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Carderock, Microsoft, Johns Hopkins Representatives Meet to Discuss Augmented Reality Opportunities
January 31, 2017 — Members of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division's Disruptive Technology Laboratory (DTL) met with representatives from Microsoft and Johns Hopkins University to discuss collaboration on naval applications for augmented reality technology Jan. 13.Garry Shields, DTL director, talked about how they can work together to bring new uses for... MORE

Joseph Curran, an ocean engineer with the Welding, Processing and Nondestrcutive Evaluation Branch at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, explains how to use the HoloLens to Henry Molintas, a mechanical engineer in Carderock's Propulsor Manufacturing Office. The Microsoft HoloLens is an augmented reality device that allows the user to still see the real world with an overlay of something else, like a schematic. The technology may be useful to the Navy in areas such as training and maintenance. (U.S. Navy photo by Kelley Stirling/Released)

Piece of Carderock History on Display in Houston for Super Bowl Week
January 31, 2017 — As part of the official festivities leading up to Super Bowl LI, patrons of the game will get to see a model of the Orion space capsule which was built and tested at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division.In Discovery Green, a park near NRG Stadium in downtown Houston, NASA's 18,000-pound model capsule will be on display throughout the... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division engineers, along with a NASA test and evaluation team conducted initial post-landing Orion Recovery Test operations, March 23-27, 2009, of a full-scale model of NASA’s Orion space capsule at Carderock’s pentagon-shaped test pond in West Bethesda, Md. The Orion model will be on display in Houston during the week leading up to Super Bowl LI. (U.S. Navy photo by Ryan Hanyok/Released)

US Navy registers trademarks for Carderock's SeaGlide
January 25, 2017 — As the world becomes more technologically advanced, so grows the need for experts to deal with its complexities. Today, there is a shortage of American students pursuing careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).In response, the U.S. Department of Education began a STEM initiative to cultivate student interest in these fields by... MORE

A SeaGlide, or small-scale underwater glider, maneuvers in a tank of water at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Md., Nov. 6, 2016. The SeaGlide is a non-tethered, autonomous robot that helps collect data through sensors. (U.S. Navy photo by Daniel Daglis/Released)

Carderock Answers Call to Protect Marine Life with Newly-Commissioned Ballast Water Research Laboratory
December 13, 2016 — Traveling across the globe from port to port, the U.S. Navy fleet transports Sailors and Marines, aircraft, and supplies.Unfortunately, ships can also unintentionally transport stowaways, small organisms which live in ballast water. Most people would not look at small organisms like mitten crabs or zebra mussels and think they are a major threat to... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division Commanding Officer Capt. Mark Vandroff (right) and Technical Director Dr. Joseph (Tim) Arcano officially open the Ballast Water Research Lab in West Bethesda, Md., Dec. 5, 2016. This new facility provides the Navy with the capability to research, develop, test and evaluate solutions to eliminate or remove aquatic nuisance species from residual water and sedimentation that remain inside ships’ ballast tanks. The lab can also be used to investigate various ballast water-treatment components and sensors to evaluate their suitability for Navy-specific integration. (U.S. Navy photo by Monica McCoy/Released)

Carderock Seaplane Challenge teaches students STEM skills
December 6, 2016 — Seaplanes were flying high in West Bethesda, Maryland, in the auditorium of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division while sixth-grade students from the Mount Washington School in Baltimore participated in the Seaplane Challenge on Nov. 28. The Challenge is one of the many activities Carderock hosts to promote science, technology,... MORE

Eric Silberg (left), activity creator and aerospace engineer in Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division’s Sea-
Based Aviation and Aeromechanics Branch (Code 882), looks on as Alex Cromwell, a sixth-grader from Baltimore’s Mount Washington School, launches his team’s seaplane during the Seaplane Challenge STEM activity Nov. 28, 2016, in West Bethesda, Md. (U.S. Navy photo by Daniel Daglis/Released)

A Naval Architect Helps Navy Build Better Ships
November 28, 2016 — If you'd told Aurore (Rorie) Zuzick 10 years ago she would eventually represent the U.S. Navy on NATO's Ship Design Capability Group Specialist Team, she wouldn't have believed you."Who thinks that?" she laughed while reflecting on it. "I just wanted to make a small boat that you could easily repair, and I ended up here. My father was in the Air... MORE

Oregon Engineers Innovate Their Way to Victory in Wave Energy Prize Contest
November 22, 2016 — One team emerged victorious from an initial field of 92 competing in renewable energy development to win $1.5 million during the Wave Energy Prize Innovation Showcase Nov. 16 at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division.With nine teams in the finals, Alex Hagmuller and Max Levites-Ginsburg of team AquaHarmonics, both civilian engineers and... MORE

Alex Hagmuller, a mechanical engineer from the Portland, Oregon-based team AquaHarmonics, tells the crowd how their wave energy converter (WEC) is working to absorb energy from waves, which can then be converted and used as a power source. AquaHarmonics competed against eight other teams to win the 2016 Wave Energy Prize of $1.5 million, which was awarded Nov. 16 at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Md. The final testing stage took place at the Maneuvering and Seakeeping (MASK) Basin, Carderock's state-of-the-art indoor ocean. The Wave Energy Prize is a public prize competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE), and supported by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Carderock. (U.S. Navy photo by Monica McCoy/Released)

Battle of the Bulge Veteran Tells Story At Carderock's Veterans Day Program
November 16, 2016 — To highlight the service of the nation's veterans, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division held its annual Veterans Day program Nov. 9 in West Bethesda, Maryland. The program, hosted by Carderock's Veterans Employee Resource Group (VERG), featured World War II and Battle of the Bulge veteran, retired Army Lt. Col. Alfred Shehab. "Today, we... MORE

Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Alfred H.M. Shehab (right) stands with Mark Grapin, a contracting officer's representative in the Information Assurance Compliance Branch (Code 1043), after the Veterans Day observance ceremony on Nov. 9, 2016, at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Md. Shehab was the guest of honor at the ceremony and told the group about his time as a Cavalry officer during World War II, holding the line at the Battle of the Bulge in Monschau, Germany. Grapin, a chief warrant officer five in the Army Reserve, and Shehab shared stories about their time in the Cavalry. (U.S. Navy photo by Kelley Stirling/Released)

Wootton High School Students Tour Carderock, Race Robots
November 8, 2016 — Students from Wootton High School in Rockville, Maryland, visited Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Nov. 1-2, to experience a fun way to use a Texas Instruments (TI) calculator.The 10th-graders were part of the high school's Academy of Information Technology (AOIT) Class of 2019. The AOIT takes approximately 50 students each year... MORE

A calculator-controlled robot waits to race with other robots, which were programmed by 10th-graders from Wootton High School’s Academy of Information Technology during a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) event at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division Nov. 2, 2016 in West Bethesda, Md. U.S. Navy photo by Kelley Stirling (Released)

Bristlebots Come to Life on Halloween at Carderock
November 8, 2016 — Visiting third-grade students from Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary School in Montgomery County, Maryland, were able to bring Bristlebots to life at Naval Service Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Oct. 31.Bristlebots are simple-to-assemble robots which incorporate a small brush, a battery, and a very small motor to create an electrical circuit which... MORE

A completed Bristlebot assembled by a student at a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) event on Oct. 31, 2016, at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Md. The students, from Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary School in Montgomery County, Md., learned to assemble the robots, which incorporate a small brush, a battery and a very small motor to create an electrical circuit allowing the Bristlebot to "walk" using vibrations. U.S. Navy photo by Daniel Daglis (Released)

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