Photo By Richard Allen | Dr. David Dooley (from left) gets a tour of NUWC’s Underwater Sound Reference...... read more read more
University of Rhode Island (URI) President Dr. David Dooley visited Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport to meet with Commanding Officer Capt. Michael Coughlin and other senior leaders to discuss their mutual roles in economic and workforce development.
The Sept. 13 visit built on the existing educational partnership agreement (EPA) with the University and provided an opportunity to discuss new avenues for collaboration under the recent partnership intermediary agreement (PIA) with URI’s Business Engagement Center (URI BEC). The visit also included a tour of NUWC’s Underwater Sound Reference Division Laboratory, which serves as the U.S. national standardizing activity in the area of underwater acoustic measurements.
The PIA between the URI BEC and NUWC Newport is designed to increase the likelihood of success in the conduct of cooperative or joint activities with small business firms and institutions of higher education to support strategic efforts in industry engagement, workforce development, and technology-based economic development. The PIA also expands the Division’s reach to small businesses developing technologies of interest to NUWC and the Navy, as well as other academic institutions and non-profits that partner with URI.
During the visit, Coughlin confirmed Division Newport’s support for the newly created R.I. Innovation Campus. The State of Rhode Island recently established an Innovation Campus competition through URI and the R.I. Commerce Corp. to advance the innovation economy and support the creation of new high-skill jobs. The Innovation Campus is envisioned as a facility designed to stimulate collaborative research and development projects among academic and corporate tenants, with the goals of job growth and catalytic statewide impact.
“As the U.S. Navy’s leading laboratory for the research, development, test, evaluation and fielding undersea systems, NUWC Division Newport would like to express our availability to support responders to the Innovation Campus competition through the Partnership Intermediary Agreement,” said Coughlin. “Once awards are made, NUWC Newport looks forward to working with successful proposers to allow access to our expertise and/or facilities.”
“We are appreciative of the commitment of NUWC Newport to ensure the success of the Innovation Campus” said Dooley. “We look forward to our continued partnership and to identifying new opportunities that serve our state, the U.S. Navy, and beyond.”
NUWC Division Newport, part of the Naval Sea System Command, is one of two divisions of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center. NUWC Division Newport’s mission is to provide research, development, test and evaluation, engineering and fleet support for submarines, autonomous underwater systems, undersea offensive and defensive weapons systems, and countermeasures. NUWC’s other division is located in Keyport, Washington.
| Date Taken: | 09.13.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 10.04.2017 13:08 |
| Story ID: | 250577 |
| Location: | NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, US |
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