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The American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) hosted the Advanced Machinery Technology Symposium (AMTS) at Penn State University on the Navy Yard in Philadelphia on July 20 – 21, 2022.
This symposium featured panels on Liberty Tech Bridge/NavalX, additive manufacturing, mentoring, as well as several technical tracks highlighting innovations. In addition, Rear Adm. Jason Lloyd, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)’s chief engineer and deputy commander for ship design, integration and engineering, served as the keynote speaker.
Hosted by retired Rear Adm. Mark Hugel, the ASNE president, the symposium kick-off began with remarks from Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division Commanding Officer Capt. Dana Simon.
“When I look at a recruiting ad for the Navy, I normally don’t see somebody hanging over a compressor or a hydraulic plant. You see a plane launching off the deck of a ship, or you will see a submarine cutting through the sea with just a sail visible. You see the DDG (Guided Missile Destroyer) out there maybe in rough seas, but you don’t see what goes on underneath the skin of that ship. You don’t see the machinery systems that are there to support the ship and the Sailor. To get that ship where it’s supposed to be … That’s what the machinery systems do and that’s why I like being at NSWCPD so much,” Simon said, noting that seeing action may draw the public’s eye to the Navy, but it doesn’t show all of the work behind the scenes.
The technical panels included NSWCPD engineers who discussed the importance of the symposium.
NSWCPD Maritime Sustainment Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Dr. Michael Golda explained how the Navy, industry partners, and academia are all a part of the same team.
“We’re all a part of that Navy team. Each of us can’t exist without each other. It’s a very symbiotic relationship. Part of the goal today is to reinstitute that face-to-face networking we’ve always done at ASNE that we haven’t really been able to do effectively for the last 2 ½ years because of COVID. … Professional societies provide the ability to network, to stay on top of what we do in a timely manner,” Golda said.
During the Liberty Tech Bridge/NavalX Panel Discussion, Shreyansh Shah, a NSWCPD engineer, explained the process of an industry partner creating a part to help him do his job more efficiently.
“The first OTA (Other Transaction Authority, a streamlined purchasing vehicle) award was necessitated by failures that we saw in electrical mechanical actuators and that led me and another colleague in code 432 (Cargo/Weapons Handling & Stowage Systems) to say ‘there’s got to be something better than this’. … We learned about electro-hydraulic actuators. These are actuators that miniaturize an entire hydraulic plant and you have the best of both worlds,” Shah said.
Through this government-industry relationship, Shah is going to have the potential to make Sailors’ jobs easier.
Allison Hollish, the NSWCPD deputy director of Cybersecure Hull, Mechanical & Electrical (HM&E) Control Systems and Networks described the value of mentoring.
“Part of ASNE’s mission is to get younger folks engaged into naval engineering as a career field and I don’t take mission that lightly. … A few years ago, before COVID, I asked Allyson (Jones-Zaroff, NSWCPD engineer), Tristian Wolfe (NSWCPD engineer), and a few other NSWCPD employees to help me out for an ASNE Delaware Valley effort on ‘Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day’. We spent the day at the Franklin Institute and did some engineering demos for some kids. Seeing their excitement and eyes light up was a really rewarding experience,” Hollish said.
NSWCPD employs approximately 2,800 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: | 08.15.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 08.16.2022 08:05 |
| Story ID: | 427294 |
| Location: | US |
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