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Carderock Engineer's Work on Risk Assessment in Bridges Benefits Shipbuilding
March 20, 2018
Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) passes under the Verrazano Bridge during a parade of ships in the New York Harbor river to mark the start of 2016 Fleet Week New York. The event Fleet Week New York, now in its 28th year, is the city's time-honored celebration of the sea services. It is an unparalleled opportunity for the citizens of New York and the surrounding tri-state area to meet Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen, as well as witness firsthand the latest capabilities of today's maritime services. The weeklong celebration has been held nearly every year since 1984.
Tennessee Students Help Navy Research 3-D Print Materials' Properties
March 20, 2018
Johnny Ruffa, from the Ship Structures Branch at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Will Ferrell, a doctoral student at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Dan Hart, an aerospace engineer from Carderock's Advanced Materials and Structures Branch, discuss the vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM) process for additive manufacturing in the Composites Lab on March 15, 2018, at Carderock's West Bethesda, Md., headquarters.
Former Sub Designer Tells Naval Architects to Have Curiosity, Perseverance in Their Work
March 14, 2018
John Leadmon, retired director of submarine design and systems engineering for Naval Sea Systems Command (from 1995-2007), speaks about the history and the future of submarine design as part of the Rear Adm. David W. Taylor Naval Architecture Lecture Series at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Md., on March 8, 2018.
Carderock, University of Iowa Sign Education Partnership
March 6, 2018
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division Commanding Officer Capt. Mark Vandroff (left) signs an Education Partnership Agreement with the University of Iowa on Feb. 26, 2018. With its educational emphasis on naval hydrodynamics and associated technologies, the University of Iowa's partnership will seek to aid in the educational experience of students by providing staff experience and unique facilities and equipment available through Carderock. Carderock's contribution will help to encourage student interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Seated next to Vandroff is Dr. Paul Shang, acting technical director for Carderock. Back row, from left is Dave Ghatt, a patent attorney in Carderock's Office of Counsel; Dr. Thad Michael, a naval architect with Carderock's Propulsors Branch; and Dr. John Barkyoumb, Carderock's director of strategic relations.
Carderock CO Kicks Off First of Naval Architecture Series
February 23, 2018
Capt. Mark Vandroff answers a question during the first presentation of the Rear Adm. David W. Taylor Naval Architecture Lecture Series, held Feb. 15, 2018, at the West Bethesda, Md., headquarters of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division.
Carderock Engineers Train on 3-D Printing at ONR
November 7, 2017
Samuel Pratt (left), an engineer with the Additive Manufacturing Project Office at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, teaches Office of Naval Research program managers (from left after Pratt) Dr. Jennifer Wolk, Stephen Glotzhober, Dr. Airan Perez and Dr. David Drumheller how to use a recently installed 3-D printer Oct. 19, 2017, in Arlington, Virginia.
Roadmap for unmanned systems being drawn for the Department of the Navy
October 24, 2017
Jen McKee (center) from Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division and other employees from across the Department of the Navy interested in unmanned systems discuss potential test ranges and facilities during the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Unmanned Systems Facilities Roadmap workshop at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division’s West Bethesda, Maryland, headquarters Sept. 19-20, 2017. (U.S. Navy photo by Monica McCoy/Released)
Combatant Craft Division Celebrates 50 Years
October 19, 2017
Kip Davis, site director of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division's Combatant Craft Division (CCD), speaks to employees who attended CCD's 50th anniversary celebration picnic Oct. 14, 2017, at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story in Norfolk. (U.S. Navy photo by Kelley Stirling/Released)
Naval Meterology and Oceanography Command collabortates with Carderock for remote autonomous demonstration
October 12, 2017
Engineers from Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division launch an unmanned surface vehicle in Triadelphia Reservoir near Brighton Dam in Brookville, Md., that will function as a relay for an unmanned underwater vehicle conducting bathymetry in the reservoir Sept. 28, 2017. Staff from the Naval Meteorological and Oceanography Command controlled the collaborative autonomous demonstration via satellite connection from their headquarters at John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi with assistance from the Autonomous Vehicle and Instrumentation Group and other Carderock personnel. Rear row, left to right: electrical engineer Woody Pfitsch (Code 863), program officer Judah Milgram (Code 882), hardware engineer Alex Punzi (Code 863), group leader Jim Rice (Code 8633); front row, left to right: electrical engineer Ben Gordon (Code 8633), control systems engineer Matt Greytak (Code 861) and mechanical engineer Kyle Corfman (Code 863). (U.S. Navy photo by Ryan Hanyok/Released)
Marines using additive manufacturing to bring innovation to the battlefield
August 15, 2017
Image: leaders in additive manufacturing watch a welding display