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Carderock Members Receive Experience of a Lifetime
October 9, 2020 — Two Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division employees recently participated in the experience of a lifetime. Brian Mills, naval architect and test engineer, and Thomas Bruno, electrical engineer, both from Carderock’s Dynamic Measurements and Testing Branch of the Survivability and Weapons Effects Division, were Pacific Fleet (PACFLT)... MORE

USS Antietam (CG 54) and the USS Tippecanoe (AO 21) perform a replenishment at sea (RAS).

Warfare Centers Collaborate with Industry to Address Navy Ship Combat Systems Corrosion
September 16, 2020 — NSWC PHD Lead Materials Engineer Armen Kvryan and several allies are using a unique strategy to take on a long-time enemy of Navy ships—corrosion."Corrosion is a big issue for the Navy and combat systems because it's so aggressive in the marine environment,” Kvryan said. “With these assets, corrosion happens quicker than what we anticipate, and... MORE

Navy ships, similar to the one pictured may get some help with corrosion issues. NSWC PHD’s Lead Materials Engineer Armen Kvryan along with PHD’s Fathomwerx Lab, Matter Labs and Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division are hosting a Rust-A-Thon competition to help find coatings that can mitigate and control corrosion on Navy ships.

Carderock Program Analyst Receives Marine Corps Excellence in Acquisition Support Award
August 26, 2020 — The Excellence in Acquisition Support Award recognizes an individual who made significant contributions to the Maine Corps Systems Command’s (MCSC) mission accomplishment. This year, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division’s Antonio Zambrano received the award for his leading role in supporting a successful transition of the Corrosion... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division’s Antonio Zambrano earned the Marine Corps Excellence in Acquisition Support Award for his effort in transitioning the Corrosion Prevention and Control program.

Weapons, CCAT Look Ahead With Elevator Preservation
August 6, 2020 — NORFOLK, Va. – Many departments and teams aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) have assisted in the ship’s pre- Refueling Complex Overhaul (RCOH) progress.The ship’s weapons department corrosion team and the Corrosion Control Assistance Team (CCAT) from Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division’s Corrosion and Coating... MORE

U.S. Sailors perform preservation on a lower stage weapons elevator aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in Norfolk, Virginia, May 11, 2020.

Carderock Engineers Lead Environmental Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation
July 29, 2020 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division is home to many unique facilities, but few are like the environmental laboratories managed by the Environmental Engineering, Science and Technology Branch (Code 633). Between the Building 60 Solid Waste, Wastewater, Ballast and Analytical Laboratories, and the Building 63 Thermal Destruction... MORE

Sheila Riggs analyzes data from the Membrane Bio Reactor at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Md.

Carderock Claims Two Top Scientists and Engineers and one Team 2020 Dr. Etter Awards
July 23, 2020 — A pair of engineers from Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division have been named in the 2020 class of Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Scientists and Engineers Award for Achievement winners. In addition, several Carderock employees on rotation to the Washington Navy Yard earned one of the team Etter Awards.Every year, the Assistant Secretary of the... MORE

Craig Madden of the Acoustics Department.

Carderock’s Sue Rossi Wins Philip Heiler Award
July 22, 2020 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division’s own awards program manager won an award herself. Sue Rossi, from Carderock’s Human Resource Division, received the 2020 Philip Heiler Award for Human Resources Excellence. Interestingly, Rossi helped draft that award criteria six years ago.The Philip Heiler Award for Human Resources Excellence was... MORE

Sue Rossi, Carderock’s Human Resource Division.

Carderock Signs Education Partnership Agreement with UDC
July 14, 2020 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division and the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) signed a five-year Education Partnership Agreement on July 6 in West Bethesda, Maryland.The agreement, which Commanding Officer Capt. Cedric McNeal and Technical Director Larry Tarasek signed with UDC President Ronald Mason, provides UDC graduate... MORE

Capt. Cedric McNeal, commanding officer of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, and Technical Director Larry Tarasek sign an Education Partnership Agreement from their office in West Bethesda, Md.

Carderock Materials Engineer is Avid STEM Proponent
July 13, 2020 — One of Composite Team Lead Dr. Maureen Foley’s (Code 6102) proudest accomplishments is transitioning her first design to the fleet, something that doesn’t happen to every engineer.As a child, Foley was raised in Duxbury, Massachusetts, where she was – and continues to be – a passionate learner. Her father was a mechanical engineer and encouraged... MORE

Carderock Division Changes Command
July 10, 2020 — Capt. Todd E. Hutchison relieved Capt. Cedric J. McNeal as commanding officer of Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Carderock Division in a ceremony July 10, 2020, in West Bethesda, Maryland.McNeal, who was the 38th commanding officer at Carderock, thanked as many people as he could during the ceremony, focusing on the contributions and talents... MORE

A Sailor at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division holds the Legion of Merit Award that Capt. Michael Richman (center), chief of staff for Naval Surface and Undersea Warfare Centers, presented to Capt. Cedric McNeal for his successful time as commanding officer of Carderock Division.

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