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NSWCDD Technical Director Stresses Life Balance in First Session of Leadership Series
January 25, 2023 — “So You Want To Be An SES?” That was the title of the first session of the 2023 Senior Executive Service (SES) Leadership Series, Jan. 12.Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Technical Director Dale Sisson, Jr., SES, held an hour-long virtual session, including a Q&A period, with more than 350 NSWCDD employees, informing them of... MORE

IMAGE: Mr. Dale Sisson, Jr., SES, NSWCDD Technical Director

NSWC Dahlgren Division Hosts Training Session for Teachers in Preparation for Innovation Challenge @ Dahlgren
January 24, 2023 — Last year, Jim Jones and another volunteer dad cofounded a STEM club at Fredericksburg Christian School (FCS). The club started just two months prior to the inaugural Innovation Challenge @ Dahlgren. That’s all the time the four-man FCS team needed to walk away with the first-place trophy. All it took was a simple strategy.“One of the reasons we... MORE

IMAGE: Integrated Combat Systems Department scientist Justin Lowell (center) mentors Westmoreland High School teacher Chastaine Perry (left) and Colonial Beach High School Supervisor of Technology Ameer Mir in preparing their schools’ robots for this year’s Innovation Challenge @ Dahlgren. The robotics competition takes place March 31-April 1 at the University of Mary Washington Dahlgren Campus.

From Sea to Shining Sea: NSWC Dahlgren Division Combat Systems Installation and Integration Team Delivers Tactical Upgrades to Naval Ships
January 20, 2023 — Hardware and software – in an increasingly technological world, nearly everything relies on both – whether phones and computers or meat thermometers and calculators. The marriage between the two is lifelong and constantly faces adjustments as technology grows and matures. The U.S. Navy and Department of Defense are no exceptions. About 30% of the... MORE

National Science Foundation Visits NSWC Dahlgren Division Ahead of Future Partnership
January 19, 2023 — The Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) hosted a visit for members of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Jan. 5 at the division’s headquarters in Dahlgren, Virginia.The visit is ahead of a partnership between NSWCDD and NSF, which reflects a strategic collaboration in key fields of fundamental science and engineering and... MORE

IMAGE: National Science Foundation (NSF) officials, Dr. Carol Bessel, Translation Impacts (TI) Division section head, Dr. Jesus Soriano-Molla, NSF Program Director, and Dr. Barry Johnson, TI Division Program Director, are greeted by Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Technical Director Dale Sisson, Jr., SES, Chief Technology Officer Jennifer Clift, SSTM, and Deputy Technical Director Darren Barnes, SSTM, for a tour of NSWCDD facilities and overview briefings Jan. 5.

NSWC Dahlgren Division is Hiring! Recruiters Ready to Meet Candidates at Career Fair
January 17, 2023 — Aspiring scientists, engineers and business professionals will enter a world of career possibilities when they meet with Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) recruiters at its Career Fair Tuesday, Jan. 24.Candidates are encouraged to bring resumes and come prepared to talk with recruiters from NSWCDD at the event from 3-7 p.m. at... MORE

Milestones to Medals: NSWC Dahlgren Division Computer Scientist Earns the Navy Civilian Service Commendation Medal
December 23, 2022 — Dennis Warne, a Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) computer scientist and project manager with the Electromagnetic and Sensor Systems Department, was recently awarded the prestigious Department of the Navy Civilian Service Commendation Medal (CSCM).The CSCM is the fourth highest civilian award in the Navy. The award recognizes... MORE

IMAGE: Dennis Warne, a Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division computer scientist and project manager within the Electromagnetic and Sensor Systems Department, recently received the Department of the Navy Civilian Service Commendation Medal.

NSWCDD Personnel Assist with Walker-Grant Middle School STEM Activity
December 22, 2022 — While trees may be decorated with holiday lights and last-minute shoppers rush to the stores for final gifts, students at Walker-Grant Middle School took a pause from the winter break countdown to learn about programming robots hands-on with Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) scientists.On Dec. 12, STEM in-classroom co-lead at... MORE

IMAGE: Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division computer scientist Jonathan Clark helped eighth grade students at Walker-Grant Middle School problem solve one of the most difficult activities, which was programming the robot to move forward, pick up a box and then return to where it started.

NSWC Dahlgren Division STEM Leaders Wow and Inspire Local Fifth Graders
December 20, 2022 — The dark hall echoed with oohs and aahs as Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Director of Academic Engagement Michael Clark created a brilliant spark with the wave of a wand. It wasn’t magic that Clark was conjuring; it was science. But for the fifth graders of Harrison Road Elementary School, it was a magical experience. Clark... MORE

IMAGE: Two Harrison Road Elementary School fifth graders assisted Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division’s (NSWCDD) Michael Clark in demonstrating the electrical conductivity of a steel pipe versus a copper pipe. This was one of several STEM-related demonstrations that NSWCDD personnel put on for students during their field trip to the University of Mary Washington.

NSWCDD Dam Neck Activity Hosts Suicide Prevention Event
December 15, 2022 — The core of the issue is that it’s not the people who attempt suicide want to harm themselves, as much as; they simply want the pain they are currently feeling to stop, and they don’t see a way out. Sabra Mitchell, an Education Services Facilitator at Naval Air Station Oceana Fleet and Family Services spoke to employees at Naval Surface Warfare... MORE

Win Up to $100,000 in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Innovation Challenge at Dahlgren
December 15, 2022 — What would you or your Institution of Higher Education (IHE) do with up to $100,000? Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division has designed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) Innovation Challenge at Dahlgren with a prize purse of $100,000, which could be split by a percentage to team members or to the IHE. The breakdown... MORE