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NSWC Crane supports Indiana University in advancing STEM research collaboration with Minority Serving Institutions
October 24, 2019
Thousands of Students Interact with Navy Scientists & Engineers at NAS Oceana Air Show
October 23, 2019
IMAGE: VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Sept. 20, 2019) – One of 7,000 fifth-graders from Chesapeake and Virginia Beach elementary schools touches a static electricity demonstration causing her hair to standup at Naval Air Station Oceana’s fourth annual Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Lab. The event broke the Guinness World Record for the largest field trip on record. More than 30 scientists and engineers from Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Dam Neck Activity and NSWCDD volunteered their time and talents to educate the students through hands-on STEM displays. (U.S. Navy photo by George Bieber/Released)
NSWC Philadelphia Division Robotics Mentors Prepare for New School Year
August 29, 2019
PHILADELPHIA (Aug. 29) Central High School’s RoboLancers FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Team shows off their robot during a robotics mentoring seminar at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD). NSWCPD is partnering with the Philadelphia Robotics Coalition to support more than 20 robotics teams during this school year. (U.S. Navy photo by Keegan Rammel)/Released
Girl Scouts Tour NSWC Philadelphia Test Sites and Labs
August 19, 2019
PHILADELPHIA (August 15, 2019) Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) engineer Patrick Violante demonstrates augmented reality to a Girl Scout summer camper during the Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania for their STEM Experience Summer Camp on Aug. 15. Violante works with the Command’s Advanced Data Acquisition, Prototyping Technologies and Virtual Environments lab, which focuses on cutting-edge 3-D modeling, scanning, and printing. (U.S. Navy photo by Kirsten St. Peter/Released)
STEM Educators Engage with Navy Scientists at ‘STEM Workshop for Educators’
August 9, 2019
IMAGE: KING GEORGE, Va. (July 30, 2019) – Navy engineer Page Wessel, left, briefs a local school teacher on the use of coding blocks to write a program for the Mindstorm EV3 robot at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) STEM Workshop for Educators at the University of Mary Washington Dahlgren campus. Wessel was among the NSWCDD scientists and engineers who joined university professors at the workshop to share best practices and ideas for project based learning in STEM with elementary, middle, and high school educators. The forum featured briefings and demonstrations while the educators participated in hands-on activities that they could pass on to other teachers and students at their respective schools. The activities included, “Straw Rockets and Mini-Railgun”, “Ozobots and Littlebits Engineering”, and “EV3 LEGO Robotics”.
College and High School Interns Brief Findings at Dahlgren’s First Combined NREIP & SEAP Poster Session
August 7, 2019
IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. (July 25, 2019) — University of Virginia junior Kimberly Louie explains how the deck-gun she helped create and attach to a drone operates while briefing to military and government personnel during her 2019 summer internship. Louie was among 20 students who completed their internships at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD). The Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP) encourages students to pursue science and engineering careers, furthers education via mentoring and their participation in research, and makes them aware of Navy research and technology efforts, which can lead to civilian employment within the Navy.
High School Students Complete Summer Internships at NSWCPD
August 7, 2019
PHILADELPHIA (August 7, 2019) High school students working at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) completed their eight-week summer internships by presenting their research projects to the Command’s engineers. Every year, NSWCPD partners with the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (SEAP) to provide high school students an opportunity to participate in research while being mentored by professional scientists and engineers. (U.S. Navy photo by Kirsten St. Peter)/Released
NSWCPD hosts Temple STEM Summer Camp Tours and Talks
August 1, 2019
PHILADELPHIA (29 July 2019) Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) engineer Cassie Miller explains the Chilled Water Automation System (CWAS) test site during the annual Temple STEM Summer Camp. The summer camp provided local middle and high school students a chance to tour test sites and labs in the Command as well as engage in panel discussions featuring NSWCPD engineers. (U.S. Navy photo by Kirsten St. Peter)/Released
U.S. Navy Interns from Virginia and Maryland High Schools Tour NSWC Dahlgren Division
July 10, 2019
IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. (July 2, 2019) - Students from Virginia and Maryland high schools participating in the Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program at Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren Division and NSWC Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division pause - with an engineer from both commands - in front of the Potomac River Test Range metal map during their tour.
NSWC Dahlgren Division STEM Mentors Inspire Youth at Annual Summer Academy
July 8, 2019
IMAGE: KING GEORGE. Va. (June 26, 2019) – A middle school student prepares for an aerospace engineering rocketry activity at the 2019 Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) Summer Academy, held June 24-28. She was among 70 middle school students who constructed and calibrated their water rockets while discovering the optimal amount of fuel (water) to launch a ball the highest. The STEM Summer ‘campers’ worked in teams to organize and analyze their data in order to determine what fuel volume will result in the highest launch.