180904-A-NZ457-053 WASHINGTON (Sept. 4, 2018) U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen ENS Griffin A. Hinkley, 2nd Lt. Robert A. Patrician and 2nd Lt. Thomas J. Moynahan accept the Innovation Scholar Innovation award from Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition) James F. Geurts. The Midshipmen were part of a 5 member team at the United States Naval Academy that designed a solid-structure, multipurpose reef in efforts to reverse natural trends of coastal erosion and shoreline depletion. (U.S. Army photo by Mr. Leroy Council/Released)