist. Methods are also explored to correct the detuning effect that high permittivity values of human tissue (ε ≈ 16) have on the design parameters of microstrip antennas.

Polar Science Project


C. CHRANS K. GALLOWAY The objective of the Polar Science Project was to develop the next generation of Arctic-deployed weather buoys by integrating a stand-alone microcontroller system and a me-teorological telemetry system that have reliable communications, are self-sufficient, and optimize power consumption and cost. The final product consisted of a single-board computer (SBC) that supported the Vaisala Weather Transmitter WXT520 as well as two Logitech Cameras. The final microcontroller system gathered pressure, temperature, and GPS data and stored it to an SD card.

J. CORDOVA K. KINTZEY

J. DELANGEL

H. PARK

T. ROWLAND

Droid Drone


T. COWHEY R. RAKVIC Our project is interfacing an RC hex-copter with an Android smartphone. We are work-ing with a group from the CS department. We established communication and wrote low level code to control the hex-copter, and they wrote search algorithms and other functions to enable the copter to be autonomous.

M. HERRERA

M. PEREZ

Snowflake (EEE/EAS)


M. KALLEK C. HEWGLEY Snowflake’s objective is to deliver equipment and supplies to any environment without putting any individuals at risk. Previous teams have developed the basic structure of an ADS. This year’s main goal was to construct a flight ready ADS and prepare the safety procedures necessary for actual flight testing.

A. MUND E. HALLBERG

J. RYAN S. DAVIDS

A. PINTO

K. RADWAN

CNT Patch Antennas


T. SHAHEEN D. MECHTEL Two Carbon Nanotube Patch Antennas were built: one with a photoconductive switch and one without. A 1064 nm laser illuminates the switch which allows the transmitted signal to pass. Both antennas were tested in the anechoic chamber and their far-field radiation patterns were compared.

B. JENKINS

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS - I (Laser Detection Using Embedded Sensors)


J. VERSTEEG B. JENKINS The goal of this project is to develop real time algorithms that discriminate between the temperature and strain responses measured by the fiber optic sensors on aerodynamic structures.

D. MECHTEL

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Fiber Optic Sensors—II (Fiber Optic Sensing for Aerodynamic Structures)


G. ALLISON B. JENKINS The ultimate goal is to design a force measurement transducer that uses a fiber op-tic sensor network to detect strain on an aerodynamic structure for testing in wind tunnels. Initial efforts focus on analyzing different types of fiber sensors and meth-ods to route them on mechanical structures

D. MECHTEL

iTrain


B. BERKEY C. WOOTEN This project describes the development of a web-based interface, capable of being hosted on a smartphone, for configuring the iTrain prosthetic limb system C. HARRIGAN

T. KRYSIL

EEE / ECE

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Advanced Concept Energy Recovery (ACES) Project


Y. BAE E. ZIVI The goal of this project is to envision the energy solution for the USNA campus in 50 years. M. LANFRANKI J. STEVENS

S. LILEK

V. NGUYEN

G. POSER

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Project Support Branch (OPEN FOR WALK-THROUGHS DURING THE AFTERNOON POSTER SESSION)

The Project Support Branch provides the Naval Academy with a wide variety of fabrication exper-tise. They offer Welding, Machining, Foundry, Composite and Woodworking services by highly skilled and innovative craftsmen. The Branch has the latest in fabrication tools, including three new computer controlled HAAS vertical milling machines, a wire EDM cutting tool, a CNC sheet metal punch press and an autoclave for curing advanced Composite materials. Project Branch personnel are highly versed in organizing and presenting the practical aspects of Engineering and Fabrication. They provide interactive demonstrations and extensive training in skills necessary for the student’s course work.

For the Engineering Student, the Project Support Branch offers a unique opportunity to participate in the best part of Engineering - building or managing construction of their own designs. Project Support provides the student instruction and gives them an opportunity for hands-on involvement in their chosen Engineering discipline.

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EOE

Ocean Engineering

Airboat for Riverine Warfare


J. ADAMS D. PRICE The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is interested in having a capstone team develop a design to modify an airboat (think LA wetlands) for use by US military to transport troops and Humvee in shallow river environ-ments. The team will work with an airboat manufacturer to learn how the airboats are constructed and operated and, then, develop a design to modify the airboat to accommodate a Humvee for transport.

S. BAUGH

A. CHEK S. HOLLINS E. SNOOK J. THORNTON

Aquaponics Development


S. FINNEY D. FREDRIKSSON The team is pursuing development of a unique coastal-area food-production system that makes use of alternate forms of energy and large-scale water filtration systems. Resource availability and effective cost mitigation will be among the design considerations.

D. HARRELSON D. LEE

J. SPAULDING K. THOMAS

Coastal Engineering for NPS


A. LACOSSE D. KRIEBEL The US National Park Service (NPS) maintains all US national parks and monuments, including many along the coast. This project will in-volve a coastal engineering analysis and design of a living shoreline for Fort Rayleigh, NC.

A. NOWELL M. PADILLA

A. RIZZO

G. TSURTSUMIA

Coastal Area Impact Mitigation, USNA


B. CARTER B. RICHARDSON

This project involves development of an engineering design of a hard coastal structure to mitigate the impact of sea level rise and projected, more intense and frequent, coastal storms in the vicinity of the US Na-val Academy Visitors Center.

M. JESTER

R. LLUY C. PUNG

D. SEARS

Concrete Canoe


R. ASHCRAFT J. WOERTZ The American Society of Civil Engineers sponsors an annual nation-wide concrete canoe competition. This capstone team will design, build and compete a canoe that is lightweight, aesthetically appealing, streamlined, and structurally sound to compete in the ASCE regional competition.

Z. JOHNSON B. JOUDIEH

T. MULLOY C. SCHUHLEIN

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Guatemala Coastal Mitigation


P. ALSUP D. KRIEBEL The team will travel to Guatemala to investigate a local coastal problem and develop an cost-effective and environmentally-sound design to re-mediate the issues involved. The project involves design of tidal inlet jetties, shoreline erosion control, and river channel stabilization.

B. BLY C. DEMPSEY K. GEIGER

K. MULLEN

Offshore Wind Farm


L. BELL P. HUDSON This capstone team is designing an ocean energy facility (e.g., offshore wind farm) to satisfy a significant percentage of an offshore island’s ener-gy requirements.

B. BUSSE

Y. KIM K. MAW

P. SOPKO

Sand Backpass System for Rehoboth Beach, Delaware


J. BLUM B. RICHARDSON The DE Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) has proposed that a capstone team develop a design to dredge sand from the beach at a location north of Rehoboth Beach and pump the sand back to the south or updraft of the town. In accomplishing this project, the team will investigate small-scale dredging systems and the economics of dredging sand for use in beach nourishment.

A. HARPER

M. MORRISON D. OCHY D. SCHNEIDER

Tidal Estuary Energy Development (1)


G. BUCKLEY R. MAYER This team is developing the conceptual design of a tidal energy barrage facility to satisfy 10% of local energy requirements. The design proposal will include an energy analysis and assessment to prove its economic viability while accounting for ecological impacts on the local environment.

G. GENZMAN

Y. LU D. MCCANLESS A. YACHANIN

Tidal Estuary Energy Development (2)


E. DAVIDS R. MAYER This team is developing the conceptual design of a hydrokinetic energy system to capture energy from tidal currents. Their goal is to extract enough tidal energy to satisfy 10% of local energy requirements. The design proposal will include an energy analysis and assessment to prove its economic viability while accounting for ecological impacts on the local environment.

M. DUNN S. MURPHY

A. OGDEN

S. RYNNING

Underwater Glider


G. ALBRIGHT A. GISH This capstone team will design and test a method to launch an underwa-ter glider from a submarine torpedo tube. In support of this effort, the team will modify, analyze, and test an existing glider model’s hydrody-namic performance.

T. ENGLAND

S. MURRAY M. TILLEY

L. WALSH

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ENA

Naval Architecture

Coastal Intelligence Submarine


N. BEASLEY J. LAPENNA The mission of this submarine is to conduct coastal intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions while submerged at depths less than 500 feet for 10-15 days, with a crew of 8-12

R. HURTZ

G. MCKENNA

C. TIMMINS

Fireboat


M. DALTON M. MORABITO The mission of Fireboat 140 is to rapidly respond to fires and other emergencies on the water and within coastal harbors. This vessel will operate year-round and will have the ability to house the crew and any necessary passengers during extended operations.

J. ELENBAAS

A. GEISLER

R. SLATER

Offshore Support and Supply Vessel, Light Construction Class


C. FACH M. MORABITO The light construction class (OSV) is a multi-mission vessel capable of the following operations worldwide: subsea construction, well intervention, top hole drilling, ROV operations, crane operations and deep watrer intervention. The 300 foot OSV has a crew of 25, an endurance surpassing 45 days, a max speed of 16 knots, and excellent stationing abilities.

R. HUTYRA C. LINK

These two pages list details all the Naval Architecture projects that midshipmen worked on this year. Of these projects,

the four projects on this first page will be presented at Capstone Day.

MAXI Racing Sailboat


A. BEELER P. MILLER A Maxi racing sailboat designed to participate in the 2015 Trans-Atlantic Race and to beat the current elapsed time record of 6 days and 22 hours. The yacht will be crewed by 25 and will be designed to be self-sustainable for 10 days.

N. MCMILLAN

W. WORTHINGTON

J. URMENITA

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Oil Tanker


J. ELMORE M. MORABITO The mission of this ULCC oil tanker is to make regular round trips throughout the year, transporting large stores of unrefined oil from the fields in the Arabian Gulf to the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port located in the Gulf of Mexico

A. HOOKER

A. MYCHALOWYCH

J. MEYER

SCUBA Equipped Mega Yacht


Z. BRAIDA M. MORABITO This leisure vessel will be designed to operate worldwide in tropical climates so that the advanced SCUBA diving capabilities can be utilized in exotic diving are-as around the globe. It will be manned by a permenant crew who will be paid by up to sixteen passengers who rent the yacht.

P. CHATRY

A. FOSKETT

J. GARCIA

US Coast Guard Training Tall Ship


B. CAYABAN P. MILLER The mission of the USCG Invincible is to serve as a training vessel for th cadets of the US Coast Guard Academy by taking up to 200 officers, enlisted, and ca-dets on a one-month round-trip summer cruise in Atlantic coastal waters be-tween the US Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT to the port of Old San Juan in Puerto Rico. Will be used for lessons in seamanship and navigation and

A. COOPER

R. YERKESMEDINA

Niagara River Tour Boat


C. BURNS M. MORABITO Call of the Falls would be the replacement vessel for Maid of the Mist VII. Its prima-ry goal is to transport passengers on a boat tour in all weather conditions profitably, starting at the calm part of the Niagara River, and taking passengers past the Ameri-can and Bridal Veil Falls, and then into the mist of Horshoe Falls.

D. LINDIE

J. MANNIER

P. MCDONALD

Diesel-Electric Special Operations Submarine


E. CORCORAN J. LAPENNA A small diesel-electric submarine for special operation missions, designed for 37 crew memembers and up to two SEAL teams while operating in all environments A. CORETH

S. DEBOER

D. PARK

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EAS

Aeronautical Engineering

Team General Concept Evolution


M. CANELON E. HALLBERG Design, fabrication and testing of a small UAV capable of being launched and recovered from a vehicle in a moving military convoy. The UAV uses an IR sensor to search and detect potential IED loca-tions along the path of the convoy.

T. COX S. DAVIDS

D. HANSEN D. JOHNSON R. JOHNSON

M. MADRID S. PATRICCO S. SEITZ R. THURMAN

"SNOWFLAKE" High-Altitude Parachute Recovery System (EEE/EAS)


A. PINTO E. HALLBERG A steerable parafoil is designed and tested to deliver a five pound pay-load from space or high-altitude. Trajectory control algorithms guide the parafoil recovery system once deployed. This part of the project focus-es on optimal parafoil design.

K. RADWAN S. DAVIDS

M. KALLEK C. HEWGLEY

A. MUND J. RYAN

Replacement Carrier Onboard Delivery Aircraft


N. CASTRO D. MIKLOSOVIC The current COD in use, the Grumman C-2 Greyhound, has been in service since 1966. This conceptual design seeks to propose a replace-ment aircraft that meets carrier suitability requirements, extends perfor-mance over the current COD, and is an affordable procurement for the Navy.

K. DAWLEY R. DETCHON A. FELIX

S. HASS M. LEWIS D. MCCREA

Flying Qualities and Performance Evaluation of the Piper Geronimo Airplane


T. COX R. NIEWOEHNER The PA-23-180 Geronimo is highly modified Piper Aztec. The modifica-tions were approved by the FAA based on engineering analysis, vice flight test. No published performance manuals exist, and initial flights revealed handling behaviors warranting further analysis. The team will present the results of their twenty-flight test program, evaluating the handling, performance and air data against the requirements of Federal Air Regulation, Part 23.

Z. HAUETER A. BLOCKER

B. HOOPER S. PATRICCO K. WARD I. EICKMEIER

D. HIBERT D. JOHNSON M. LEWIS N. PADLECKAS

K. RADWAN A. FELIX C. LITTLE

D. KUERBITZ

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Team 8Ball UAV


B. HOOPER E. HALLBERG Design, fabrication and testing of a small UAV capable of being launched and recovered from an unimproved locations for ISR missions. The UAV uses a propane fuel-cell to generate electric power for propul-sion and mission systems providing endurance of up to 5 hours.

B. WALTERS S. DAVIDS

M. POWERS M. DELAISSE W. PAGLIARULO T. WINKLER

I. EICKMEIER R. THOMAS A. PINTO

Team Particoptr UAV


R. DUNLAP E. HALLBERG Design, fabrication and testing of a small UAV capable of being launched and recovered from a vehicle in a moving military convoy. The UAV uses an IR sensor to search and detect potential IED locations along the path of the convoy.

Z. HAUETER S. DAVIDS

J. KARAM

C. LITTLE J. STABILE T. DIXON D. HIBERT

N. PADLECKAS K. WARD

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EASA

Astronautical Engineering

PSAT Navy Commnication Satellite Development


M. BELL B. BRUNINGA Parkinson Satellite (PSAT) is a communications satellite carrying a pay-load of APRS transponder and PSK31 transponder boards. It will use these two transponders to provide Satcoms to DOD assets, USNA as-sets, and the public at large.

M. COLBY

C. ELWARD M. ODOWD

Balloon Launched Prototyping of Spacecraft Experiements (BLARNE)


P. DALY B. BRUNINGA The purpose of BLARNE is to develop a high altitude test bed that can be autonomously returned to a predetermined location. The completed sys-tem will allow for short term testing of cubesats and atmospheric data collection.

J. BOTTOMLEY

PHOENIX Bi-propellant Rocket Development


D. CHAUVIN K. CASTONGUAY Design, build, safely test and launch, and recover a bipropellant liquid rocket with a design apogee of 10 kilometers in order to teach midship-men the basics of rocket development, project management, and sys-tems engineering.

A. MERRALL

S. PATEL E. PEDERSEN B. SWINDLER

DARPA Challenge: USS Langley Communication Satellite Development


A. BROLL J. KANG USS Langley will be the flagship of a constellation of small satellites that will host a web server from space utilizing standard internet protocol, commercial off the shelf components, and Linux-based server manage-ment.

J. CHESTER

C. DINELLI H. DOYLE J. EDWARDS G. HARIHARA

S. REYES

S. SIPE

C. VOSS

DRAGONS Orbital Debris Sensor Payload


L. PETERS J. KANG Debris Resistive/Acoustics Grid Orbital Naval Sensor (DRAGONS) is an inexpensive, low resource space instrument that can measure the char-acteristics of orbital debris that will improve risk assessments and pro-vide a real-time impact monitoring systems as basis for taking defensive evasive actions.

G. WYNN

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Attitude Determination and Control System Module for CubeSats


B. COLBY T. LIM SSAM project is to design an ADCS module to be integrated with USNA Satellites using an off the shelf micro controller and inertial measurement unit programmed with the Arduino programming environment. The specif-ic primary objectives for the module include three-axis rotational attitude detection and correction, utilization of a magnetometer and gyro for atti-tude determination, and integration with future USNA small satellites.

T. GREENE Z. MARQUEZ P. RAMOS D. SPENCER

C. VALLES

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