University of Maryland Scholars
Graduate Scholars, $15,000 Award
Undergraduate Scholars, $5,000 Award
Emily E. Fisler
ARCS MWC Scholar
- PhD Candidate, Aerospace Engineering
- Research of an emerging battery technology: lightweight lithium sulfur battery design, fabrication, and scale-up for application in electric takeoff and landing aircraft. Development of both a conceptual aircraft sizing program and predictive model for lithium sulfur battery behavior.
Elizabeth McFarland
Lockheed Martin Scholar
- Undergraduate, Aerospace Engineering
- Research in instrument testing and development, specifically in the characterization of LED arrays to perform microscopic spectroscopy for future landed planetary missions to other bodies, and in collision detection simulation for robotic satellite servicing.
Julia Mittelstadt
Lockheed Martin Scholar
- Undergraduate, Aerospace Engineering
- Research to understand the structural properties of swept-tip, composite blades in order to reduce vibration at high speeds for tiltrotor aircraft. Research specifically looks at reducing vibration in the wings of a V-22 Osprey. By reducing vibration at high speeds, the wing's stiffness can be lessened allowing the overall weight of the aircraft to decrease.
Laura A. Paquin
Lockheed Martin Scholar
- PhD Candidate, Aerospace Engineering
- Research in experimental hypersonics, involving the development, calibration, and application of temperature-sensitive paint to wind tunnel models to provide global maps of temperature and heat flux at high Mach numbers.
Elizabeth J. Paul
MWC Endowment Scholar
- PhD Candidate, Physics
- Research in applications of numerical optimization techniques to the design of electromagnetic coils and magnetic fields for magnetic confinement fusion devices. The goal is to obtain configurations with good confinement properties for the next generation of stellarator experiments.
Charis Smith
Lockheed Martin Scholar
- Undergraduate, Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Research in the electrical characterization of commercial IGBT power modules subjected to reliability testing to better detect and prevent catastrophic failure.
Michael J. Zuzak
Lockheed Martin Scholar
- Undergraduate, Electrical Engineering
- Research in securing custom integrated circuits against piracy, trojan insertion, and reverse engineering at the architectural levels.