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PORT HUENEME, Calif. – Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) scientists and engineers partnered with their Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (NAVFAC EXWC) counterparts to display and discuss fiscal 2016 Naval Innovative Science and Engineering 219 (NISE 219) Program projects in the NSWC PHD Command Conference Room, Nov. 8.
The four-hour showcase began with one hour of time dedicated to sharing projects with the NSWC PHD and NAVFAC EXWC leadership. After the first hour was up the doors opened to the workforce to come and learn what research local scientist and engineers are conducting at Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC), across the region and around the globe in support of the Fleet and the warfighter.
The event was an opportunity to demonstrate innovation and collaboration and talk about ongoing research projects from their sometimes humble beginnings to their current status and the direction they are going in the future. The showcase was also an opportunity to learn about new technology, look for partnership opportunities, to network and to potentially discover new ideas.
NSWC PHD Science and Technology Innovation Lead, Mark Jue, coordinated the event.
“In an effort to better collaborate it made sense to host a joint event with NAVFAC EXWC to demonstrate each of our technologies,” said Jue. “This also exposes each organization to more technologies and partnering opportunities that we may never have thought of since it doesn't directly fall into our line of work.”
NSWC PHD scientists and engineers displayed 17 fiscal 2016 NISE 219 projects, with NAVFAC EXWC displaying four. Some of NSWC PHD’s projects included augmented reality, an alignment mechanical laser fixture, high-energy laser (HEL) systems, HEL atmospheric instrumentation, electronic prognostics in a shipboard environment and non-destructive test and evaluation.
NSWC PHD Office of Engineering and Technology Research Scientist Socrates Frangis was one of the many presenters at the event. He used the four-hour time block to discuss joint research projects on operational maritime effects on high-energy laser (HEL) systems and HEL atmospheric instrumentation, non-destructive test and evaluation and upcoming cybersecurity research.
The NISE 219 Program was established by a Navy Policy Memorandum dated September 30, 2009 as a result of Section 219 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act, which authorized the use of funding for innovative basic and applied research for military missions, development programs to transition the research to operational use and to fund workforce development activities.
Navy organizations like NSWC PHD and NAVFAC EXWC use NISE to foster creativity and stimulate exploration of cutting-edge science and technology; serve as a proving ground for new concepts in research and development and support high-value and potentially high-risk research and development. NISE funding also allows warfare center divisions, other warfare centers like NAVFAC EXWC and Marine Corps laboratories to maintain the science and technology vitality of in-house laboratories and centers, increase the rate of recruitment and retention in critical skill areas of science and engineering and transition beneficial technologies into the hands of warfighters.
The event was well attended with the room filled to capacity for most of the time. Presenters and attendees engaged in conversation and discussed projects at length. The plan going forward is to hold the showcase annually.
| Date Taken: | 11.10.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 11.10.2016 15:27 |
| Story ID: | 214393 |
| Location: | PORT HUENEME, CALIFORNIA, US |
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