22 September 2022 Heartland STEM: Building the Workforce of Tomorrow ARLINGTON, Va. - Deep in America’s Heartland, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) is sponsoring efforts to build a diverse workforce, promote sustainability and collaborate with the best and brightest worldwide to solve the grand challenges of 2050...
11 August 2022 25th Annual RoboSub Competition Showcases an Autonomous Future ARLINGTON, Va. - This past week, the 25th Annual RoboSub competition occurred at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. RoboSub is an international robotics competition where student teams design, build, test and operate their own robotic submarines — autonomous underwater vehicles...
10 August 2022 NPS Showcases Latest Cohort of Summer STEM Interns MONTEREY, Calif. - The Department of the Navy has been a strong advocate for the development of a world-class science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce, and for good reason...
25 July 2022 FRCE Teams with Educators to Prepare Students for Careers in Industry Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) recently hosted a group of Craven County School teachers as part of an externship program focused on preparing students for careers in industry.Six educators from local schools participated in the externship program that took place at FRCE with two sessions held...
10 June 2022 NAVFAC Southeast Hosts Bring Your Kids to Work Day Event JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Southeast hosted a “Bring Your Kids to Work Day” event that encourages kids to get involved in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)...
18 May 2022 NFPC Engineers win prestigious Navy Awards PHILADELPHIA - Naval Foundry and Propeller Center Engineers Sarah Byrnes and Trevor G. Thayer were part of the team that was selected for the 2022 Assistant Secretary of Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition) Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Scientists & Engineers of the Year award. The award was in...
17 May 2022 Navy to Demo New MQ-8 Fire Scout Mine Countermeasure System PATUXENT RIVER, Md. - The U.S. Navy is working to develop a new mine countermeasure (MCM) sensor suite for the MQ-8C Fire Scout that will enable the unmanned helicopter to detect and localize mines and obstacles on land and at sea...
13 May 2022 Discovery Day at NPS Opens Campus to Central Coast Students In a sight not seen for more than two years, nearly 2,000 students, teachers and parent chaperones from throughout the Central Coast descended upon the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) for the return of Discovery Day at NPS, May 13, touring the university and interacting with the more than 40...
10 May 2022 NIWC Atlantic STEM Intern Offered $200K Scholarship to Pursue Engineering Degree CHARLESTON, S.C. - Local high school student Adam Womble, a highly active participant in the STEM programs at NIWC Atlantic, has been awarded more than $200,000 through a Roy H. Park Scholarship to pursue an engineering degree at North Carolina State University...
10 May 2022 NAWCWD Researchers Break Ground in Magnetic Molecules CHINA LAKE, Calif. - Dr. Randall McClain and Dr. Ben Harvey, research chemists working for Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD), published groundbreaking research in the field of single molecule magnets...