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Engineer is Ultimate Frisbee Professional
September 7, 2016 — For Bradley Scott, Ultimate Frisbee has been more than just a sport; it has been a way of life. "I always knew I would play Frisbee," said Scott, an engineer in the Propulsor Manufacturing Office at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Maryland. "I didn't know where it would lead me." "My earliest memory as a kid was... MORE

Australian Engineer Works Alongside Americans in Advanced Power and Energy
September 7, 2016 — When the chance came to work and study abroad with the engineers and scientists at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, in West Bethesda, Maryland, Kane Ivory did not hesitate to say yes."I had been thinking about this for several years and had applied once before, but this is when the opportunity opened up," Ivory said. "And when an... MORE

Kane Ivory, an electrical engineer from Melbourne, Australia, adds thermal couplers and a heating cartridge to a lithium ion cell to run a thermal abuse test on the cell in West Bethesda, Md., Aug. 29, 2016. Ivory is temporarily assigned to Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division under the Department of Defense's Engineer and Scientist Exchange Program. (U.S. Navy photo by Dustin Q. Diaz/Released)

Visiting Faculty Provide Research Capabilities at Carderock
September 6, 2016 — Visiting professors at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWCCD) in West Bethesda, Maryland, wrapped up their summer tours and headed back to their universities in August. Carderock Division's Director of Research Dr. Jack Price said these tours not only give professors an opportunity to provide their expertise and knowledge to... MORE

Carderock supports energy innovation with Wave Energy Prize tests
August 29, 2016 — Employees at Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Carderock Division, and members of private industry began testing game-changing improvements in the efficiency of wave energy conversion (WEC) devices by effectively capturing more energy from ocean waves Aug. 8.The Wave Energy Prize is a public prize competition open to all U.S. entities, sponsored... MORE

The Wave Energy Prize competition has started its final phase of testing at the Naval Surface Warfare Center,
Carderock Division, hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy. The final phase is taking place at the Maneuvering
and Seakeeping Basin in West Bethesda, Md. Nine teams were selected to build a one-twentieth scale model
of their Wave Energy Converter (WEC) device to showcase their performance and compete to win $1.5 million.
In this photo, the M3 Wave’s WEC device is undergoing final testing Aug. 10, 2016. (U.S. Navy photo by Monica
McCoy/Released)

Engineer by day, ninja by night
August 22, 2016 — When "American Ninja Warrior" (ANW) returns to the air Aug. 22, it will be partly thanks to the efforts of one of Carderock Division's own.Adam Grossman is a naval engineer with the Wastewater Management Branch (Code 633) of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division. That's his day job. But he's also a course tester and a participant in the... MORE

Carderock Division Researchers Enhance Data-Gathering Capabilities with New Stereo Particle Image Velocimetry System
August 17, 2016 — Researchers from Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division were recognized at an all-hands meeting July 21 for creating a self-contained submersible stereo particle image velocimetry.The scientists and engineers from Carderock's Naval Architecture and Engineering Department not only created, but successfully tested the system in the David... MORE

Carderock Employee Receives PEO IWS Excellence Award for Historic Missile Test
August 9, 2016 — A Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWCCD) employee received a Program Executive Office for Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS) Excellence Award July 28.Brian Lang received the award for his critical role in the first live-fire test firing of a Sea-Launched Rolling Airframe Missile (SeaRAM) weapon system from a guided-missile... MORE

160304-N-AL577-001 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 4, 2016) SeaRAM, a new system for guided-missile destroyers, is test fired March 4, 2016 from the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78). Porter is forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, and is preparing for deployment in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe.

Carderock Division interns pilot NAVSEA Additive Manufacturing Challenge
August 2, 2016 — College and high school interns at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division raced boats they printed and assembled themselves during the inaugural Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Additive Manufacturing (AM) Challenge in West Bethesda, Maryland, July 28. Intern groups were given one month to design and build a proof-of-concept surface... MORE

Student interns at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, pilot watertight proof-of-concept vehicles in the David Taylor Model Basin during the inaugural Naval Sea Systems Command Additive Manufacturing (AM) Challenge in West Bethesda, Md., July 28, 2016. The AM Challenge gave interns one month to design and build a proof-of-concept vehicle with a standard kit of parts and the command’s 3-D printers, then maneuver them through an obstacle course. (U.S. Navy photo by Dustin Q. Diaz/Released)

Carderock Division SEAP intern develops smartphone application for Sailors
July 27, 2016 — A student with this year’s group of Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (SEAP) interns at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division is creating a smartphone application in direct response to interest from Sailors in the fleet. David Papermaster, a junior at Churchill High School in Potomac, Maryland, came aboard the West Bethesda,... MORE

Carderock Division hosts SeaGlide workshop for educators
July 26, 2016 — Sixteen people from around the U.S. attended Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division’s (NSWCCD) SeaGlide summer workshop geared toward educators, scientists and engineers, which took place in West Bethesda, Maryland, July 18-22. A SeaGlide, or small-scale underwater glider, is a non-tethered, autonomous robot that has no propeller and uses... MORE

Participants in the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division’s SeaGlide summer workshop geared toward educators, scientists and engineers test the structure and build of their gliders July 20, 2016 in West Bethesda, Maryland. During the week long workshop, participants learned how to operate and build a SeaGlide using various mechanical, engineering and electronic skills. (U.S. Navy photo by Megan Garcia/Released)

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