Naval Floor Warfare Middle, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) celebrated Nationwide Engineers Week, February 20 – 26, with a number of occasions honoring the command’s engineers and their accomplishments, with a deal with the official theme of “Reimagining the Attainable!”
NSWCPD’s Chief Engineer, Scott Freedner kicked off the festivities on February 22. After taking a second to thank all of NSWCPD’s “incredible” crew of engineers and scientists who’re accountable for the “design, growth, testing, and sustainment of the best plane carriers, submarines and floor ships for the best Navy on the planet”, Freedner issued a name for motion.
“This yr’s Nationwide Engineers Week theme is ‘Reimagining the Attainable,’ and it’s our time to innovate proper right here and now. Our new imaginative and prescient for future naval energy is one based mostly on sooner growth of unmanned, autonomous methods; vibrant partnerships with trade and academia; and reimagined naval organizations,” Freedner mentioned.
He continued, “Our success as a Nation will depend on our capability to supply data and expertise, to coach future generations of scientists and engineers, and to increase the Navy’s benefit.”
Freedner defined that NSWCPD is forging the long run with investments in Science, Expertise, Engineering, and Math (STEM) packages, in addition to partnerships in packages to construct a stronger, extra resilient, reimagined workforce, with the digital engineering instruments required to assist the present and future fleet extra effectively.
“You see, ‘Reimagining the Attainable’ is about the best way we expect and set up. Along with our conventional assist of the sustainment and growth of enormous, complicated vessels which might be phenomenal and the perfect on the planet, we additionally must deal with the superior applied sciences required for the ‘small, the agile, and the various’ autonomous platforms which have the agility to be constructed and tailored rapidly, in massive numbers. Having the competency and capability to work in each boards is required to proceed the Navy’s dominance worldwide,” Freedner mentioned.
“Naval energy and engineering was “imagined” as soon as earlier than in Philadelphia, when it appeared inconceivable. It was October 13, 1775 when civilians got here collectively and engineered the best navy on the planet!” he added.
“We’re gathered right here as soon as once more in Philadelphia — Reimagining the Navy — as a result of our nation relies upon upon it. The Nation is relying on us and potential adversaries are working onerous to outflank us!” he continued, “Via shared initiative, creativity, and willpower, we’re creating a brand new actuality by reimagining what as soon as appeared inconceivable to grow to be the potential!”
Following Freedner’s welcome remarks he handed the rostrum to keynote speaker NSWCPD’s Chief Expertise Officer Dr. E. Michael Golda, who introduced “A Historic View of NSWCPD’s Organizational DNA.”
Golda defined that all through NSWCPD’s 122 years of engineering heritage, the command has by no means actually stopped imagining the potential, for it’s a part of our organizational DNA. The Philadelphia Division was established because the Gasoline Oil Testing Plant on the Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1910 to transition the Navy from coal to gasoline oil within the years earlier than World Conflict I. This was a radical shift that was an enormous imaginative leap.
“NSWCPD engineers have all the time been, and proceed to be, pioneers of naval engineering progress,” Golda mentioned. “Influenced by Rear Adm. George Melville, Philadelphia not solely reimagined the potential, however they developed the competency to check full-scale parts underneath simulated shipboard circumstances to acquire ‘absolute info’ to make sure the imaginative and prescient was achievable.”
“From coal to steam and boilers to fuel generators – that testing of full-scale parts is a part of our DNA and it’s what we are going to proceed to do. The methods is likely to be totally different, however we’ve earned the respect of the Navy and the arrogance of the Congress to make sure that there may be full scale built-in methods testing right here in Philadelphia,” Golda mentioned.
Golda concluded, “Once we speak about reimagining the Navy, the long run or reimagining the potential, it begins with every of us and leaders like Melville, who not solely had the braveness to think about a unique and higher Navy; however make it extra environment friendly, with expertise, infrastructure, engineering schooling, and hiring the perfect engineers to develop vanguard, environment friendly, and value efficient engineering methods.”
NSWCPD continued celebrating Nationwide Engineers Week with occasions all through the week together with; a Joint Warfare Middle Black Historical past Month particular presentation by Capt. Sheila Jenkins; a short by Jack Giessner, SES, Area III, Nuclear Regulatory Fee; and a STEM Panel that includes NSWCPD engineers, who offered recommendation and steerage to future engineers.
NSWCPD employs roughly 2,800 civilian engineers, scientists, technicians, and assist personnel. The NSWCPD crew does the analysis and growth, take a look at and analysis, acquisition assist, and in-service and logistics engineering for the non-nuclear equipment, ship equipment methods, and associated gear and materials for Navy floor ships and submarines. NSWCPD can also be the lead group offering cybersecurity for all ship methods.
