E NS I GN
J E N NIF ER
J O N ES
SERVING THROUGH
RESEARCH
Research that Ensign Jennifer Jones (MSE ’15) is conducting suggests that protocols for monitoring
fatigue cracking in aluminum aerospace alloys may be too stringent.
A
s Ensign Jennifer Jones (MSE ’15) describes it,
service is a family tradition. The ideal of service
determined her decision to attend the U.S. Naval
Academy, her father’s alma mater. It sustained
her through the academy’s demanding program.
And it shaped her approach to her responsibilities
during her last semester,