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Fredericksburg Christian School Robotics Team Places First at Innovation Challenge @Dahlgren
May 3, 2022 — The sounds of sonar echoed through the room as Fredericksburg Christian School’s (FCS) robot navigated a maze of landmasses and ships on its way to acquiring and destroying a squadron of jets assembled like bowling pins at the end of the course. FCS robot’s flawless performance launched the team into first place in the inaugural Innovation... MORE

IMAGE: Fredericksburg Christian School’s robotics team placed first at the Innovation Challenge @Dahlgren. The team earned $3,000 for their school’s STEM program.

NSWC Dahlgren Division Employees Support Regional SeaPerch Event
April 5, 2022 — On a blustery, cool Saturday outside the YMCA in King George, things were heating up inside for regional underwater robotics teams as they competed for three spots in the international SeaPerch competition Mar. 19.“SeaPerch is an international STEM program supported by RoboNation. Elementary, middle and high school students in the area get to build... MORE

IMAGE: An underwater look at unmanned robots created by local students. The teams competing at the regional SeaPerch competition maneuvered their work through both a challenge course and an underwater obstacle.

Greatest HITS: NSWC IHD and Community Return to Local History and Science Expo
March 21, 2022 — Despite an early morning snowstorm on the morning of March 12, with gale force winds blowing the snow completely parallel to the ground, volunteers and attendees packed the floor of St. Charles High School to attend the Charles County Public Schools’ (CCPS) History, Industry, Technology and Science (HITS) Expo. After a two-year hiatus due to the... MORE

An NSWC IHD employee is kneeling on the floor describing an explosive ordnance disposal robot to a young boy.

NSWCDD Employees Train Local Teachers
January 24, 2022 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) employees provided hands-on science, engineering and math (STEM) robotics training Dec. 17 to local school teachers at the University of Mary Washington (UMW) Dahlgren campus. The training, led by NSWCDD’s Luis Valcourt-Colon, provided hands-on instruction of SeaGlide and... MORE

NSWC Dahlgren Division Scientists Recognized as STEM Leaders
January 7, 2022 — Diversity is defined as “the condition of having or being composed of different elements,” according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary. To a degree, diversity happens naturally in groups – emphasizing and celebrating the differences between individuals. Think about identical twins: despite growing up in the same household and looking the same, they... MORE

IMAGE: NSWCDD Scientists Lauren Perez and Luis Valcourt-Colon are the first NWCDDD employees to be recognized with the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement STEM Hero Award. Nine Department of Defense employees received the recognition.

NSWCPD Supports STEM Program Building Underwater Robots at Widener University
December 16, 2021 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) has partnered with Widener University in Chester, Pa. to support a unique Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) program where Robotics Engineering (RE) undergraduate students are developing an autonomous underwater vehicle to participate in the RoboNation's RoboSub... MORE

STEM Program Takes Flight at Temple University
November 18, 2021 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) has partnered with Temple University Ambler Campus to support a unique Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) outreach program in the Greater Philadelphia area where senior design students are building a one-of-a-kind flight simulator from a crashed airplane with more... MORE

NSWC Dahlgren Division and the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez Collaborate on NEEC-Sponsored Project
November 17, 2021 — In government, industry and academia, investing in opportunities for collaboration, interactive learning and knowledge development prove advantageous for all involved. At Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), the workforce values opportunities to establish, lead and participate in a multitude of Navy-sponsored educational... MORE

IMAGE: Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Systems Engineer Keyla Garcia Ramos took part in the Naval Engineering Education Consortium program as well as the NSWCDD Summer Faculty Program as project lead for the warfare center and worked closely with faculty and students from the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez.

NSWC Dahlgren Division Scientist Named STEM Advocate of the Quarter
November 16, 2021 — The STEM program is a staple of Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) - that is not news to anyone. What is news is that one of Dahlgren’s own, Erica Borgers Klonkowski, was recently selected as the Department of Defense (DoD) STEM Advocate of the Quarter for third quarter fiscal 2021.The award recognizes outstanding STEM... MORE

IMAGE: Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division's Erica Borgers Klonkowski, was recently selected as the Department of Defense (DoD) STEM Advocate of the Quarter for third quarter fiscal 2021.

NSWC Dahlgren Division Hosts ‘Imagine Your Future’ Event for College Students
September 30, 2021 — College students do not always know what they want to major in when they get to college. As high school seniors, students across the country commonly hear questions berating them about the future: Are you going to college? Where are you going? What are you majoring in? What do you want to do with that major? According to a study done by the... MORE

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