2025 Projects Day Research Symposium

Highlights of the annual symposium showcasing cadet research

2025 Projects Day Research Symposium

Highlights of the annual symposium showcasing cadet research

About the 2025 Research Symposium

West Point’s Projects Day Research Symposium is a premier annual event showcasing cadet-led research and innovation across various disciplines. The 2025 symposium presented impressive projects from cadets representing many disciplines. Over 900 cadets showcased more than 350 research projects, and USMA boasted more than 70 Research Symposium collaborators in government, industry, and academia. 

The theme was Warfighter Readiness and Soldier Lethality.

Learn more about the Research Symposium and cadet research.

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Interactive Network Technologies

  • Using Synthetic Data to Digitally "Twin" an Insider Threat Hub
    Presenters: Teague, Elena M CDT

Lockheed Martin

  • A Systems Decision Process Approach to Lockheed Martin's Human In the Loop Study Design
    Presenters: Finn, Matteo A CDT; Kiyaani-Mcclary, Austin A CDT; Marschall, Erich A CDT; Vollmond, Alexander I CDT
  • Modernizing Air Defense: Applying Model-Based Systems Engineering to the National Air Defense System
    Presenters: McDermott, Kyle C MAJ; Adarkwah, David S CDT; Vaccaro, Alec A CDT; Tyquiengco, Brooke N CDT; Katsigiannis, Vasileios B CDT
  • Optimizing Project Management for the Lockheed Martin THAAD Missile System: Leveraging JIRA, Excel, and Agile Metrics
    Presenters: Wulf, Davis J CDT; Mumma, James M CDT; Stewart, Miles A CDT

Mitre

  • Development of Thermal Storage System for MMNP
    Presenters: Borgerding, Henry A CDT; O'Neill, Aidan M CDT; Wendland, Hunter M CDT; Killebrew, Reagan R CDT
  • Simulating Infantry Platoon Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems to Increase Survivability in Combat
    Presenters: Kling, John C CDT; Goetz, John S CDT; Garcia, David CDT; Rockefeller, Wesley D CDT; Brown, Nicholas J CDT

National Center for Urban Operations

  • DUSTAP: Adapting to the Unpredictable Battlefield of Modern Conflict
    Presenters: Acosta, Rolando J CDT; Pleban, Luke P CDT; Squeri, John P CDT; Vagner, Jackson W CDT

Stop Soldier Suicide

  • The Face Speaks Volumes: Exploring facial expression analysis and suicidal risk
    Presenters: McIlvain, Abigail S CDT

Xcimer Energy Inc.

  • Examining Current Trends in Plasma Production for Simulating Nuclear Weapons X-Ray Effects
    Presenters: Zeller, Harry P CDT
  • Isochoric Heating and Tritium Breeding of HYLIFE-III Power Plant
    Presenters: Semon, Tyler S CDT; Hale, Noah R CDT; Sanchez, Andrew J CDT; Mini, Lawrence W CDT

Zipcar

  • Lessons from Industry: Vehicle Location Optimization I
    Presenters: Monagle, Ryan J CDT
  • Lessons from Industry: Vehicle Location Optimization II
    Presenters: Amoroso, Nicholas L CDT

160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment

  • Assessing Systems Engineering Needs for the 160th SOAR's Systems Integration and Management Office
    Presenters: Salisbury, Garrett S CDT; Rennison, Zoe D CDT; Crary, Nicholas A CDT; Perez, Zachary CDT

66th MP Brigade

  • Barracks Assignment Optimization
    Presenters: Brodsky, Claudia O CDT

Africa Center for Strategic Studies

  • The Impact of US Army-provided Professional Military Education (PME) in Lusophone Africa
    Presenters: Blue, Kiyanna J CDT; Williams Wright, Kayla A CDT; Romo, Olivia C CDT

Army Enterprise Marketing Office (AEMO)

  • Army Enterprise Marketing Office Data Support: Bayesian Analysis and Logistic Regression
    Presenters: Coston, Blake A CDT

Artificial Intelligence Integration Center (AI2C)

  • Army Aviation Maintenance: Using Text-to-SQL LLM's to Query Tabular Data
    Presenters: Nordby, Kristian G CDT
  • Investigating Uses of AI in Army Fleet Maintenance
    Presenters: Zhang, Michael H CDT
  • Utilizing Machine Learning in Predictive Maintenance for Aviation Equipment
    Presenters: Peyovich, Grayson R CDT
  • Predictive Logistics for Aviation Maintenance
    Presenters: Hong, Eric S CDT

Army Futures Command

  • Simulating Infantry Platoon Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems to Increase Survivability in Combat
    Presenters: Kling, John C CDT; Goetz, John S CDT; Garcia, David CDT; Rockefeller, Wesley D CDT; Brown, Nicholas J CDT

Army Research Lab

  • Experimental Demonstration of Non-Rydberg Electromagnetically Induced Transparency in Rubidium
    Presenters: Custodio, Christian F CDT
  • Rydberg Atom-Based Quantum Antenna
    Presenters: Speer, Michael C CDT; Catapano, Tyler M CDT; Gunning, Matthew M CDT
  • Additive Manufacturing For Terminal Effects
    Presenters: Coleman, Lauren M CDT; Barrow, Luke A CDT; Aguilar, Salvador J CDT
  • GhostRoute: Energy-Aware, Detection-Minimizing Path Planning
    Presenters: Hyatt, Jacob E CDT

Army Research Lab - SEDD

  • Precision Spectroscopy of Rare-Earth Dopants for IR Laser Development: A Reciprocity and Fuchtbauer-Ladenburg Approach
    Presenters: Sanchez, Andrew J CDT

Assistant Secretary of the Army - Installations, Energy and Environment

  • Resilient Energy Infrastructure for Army Installations & Basing
    Presenters: Mazikowski, Lewis J CDT; Meyer, Grace A CDT; Brown, Arthur S CDT; Fisher, Reece T CDT

DASD Force Readiness

  • A Data-Driven Approach to Evaluating ABCT Equipment Readiness
    Presenters: Orlowski, Max J CDT; Sheppard, Phoenix E CDT; Dunleavy, Patrick T CDT; Scruggs, Christina Y CDT; Botello, Nicolas R CDT
  • U.S. Army Task Organization Visualization Tool for Readiness
    Presenters: Kim, Moses J CDT; Kerner, Alana S CDT; Purifoy, Ava R CDT; Abrahams, Jonathan I CDT

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

  • Advancing Autonomous MEDEVAC: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Ethical, Operational, Legal, and Technical Challenges
    Presenters: Orta, Christopher D CDT; Mahoney, Jared D CDT; Rosado, Keaton S CDT; Quinones, Logan A CDT; Hinrichs, Joseph H CDT
  • Hyperdimensional Computing for Metacognitive AI: Gaining Advantage for Algorithmic Warfare
    Presenters: Nelson, Zhenzhu A CDT
  • Logistics in Isolated Environments
    Presenters: Sabile, Jenna L CDT; Trampush, Ethan M CDT; Jeong, Yudam CDT; Hunt, Benjamin T CDT; Luker, William R CDT
  • Strategic Material Management and Supply Chain Risks in the Defense Sector
    Presenters: Armstrong, Benjamin P CDT; McGovern, Emma L CDT; Lowe, Jacob D CDT; Sapio, Luke T CDT
  • Structural Damage to Concrete Due to Heating
    Presenters: Demeritt, Bradley J CDT; Speer, Michael C CDT

Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA)

  • Using Synthetic Data to Digitally "Twin" an Insider Threat Hub
    Presenters: Teague, Elena M CDT

Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)

  • Analyzing Release Kinetics and Characteristics of 3D-Printed Biobandages for Combat Medicine Applications
    Presenters: Martin, Maya I CDT; Mayo, Jackson F CDT; Miller, Kylie R CDT; Pearson, Brennan A CDT; Peters, Selah B CDT; Vasquez, Sebastian CDT
  • ML / AI Design of Oligonucleotide Biosensor Probes and Therapeutics
    Presenters: Muteteke, Colette K CDT; Duffy, Brigid A CDT; Martinez, Francisco A CDT; Nguyen, Bryant CDT; Ntumy, Richelle S CDT
  • Modeling the Effect of Bacteriophage Therapeutics on the Warfighter Microbiome
    Presenters: Choi, Andrea L CDT; Gash, Allison M CDT; Ho, Andrew L CDT; Mantha, Aditya V CDT; Mitra, Shreyan CDT; Ngo, Alexander T CDT; Olaniyi, Similoluwa T CDT; Ruscigno, Anthony R CDT; Shaw, Haley W CDT; Song, Eric CDT; Tran, Aidan N CDT
  • Pyrolant Biocides for the CBRNE Warfighter
    Presenters: Wald, Faris I CDT; McVey, Ernest C CDT; Kennedy, Caroline G CDT; Cox, Benjamin D CDT; Maestas, Nathan J CDT
  • Use of a RNA Virus to Characterize Immune Suppression to Improve Therapeutic Strategies in Vaccine Development and Improve the Health of the Force
    Presenters: Critcher, Madison A CDT; Rajeev, Aravind CDT; Culbertson, Andrew J CDT; Bhutani, Dillon R CDT; Smith, Tyson J CDT

Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM)

  • Advancing Food Safety: CSI Generation II vs. Commercial Luminometers for Surface Contamination Detection
    Presenters: Brasko, Brianna K CDT; Spinar, Ava O CDT; Young, Grace E CDT; Lopez, Shea M CDT
  • Applying the Systems Decision Process to Design a Low-Cost, Hypersonic Rocket
    Presenters: Pai, Arnav CDT; Fitch, Evan P CDT; Martin, Nathanael M CDT
  • Automated Analysis of Complex Nanowire Networks for Next-Gen Warfighter Materials
    Presenters: Munz, Kennedy V CDT
  • Multiview Computer Vision for Detecting Defects in Munitions
    Presenters: Niven, William F CDT
  • A Novel Design for a 3U Modular CubeSat
    Presenters: Morehead, Joshua A CDT; Thometz, Brian CDT; Hicks, Conner L CDT; Rainey, Connor L CDT; Stein, Arthur C CDT; Pena, Angel V CDT
  • Novel Subsystem Board Designs for a 3U Modular CubeSat
    Presenters: Pena, Angel V CDT; Stein, Arthur C CDT; Rainey, Connor L CDT
  • Precision Medicine on the Battlefield: Bacteriophages as a Weapon Against MDR Infections
    Presenters: Brianas, Nathan J CDT; Stoldt, Isabelle A CDT; Pierce, Kinady M CDT; Matlach, Amber G CDT; Shi, Joey Y CDT
  • Solar Panel Design and Integration to Power a 3U Modular CubeSat
    Presenters: Morehead, Joshua A CDT; Hicks, Conner L CDT; Thometz, Brian CDT
  • SPEAR Build Update Brief
    Presenters: Dupuis, Matthew R CDT; Adams, Chase J CDT; Avelar, Nicholas S CDT; Stephen, Alphonse CDT; Doyna, Ellery S CDT; Stout, Roinn P CDT; Huang, Jonathan Y CDT

DEVCOM Armaments Center

  • Advanced Concrete Ballistics
    Presenters: Bolt, Larry E CDT; Legarreta, Bren H CDT; Miller-Craig, Andrew M CDT; Nichols, Spencer W CDT
  • Analyzing the Impact of Improved Situational Awareness on Command & Control System Performance for Decision-Making
    Presenters: Ayanwale, Damilola E CDT; Grooms, Emily G CDT; Rocca, Anthony A CDT; Bond, Isaac P CDT
  • Demilitarization of Munitions: Bulk Process Modeling of the Thermal Degradation Products of Fluoropolymers for PFAS
    Presenters: Copeland, Bret J CDT; Cargle, Aryanna S CDT; Thomas, Andon Z CDT; McGinnis, Daniel E CDT
  • Demilitarization of Munitions: Gas Phase Characterization of Thermal Degradation Products of Fluoropolymers for PFAS
    Presenters: Kitlinski, Amelia J CDT
  • Demilitarization of Munitions: Mechanistic Insights into Thermal Degradation of Fluoropolymers via Microkinetic Modeling
    Presenters: Aronov, Charles M CDT; Palam, Kai D CDT; McGinnis, Daniel E CDT
  • M240 Signature Reduction
    Presenters: Houston, Samuel E CDT; Orozco, Alan CDT; Snyder, David A CDT; Whitaker, Aiden A CDT; Zecher, Aiden J CDT
  • Small Arms Ammo Packaging
    Presenters: Duncan, Paul W CDT; Bojarczyk, Mateusz CDT; Remus, Nicholas P CDT
  • Small Arms Trigger Characterization
    Presenters: McCarroll, Sheamus D CDT; McNeilly, Isaiah J CDT; Nolen, Michael W CDT

DEVCOM Army Research Labs

  • Additive Manufacturing of Energetic Materials for Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Tool Design
    Presenters: Wald, Faris I CDT; McVey, Ernest C CDT; Kennedy, Caroline G CDT; Cox, Benjamin D CDT; Maestas, Nathan J CDT
  • GhostRoute: Energy-Aware, Detection-Minimizing Path Planning
    Presenters: Hyatt, Jacob E CDT
  • Independent Study - Additive Manufacturing for Defense Applications
    Presenters: Legarreta, Bren H CDT; Kittinger, Jackson D CDT; Thomas, Tony J CDT; Julka, William B CDT; Addeo, Leo M CDT; Tan, Haotian CDT
  • Investigating Materials for Fast-Charging Batteries
    Presenters: Horn, David C CDT; Ross, James C CDT; Tarnopolsky, Timothy A CDT
  • Organic Synthesis of Explosive and Propellant Stabilizer Materials
    Presenters: Sample, Chloe C CDT; Wallace, Kingsley B CDT
  • Organometallic Chromophore Linkers for the Design of Photoactive Metal Organic Frameworks
    Presenters: Yeung, Justin CDT
  • Porous Copper Nanowire Synthesis on a CNT-DNA Thin Film Substrate
    Presenters: Badger, James G CDT; Yang, Bohan CDT; Crowder, Joshua M CDT; Diaz, Ariana C CDT; Hammond, Jaxon F CDT
  • Redox Flow Batteries Energy Storage for Installation Energy Security and Resilience
    Presenters: Chen, Edward CDT; Squier, Woodson D CDT; Mantooth, Jeanine P CDT; Smith, Blake A CDT; Keith, Noah R CDT; Gatzke, Andrew E CDT; Fergel, Ethan A CDT; Johns, Maxwell J CDT; Jones, Nicholas B CDT 2022; Henderson, Danielle S CDT
  • Resource-Efficient, Self-Adaptive Neuro-Symbolic Artificial Intelligence for the Internet of Battlefield Things
    Presenters: Beggs, John D CDT
  • XPS Depth Profiling of Surface Restructuring Responsible for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Activity of Nickel Sulfides in Alkaline Electrolyte
    Presenters: Poland, Connor B CDT; Smith, Cooper A CDT 2022

DEVCOM Aviation & Missile Center

  • Dynamic Payload for Unmanned Aircraft Control
    Presenters: Budoff, Samuel A CDT; Garza, Samuel A CDT; Ochoa, Roman X CDT; Wiltshire, Ryan J CDT
  • Expeditionary Launched Effects Recovery
    Presenters: Conklin, Samuel L CDT; Ester, Gabriel L CDT; Rice, Aiden M CDT
  • Ground-Based Launched Effects
    Presenters: Burns, Jordan L CDT; Diller, Bradley R CDT; Keppel, Anthony W CDT; Reichert, Edward J CDT
  • Independent Study - SPEAR / ARES Design, Modeling, Testing, and Analysis
    Presenters: Woo, Eric CDT; Price, Charles R CDT; McNeill, Charles H CDT; Lamps, Nicolas A CDT; Noone, Killian T CDT; Danelson, Connor M CDT
  • Space Engineering & Applied Research (SPEAR) Tactical Hypersonic Orbital Rocket (THOR)
    Presenters: Nguyen, Andrew Q CDT; Sinclair, Bryce A CDT; Coker, Landon T CDT; Connor, Barrett J CDT; McLaughlin, Ida CDT; Pai, Arnav CDT; Fitch, Evan P CDT; Martin, Nathanael M CDT
  • Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Burn Rate Additives for Double-Base and Ammonium Perchlorate Propellant
    Presenters: Cobb, Megan E CDT; Chen, Young CDT; Smith, Carter J CDT; Simmerer, Stephen J CDT; Gacek, Lukas A CDT; Miller, Andrew W CDT; Wilson, John P CDT

DEVCOM Control, Communication, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Center

  • Air-Launched Balloon
    Presenters: Lee, Joseph S CDT; Minyard, David B CDT; Realuyo, Alexander M CDT
  • Autonomous Path Planning for UAS Using Recursive Bayesian Estimation
    Presenters: Asuncion, Evan C CDT
  • EO / IR Fusion For Automated Aerial Vehicle Detection
    Presenters: Felter, Maxwell A CDT
  • Heterogeneous Drone/Robot Team for Minefield Detection
    Presenters: Blake, Jonathan T CDT; Sartell, Nathaniel J CDT; Sattari, Darius B CDT; Almeida, Bryan CDT; Blanchard, Tucker R CDT
  • Independent Study - Additive Manufacturing for Defense Applications
    Presenters: Legarreta, Bren H CDT; Kittinger, Jackson D CDT; Thomas, Tony J CDT; Julka, William B CDT; Addeo, Leo M CDT; Tan, Haotian CDT
  • Independent Study - Automated Aerial Minefield Detection
    Presenters: Joo, Elizabeth CDT; Berlingieri, Michael A CDT; Hofmann, Jamin L CDT
  • Logistics Training Round
    Presenters: King, Brian A CDT; Poe, Andrew B CDT; Zaczynski, Alexah M CDT
  • UAS Autonomous Path Planning with Terrain-Based Seeding
    Presenters: Wanta, Matthew K CDT

DEVCOM Chemical Biological Center

  • Hydrolysis Kinetics of Opioid-Like Compounds
    Presenters: Basinger, Michelle F CDT; Campbell, Samantha M CDT; Grau, Noelle M CDT

DEVCOM Aviation & Missile Center - Prototype Integration Facility

  • Logistics Training Round
    Presenters: King, Brian A CDT; Poe, Andrew B CDT; Zaczynski, Alexah M CDT

DEVCOM Soldier Center

  • All-Terrain Arctic Anchor
    Presenters: Bault, Christian H CDT; Buffardi, Nicholas J CDT; McCarthy, Liam M CDT
  • Blood Transfusion in Austere Arctic Environments
    Presenters: Nycz-Wasilec, Michael M CDT; Suh, Madeleine R CDT; Vesy, Keira J CDT
  • Field Expedient Flotation Collar
    Presenters: Bazile, Nadia R CDT; Clark, Madeline R CDT; Peterson, James M CDT; Uribe, Joaquin A CDT
  • Independent Study - Cold Blood Transfusion
    Presenters: Homan, Drew B CDT
  • Independent Study - Folding Military Ski Design
    Presenters: Wagner, Jared D CDT; Maughan, Thaddeus G CDT; Ince, Nathaniel R CDT

Defense Health Agency - Global Emerging Infections Surveillance

  • Assessing an Emerging Threat to the Warfighter: Prevalence of Antibodies Against Tick-Transmitted Powassan Virus in the USMA Corps of Cadets
    Presenters: Burgess, Alison R CDT; Daffin, McKenzie N CDT; Delia, James R CDT; Dipasqua, Zoey R CDT; Enos, Kira E CDT; Horowicz, Griffin C CDT; Hudry, Juliana E CDT; Jankovich, Alexis CDT; Rossen, Michael J CDT; Shurkin, Rafael G CDT; Vizcarra, Emily K CDT; Whitfield, Audrey R CDT; Wissemann, Christopher K CDT

Defense Threat Reduction Agency

  • Contaminant Dispersion Analysis in Urban Environments
    Presenters: Cahanding, Tavis G CDT; Ederle, Pierson J CDT; Kampert, Haley L CDT
  • DTRA Blast Effects Modeling for Rapid Assessment of Damaged Infrastructure
    Presenters: Benson, Samuel K CDT; Keys, Samuel T CDT
  • Effects of Armor Layering on Gamma Protection Factor Assessments
    Presenters: Sun, Cynthia CDT
  • Effects of Armor Layering on Neutron Protection Factor Assessments
    Presenters: Gifford, Cole H CDT
  • Gated Recurrent Units and Graphical Neural Networks for Fallout Reconstruction
    Presenters: Ague, Samuel N CDT
  • MCNP6 Simulations of Radiation Protection Factors
    Presenters: Flanders, Katelyn A CDT
  • Modeling Degradation of Satellite-Based Capabilities Due to Nuclear Detonations in Space
    Presenters: Ge, Bridget CDT
  • Neulasta Efficacy in Protecting Warfighter Radiation Exposure
    Presenters: Semon, Tyler S CDT; Hale, Noah R CDT; Hahn, Kaylee A CDT
  • Optimization of Zebra Composite Scintillator for Measuring Radioactivity in Low Earth Orbit
    Presenters: Sykes, John E CDT; Shorten, Kenneth G CDT; Applegate, Logan R CDT
  • Radiation Protection Factor Analysis Using MCNP6
    Presenters: Caswell, John Paul I CDT
  • Scatterable Radiation Monitoring (SCRAM) Detectors
    Presenters: Munro, Kimberly J CDT; Polaski, David M CDT; Rodgers, Amar D CDT; Spence, Brandon A CDT; Tucker, Lucas R CDT
  • Scintillating Detector Calibration Using UV-LED Sources
    Presenters: Abraham, Ashish K CDT; Rodriguez, Erick E CDT; Sun, Cynthia CDT
  • U-Doped Silicon Substrate Rad-Hard Testing
    Presenters: Bowser, Lucas C CDT; Jacob, Dominyck G CDT; McAllister, Chase C CDT; Schroeder, Mark C CDT

Engineer Research and Development Center

  • Autonomous Ground Vehicle Simulation: Evaluation of Path Planning Models
    Presenters: Gaucher, Benjamin CDT; Zitiello, Thomas S CDT; Rhodes, Matthew D CDT
  • Comparing Modeling Approaches for Distributed Logistics in Contested Environments
    Presenters: Hernon, Jack R CDT
  • System Dynamics Modeling of Cold Region Installation Resilience
    Presenters: South, Luke A CDT; Casal, Jose M CDT; Rucker, Luke R CDT; Atherton, Kyle S CDT; Luke, Kevin J CDT

Futures and Concepts Center

  • Simulating Infantry Platoon Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems to Increase Survivability in Combat
    Presenters: Kling, John C CDT; Goetz, John S CDT; Garcia, David CDT; Rockefeller, Wesley D CDT; Brown, Nicholas J CDT

Headquarters, Department of the Army

  • Using Synthetic Data to Digitally "Twin" an Insider Threat Hub
    Presenters: Teague, Elena M CDT

HQDA G3/5/7

  • A Risk Estimation Tool for the Army Insider Threat Hub
    Presenters: Persteins, Joseph W CDT

Joint Navigation Warfare Center

  • AIMM: Keeping Commanders Informed
    Presenters: Rice, Gavin B CDT; Medapati, Sathvik CDT

JPEO A&A

  • AIMM: Keeping Commanders Informed
    Presenters: Rice, Gavin B CDT; Medapati, Sathvik CDT

JPO JLTV

  • Enhancing Tactical Vehicle Capabilities with Anti-Idle Technology
    Presenters: Black, Nathaniel S CDT; Kaiser, Caleb S CDT; Lusian, Trevonte J CDT; Greer, Michael T CDT; Ong, Bennett K CDT

Keller Army Community Hospital

  • Chemical and Cellular Characterization of Hemarthrosis After Traumatic Knee Joint Injury in Military Personnel
    Presenters: Wu, Matthew L CDT; Pham, Khiem D CDT; Lai, Sean C CDT; Soriano, Joshua-Brian C CDT; Jeon, Joshua S CDT; Hodges, Zachary M CDT
  • Predicting Recovery Outcomes using Collagen Biomarkers following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in cadet cohort at the United States Military Academy
    Presenters: Lawson, Noah R CDT; Starr, Ethan E CDT; Humphrey, Brian A CDT; Vanmanen, Jordyn A CDT
  • Key Performance Indicators for Improving Cadet Physical Performance
    Presenters: Choi, Micaela E CDT; Kim, Dillon CDT; Castro, Malaya R CDT; Carlson, Kade T CDT; Maultsby, Iziah A CDT

LCAAP

  • Confidence-Based Skip-Lot Sampling for Army Ammunition Production
    Presenters: Boarnet, Alexander D CDT

Missile Defense Agency (MDA)

  • SPICE and Xyce-Based Modeling of Space Radiation Effects on Satellite RF Amplifiers
    Presenters: Ruffing, Chase E CDT; Beels, Christian D CDT

Naval Special Warfare Command

  • Automating Award Citations for Special Operations
    Presenters: Matoush, Gavin R CDT

Next Generation Combat Vehicles Cross-Functional Team

  • Next Generation Combat Vehicle: Building a Return on Investment Framework
    Presenters: Spivey, Carlton D CDT

Office of the Chief of Army Reserve (OCAR)

  • Army Reserves Retention Loss: Logistic Regression / Machine Learning
    Presenters: Wang, George W CDT

Photonics Research Center

  • Redox Flow Batteries Energy Storage for Installation Energy Security and Resilience
    Presenters: Chen, Edward CDT; Squier, Woodson D CDT; Mantooth, Jeanine P CDT; Smith, Blake A CDT; Keith, Noah R CDT; Gatzke, Andrew E CDT; Fergel, Ethan A CDT; Johns, Maxwell J CDT; Jones, Nicholas B CDT 2022; Henderson, Danielle S CDT

PM MAS

  • Confidence-Based Skip-Lot Sampling for Army Ammunition Production
    Presenters: Boarnet, Alexander D CDT

Program Executive Office - Combat Support & Combat Service Support

  • JLTV Anti-Idle Power Off-Take
    Presenters: Mummert, Taige M CDT; Tapahonso, Eugene D CDT; Black, Nathaniel S CDT; Greer, Michael T CDT; Kaiser, Caleb S CDT; Lusian, Trevonte J CDT; Ong, Bennett K CDT
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Bridges
    Presenters: Fico, Tyler D CDT; McSweeney, Brian A CDT; Park, Paransol J CDT

Program Executive Office - Missiles and Space

  • Algorithmic Development for UAV Characterization
    Presenters: Frattini, Andrew J CDT; Adesagba, Samuel A CDT; Puharic, Grant T CDT; Haynes, Morgan S CDT

Project Director for Joint Services

  • Warehouse Automated Robots (WAR) for Artillery Round Assembly
    Presenters: Miller, Aidan M CDT; Ma, Alexander H CDT; Manning, Trevor B CDT

SOCOM

  • Assessing Systems Engineering Needs for the 160th SOAR's Systems Integration and Management Office
    Presenters: Salisbury, Garrett S CDT; Rennison, Zoe D CDT; Crary, Nicholas A CDT; Perez, Zachary CDT
  • Evaluating the performance of Large Language Models and Generative AI on Misinformation Detection
    Presenters: Dohr, Jonah H CDT; Lee, Charles CDT; Cady, James P CDT
  • Expedient Bracing of Urban Breached Obstacles
    Presenters: Hoyt, David C CDT; Smith, Jacob T CDT; van Haaster, Caleb J CDT
  • Independent Study - Opposing Enemy Air Assault Operations Through Driving Workload
    Presenters: Reichert, Edward J CDT
  • Independent Study - Ship Scaling Equipment Design
    Presenters: Hatfield, Abigail M CDT; Lynch, Benjamin S CDT; Dosan, Logan D CDT
  • Maximizing the Usability of Publicly Available Information
    Presenters: Belveal, Scott J CDT; Harkins, Dalton R CDT; Platt, Sarah K CDT; O'Donnell, Charles C CDT
  • Optimization and Utilization of HPFORGE
    Presenters: Daily, Bryson D CDT; Dones, Maaika D CDT; Holtmeier, Lillian M CDT; Cerniauskas, Michael C CDT
  • Optimizing a High-Variability, Low-Quantity Technology Refresh Vehicle Repair Line
    Presenters: Latimer, Charles S CDT; Winton, Zachary S CDT; Bryant, Brandon A CDT; McCoy, Hunter P CDT
  • Partner Force UAS Proliferation
    Presenters: Alford, Wade L CDT; Macune, John W CDT; Passander, Jonathan A CDT; Riddle, Andrea G CDT
  • Structural Damage to Concrete Due to Heating
    Presenters: Demeritt, Bradley J CDT; Speer, Michael C CDT

Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program - Weapons Systems and Platforms Program

  • Demilitarization of Munitions: Bulk Process Modeling of the Thermal Degradation Products of Fluoropolymers for PFAS
    Presenters: Copeland, Bret J CDT; Cargle, Aryanna S CDT; Thomas, Andon Z CDT; McGinnis, Daniel E CDT
  • Demilitarization of Munitions: Gas Phase Characterization of Thermal Degradation Products of Fluoropolymers for PFAS
    Presenters: Kitlinski, Amelia J CDT
  • Demilitarization of Munitions: Mechanistic Insights into Thermal Degradation of Fluoropolymers via Microkinetic Modeling
    Presenters: Aronov, Charles M CDT; Palam, Kai D CDT; McGinnis, Daniel E CDT

Tobyhana Army Depot

  • Enhancing Soldier Equipment Readiness: Boosting Production Order Accuracy with Lean Six Sigma
    Presenters: Farris, Olivia M CDT; Chitty, Alek S CDT; Hardy, Justin K CDT; Tomeo, Aden A CDT
  • Tobyhanna Army Depot HAZMAT Reduction
    Presenters: Daughtery, Antonio L CDT; Bardales, Joseph K CDT; Barker, Calahan D CDT; Bohlin, Joshua D CDT
  • West Point System Throughput in C4ISR Finishing Division
    Presenters: Szary, Evan F CDT; Houck, Stephen B CDT; Lawrence, Aaron M CDT; Baez, Joseph A CDT; Gilbert, Andrew T CDT

TRAC

  • Assessing the “Goodness” of Agent Behavior in Combat Simulation Models: A Framework for Evaluating the Potential of Reinforcement Learning
    Presenters: Tate, Eli B CDT; Erickson, Sidoni D CDT; Fagan, Bedford W CDT; Reynolds, Casey B CDT; Horvath, Jonathan F CDT

U.S. Africa Command

  • The Wagner Group’s Role in Perpetuating Anti-Western Sentiment in Mali
    Presenters: Cascino, Henry L CDT; Cooper, Megan A CDT; Kopotic, Katherine L CDT

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

  • An Expeditionary Railyard Design for Force Projection
    Presenters: Daniels, Hayden W CDT; Gonzalez, Ruben CDT; Latherow, Jack M CDT
  • USACE Lock and Dam: Modernizing National Critical Infrastructure
    Presenters: Hodges, Owen R CDT; Perez, Ashton A CDT; Tinerella, Anthony M CDT

U.S. Army Cyber Command

  • Gaining the Edge: Visualizing Information Advantage through Machine Learning-Driven Dashboards
    Presenters: El Ouadi, Ameir Z CDT; Pimentel, Adrian J CDT; Knowlton, William M CDT

U.S. Army Pacific

  • Enhancing Data Operations for JPMRC
    Presenters: Cillo, Noah A CDT; Doyle, Madison S CDT; Hartsell, Wyatt J CDT; Rolenc, Charles P CDT

U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine

  • Analyzing Factors Influencing Marine Recruits' Heat Symptoms Severity on Parris Island, SC, from 2021-23
    Presenters: Rohan Ramirez, Aimee S CDT
  • Statistical Analysis of Cadet Exercise Patterns and Self-Reported Mood
    Presenters: Bush, Spencer M CDT

U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine - Military Nutrition Division

  • "Brigade, Rest" for Warfighter Readiness: Investigating Group Differences in Sleep Quality and Duration Among Future Army Leaders
    Presenters: Quainoo, Aba A CDT; Soto-Roman, Yael A CDT; Liu, Jada H CDT
  • Empowering Leaders Through Mental Pre-Combat Checks: Investigating the Profile of Mood States (POMS) as a Physical Readiness Indicator
    Presenters: Yu, Ian CDT
  • How do Sleep Duration and Physical Activity Levels Impact Changes in BMI Among Future Warfighters? 
    Presenters: Farris, Olivia M CDT
  • Mind Over Mission: Assessing Differences in the Vigor, Fatigue, and Other Mental States of Different Groups of Future Warfighters
    Presenters: Bacon, Kailey T CDT; Patterson, Alyssa A CDT; Johnson, Kari M CDT
  • The Impact of Magnesium Intake on Sleep Quality Among Future Warfighters at the United States Military Academy
    Presenters: Cassin, Amelia E CDT

U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa

  • Expeditionary Base Camp Design for Joint Forces Combat Training Center
    Presenters: Durkan, Ryan M CDT; Massey, Parker C CDT; Polashek, Christopher G CDT; Roberts, Jalen E CDT

U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command / Army Forces Strategic Command

  • High-Energy Lasers - Camera Blinding
    Presenters: Green, Isaac CDT; Sullivan, Patrick T CDT
  • High-Energy Lasers - Thermal Blooming
    Presenters: Clark, Tallon P CDT; Fortenberry, Micah N CDT; Moorhouse, Clayton P CDT
  • Novel Design for a 3U Modular CubeSat
    Presenters: Morehead, Joshua A CDT; Thometz, Brian CDT; Hicks, Conner L CDT; Rainey, Connor L CDT; Stein, Arthur C CDT; Pena, Angel V CDT
  • Novel Subsystem Board Designs for a 3U Modular CubeSat
    Presenters: Pena, Angel V CDT; Stein, Arthur C CDT; Rainey, Connor L CDT
  • Solar Panel Design and Integration to Power a 3U Modular CubeSat
    Presenters: Morehead, Joshua A CDT; Hicks, Conner L CDT; Thometz, Brian CDT

U.S. Army Special Operations Command

  • ARSOF 2040: Visualizing Future Warfare, Competition, and Deterrence
    Presenters: Campbell, Mitchell CDT; Lee, Daniel C CDT; Jenkins, Noah S CDT; Biondo, Giovanni C CDT
  • Evaluating the performance of Large Language Models and Generative AI on Misinformation Detection
    Presenters: Dohr, Jonah H CDT; Lee, Charles CDT; Cady, James P CDT
  • Structural Damage to Concrete Due to Heating
    Presenters: Demeritt, Bradley J CDT; Speer, Michael C CDT

U.S. Army Special Operations Command - AI Division

  • Multimodal Video Summarization of Multi-Scene, Single-Context Data for Special Operations
    Presenters: Looney, Aidan G CDT
  • Synthetic Data for Target Classification
    Presenters: Coffman, Hayden F CDT

U.S. European Command

  • Permanent Stationing of German BDE in Lithuania
    Presenters: Fitzgerald, Liam G CDT; Swanson, Clark W CDT; Jorgensen, Johnathan R CDT; Yang, Maxima U CDT

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command

  • An Analysis of Foreign Developed Infrastructure on Political Influence
    Presenters: McCabe, Patrick T CDT; Lewis, Isaac M CDT; Newbry, Everett G CDT
  • Rhetoric of Aggression: Analyzing Chinese State Media and Its Impact on Japanese Reactions in the Past Decade
    Presenters: Anariba, Juan A CDT; Meyer, Jacob R CDT
  • The Impact of U.S. Activities on Taiwan's Will to Fight
    Presenters: Flynn, Thomas F CDT; Fussell, Charles J CDT; McShea, Liam CDT

U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM)

  • Development of Thermal Storage System for MMNP
    Presenters: Borgerding, Henry A CDT; O'Neill, Aidan M CDT; Wendland, Hunter M CDT; Killebrew, Reagan R CDT

U.S. Space Command

  • Exploring Leading Indicators of Satellite Maneuvers
    Presenters: Lim, Elliot Y CDT; Garton, Adam W CDT; Larson, Timothy J CDT; Johnston, Luke A CDT; Johnston, Kate X CDT
  • Satellite Maneuver Detection
    Presenters: Langou, Leo P CDT

U.S. Special Operations Command Pacific

  • The Impact of U.S. Activities on Taiwan's Will to Fight
    Presenters: Flynn, Thomas F CDT; Fussell, Charles J CDT; McShea, Liam CDT

U.S. Strategic Command

  • Comparative Case Studies of Belarusian-Russian and Kazakh-Russian Alliance Architectures
    Presenters: Borisow, Daniel CDT; Walton, Matthew M CDT; Dykstra, Sophia E CDT
  • Nuclear Assurance and Threat Perception of Info-Pacific Allies
    Presenters: Widger, Camily K CDT; Carter, Shawn M CDT; Pohlidal, Hannah E CDT
  • Social Media, Public Perception, & Nuclear Deterrence Policy
    Presenters: Marinich, Macie D CDT; Davis, Nathan M CDT; Acinapura, Annabella C CDT

Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering

  • 3D-Printed Expeditionary Concrete Systems
    Presenters: Macias, Brandon M CDT; Parker, Nicholas R CDT; Gvalia, Nikoloz CDT; Thompson, Leslie L CDT
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Bridges
    Presenters: Fico, Tyler D CDT; McSweeney, Brian A CDT; Park, Paransol J CDT

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research Experimental Therapeutics

  • The Discovery of a Small Molecule Pan-Serotype Flavivirus Antiviral Drug to Treat the Warfighting Operating in Austere Environments
    Presenters: Poland, Connor B CDT; Pinc, Johnathan R CDT; Ferrante, Charles M CDT; LI, Owen Z CDT

Air Force Institute of Technology

  • Neulasta Efficacy in Protecting Warfighter Radiation Exposure
    Presenters: Semon, Tyler S CDT; Hale, Noah R CDT; Hahn, Kaylee A CDT

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

  • Assessing an Emerging Threat to the Warfighter: Prevalence of Antibodies Against Tick-Transmitted Powassan Virus in the USMA Corps of Cadets
    Presenters: Burgess, Alison R CDT; Daffin, McKenzie N CDT; Delia, James R CDT; Dipasqua, Zoey R CDT; Enos, Kira E CDT; Horowicz, Griffin C CDT; Hudry, Juliana E CDT; Jankovich, Alexis CDT; Rossen, Michael J CDT; Shurkin, Rafael G CDT; Vizcarra, Emily K CDT; Whitfield, Audrey R CDT; Wissemann, Christopher K CDT

Army University

  • Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Modern Classroom within the Army University Military Learning Environment
    Presenters: Gutgsell, Mitchell S CDT; Coletti, William T CDT; Dickson, Walter J CDT; Johnson, Markel J CDT; Williams, Ashlon L CDT

Army War College - Department of Strategic Wargaming

  • Wargaming the Indo-Pacific: Preparing Future Army Leaders for Strategic Competition
    Presenters: Taylor, Ronald D CDT; Reese, Jordan B CDT

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

  • Dual-Use Hypersonic Weapons: Strategic Implications of Conventional and Nuclear Payloads
    Presenters: Thomas, Jonah S CDT
  • Examining Current Trends in Plasma Production for Simulating Nuclear Weapons X-Ray Effects
    Presenters: Zeller, Harry P CDT
  • SPICE and Xyce-Based Modeling of Space Radiation Effects on Satellite RF Amplifiers
    Presenters: Ruffing, Chase E CDT; Beels, Christian D CDT

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory

  • Automating Award Citations for Special Operations
    Presenters: Matoush, Gavin R CDT
  • EO / IR Fusion For Automated Aerial Vehicle Detection
    Presenters: Felter, Maxwell A CDT
  • Independent Study - Quadrotor Dropwing for Extended Range
    Presenters: Liu, David CDT
  • Independent Study - Ship Scaling Equipment Design
    Presenters: Hatfield, Abigail M CDT; Lynch, Benjamin S CDT; Dosan, Logan D CDT
  • Low-Earth Orbit Satellite Tracking for Discrete Communications
    Presenters: Conti, James F CDT; Butler, Jackson L CDT; Tewolde, Matthew K CDT; Hollar, Thomas R CDT
  • UAS Autonomous Path Planning with Terrain-Based Seeding
    Presenters: Wanta, Matthew K CDT

NATO Baltic Defense College

  • The Königsberg Question
    Presenters: Edwards, Alexander T CDT; Stahlberg, Carl J CDT

SOCOM Ignite

  • Automating Award Citations for Special Operations
    Presenters: Matoush, Gavin R CDT
  • EO / IR Fusion For Automated Aerial Vehicle Detection
    Presenters: Felter, Maxwell A CDT
  • Independent Study - Quadrotor Dropwing for Extended Range
    Presenters: Liu, David CDT
  • Independent Study - Ship Scaling Equipment Design
    Presenters: Hatfield, Abigail M CDT; Lynch, Benjamin S CDT; Dosan, Logan D CDT
  • Low-Earth Orbit Satellite Tracking for Discrete Communications
    Presenters: Conti, James F CDT; Butler, Jackson L CDT; Tewolde, Matthew K CDT; Hollar, Thomas R CDT
  • Synthetic Data for Target Classification
    Presenters: Coffman, Hayden F CDT

U.S. Military Academy (USMA) - Admissions

  • Evaluating Potential in USMA Admissions Process
    Presenters: Sommerhalder, Daniel J CDT

U.S. Military Academy (USMA) - Registrar

  • Integrating AI into the Cadet Experience
    Presenters: Howard, Andrew R CDT; Fatebene, Adam J CDT; Donelson, Colin J CDT; du, Xuan-Chen CDT
  • Optimizing Classroom Space in a Constrained Environment
    Presenters: Kephart, Liam C CDT; Whelpley, Taylor M CDT; Kim, Joshua CDT; Keith, Genard C CDT; Forchion, Preston L CDT

U.S. Military Academy Preparatory School (USMAPS)

  • Optimizing Scheduling at the United States Military Academy Preparatory School
    Presenters: Derrick, Payton A CDT

Uniformed Services University - Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute

  • Neulasta Efficacy in Protecting Warfighter Radiation Exposure
    Presenters: Semon, Tyler S CDT; Hale, Noah R CDT; Hahn, HS)Kaylee A CDT

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

  • Predicting Recovery Outcomes Using Collagen Biomarkers Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Cadet Cohort at the United States Military Academy
    Presenters: Lawson, Noah R CDT; Starr, Ethan E CDT; Humphrey, Brian A CDT; Vanmanen, Jordyn A CDT

National Institutes of Health

  • Accurately Measuring Body Fat Composition via Sensor and Data Fusion
    Presenters: Gagliardi, Anastasia N CDT
  • Associations between the Determinants of Holistic Health and Fitness
    Presenters: Lagasse, Samuel I CDT
  • Detecting Infectious Bacteria Risk in Novel Operational Environments: Mechanisms of Integrating Virulence and Sensory Cues in a Nematode Model
    Presenters: Shoulla, Mackenzie M CDT; Marcellus, Calvin T CDT
  • Holistic Health and Fitness: Analyzing the Effects of Genetic Make-Up on Physical Activity
    Presenters: Beckman, Jake R CDT
  • Holistic Health and Fitness: Dynamic Gestational Weight Gain Energy Balance Model for Pregnancy Weight Management
    Presenters: Winston, Zoe E CDT
  • Holistic Health and Fitness: Optimizing Data Analysis Pipelines for Continuous Glucose Monitoring
    Presenters: Collins, Ethan C CDT
  • Metabolomics and Cancer: A Machine Learning Approach for Holistic Health and Fitness
    Presenters: Cole, Meghan A CDT

National Insider Threat Task Force (

  • Using Synthetic Data to Digitally "Twin" an Insider Threat Hub
    Presenters: Teague, Elena M CDT

National Science Foundation

  • AIMM: Keeping Commanders Informed
    Presenters: Rice, Gavin B CDT; Medapati, Sathvik CDT
  • Analysis of Magnetic Reconnection (MRX) and Field-Aligned Current Flows (FAC)
    Presenters: Espenshade, Matalyn A CDT; Chang, Connor E CDT; Lin, Han Yu CDT
  • Detecting Background Plasma Flows in the Presence of Discrete Aurora
    Presenters: Kelly, Julia A CDT; Rauch, Shannon T CDT
  • On the Gannon Superstorm of 10 May 2024: Geomagnetic Effects at USMA and Beyond
    Presenters: Derr, Jason R, Dr.; Halfhill, Joanna K CDT
  • West Point Distributed Sensor Array: Detecting Mid-Latitude Space Weather Events
    Presenters: Klotz, Daniel J CDT; Jeronimo-Monarca, Aaron CDT; Hegde, Sidharth CDT; Poirier, Preston H CDT

Office of the National Cyber Director

  • Barriers to a Robust Cyber Workforce
    Presenters: Street, Sheyla A CDT

Sandia National Labs

  • Tuning Minds: How Music Drives Nationalistic Propaganda Across Countries
    Presenters: Johnson, Tyler A CDT; Frost, Bryan Z CDT; Donnell, Minh H CDT

U.S. Department of State and U.S. Embassy Beijing

  • Rhetoric of Aggression: Analyzing Chinese State Media and Its Impact on Japanese Reactions in the Past Decade
    Presenters: Anariba, Juan A CDT; Meyer, Jacob R CDT

Veterans Affairs

  • An Earned Value-Centered Assessment of Project Health and Artificial Intelligence Intervention Efficacy for the Department of Veterans Affairs Infrastructure Portfolio
    Presenters: Butler, Gavin J CDT; Brownlee, Harrison B CDT; Valchar, Joseph T CDT; Lee, Samuel P CDT; Lamb, Griffin H CDT
  • Improving Stochastic Value and Cost Analysis of Tradeoffs in Lease Vs. Build Alternatives for the Department of Veterans Affairs
    Presenters: Almahasneh, Ahmad M CDT; Ronnebaum, Matthew R CDT; Scott, Lucas P CDT; Justice, James D CDT
Office of Research

USMA's Office of Research actively engages with a broad network of federal, academic, and industry partners to amplify the academy’s research efforts, plays a pivotal role in identifying funding opportunities, and drives interdisciplinary projects that address crucial challenges for the Army and nation.

Office of Institutional Research

The Office of Institutional Research (OIR) collects and analyzes institution-level data to inform decision-making and strategic planning. The office supports institutional assessment and compliance with external institutional data reporting requirements. OIR's focus on data-driven insights contributes to effective decision-making and the continuous improvement of USMA.​