Naval Floor Warfare Heart, Philadelphia Division Chief Know-how Officer (CTO) Dr. Eugene “Michael” Golda gave a lecture about NSWCPD’s historical past as part of Nationwide Engineers Week on Feb. 22, 2023.

NSWCPD Chief Engineer Adam “Scott” Freedner helped kick off the lecture along with his opening remarks.

“The theme of this yr’s celebration is ‘Creating the Future’, and I couldn’t consider a extra becoming option to describe the efforts and accomplishments of our engineers right here in Philadelphia and throughout the Nation. Collectively, we convey current and future warfighters the methods and merchandise required to develop the benefit over our adversaries,” Freedner mentioned.

He added, “Whether or not or not it’s holding the nation’s present carriers, submarines, and floor fleet on level, offering much-needed system modernization or researching, growing, and testing methods for the long run. Your efforts are acknowledged throughout the Navy enterprise.”

Freedner additionally acknowledged NSWCPD’s longest-serving engineer Dan Miller and the most recent engineering rent Chris Heckman as a part of the occasion’s opening remarks.

Golda started his lecture by dedicating his presentation to the reminiscence of Capt. David Brant McGuigan (Ret), first Commanding Officer of the Naval Ship Methods Engineering Station (NAVSSES), the predecessor group of the Philadelphia Division.

“Capt. McGuigan greater than anybody was a ferocious champion of this group. He stood up the Naval Ships Methods Engineering Station when it was nothing greater than a single block on a PowerPoint presentation down at headquarters and he put collectively a crew that established numerous the traditions we don’t even take into consideration as we speak however are part of our DNA,” Golda mentioned.

He continued, “The way in which we have a look at supporting the fleet. The way in which we have a look at innovation. The way in which we have a look at accepting challenges. These may be traced instantly again to Capt. McGuigan.”

Golda linked the theme of this yr’s Nationwide Engineers Week to NSWCPD’s previous as he began his speech.

“I do know that this week’s theme is ‘Creating the Future’, however we [NSWCPD] have been creating the long run since we had been established again in 1910,” Golda mentioned.

The CTO shared with these current within the Melville Room in Constructing 77L and people attending nearly the historical past and significance of the room’s namesake.

“Within the late Eighteen Eighties, america Navy was not a lot to take a look at … The Navy couldn’t decide whether or not they would gamble on equipment propulsion or in the event that they had been going to stay with these sails as a result of it was custom … In 1887, the President [Grover Cleveland] reached deep throughout the Navy engineering group and chosen a comparatively junior officer and promoted him to Admiral, Adm. George Wallace Melville,” Golda mentioned.

He added, “At that time, Melville who had been a Civil Battle fight veteran, was already an internationally acclaimed arctic explorer, and was additionally an distinctive engineer. He took command and moved the Navy into the trendy period.”

Melville’s drive to innovate is a founding precept that also exists within the NSWCPD. The drive to innovate was instrumental in quite a few breakthroughs all through the twentieth century and continues revolutionizing naval equipment know-how within the twenty first century, in response to Golda.

One of many many NSWCPD breakthroughs was the transfer to oil-powered ships from coal-powered ships and the quite a few advances wanted to maintain these new, oil-fired boilers working safely and effectively.

“They [NSWCPD engineers] took a have a look at one of the best ways to atomize that gasoline, to show it right into a mist so it might burn successfully, and that resulted within the first Philadelphia patent. The patent utility was submitted in July of 1915 and awarded March 1918. We proceed to be a patent-based group defending Navy mental property,” Golda mentioned.

The story of NSWCPD is crammed with the engineering advances created by previous and current Navy engineers working to additional the Navy’s missions. Sharing that heritage to encourage an modern spirit is what retains Golda coming again to offer these lectures and study extra within the course of.

“To cite Capt. McGuigan, ‘We simply don’t push the paper from one facet of the desk to the opposite.’ We do actual engineering, hands-on engineering, wrench-turning engineering. If a ship within the fleet wants helps with its equipment, this group will put individuals on a airplane 24/7 365 to go wherever on the earth to assist that ship,” Golda mentioned. “I believe that claims a lot in regards to the individuals of NSWCPD. To have the ability to speak a little bit about what the crew right here has completed is all the time a pleasure … It was actually numerous enjoyable to study extra about who we’re and what we’ve completed.”

Equipment Analysis, Logistics, and Ship Integrity Division Head Daybreak Ware gave the occasion’s closing remarks as she celebrated her impending retirement after 35 years with NSWCPD.

“Engineers are innovators, so be courageous and take that leap of religion that can stretch you and put you on a journey to new and rewarding adventures. You’ll find yourself like I’ve, in locations you’ll have by no means dreamed you’ll be,” Ware mentioned.

NSWCPD employs roughly 2,800 civilian engineers, scientists, technicians, and help personnel. The NSWCPD crew does the analysis and growth, check and analysis, acquisition help, and in-service and logistics engineering for the non-nuclear equipment, ship equipment methods, and associated tools and materials for Navy floor ships and submarines. NSWCPD can be the lead group offering cybersecurity for all ship methods.

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