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Local STEM Students Compete in Annual Greater Philadelphia SeaPerch and SeaGlide Challenge
April 6, 2020
Local high school Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) students battle it out during the 15th annual Greater Philadelphia SeaPerch and SeaGlide Challenge held at Temple University, March 6 and 7. More than 50 middle and high schools participated in the two-day event. (U.S. Navy photo by Margaret A. Kenyon, NSWCPD Public Affairs/Released)
NSWC Dahlgren Division Update on 2020 STEM Activities
March 25, 2020
NSWC Panama City fosters STEM outreach though invention convention competition
March 5, 2020
Scientists and engineers from Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) and personnel from other organizations served as judges for this year's Invention Convention. Allie Williams, right, serves as an engineer at NSWC PCD
NSWC Dahlgren Division Technology Mentors Engage Students at STEM Summit
March 3, 2020
IMAGE: SPOTSYLVANIA, Va. (Feb. 29, 2020) – Capt. Casey Plew, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) commanding officer, speaks with Kyle Allwine, director of government affairs for the Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce, at the annual science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) Summit open to the public at Chancellor High School. “Participating in STEM education is a valuable investment in both your future as well as society’s future,” Plew told students in his keynote speech. “Soak up the awesomeness of all of the different STEM efforts displayed for you. And get excited. One day, someone could be telling a future group of students about something amazing you developed – and it all started with you getting engaged in STEM at school.”
NSWCDD Engineer’s Desire to Serve Stems from Childhood
February 7, 2020
IMAGE: Feline Agwumezie is a Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division electrical engineer as well as a science, technology engineering and math mentor. She recently spoke to fourth and fifth grade students at Hampton Oaks Elementary school about their careers and the importance of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics in all facets of life.
NSWC Dahlgren Distinguished Community Service Award Winner Recounts Impact of Her High School Mentor
January 13, 2020
IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. – Navy human factors engineer Chelsey Lawson credits the impact of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) on her life to a Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) engineer – her high school calculus tutor – by the name of Leonard Wilson who retired in 2019 after 36 years of government service. “I went to college and earned a degree in biomedical engineering because his mentoring had a huge impact on my life,” said Lawson, who won the 2019 NSWCDD Distinguished Community Service Award. “I participated in STEM activities in our surrounding community to guide and inspire students on how to combine their interests with STEM education and careers – like Mr. Wilson did for me.” (U.S. Navy photo/Released)
NSWC Dahlgren Mentors Inspire Middle and High School ‘SeaPerch’ Teachers
December 20, 2019
NSWC Dahlgren Engineers Mentor Students to First Place for Combatting Homelessness
December 17, 2019
IMAGE: RICHMOND, Va. (Nov. 23, 2019) - Members of the FIRST Lego League team called ‘The Robot Engineers’ are pictured during the Glen Allen Regional Tournament held at Deep Run High School. The team – comprising ten grade-school students from multiple public and home-school districts in metro-Richmond – received the first place Innovation Project Award for their solution to combat homelessness. Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division employees Serita Seright, Joycelyn Josey-Harris and Tiffany Owens helped mentor the team.
Middle School Students Wow their NSWC Dahlgren Scientist and Engineer Judges at Science Fair
December 10, 2019
Culpeper County Middle School Students Tour NSWC Dahlgren
November 25, 2019
IMAGE: Seventh grade students from Culpeper Middle School and Floyd T. Binnis Middle School visited Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD). The students – who participate in the Academically Challenging Education or ACE program at their schools – toured Dahlgren and participated in a myriad of science, technology, engineering and mathematics activities during their visit. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)