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Train the Trainer: NSWC Dahlgren Division Hosts Virtual STEM Initiative Event for Area Educators
August 5, 2020
IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. - Fifteen K-12 educators across Maryland and Virginia have received hands-on learning in a virtual conference designed to encourage science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education, in a conference held July 20-24. While the conference was held virtually, participants were given hands-on learning experience. “Our world-class, diverse naval STEM workforce is the ultimate force behind the naval fleet,” said Mike Young, director of Academic Engagement for Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)
NSWCPD Takes STEM Programs Virtual
July 24, 2020
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP) summer intern Michaela Feehery provides a five-minute brief on data encryption techniques during a daily virtual meeting on June 23, 2020. By the end of this virtual STEM summer program, the interns will have given 60 of these presentations, which equates to more than five hours of technical content. (U.S. Navy photo by Tristan Wolfe/released)
NSWC Dahlgren Division and Germanna Community College Leaders Partner to Impact Business Management and STEM Education
July 9, 2020
NSWC PCD selects five SMART Scholars for 2020
June 30, 2020
The Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) has made their selections for this year’s Science Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) scholarship recipients. In this photo, Dr. J. D. Walsh, applied sensing and processing branch head at NSWC PCD, describes components of an unmanned system to SMART scholar recipient Jacqueline Jermyn.
High School Student Builds Autonomous Underwater Robot via NSWC Dahlgren Division’s SeaGlide Program
May 11, 2020
IMAGE: KING GEORGE, Va. – Virginia Commonwealth Governor’s School student Alex Dachos is pictured with the autonomous underwater glider he built over the course of a year via the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) SeaGlide Program. Dachos programmed, built, and demonstrated the SeaGlide independently under the guidance of NSWCDD science, technology, engineering and mathematics mentors. The robot collects data through sensors while moving and gliding by changing its pitch and buoyancy, often by taking in or expelling water. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)
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.