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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 members of the government and military with partners in industry and academia to discuss the latest innovations to Navy technology. AMTS highlights ship systems and controls, cybersecurity, power and propulsion, and more. This year’s symposium was held entirely virtually after being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The symposium going virtual showed how important it is to connect with people even though we aren’t able to see each other. The technology is there for us to still be able to interact,” said Ewane Etinge, NSWCPD electrical engineer and the AMTS chairperson. “We were all set to go in-person in April and then the pandemic changed everything. I think the virtual platform really worked well as a new way to host symposiums. I was still able to connect and chat with people while moderating the presentations.”
The virtual platform allowed participants to share slides immediately after their presentation and answer questions directly from the audience using the chat feature. Participants could also browse the virtual exhibit hall and network using the platform’s direct messaging service or hold one-on-one video chats.
“I thought the entire symposium went really well virtually,” said Allison Cardarelli, NSWCPD Automations and Controls Research and Development branch head and ASNE membership chairperson. “I think it was a success because we could still interact and see each other. It was a good knowledge sharing experience that we otherwise wouldn’t have been able to have this year.”
The symposium featured nine technical tracks, two keynote addresses from Navy leadership, and two panels highlighting the current state of the Navy and the future of ship systems.
The first keynote was presented by Stephen Markle, Program Executive Director and Program Manager Electric Ships Office, who discussed the future of power and energy systems in the U.S. Navy. The second keynote was presented by Rear Adm. Jason Lloyd, Deputy Commander for Ship Design, Integration, and Engineering, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Naval Systems Engineering and Logistics Directorate (SEA-05), who focused on the upcoming NAVSEA Campaign Plan 3.0 and how the Navy plans to utilize digital engineering in the future.
NSWCPD was represented by 26 employees who served as moderators, presenters, and panelists.
NSWCPD’s Michael Bonelli, electrical engineer and system engineering process analyst, had the opportunity to talk about the future of work during the Digital Engineering Panel.
“I was able to discuss the importance of digital tools while utilizing one real-time. I thought it was a really effective way to showcase the power of digital tool capabilities as we start to move towards a new digital business model,” Bonelli said. “As a large organization with many moving parts, we cannot take for granted the importance of efficient collaboration as well as good communication tools.”
Bonelli, who has been on the leading edge of using digital tools to improve engineering processes at NSWCPD, continued, “We live in a world today where many of us need to collaborate on efforts remotely away from the office and because of this, it has required adaptation to the tools and processes previously used to do business.”
“The shift to a more digital business model will be met with challenges, some seen and some unseen. In unexpected seasons like COVID, perspective is important in ensuring we make the most of opportunities to be more agile and capable while continuing to improve data integrity and data consistency,” Bonelli said. “With clear vision, passion, devotion and care for people, we can see this next-generation way of doing business become a successful reality across the NAVSEA enterprise.”
Etinge believes the future of conferences and symposiums will continue to utilize the digital tools shared during AMTS.
“I think we will see a combination of in-person and virtual events in the future. Without the need to travel you could bring in people from all over the country and the ability to have virtual panels brings in voices we wouldn’t normally have,” he said. “NSWCPD and ASNE did a really good job of bringing the entire symposium experience virtually and I was able to take a lot away from it.”
One advantage over in-person conferences is that participants who registered for the event but were unable to watch it live have access to all the papers and presentations shared during the event, as well as recordings of the keynote addresses and panels.
Abstract submissions for technical papers and presentations are currently being prepared for the upcoming ASNE Intelligent Ships Symposium tentatively scheduled for April 28-29, 2021.
NSWCPD employs approximately 2,700 civilian engineers, scientists, technicians, and support personnel. The NSWCPD team does the research and development, test and evaluation, acquisition support, and in-service and logistics engineering for the non-nuclear machinery, ship machinery systems, and related equipment and material for Navy surface ships and submarines. NSWCPD is also the lead organization providing cybersecurity for all ship systems.
| Date Taken: | 12.01.2020 |
| Date Posted: | 12.01.2020 15:07 |
| Story ID: | 384014 |
| Location: | US |
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