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NSWCPD Chief Engineer Hosts Virtual Technical Competency Lunch and Learn Sessions
December 3, 2020 — Much like ship maintenance is a mandatory requirement for a successful Navy, so too is ensuring that the engineers who support the fleet continue to sustain their expert-level proficiency. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) recognizes it must “Expand the Advantage” to maintain world class expertise by developing and... MORE

As part of a Lunch and Learn Series, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) Chief Engineer (CHENG) Adam (Scott) Freedner hosted two virtual sessions on NSWCPD’s Technical Competency Development Program. The sessions were designed to explain NSWCPD’s Technical Competency Development Program and the importance of the program to maintaining world class expertise. (Graphic Courtesy NSWCPD/Released)

NSWCPD Employees Support American Society of Naval Engineer Virtual Symposium
December 1, 2020 — Engineers, scientists, and mathematicians from Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) shared their latest patents and papers during the American Society of Naval Engineers (ANSE) Virtual Advanced Machinery Technology Symposium (AMTS) on Oct. 7 and 8.The symposium, normally held in Philadelphia biannually, brought together... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) employees Dr. Steve Mastro, Deputy Chief Technology Officer; Sean Brennan, Distinguished Engineer for Research and Development; and Dr. John Amy, Senior Technologist; and Jason Yan from General Electric; share their thoughts during the American Society of Naval Engineer (ASNE) virtual Future of the Navy Panel during the Advanced Machinery Technology Symposium (AMTS) on Oct. 8. NSWCPD was represented during the conference by 26 employees who served as moderators, panelists, and presenters. (U.S. Navy photo by Keegan Rammel)

NSWCPD Becomes First Warfare Center to Earn Voluntary Protection Program Star Certification Three Times
November 30, 2020 — At the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD), there is simply no substitute for safety. When NSWCPD earned the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star Recertification on Oct. 5, 2020, it also became the first Warfare Center to receive the prestigious certification three... MORE

When NSWCPD earned the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star Recertification on Oct. 5, 2020, it also became the first Warfare Center to receive the prestigious certification three times. This milestone stands as a testament of its unwavering commitment to safety (Graphic Courtesy OSHA/Released).

NSWCPD Commemorates Veterans Day During Virtual Ceremony
November 12, 2020 — Capt. Dana Simon, Commanding Officer of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) joined the Veteran's Employee Resource Group (VERG) in honoring America’s Veterans during a virtual Veterans Day Ceremony on Nov. 9, 2020. Conducted in the historic atrium of Building Four, Simon placed a wreath to commemorate the men and women who... MORE

U.S. Navy Captain Dana F. Simon, Commanding Officer of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) and Alex Santos, a NSWCPD Logistics Management Specialist hang a wreath during the command’s Veterans Day Ceremony on Nov 9, 2020 in Philadelphia.. The Veterans Day Ceremony was held to celebrate all Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces. (U.S. Navy Photo by Kirsten St. Peter, NSWCPD Public Affairs Contractor/Released)

NSWCPD Engineer Saves Navy Over $300K
November 10, 2020 — In engineering and life, the littlest details can make a world of difference.For Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division’s (NSWCPD) Kyle Hakun, paying attention to the details is mandatory. As a mechanical engineer working in NSWCPD’s Surface Combatant/Gas Turbine Engine branch, he routinely applies his keen eye down to the thousandths... MORE

Kyle Hakun, a mechanical engineer at the Naval Sea Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD), uses a magnification lens to examine a turbine blade. Hakun’s work recently saved the Navy over $380,000. (U.S. Navy Photo by Kyle Hakun/Released)

NSWCPD Hosts First Contract Fraud Awareness Week
October 15, 2020 — Corruption.Bribery.Conflicts of interest.Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) tackled these topics and more during its first Contract Fraud Awareness Week, Oct. 5-9, aimed at exploring some of the contract fraud indicators, schemes, and ways to avoid them.“Fraud, waste, and related improprieties, such as theft or misuse of... MORE

Each month the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) posts for its workforce information on the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)’s Contract Fraud Risk Assessment and Mitigation (C-FRAM) program. NSWCPD hosted its first Contract Fraud Awareness Week, Oct. 5 – 9, 2020, featuring virtual guest speakers from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) and Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS) who discussed a number of real-life fraud scenarios. (U.S. Navy graphic by Keegan Rammel/Released)

NSWCPD’s 2020 JLL Program Graduates Share Insights
October 14, 2020 — “I would have been sitting in the Pentagon with the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for a brief, if it hadn’t been for COVID-19!”Imagine being part of a senior leadership program and almost ending up at the Department of Defense Headquarters. Thanks to the Journey Level Leaders (JLL) Program, that’s exactly where Suzanne Onesti would’ve been as... MORE

Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Executive Director Jim Smerchansky and Commander Vice Adm. William Galinis attend the virtual graduation of 2020 Cadre VI Journey Level Leaders (JLL) Program on September 18. (U.S. Navy photo by Brentan Debysingh/Released)

NEEC Graduates Provide NSWCPD with Experience and Expertise
October 8, 2020 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) is leveraging the knowledge gained by two recent graduates of the Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC) program to support an on-going project that will transition superconductor-based technology to the Fleet.NEEC is a Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Warfare Center-wide program... MORE

PHILADELPHIA – Rowan University students and faculty toured Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) test sites and labs on Oct. 24 during a kick-off for the third year of a Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC) research grant. During the tour, NSWCPD’s Applied Superconductivity team leader and a Rowan alumnus, Dr. Jacob Kephart (center), highlighted the Command’s High Temperature Superconducting lab which conducts similar research to Rowan’s project. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John Banfield)/Released

NSWC Philadelphia Division Supports Additive Manufacturing in the Fleet
September 30, 2020 — Following the successful one-year trial of Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology aboard aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) employees, in collaboration with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division employees continue to support current trials on different ship... MORE

Fireman Apprentice Cynthia Fang receives training on how to replace the build plate on a Lulzbot Taz 6 printer aboard USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69). Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division and Carderock Division engineers have continued to support current Additive Manufacturing (AM) trials on different ship classes.

Daughter of NSWCPD Employee Partakes In Flight 93 Memorial Ceremony
September 25, 2020 — On the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the United States, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division’s (NSWCPD) Kim Yee and his family was invited by the Shanksville National Park Service (NPS) Superintendent to attend a Remembrance Ceremony on hallowed ground. They went to the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., to... MORE

Marissa Yee and her father Kim Yee, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) COR Supervisor, at the Flight 93 National Memorial Remembrance Ceremony in Shanksville, Pa., on September, 11, 2020. Marissa played the bagpipes during the ceremony and led the families on a procession to the crash site. (Photo courtesy Kim Yee, U.S. Navy/Released)

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