2026 Annual General Donald R. Keith Memorial Capstone Conference
Papers listed by Presentation Tracks
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TRACK DETAILS
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Track 1: Decision Analysis Track 2: Project and Engineering Management Track 3: Systems Design for Defense Applications Track 4: General Engineering - I Track 5: Process Modeling and Analysis Track 6: Modeling and Simulation for Defense Applications Track 7: Hollis Award Track 8: General Engineering - II Track 9: Modeling and Simulation Track 10: Honors |
| Track 1: Decision Analysis |
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Measuring the Mission: Visualizing Officer Recruitment Progress and Performance - Elise Bell, Ben Char, Brett Pearson, Vanessa Turner, Gerry Gonzalez, Taylor Leonard, and Benjamin Kallemyn |
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Assessing the Impact of AI-Based Meeting Summarization on Information Relevance and Engagement - James Spoerl, Daniel Choi, Jeremy Locklear, Henry Engler, Zachary Leith, and Donald Koban |
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Generating Video and Audio Meeting Summaries Using AI - Ian Dooley, Cameron Halligan, Samuel Hong, Daniel Kim, Khalil Mayweather, and Matthew Wolfe |
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Improving Casualty Data Collection in Large-Scale Combat Operations Training - Zachary Mansfield, Cameron Redelings, Cecilia Ollis, Jack Flowers, Yirdaw Rivera, and Devon Compeau |
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Project Relay: Passing Griffin from Innovation to Sustainable Army Ownership - Andrew Berg, Carter Hewitt, Kevin Wang, and Kathryn Dula |
| Track 2: Project and Engineering Management |
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SPEAR–THOR AY26: Improving Recovery and Data Collection of Affordable Hypersonic Vehicles - Austin Hernandez, Alexander Stefurak, Reagan Eastlick, and Caleb Fluker |
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Designing a Maintenance System for Agile Combat Employment: An Agile Engineering Methodology - Max Haas |
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A Mobility Analytics Framework for Pattern-of-Life Analysis - Gabriel Dabkowski, Andrew Farrant, Patrick Lichtner, Jonathan Mallon, Haixing Yan, and Julia Coxen |
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Decision-Support Model for VA Healthcare Facility Resilience to Disaster Risk - Mia Bonsignore, Eric Ford, Emma Lee, Elijah Pack, Sebastian Witteveld, and Caitlin Marriner |
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Probabilistic Schedule Risk Modeling and Advanced Timeline Visualization for the U.S. Military Academy’s Academic Building Upgrade Program - Georgia Brownfield, Tyler De Leon, Robert Ferris, Amy Miseli, Emma Sy, and Courtney Razon |
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Security of the United States Military Academy: A Systems-Based Approach in Assessing and Improving Campus Security Solutions Given Constraints Associated with a Limited-Access Installation - Sarah Chernik, Lindsey Serafine, Christian Monturio, Thomas McCormack, Emmett Lilly, Noah Short, and Kenneth McDonald |
| Track 3: Systems Design for Defense Applications |
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CNN-Based Acoustic Detection of Small UAS: Prototype and Field Evaluation - Jordan Follenweider, Zachary Hanna, Loro Lado, Cameron Mock, Justin Won, and John Caddell |
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Wearable Biometrics and Shooting Performance: A Pilot Study of Readiness for Advanced Military Training - Allison Bender, Connor Durand, Maddox Pabellon, Ethan Williamson, and David Beskow |
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Counter-UAS Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) - Michael Mauro, Preston Halvorson, Nain Vasquez, Lucas Mowry, Carter Beck, and Stephen Gillespie |
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Driving Data Discipline: Improving Data Quality in AI2C's Centaur Application - Marcus Sebastian, Carson Kellogg, Jared Cohen, Clayton Moorhouse, Kennison Harmon, and Matthew Dabkowski |
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Applying Systems Design to Improve Emergency Operations Center Performance - Charles Barnett, Reese Ericson, Chadon Foreman, Thomas Konitzer, Hunter Norris, and Tom Lainis |
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Identifying Logistics Patterns Associated with Precursor Chemical Shipments in Global Supply Chains - Gabriel Bush, Jackson Garrett, Luke Guajardo, Nicholas Thliveris, Taylor Leonard, Gerry Gonzalez, and Benjamin Kallemyn |
| Track 4: General Engineering - I |
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Design of a Collection Management Decision Support Tool - Addison Ainsworth, Richard Thomas, Jacob Tuioti, Lance Dorman, Brendan Straw, and Brandon Thompson |
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Built for the User: Griffin Feature Reduction - Adriana Frias, Grace Mumma, and Kathryn Dula |
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Applying the Systems Design Approach to a Drone-Based Blood Delivery System - Tasha Laberge-Shusterman, Nathalia Veal, Jackson Patrick, Emma Foster, Zachary Ross, Wesley Edwards, Katherine Welsh, and Jason Christopher |
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Analyzing and Modeling Future Army Wet Gap Crossings to Determine Requirements for an Autonomous Rafting System - Alec Ells, Taylor Saulsberry, Bryson Werntz, Cooper Wilkinson, and Vikram Mittal |
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Model-Based Systems Engineering for the General Air Defense System (GADS) Interceptor - John Choung, Soo-Ahn Kim, Mark Rybaltowski, Erin Son, Ryan Stader, and Andrew Brigman |
| Track 5: Process Modeling and Analysis |
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Applying Lean Six Sigma to Improve Serialized Inventory Defense Logistics - Matthew Cavoli, Logan Dosan, Charles Farmer, Gavin Shields, Turner West, and Patrick Lupfer |
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Optimizing Air Force Officer Accessions: Integrating Cadet Preferences Across AFSC, Base, and Training Assignments - Gershon Ellis, Katelin Marin, Luke Schlimm, Julian Whang, Benjamin Kallemyn, Taylor Leonard, and Gerry Gonzalez |
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Lean Six Sigma: Improving Non-Preventive Maintenance Efficiency at Tobyhanna Army Depot (TYAD) - Joseph Dooley, Joseph Dosan, Jack Feightner, Henry Okeke, Jeremy Schlegel, and Trevor Smith |
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Lean Six Sigma: Optimize Material Utilization Tobyhanna Army Depot - Ethan Berginc, Terrence Carter, Lucas Kanta, Peyton Warner, Stephen Willey, and Joseph Kearney |
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Supplier Selection for Critical Minerals in Space Supply Chains* - Kennedy Hecker, Joshua Burnett, Jacob Azizi, Evy Laursen, Gerald Burke, and Isabella Sanders |
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Designing a RAG-Enabled Clinical Support Tool for Army Sick Call: Prototype Development and a Lab-Based Workflow Evaluation - Kira MacMullan, Alex Zhang, Cody Bradford, Peter Segat, Elhadji Kone, and Ahmed Bahabry |
| Track 6: Modeling and Simulation for Defense Applications |
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Utilizing System Dynamics Modeling to Assess Force Readiness in Sustainment Brigades - Christopher Carter, Braden Bartosh, June Lee, Bophelo Dimapo, Nicholas Pleus, and Jacob Lueders |
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Simulating Infantry Squad Counter Unmanned Aerial System Technologies to Increase Combat Effectiveness - John An, Sam Arnold, Ned Brady, Ty Bliss, Jack Louis, and Stephen Gillespie |
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Visualizing Performance: Communicating Performance Metrics to Improve Individual Performance and HP Forge Program Management - Tyler Anderson, Nikolas Badinelli, Andrew Bardak, Robert Manse, William Parker, and Thomas Lainis |
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Fueling the Fight: A Simulation-Based Assessment of Aerial Refueling Feasibility and Risk - Emmanuel Achesa, Carter Hudson, Jonathan Seo, Taylor Leonard, Gerry Gonzalez, and Benjamin Kallemyn |
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Synthetic Data Generation and Evaluation of Positioning, Navigation & Timing Data - Jack Kendrick, Joshua Hoff, Cooper Moody, Timeo Williams, Brendan Cross, Nathaniel Bastian, and Hyeyon Bastian |
| Track 7: Hollis Award |
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ADS-B Traffic Anomaly Detection for Geopolitical Early Warning: An STL-Based Pipeline - Eric Dailey, Kristian Nordby, Zachary Reynolds, and David Beskow |
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Drone-Augmented Ground Sensors: A Model-Based Systems Engineering Approach to Area Denial - Benedetto Fusco, Ashley Hubert, Dan Velarde, Kathryn Wegler, Justus Whitaker, and Vikram Mittal |
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Applying Unsupervised Machine Learning to Enhance Space Domain Awareness - Vincent Vo, Dylan Treat, Joshua Bagley, Jackson Congrove, Zachary Hruby, and Christopher Gramling |
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Urban Environment Safe-Route Generator - Michael Palchak, Russell Nelson, and Jessica Libertini |
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A Methdology to Assess Energy Resilience and Economic Tradeoffs at Military Installations - Jake Moffat, Wyatt Cyprow, Sebastian English, Stuart York, Trenton Hogan, James Grymes, David Sang, Karoline Hood, Scott Kattalenich, and F. Todd Davidson |
| Track 8: General Engineering - II |
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Design of a Tool to Reduce the Number of Preventable Doctor/Hospital Visits Experienced by Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) - William Echols, Amy Mayeaux, and Britney Orellana-Ochoa |
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Hidden in Plain Sight: Ghost Suppliers in the UH-60 Supply Chain* - Harrison Faulkner, Jack Drabenstott, Zakary Sury, Kohen Rankin, Charles Britton, and Isabella Sanders |
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Creating Balanced Nursing Schedules for Medical-Surgical Units - Aiden Small, Austin Parker, Brock Bewley, Garrett Munoz, and Kaden Alvarado |
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Design of an Automated Floating Station- Keeping Power Line (AFSPL) for Ship-to-Shore Humanitarian Aid Delivery - Hocine Filali, Alan Garcia, Amr Hamza, Nesma Khalafalla, Tim Shipman, and Lance Sherry |
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Quantifying Time to Aim for Soldier Lethality - Dewayne Coleman, Stryker Gay, Edward Hummel, Trae McDaniel, Cooper Schodrof, and Brandon Thompson |
| Track 9: Modeling and Simulation |
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Scenario-Based Stochastic Mixed-Integer Linear Programming for Manufacturing Footprint and Patient Access* - Jack Lewis, Daniel Hong, Seth Chung, Benjamin Johnson, Xavier Ramos, and Ahmed Bahabry |
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Design of an Area Controller Training System (ACTS) for Faster En Route Air Traffic Controller Certification - Zachary Cacace, Nathanael Davis, Alana Khem, and Noran Magatheh |
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Optimizing Snowmaking Operations at Keystone Resort - Aden Extrand, Raymond Picard, Jared Switzer, Jacob Wielhouwer, Gerry Gonzalez, Taylor Leonard, and Benjamin Kallemyn |
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Modeling the Flow of Homeless Veterans Through the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Campus - Noah Alexander, Walker Aycock, Ryan Franco, Cole Karpinski, Marcus Lin, Robert Staring, and Chad Clark |
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Design of a Task & Parts Coordination Hub (TPCH) to Reduce Warehouse Stockouts for Municipal Water Utilities - Joseph Sadiq, Adewale Adekambi, and Nicholas Privitera |
| Track 10: Honors |
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Optimizing Data-Limited Image Classification Models - Carson Kellogg, Andrew Brigman, Thomas Hoyt, Michael Novitzky, and Audrey Aldridge |
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Evaluating Retrieval-Augmented Generation for Academic Advising at the United States Military Academy - Andrew Miller and Donald Koban |