NSWCDD hosts Fredericksburg Summer Regional Governor's School
By NSWC Dahlgren Division Corporate Communicaitons
| June 29, 2015
NSWCDD hosted the Fredericksburg Regional Governor's School on June 25. Students from the counties of Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Fredericksburg City, and other private schools in the region were given tours of NSWCDD's unique facilities - Ground Plane area, Chemical Biological Radiological (CBR) Defense Laboratory, Railgun Facility, and Human Systems Integration Laboratory. Dr. Bryan Tienes, Chemist, CBR Concepts & Experimentation Branch (NSWCDD Z21) used the cryogenic capabilities of liquid nitrogen in a demonstration focused on highlighting the relationship between a material's temperature and its physical properties. In the photo, Dr. Tienes is exhibiting the phenomenon of a magnet levitating over a low temperature superconductor chilled with liquid nitrogen. (Photo by US Navy)
NSWCDD hosted the Fredericksburg Regional Governor's School on June 25. Students from the counties of Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Fredericksburg City, and other private schools in the region were given tours of NSWCDD's unique facilities - Ground Plane area, Chemical Biological Radiological (CBR) Defense Laboratory, Railgun Facility, and Human Systems Integration Laboratory. Dr. Bryan Tienes, Chemist, CBR Concepts & Experimentation Branch (NSWCDD Z21) used the cryogenic capabilities of liquid nitrogen in a demonstration focused on highlighting the relationship between a material's temperature and its physical properties. In the photo, Dr. Tienes is exhibiting the phenomenon of a magnet levitating over a low temperature superconductor chilled with liquid nitrogen. (Photo by US Navy)
NSWCDD hosted the Fredericksburg Regional Governor's School on June 25. Students from the counties of Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Fredericksburg City, and other private schools in the region were given tours of the NSWCDD's unique facilities - Ground Plane area, Chemical Biological Defense Laboratory, Railgun Facility, and Human Systems Integration Laboratory. NSWCDD frequently supports outreach efforts to increase student interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) careers. (Photo by US Navy)
NSWCDD hosted the Fredericksburg Regional Governor's
School on June 25. Students from the
counties of Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Fredericksburg City,
and other private schools in the region were given tours of the NSWCDD's unique
facilities - Ground Plane area, Chemical Biological Defense Laboratory, Railgun
Facility, and Human Systems Integration Laboratory. NSWCDD frequently supports outreach efforts
to increase student interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Mathematics (STEM) careers.