Student Research Projects

ENS Christina Domanowski developed a robust optimization model to determine the best way to reopen essential services after a natural disaster. A case study was conducted for supermarkets in Wilmington, North Carolina after Hurricane Florence to demonstrate how robust optimization can improve access to food. This work was presented by ENS Domanowski at the 2020 INFORMS Annual Meeting and by Dr. Svirsko at the Dynamics of Disasters 2021 Conference and 2021 INFORMS Annual Meeting.

ENS Domanowski was a Bowman Scholar of the Class of 2021 and received her masters degree in Applied Science (Operations Research) from the Naval Postgraduate School.

ENS Caroline Turner developed a network model to understand the changes in relationships between psychological symptoms and neurocognitive domains before a concussion, immediately following the injury, and after recovery. ENS Turner presented this work at the 2021 INFORMS Annual Meeting.

ENS Turner was a Trident scholar of the Class of 2022 and received the Daughters of the American Revolution Prize for pursuing a major administrated by the mathematics department and excelling in the area of Operations Research. She will pursue a Master's in Public Policy at the University of Cambridge funded by the Karl F. Beyer Memorial Graduate Scholarship.

ENS D. Gray Benson developed an optimization model to determine the allocation of limited tactical search assets to detect targets in undersea warfare. He used a discrete-time Markov chain to model the movement of underwater targets and an integer program to determine the optimal routes for tactical search assets. This work was presented at the 2022 INFORMS Conference on Security.

ENS Benson was a Bowman Scholar of the Class of 2022 and was selected by the mathematics department for the Military Operations Research Society award for his work. He will be attending power school this fall.