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From Tools to Turbines: Bill Yurcik’s Journey into Mechanical Engineering
December 11, 2025 — For Bill Yurcik, a mechanical engineer in the Hydromechanical Facilities Engineering Branch at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, the path to engineering was influenced by early, hands-on experiences with his stepfather. Now, over two years into his role at Carderock, Yurcik continues to embrace the unique challenges of his job and... MORE

Carderock and UDC Use Machine Learning to Advance Lithium-Ion Battery Tech
November 28, 2025 — This year Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, partnered with students from the University of the District of Columbia for their project titled “Empowering the Navy's Energy Future: Nurturing Tomorrow's Lithium-Ion Battery Innovators through Collaborative Projects and Experiential Learning.”The project focuses on advancing lithium-ion... MORE

Across Land and Sea: Carderock Personnel Reflect on Shared Values Between Navy and Philmont Scout Ranch
November 26, 2025 — When Emily Tutton, branch manager for the Electrical and Electronic Energy Resource Branch at NSWC Carderock Division's Norfolk detachment, caught wind that some of her fellow coworkers had also recently embarked on a Philmont Scout Ranch trek she had to hear about their experiences. Philmont Scout Ranch, a 140,000-acre wilderness base in Cimarron,... MORE

Michael J. Hughes (second to left-back row) during his Philmont trek as a scout in 1980.

Digital Twin: The Next Generation of Fleet Resilience
November 21, 2025 — BETHESDA, Md. – As global conflict increases, the Navy needs its fleet available more often, with less downtime and lower service costs. Dr. Michael Robert, Technical Project Manager at Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Carderock Division, believes digital twin technology offers a powerful way forward – something he and his team have been... MORE

Carderock Holds Speed Mentoring Event
November 20, 2025 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division hosted a speed mentoring event Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025, to connect employees with mentors and strengthen professional networks across the command.Speed mentoring is a fast-paced, structured event where mentees rotate among mentors to exchange advice, ask questions and build relationships. Each... MORE

The Workforce Development Branch held their first Speed Mentoring Event on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. The event consisted of mentees rotating through mentors to exchange information, advice and answer questions on specific topics while also speaking as a large group to talk about their previous experience in their respective fields. (U.S. Navy photo by Chalene Simmons.)

Carderock Specialist Sean Burger Gets Master’s Thesis Published
November 20, 2025 — Sean Burger, an administrative and technical specialist at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, recently celebrated a key milestone in his academic career: the publishing of his thesis from Naval Postgraduate School. The thesis, which examined the use of opioid settlement funding, was the capstone of Burger’s Professional Master of... MORE

Elbert Roberson Reflects on 50 Years of Federal Service and Craftsmanship
November 18, 2025 — BETHESDA, Md. – For more than 40 years, the hum of saws and smell of fresh cut wood have defined Elbert Roberson’s workdays at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division. In October 2025, he will retire after more than 50 years of federal service, 41 of them spent at Carderock, including three decades in the model shop. Roberson’s career has... MORE

Carderock Modelmaker Technician Elbert Roberson displays a proud smile after receiving awards and recognition for all his service to the US Federal Government for 55 years.

Leading Change Below the Surface: Jessica Klotz Champions Safer Seas Through HazMat Reform
November 17, 2025 — For Jessica Klotz, a 25-year veteran of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, creating organizational change doesn’t happen in the limelight — it happens in the unseen safety of every Sailor who steps aboard a Navy ship. Klotz serves as the Technical Area Leader for the Hazardous Materials and Pollution Prevention Team within the... MORE

A portrait of a woman wearing a blue shirt with red polka dots, with wavy red hair past her shoulders, in front of a grey background.

Dr. Michael Robert Receives Rear Adm. David W. Taylor Award for Scientific Achievement
November 14, 2025 — BETHESDA, Md. – Dr. Michael A. Robert, a Technical Project Manager at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, received the Rear Admiral David W. Taylor Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement for his work in developing a fully autonomous, continuously monitoring prognostic health system for submarines. The award recognizes Robert’s... MORE

Carderock Engineer Honored with Prestigious Captain Harold E. Saunders Award for Exemplary Technical Management
September 26, 2025 — WEST BETHESDA, Md. — Frederick Merkel, an electrical engineer with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, received the Captain Harold E. Saunders Award for Exemplary Technical Management. The award recognizes his leadership in establishing a critical new program for the Navy’s submarine force. Merkel, who joined Carderock as a contractor... MORE

Frederick Merkel, an electrical engineer with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division

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