Awards - Operations Research
Student MORS Recipients
Military Operations Research Society Stephen A. Tisdale Graduate Research Award
The Military Operations Research Society sponsors of the MORS/Tisdale award which is awarded quarterly to a student for outstanding thesis of high quality research which will have immediate or near-term value to the defense of the United States and its allies.
Originally named simply the MORS Award, it was renamed in honor of LCDR Stephen A. Tisdale, an outstanding officer-scholar after his tragic death in the collision of two P-3 Orions conducting a submarine tracking exercise at low altitude off the California coast on 21 March 1991. LCDR Stephen A Tisdale graduated from the 51¸£Àû in 1989 with two masters degrees: an M.S. in operations research and an M.S. in space systems operations. His outstanding and influential thesis, "Assessing Optimal Utilization of Potential Anti-Satellite Architectures," won the MORS award. Additionally, he was awarded the prize for top all-around student in the space systems operations curriculum. Steve had unbounded intellectual curiosity, an unflagging desire to solve existing problems and to formulate new ones, and a complete lack of concern for grades.
2023 Awards
Sep 2023 – LCDR Dan Wright, USN,
Jun 2023 – Capt Ryan Helm, USMC,
Mar 2023 – LT Felicia Goodell, USN, Emergency Fuel Distribution for Disaster Relief on Windward Oahu
2022 Awards
Dec 2022 – ENS Ethan Boone, USN,
Sep 2022 – LT Spencer Kitten, USN,
Jun 2022 – LtCol James Whitlow, USMC, Rapid Operational Design of Airlift Networks in Contested Environments
Mar 2022 – Capt Donggeon Lim, Republic of Korea Army,
2021 Awards
Dec 2021 – ENS Carissa Baldwin, USN, Identifying Interdependencies within the Naval Aviation Engine Depot Readiness Assessment Model (EDRAM)
Sep 2021 – LT Jonathan Shepherd, USN, An Analysis of Critical Factors Influencing AN/SPY-6 Wideband Discrimination
Jun 2021 – Capt Ryan Martinez, USMC,
Mar 2021 – LT Daniel Pulliam, USN,
2020 Awards
Dec 2020 – ENS Rachel Seeberger, USN, A New Simulation-Optimization Model for Resource Prepositioning in Wildland Fires
Sep 2020 – MAJ Diego Rincon, USA,
Jun 2020 – ENS Lauren O'Malley, USN,
Mar 2020 – LT Jon Bermudez, USN,
2019 Awards
Dec 2019 – ENS Malia Meditz, USN,
Sep 2019 – LCDR Jeff Good, USN, An Operational Model of Critical Supply Chain for the U.S. Virgin Islands
Jun 2019 – Capt Courtney Thompson, USMC, Paying for Weight in Blood: An Analysis of Weight and Protection Level of a Combat Load During Tactical Operations
Mar 2019 – LCDR Adam Hilliard, USN, A Drydock Loading Model for Surface Ship Maintenance Availabilities
2018 Awards
Mar 2018 – LT John Tanalega, USN, Analyzing Unmanned Surface Tactics with the Lightweight Toolbox for Mission Engineering Using Simulation
Jun 2018 – Maj Nicholas Freeman, USMC, Improving the Force Generation Process for Marine Corps Infantry Battalions: A Multi-Component Model to Maximize Readiness with Force Synchronization Decisions
Sep 2018 – LT Eric Fields, USN, Optimally Allocating Naval Surface Assets in Times of Crisis
2017 Awards
Mar 2017 – LT Allison Hogarth, USN,
Jun 2017 – Squadron Leader Salman Aleem, Pakistani Air Force,
Jun 2017 – Maj Manuel Loewer, German Army,
Sep 2017 – LT William Beaumont, USN, Reachability Analysis of Bulk-Fuel to Intermediate Transportation-Nodes (RABIT) in USPACOM Using a Design of Experiments Approach
2016 Awards
Mar 2016 – LCDR Korban Blackburn,
June 2016 – CAPT Gregory Zerr, USMC,
Sep 2016 – CPT Roey Ben-Yoash, Israeli Army,
2015 Awards
Mar 2015 – LT Timothy Shaffer, USN, Analysis of Hawaii's Resident Energy Conservation Program (RECP)
Jun 2015 – LTC Christoph Hof, German Army,
Sep 2015 - LCDR John Sprague, USN,
2014 Awards
Mar 2014 – LT David Hebert, USN,
Jun 2014 – Capt Christopher Wood, USMC, What Friends Are For: Collaborative Intelligence Analysis and Search
Sep 2014 – LT Christian Seymour, USN, l
Dec 2014 – Maj Ryan D. Colton, USMC, Aerial Refueling Network Analysis
2013 Awards
Mar 2013 – LCDR Phillip Moilevsky, USN,
Jun 2013 – 1st LT Begum Ozcan, Turkish Air Force,
Sep 2013 – LCDR Ryan McLaughlin, USN, Optimizing Adversary Training and the Structure of the Navy Adversary Fleet
2012 Awards
Mar 2012 – LCDR Walter Kulzy, USN, Modeling and Evaluating Indigenous Populations' Support for their Government and Life Satisfaction
Jun 2012 – Maj Michael Chankij, USMC, Assessing Resiliency of the JP-8 Distribution System on Guam
Sep 2012 – LT Matthew Yokeley, USN,
Dec 2012 – MAJ Peter Nesbitt, USA, Optimal Interruption of Belligerent Project with Social-Functional Network Interdiction
2011 Awards
Mar 2011 – LT Leslie Slootmaker, USN,
Jun 2011 – Capt Maro Enoka, USMC,
Jun 2011 – Capt Joseph Rix, USMC, Modeling and Visualizing Complex Survey Results: An Application to Counter Terrorism in the Sahel
Sep 2011 – Major Christian Klaus, German Army,
2010 Awards
Mar 2010 – LT Kenneth Byers, Jr., USN. Situational Awareness for Surveillance and Interdiction Operations (SASIO) : tactical installation protection
Jun 2010 – Capt Timothy Merkle, USMC
Sep 2010 – LCDR Connor McLemore, USN, Strike package-target pairing: real-time optimization for Airborne Battlespace Command and Control
Dec 2010 – LT Kevin Moeller, USN
2009 Awards
Mar 2009 – LT Stephen Valerio, USN,
Jun 2009 – Capt Paul Nicholas, USMC,
Sep 2009 – CPT Marco Draeger, German Army,
Dec 2009 – MAJ Charles Weko, USA
2008 Awards
Mar 2008 – LT Benjamin Abbott, USN, Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mission Packages: Determining the Best Mix
Jun 2008 – LT Ahmad Abdul-Ghaffar, Royal Bahraini Navy,
Sep 2008 – LT Chad Kaiser, USN
Dec 2008 – CPT Cher Howe, Singapore Army, The effects of terrain on a system of systems
2007 Awards
Mar 2007 – LT Jamie Edens, USN
Jun20 07 – LT Matthew Foster, USN
Sep 2007 – Maj Daniel Reber, USMC, Optimized Routing of Unmanned Aerial Systems for the Interdiction of Improvised Explosive Devices
Dec 2007 – MAJ Ryan Squires, USA
2006 Awards
Mar 2006 – MAJ Axel Weber, German Army
Jun 2006 – MAJ Raymond Shetzline, USA
Sep 2006 – LCDR Jason Bridges, USN
2005 Awards
Jun 2005 – CPT Gary Kramlich, USA,
Sep20 05 – Capt Koichi Takagi, USMC, Applied warfighter ergonomics: a research method for evaluating military individual equipment
2004 Awards
Mar 2004 – LT Douglas Diehl, USN,
Jun 2004 – CPT Joseph Lindquist, USA,
Sep 2004 – Capt Paul Schneider, USMC
2003 Awards
Jun 2003 – Maj Gregory Rouillard, USMC,
Sep 2003 – Maj John Bruggeman, USMC,
2002 Awards
Mar 2002 – LT Cory L. Culver, USN,
Jun 2002 – 1st LT Arif Ipekci, Turkish Army,
Sep 2002 – Maj Samuel Mowery, USMC,
Sep 2002 – Maj Casey Travers, USMC
2001 Awards
Jun 2001 – LT Jonathan Haynes, USN
Sep 2001 – Maj William Vinyard, USMC,
2000 Awards
Jun 2000 – LT Gregory Chapman, USN,
Sep 2000 – Maj Peter Baumgarten, USMC.
Dec 2000 – LT Julia Lopez, USN,
1999 Awards
Mar 1999 – LCDR James R. Townsend, USN,
Sep 1999 – LT Jack Thomas, USN
Dec 1999 – LCDR Thomas Evanoff, USN
1998 Awards
Mar 1998 – LT Scott Kuykendall, USN,
Sep 1998 – Maj Arent Arntzen, Royal Norwegian AF,
1997 Awards
Mar 1997 – LT James Wimmer, USN,
Sep 1997 – LT Curt Renshaw, USN
1996 Awards
Mar 1996 – LT Craig Schauppner, USN,
Sep 1996 – Capt Matthew Sampson, USMC,
1995 Awards
Mar 1995 – LT Daniel Widdis, USN,
Sep 1995 – Maj Robert Syvertson, USMC,
1994 Awards
Mar 1994 – LT Glenn Robillard, USN,
Sep 1994 – Capt David van Kan, USMC,
1993 Awards
Mar 1993 – LT Robert Swallow, USN
Sep 1993 – LT David Schiffman, USN
1992 Awards
Mar 1992 – LT Michael Viland, USN
Mar 1992 – LT Richard Bodziak, USN
Sep 1992 – LT Richard Brown, USN,