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From Innovation Challenge to internship: NSWC Dahlgren Division inspires high school student’s mechatronics journey
August 14, 2026 — When Joseph Shanklin’s team won second place in the 2024 Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division High School Innovation Challenge, he knew he wanted to study mechatronics. As a sophomore at Westmoreland High School at the time, the Innovation Challenge was the turning point for him.“It was my first year, so I was introduced to Python. I had...

Learning to lead, learning to fail: SEAP interns grow through hands-on challenge
August 12, 2025 — When Brody Kester landed a selective spot in the 2025 Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (SEAP) at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), he thought he’d spend the summer behind a desk. But he soon found himself working side by side with Dahlgren scientists and engineers and gaining hands-on experience in real-world...

Naval STEM opportunities
August 8, 2025 — We were happy to have our summer interns here from NREIP, SEAP and SMART at our Navy Lab. New opportunities are now available as the application window for several of these programs opened Aug. 1 and will remain open until Nov. 1 at 10:59 (Central Time).▶High School: https://www.navalsteminterns.us/seap/▶College:...

Unique NSWCDD Program Enhances Internship Opportunities Amid Pandemic
January 26, 2021 — DAHLGREN, Va. – With the pandemic threatening to cancel the internship programs with Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), Brian Dillon, the Software Architect, jumped into action to create a virtual route to keep internships going within the Sites Planning and Tools Branch. The initiative created a unique Navy program and saved...

College and High School Interns Brief Findings at Dahlgren’s First Combined NREIP & SEAP Poster Session
August 7, 2019 — KING GEORGE, Va. – Rebeca Rodriguez dreamed one day that she would use chemistry as a mechanism for exploring the science of biological detection.The University of Minnesota chemistry major’s dream became reality while interning this summer at the Naval Surface Warfare Center via the Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP).“I have been...

High School Students Complete Summer Internships at NSWCPD
August 7, 2019 — Seventeen high school students wrapped up their eight-week summer internships at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) by presenting their summer research projects to the Command’s engineers on Aug. 7.Every year, NSWCPD partners with the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (SEAP) to...

High school students prepare for future careers through Navy internships
July 28, 2019 — Six high school students completed their summer internships through the Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (SEAP) July 26 after spending eight weeks at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD).SEAP provides an opportunity for high school students to participate in research at a Department of Navy (DoN) laboratory...

NSWCPD’s Poster Session Showcases Summer Intern Research Projects
July 26, 2019 — Summer interns at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) presented their research projects during a competitive poster session on July 24.Every summer, NSWCPD hosts students from the Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP) sponsored by the Office of Naval Research and the Science, Mathematics and Research for...

U.S. Navy Interns from Virginia and Maryland High Schools Tour NSWC Dahlgren Division
July 10, 2019 — DAHLGREN, Va. – Navy scientists and engineers briefed high school students participating in the Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (SEAP) during tours of Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren Division, July 2.The students – who intern at either Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren Division or NSWC Indian Head Explosive...

NSWC Indian Head EOD Technology Division concludes 2018 Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program
August 10, 2018 — INDIAN HEAD, Md. ─ Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head EOD Technology Division hosted an official out brief today for the 2018 Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program. This year’s program concluded with the high school student participants presenting a final brief to school district and IHEODTD senior leadership and Charles County Public Schools Board members on their research projects and lessons learned. ...

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