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Students, Engineers Meet to Discuss Future of Naval Warfare
April 21, 2016 — Engineering students andtheir professors from universities nationwide discussed the future of navalwarfare with engineers at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division,April 19.The Naval Engineering Education Consortium's annual event gave students from 23universities the forum to present projects that address real-world Navyproblems, as well... MORE

MAKE Lab opens bringing new AM opportunities to NSWC Carderock Division
April 5, 2016 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division officially opened the Manufacturing, Knowledge and Education (MAKE) Lab, an open-access additive manufacturing (AM) space for all its employees, March 24. The grand opening kicked off in the Maritime Technology Information Center auditorium with remarks by NSWCCD Commanding Officer Capt. Richard... MORE

Jonathan Hopkins, a mechanical engineer and Additive Manufacturing (AM) Tiger Team member, shows fellow employees at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division objects created through AM during a tour of the new Manufacturing, Knowledge and Education (MAKE) Lab, which officially opened in Building 60 in West Bethesda, Md., March 24, 2016. The MAKE Lab will open training and production in AM, also known as 3-D printing, to all of Carderock’s employees
who desire to participate and exchange ideas. (U.S. Navy photo by Dustin Q. Diaz/Released)

Carderock capabilities showcased at Washington Navy Yard
April 5, 2016 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division wasfeatured during a technical demonstration day at Naval Sea Systems Command(NAVSEA) in the Washington Navy Yard, March 23.Dr. Tim Coats, who was representing Carderock’s LittleCreek Detachment, said the day was an opportunity to “Inform. Inform ourcounterparts here at NAVSEA. The exchange of... MORE

Ben Bouffard, an engineer representing additive manufacturing (AM) technology at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, talks to Vice Adm. William Hilarides, commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, during Carderock Day at the Washington Navy Yard, March 23,
2016. In the foreground a 3-D printer creates a model ship. (U.S. Navy photo by Monica McCoy/Released)

Carderock reaches out to local students through annual math contest
March 22, 2016 — Nearly 200 students from 25 local middle schools competedat Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWCCD), in the seventhannual Carderock Math Contest (CMC) March 18.The contest, featuring MathCOUNTS style tests and toursof Carderock, is part of NSWCCD’s ongoing outreach efforts to encourage today’sstudents to pursue careers in science,... MORE

Seventh annual Carderock Math Contest at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Md., March 18, 2016. (U.S. Navy photo by James Contreras/Released)

MAKE Lab Opens Additive Manufacturing Opportunities to NSWC Carderock Employees
March 14, 2016 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division's (NSWCCD) facility for additive manufacturing (AM), the Manufacturing, Knowledge and Education (MAKE) Lab, will hold its grand opening March 24.AM, also known as 3-D printing, is an enabling technology in which 3-D printers deposit thin layers of material to create a component by following a digital... MORE

American Society of Naval Engineers Recognizes NSWC Carderock Senior Scientists
March 14, 2016 — Ted Farabee and E. Thomas Moyer earned recognition from the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) during the ASNE annual awards banquet in Arlington, Virginia, March 3.Farabee and Moyer, both senior scientists assigned to Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWCCD), received the Gold Medal and Solberg awards from Rear Adm. Lorin... MORE

New prototype enhances ship-testing capability at NSWC Carderock Division
March 8, 2016 — A new1,000-pound inertial actuator, the AMA1000, is giving engineers at NavalSurface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWCCD) unprecedented capability infull-scale testing.Dr.John Miesner, an engineer assigned to Carderock Division’s Acoustic SignaturesTechnology Division, said the Navy has used actuators like the AMA1000 in a wetenvironment for... MORE

Inside NSWC Carderock Division’s Disruptive Technologies Lab
March 8, 2016 — TheU.S. Navy faces innumerable obstacles every day as it carries out its mission.Scientists and engineers at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division arecharged with helping to solve them so the fleet is ready with the latestcapabilities and technologies when and where it needs to be.Tomeet the challenge of combatting disruptive threats and... MORE

A concept sketch shows the original exoskeleton prototype, which was tested at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility in fiscal year 2011. The sketch shows the first naval adaption of an externally powered exoskeleton with a commercially available motion-stabilizing arm attachment and how it could be used in a naval shipyard work setting. (U.S. Navy illustration by Michael White/Released)

Carderock engineers help students soar with Seaplane Challenge
February 26, 2016 — Engineers at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division who created a STEM outreach program at the request of the Office of Naval Research (ONR) hosted the Seaplane Challenge Feb. 18-25, showing students firsthand a bit about the Navy and sea-based aviation. Eric Silberg, an aerospace engineer at Carderock, and his colleagues visited with... MORE

Navy aerospace engineer Eric Silberg watches as a student from Carderock Spring Elementary School in Bethesda, Md., prepares to test her glider during the Seaplane Challenge at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Md., Feb. 25. NSWCCD engineers mentored students at the school as they built their planes, and encouraged the students to approach challenges as engineers do. Since 2014, more than 300 students from Maryland and Virginia have participated in the program.(U.S. Navy photo by James Contreras/Released)

NSWC Carderock Division teams win 2015 SECNAV Innovation Awards
February 10, 2016 — Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus announced two Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWCCD) teams Feb. 9 as winners in the 2015 SECNAV Innovation Awards. The awards program recognizes the top individual and team innovations that have made remarkable innovative accomplishments to solve the Navy’s most challenging problems... MORE

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