Video by Devin Pisner | Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division | 09.11.2024
In today’s interview, we sit down with J.D. Houchens, a Mechanical Engineer for the Underwater Explosion Research and Development branch here at Carderock. J.D. and his team are conducting lightweight impact testing in the B-Bay Annex of Building 19, within the Structural Mechanics Lab. This critical testing allows them to analyze and verify the strength of different fasteners and bolted......
Video by Kristin Behrle | Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division | 08.02.2024
Larson Ozbun, a high school student at Poolesville High School in Poolesville, Maryland, speaks to his experience as a Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (SEAP) intern at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division this past summer. SEAP provides an opportunity for high school students to participate in research at a Department of the Navy laboratory for eight weeks. Carderock......
Video by Kristin Behrle | Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division | 08.01.2024
Rhenna Solberg, a high school senior at Wheaton High School in Silver Spring, Md., speaks to her experience as a Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (SEAP) intern at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division this past summer. SEAP provides high school students the opportunity to participate in research at a Department of the Navy (DoN) laboratory for eight weeks. Carderock......
Video by Devin Pisner and Travis Troller | Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division | 07.25.2024
Naval Architect Thad Michael highlights the importance of the Large Cavitation Channel testing at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division's Memphis Detachment in an Office of Naval Research project focused on cavitation erosion, July 25, 2024. Engineers from Carderock’s Naval Architecture and Engineering Department collaborate with researchers from the University of Memphis and the......
Video by Devin Pisner and Travis Troller | Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division | 07.25.2024
Michelle Otero, an Engineer at Carderock, conducts resistance and repulsion research for the Cavitation Erosion project at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division's Large Cavitation Channel at its detachment in Memphis, Tenn., July 25, 2024. Otero discusses cavitation and its effects on different building materials used in naval ships and explains how she captures data using......
Video by Devin Pisner and Travis Troller | Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division | 07.24.2024
William Yurcik, a first-year Mechanical Engineer at Carderock, contributes to High Reynolds Number Hydrofoil (HiFoil) testing for the Cavitation Erosion Project at the Large Cavitation Channel (LCC) at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division's detachment in Memphis, Tenn., July 24, 2024. Yurcik shares insights about his role on the project, his one-of-a-kind experiences at Carderock,......
Video by Devin Pisner and Travis Troller | Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division | 07.23.2024
Elijah Andrews, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Michigan, teams up Carderock for the Cavitation Erosion project at Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division's Large Cavitation Channel at its detachment in Memphis, Tenn., July 23, 2024. Andrews highlights the advantages of testing across different scales and praises the collaborative efforts with the Carderock team.......
Video by Kristin Behrle | Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division | 07.01.2024
Jacklyn Griffis, a second-year doctoral student at Pennsylvania State University, speaks to her experience as a Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP) intern at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division. NREIP is a ten-week, paid internship program that places undergraduate and graduate students in Department of the Navy laboratories, where they are engaged in naval......
