NSRP National Shipbuilding Research Program · 2018-10-12 · 2017 All Panel Meeting Charleston, SC...

NSRP National Shipbuilding Research Program

Information Guide Charleston, SC

2017 All Panel Meeting

Francis Marion Hotel Layout 387 King Street

Charleston, SC 296403

Table of Contents APM Agenda ............................................................................................................................................... Section 1

Panel Agendas ........................................................................................................................................... Section 2

Panel Chair Biographies .......................................................................................................................... Section 3

Keynote Speaker Biographies ................................................................................................................ Section 4

Presenter Biographies .............................................................................................................................. Section 5

Presentation Abstracts ............................................................................................................................ Section 6

Expo Abstracts ........................................................................................................................................... Section 7

AR/VR Forum Biographies ...................................................................................................................... Section 8

Charleston Restaurants ........................................................................................................................... Section 9

2017 All Panel Meeting Charleston, SC March 7-9, 2017

National Shipbuilding Research Program NSRP

AGENDA Tuesday, March 7, 2017

7:00 – 8:00 CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST Carolina A & B Pre-function Areas

8:00 GENERAL SESSION Carolina Ballroom

8:00 Welcome and Meeting Overview – Jason Farmer, Electrical Technologies Panel Chair

8:15 Keynote Address – Richard McCreary, Vice President, Business Development, BAE Systems (ECB Vice Chairman)

8:45 Keynote Address – Rick Spaulding, Vice President, Central Planning & Process Excellence, HII Ingalls Shipbuilding

9:15 Keynote Address – Rear Admiral Lorin Selby, Chief Engineer, NAVSEA (SEA 05)

9:45 BREAK Carolina A & B Pre-function Areas


10:00 Electrical Technologies State of the Panel – Jason Farmer, Panel Chair

10:10 Ship Design and Material Technologies State of the Panel – Alicia D’Aurora, Panel Chair

10:20 Environmental State of the Panel – Kyle Hopf, Panel Chair

10:30 Planning, Production Processes and Facilities State of the Panel – Ken Fast, Panel Chair

10:40 Risk Management State of the Panel – Lauren Seals, Workers’ Comp Committee Chair

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10:50 Business Technologies State of the Panel – Virgel Smith, Panel Chair

11:00 Workforce Development State of the Panel – Anna Bourdais, Panel Chair

11:10 Ship Warfare Systems Integration State of the Panel – Perry Haymon, Panel Chair

11:30 Welding Technology State of the Panel – Lee Kvidahl, Panel Chair

11:40 Surface Preparation and Coatings State of the Panel – Arcino Quiero, Jr., Panel Chair

11:50 Commonality Working Group – Jim Salavejus, Working Group Chair

12:00 LUNCH (on your own) See the local restaurant guide for suggestions

TECHNICAL TRACKS

Ship Design & Material

Technologies Carolina A

Ship Production Technologies Carolina B

Business Processes & Information Technologies

Gold Ballroom

Infrastructure & Support Calhoun

1:30 Laser Peening Projects

Daniel Georgiadis & William Porter

Distributed Temperature Sensing for Inspection of Electrical Panels on Navy

Ships Jeff Callen & Jason Farmer

Utilization of Technical Data for Cost Estimation and Change Management

Jan Fischer & Pat David

Optimization & Analysis of Temporary Ventilation for

Confined Spaces Lingaiah Mendu, Ryan Somero &

Nicholas Stowe 1:45

2:00 Induction Straightening for CVN*

Nancy Porter & Randolph Scott US Shipbuilding & Repair Industry

Only

Variant Reduction for Shipboard Installed

Connectors Joseph D’Angelo & Maurissa

D’Angelo US Shipbuilding & Repair Industry

Only

Lifecycle Integrated Data Environment

George Harrison & Matt Brennan

Weld Sequence Planning for Major Assemblies*

Lori Denault, Charles Fisher, Jonathan Finley & Andrew DiFusco 2:15

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2:30 BREAK Carolina A & B Pre-function Areas & Gold Pre-function Area

Ship Design & Material Technologies

Carolina A



Gold Ballroom


2:45 Self-Locating Self-Fixturing Structures*

Robert Gillies & Mark Smitherman

Partial Blast of Ultra High Solids Coated Tanks

Peter Ault

Ship Knowledge Management Lisa McCabe

Composite Manufacturing Technology for Fire Safe

Resins Phase 1* Mark Snider

DoD and US DoD Contractors Only 3:00

3:15 Enabling Technologies & Low Cost Hybrid VPM Fairings*

Brian Beahn DoD and US DoD Contractors Only

Development of HiDep Welding Process for Butt and

T-Fillet JointsJerry Jones

US Shipyards Only

spARky: Reducing Wiring Costs Using 3D Model and

Augmented Reality Ken Fast

Resource Availability* Dan Cuenca

3:30

3:45

Cable Lay & Sequencing Tool* Sarah Johnson

Computer Aided Robotic-Welding

Jeff Penoyer & Patrick David US Shipyards Only

ARgos: The Use of Augmented/Virtual Reality Technologies to Optimize

Cable Installation Ken Fast, Ryan Bruce & Maurissa

D’Angelo

CBM and Capacity Planning* Jeffery Banks 4:00


4:30 – 6:00 EXPO Colonial



6:30 – 8:30 RECEPTION Carolina Ballroom



AGENDAWednesday, March 8, 2017

7:00 – 8:00 CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST Carolina A & B Pre-function Areas


8:00 Keynote Address – Dr. Julie Christodoulou, Director of the Naval Materials Division, Sea Warfare and Weapons Department, ONR

8:30 Keynote Address – John Carney, Director, Affordability Initiatives Division and Navy ManTech Program, ONR

9:00 Keynote Address – Larry Brown, LIFT Institute Executive Director

9:30 Keynote Address – Abraham Boughner, Lead Systems Engineer for USCG Engineering Support/NAVSEA 05D4

9:50 ManTech Director’s Update – Institute for Manufacturing and Sustainment Technology – Tim Bair

10:10 ManTech Director’s Update – Electronics Manufacturing Productivity Facility – Michael Czajkowski

10:30 ManTech Director’s Update – Navy Metalworking Center – Dr. Daniel Winterscheidt

10:50 ManTech Director’s Update – Electro-Optics Center – David Ditto

11:10 ATI Navy ManTech COE Overview – Marty Ryan

11:15 ManTech Director’s Update – Center for Naval Metalworking – Dale Orren

11:30 ManTech Director’s Update – Naval Shipbuilding and Advanced Manufacturing – Kevin Carpentier

11:50 ManTech Director’s Update – Composite Manufacturing Technology Center – Jonathan Osborn

12:10 – 1:30

LUNCH (provided) Carolina A & B Pre-function Areas

Beverages located in Carolina A&B, Gold Pre-function Area and Colonial 12:15 – 1:30

EXPO Colonial





Carolina A



Gold Ballroom


1:30 Mechanical Property and Fabrication Cost Comparison of

Purchased HFRW Structural Shapes vs GMAW Fabricated

Structural Shapes Nancy Porter and Robert Gillies

Improved Methods for Bonding and Grounding

Darren Brick US Shipbuilding & Repair Industry

Only

Digital Shipbuilding Mark Debbink

Cost Efficient Welder Performance Qualification

Testing Nick Kapustka 1:45


Carolina A



Gold Ballroom

Ship Production Technologies Calhoun

2:00 Additive Manufacturing for Corrosion and Shipbuilding*

Todd Palmer

First Time Quality of the Dockside Tests and Trials

Process (Dock Trials) Lisa Hepinstall

US Shipbuilding & Repair Industry Only

Mobile Computing* Andrew DiFusco

High Deposition Rate Submerged Arc Welding*

Daniel Moniak & Garret Sonnenberg 2:15

2:30 Standardization of Watertight Closures

Sean Murphy

Non-Contact Metrology in Shipbuilding*

Phil Caudill

Enhanced Task Assignment Progressing*

Dan Cuenca

Power Panel and Breaker Commonality

Rickey DeLoge & Gregory Stevens 2:45





Ship Production Technologies Carolina A



Gold Ballroom

Business Process & Information Technologies

Calhoun

3:15 Test Adapter Efficiency Improvement*

John Mazurowski & Jason Farmer

Advanced Manufacturing and Enterprise Tools*

Daniel Finke

Dynamic Change Awareness* Greg Carithers & Ambre Cauley

In Service Ship Re-Documentation &

Configuration Management George Harrison 3:30

3:45 – 5:00 AR/VR FORUM Carolina A

5:00 ADJOURN

*ManTech Project



AGENDAThursday, March 9, 2017

Panel Meeting Room

Business Technologies Colonial

Electrical Technologies Laurens

Planning, Production Processes & Facilities American Theater Ballroom

Ship Design & Material Technologies Carolina A

Ship Warfare Systems Integration Rutledge

Surface Preparation & Coatings Gold Ballroom

Welding Technology Carolina B

Workforce Development American Theater Cinema

See Individual Panel Meeting Agendas

NSRP Executive Control Board Quarterly Business Meeting (Calhoun Room) 11:30 – 4:30

Table of Contents

Business Technologies ............................................................................................................................................ 2

Electrical Technologies ........................................................................................................................................... 3

Planning, Production Processes & Facilities ...................................................................................................... 4

Ship Design & Material Technologies ................................................................................................................ 5

Ship Warfare Systems Integration ....................................................................................................................... 6

Surface Preparation & Coatings ........................................................................................................................... 7

Welding Technology ............................................................................................................................................... 8

Workforce Development ....................................................................................................................................... 9

Business Technologies Panel Meeting Charleston, SC 9 March 2017


Colonial Room (Lobby Level) Time Presentation Speaker/Location

7:00 Continental Breakfast Carolina A&B Pre-function Areas (Mezzanine Level)

8:00 Convene Meeting 8:00 Welcome & Introductions Virgel Smith 8:15 State of the Panel Update Virgel Smith 8:45 Digital Deadweight Survey Robert Parker 9:15 Implementing 3D CAD to FEM for Shipbuilder Needs John Walks / Sean Murphy

This is open to US Persons ONLY 9:45 Break Colonial Room 10:00 ARCOS – Adaptive PLM / Digital Shipbuilding Environment Bruno Franca

11:00 Aras – The Digital Thread in Shipbuilding – Vision or Reality? Douglas Macdonald

12:00 Boxed Lunches NSRP Registration Area (Mezzanine Level)

1:00 Model-Based Mashups: New Modes for Communication and Collaboration for the Digital Shipbuilding Enterprise James Martin

2:00 Discuss ATIP Patrick Roberts 2:30 Digital Shipbuilding/BT Path Forward Jamie Breakfield 3:15 Break Colonial Room 3:30 CAR-W Mark Schaub 4:15 CAR-W 5:00 CAR-W

Adjourn

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Electrical Technologies Panel Meeting Charleston, SC 9 March 2017


Laurens Room (Mezzanine Level) Time Presentation Speaker/Location


8:00 Convene Meeting Jason Farmer, Electrical Technologies Panel Chair

8:15 Chair’s Report Jason Farmer, Electrical Technologies Panel Chair

Review Minutes and Actions from Last Meeting Walt Skalniak, ETP Vice Chair

8:30 Power Panel and Breaker Commonality Project Update Greg Stevens, Rickey DeLogue, General Dynamics Bath Iron Works

9:00 Acoustical Corona Detection Switchboards Richard Worth, Naval Surface Warfare Center PD, Code 322

9:30 MIL-STD-2003 Updates Christopher Nemarich, Naval Sea Systems Command, NAVSEA 05Z32

10:15 Break Carolina A&B Pre-function Areas (Mezzanine Level)

10:30 Absence of Voltage Tester Walt Skalniak, Panduit

11:00

Electrical Technologies Panel Project Discussion • Implementation Efforts• 2017 Panel Project Overview• ETP Focus Areas

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1:30 Commonality Working Group Overview Jim Salavejus, Newport News Shipbuilding

2:15 Roundtable Discussion on Commonality Initiatives ALL 3:00 Review Action Items Jason Farmer 3:15 Adjourn

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Planning, Production Processes & Facilities Panel Meeting Charleston, SC 9 March 2017


American Theater Ballroom 446 King Street Charleston, SC 29403

Time Presentation Speaker/Location


8:15 Panel Business, Future Meeting Planning Ken Fast; PPP&F Panel Chair 8:45 Flame Spray of 5xxx Aluminum Rob Mason; CTC 9:30 Tools for Structural Assembly Kevin Smith; FitUp Gear 10:30 Break American Theater Stars Lounge 10:45 Mobile Cable Test Platform Shawn Wilber; Austal 11:15 Grounding Methods for Adhesive Outfitting Conlan Hsu; HII-Ingalls 12:00 PPP&F Steering Committee Pat Cahill; Cahill Consulting 12:30 Adjourn

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Ship Design & Material Technologies Panel Meeting Charleston, SC 9 March 2017


Carolina A (Mezzanine Level) Time Presentation Speaker/Location


8:00 Convene Meeting Carolina A (Mezzanine Level)

8:00 Commonality Working Group (CWG) Update (Including A-G below) Jim Salavejus, NNS

8:20 A. Shared Specification Effectivity ManagementRequirements, Processes, and Approval Brett Cash, NNS

8:35 B. Establish a Phased Approach and RepeatableProcess for Performing Joint Deep Dives Brett Cash, NNS

8:50 C. Deep Dive on Vaneaxial Fans Intended for NavalShipboard Use Brett Cash, NNS

9:05 D. Develop Process for Virtual Shelf, NSRP Common

Parts Catalog and NNS Parts Catalog System DataIntegration

Ed Gladue – ENG Enterprises

9:20 E. Improvement in the Supply Based OversightProgram Ed Gladue – ENG Enterprises

9:35 F. CWG Current Projects Jim Salavejus, NNS 9:50 G. Questions on CWG


10:30 Development of Requirement Framework for Additive Manufacturing John Ralls and Dan Hebert, NNS

11:00 Update on NSRP Thermal Spray Project Rob Mason, CTC

11:30 Inventory of Hazardous Materials: Regulations and Best Practices Vicky Dlugokecki, Consultant

12:00 Marlin Class LNG Propulsion Paul Hengst, NASSCO 12:30 SDMT Update Alicia D’Aurora, NNS 1:00 Adjourn Meeting

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Ship Warfare Systems Integration Panel Meeting Charleston, SC 9 March 2017


Rutledge Room (Mezzanine Level) Time Presentation Speaker/Location


1:00 Convene Meeting Rutledge Room (Mezzanine Level)

1:10 Panel Chair Introduction Perry Haymon

1:20 NSRP Update NSRP Staff

1:35 Panel Update Various

2:00 Objectives for 2017 Perry Haymon

2:30 Break Gold Ballroom Pre-function Area (2nd Floor)

2:45 Common Interface Pilot Project Discussion Perry Haymon

3:45 Co-Lead Brief Areas Various

4:45 Discussion for Phase II All

5:45 Adjourn

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Surface Preparation and Coatings (SP&C) Panel Meeting Charleston, SC Thursday, March 9, 2017


Objectives: • Update Naval Initiatives• Update Programs• Kick-Off New & Update Existing Projects

Gold Ballroom (Second Floor) Time Presentation Speaker/Location

7:00 Continental Breakfast Carolina A&B Pre-function Areas (MezzaLevel)

8:00 Convene Meeting – Begin VTC Gold Ballroom (2nd Floor) 8:00 Introductions and Welcome to Charleston All 8:10 SP&C Panel Chair’s Report Arcino Quiero, Jr., Panel Chair 8:40 NSRP Annual Technology Investment Plan (ATIP) Update Robert Cloutier, Panel Vice Chair 9:00 NAVSEA 05 Update Mark Ingle, NAVSEA 05P2 9:45 Break Carolina A&B Pre-function Areas

(Mezzanine Level) 10:00 Improving the Coatings Process Raouf Kattan, Safinah, Ltd. 10:30 2016 Project Update – Implementation of Robust Paperless Paint

(PTR –Robert Cloutier) Ross Boyd, TruQC Megan Brinker, TruQC

11:00 2016 Project Update – Boomlift Carried Environmental Enclosure (PTR – Arcino Quiero, Jr.)

Steve Cogswell, BAE Southeast Systems

11:30 2017 Project Kick-Off – Partial Blast of UHS Coated Tanks – Phase II (PTR – Bob Cloutier)

Pete Ault, Elzly Technology Corp.

12:00 SP&C Panel Steering Committee Working Lunch (Provided) NSRP Registration Area (Mezzanine Level)

1:00 2017 Project Kick-Off – Retention of Epoxy Type VI under Ultra High Solids (UHS)

Conlan Hsu, Ingalls

1:30 Data Centric Coating Systems Mark Debbink, Newport News Shipbuilding

2:00 SSPC Update Joe Berish., SSPC 2:30 Mega Rust Update John Mangona, International Paint

Mega Rust Committee Chair 3:00 Break Gold Ballroom Pre-Function Area (2nd

Floor) 3:15 MANTECH Update Tom Hite, CTC 3:45 For the Good of the Panel All 4:00 Wrap Up and Adjournment Arcino Quiero, Jr., Panel Chair

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Welding Technology Panel Meeting Charleston, SC 9 March 2017


Carolina B (Mezzanine Level) Time Presentation Speaker/Location


8:00 Welcome, Call to Order L. Kvidahl8:15 Chairman’s Report 8:30 NSRP Project Reports

GMAW of CuNi N. KapustkaCertification of Welders for Aluminum Applications N. KapustkaDeep TIG N. KapustkaImproved GMAW A. Henry


10:30 WeldVac P. Blomquist11:00 Naval Welding Engineers Toolkit D. Bechetti11:30 Next Meeting Discussions L. Kvidahl12:15 Adjourn

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Workforce Development Panel Meeting Charleston, SC 9 March 2017


American Theater Cinema 446 King Street Charleston, SC 29403

Time Presentation Speaker/Location


8:00 Convene Meeting American Theater Cinema 8:00 Welcome & Introductions Anna Bourdais, Panel Chair 8:15 Panel Business Anna Bourdais, Panel Chair 8:30 National Maritime Education Council Mike Torrech, NMEC 9:15 Break American Theater Stars Lounge 9:45 3D Vision for Welder Training and Production Training Steven Edelson, Visible Welding 10:15 Commonality Working Group Jim Salavejus, Newport News 11:00 Electric Boat Pipeline Nancy Martin, Electric Boat 11:30 Roundtable Discussion: Potential Projects WFD Panel Members 11:50 Review Agenda and Action Item Summary Anna Bourdais, Panel Chair 12:00 Adjourn

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Panel Chair Biographies

Table of Contents Anna Bourdais............................................................................................................................................................................ 3

Alicia D’Aurora ........................................................................................................................................................................... 3

Jason Farmer .............................................................................................................................................................................. 4

Ken Fast ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 4

Perry Haymon ............................................................................................................................................................................ 5

Kyle Hopf ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 5

Lee Kvidahl .................................................................................................................................................................................. 6

Thresa Nelson ............................................................................................................................................................................ 6

Arcino “Q” Quiero Jr. .............................................................................................................................................................. 7

Virgel Smith ................................................................................................................................................................................ 7

Anna Bourdais Workforce Development Panel Chair

As Manager of Learning and Development for Ingalls Shipbuilding, Anna is responsible for developing, implementing, and evaluating training, leadership development, performance management, coaching, mentoring, and organizational development objectives. She represents Learning & Development in company-wide initiatives and serves as a consultant in human capital and talent management objectives. Prior to her Learning & Development role, Anna served as an HR Business Partner and worked with the leadership team to provide HR solutions that were aligned with and met organizational needs.

With Ingalls, Anna has nearly 18 years of experience including training, organizational development and HR. She has held a variety of positions with increasing responsibility in technical training, organizational development, and HR roles. Key accomplishments include leading training teams for engineering software, ERP implementations; functional skill development, designing and implementing several leadership development programs, mentoring programs, employee engagement, new HR policies; change management, and creating and implementing a coaching strategy. As a Six Sigma Black Belt, Anna has broadened her HR experience by leading several projects to increase employee retention, increase employee work readiness, and reduce employee issues.

Prior to joining Ingalls, she was a math and science teacher in both private and public schools. Anna received a B.A. in Upper Elementary Education. She also received a M.Ed. and Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, with a concentration in Adult Education and Program Evaluation. She is a certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR). She is a member of the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) and Institute for Corporate Productivity (I4CP). Anna is the current Panel Chair for the NSRP Workforce Development Panel.

Alicia D’Aurora Ship Design & Material Technologies Panel Chair

Alicia D’Aurora is a mechanical engineer in the Ford Class Hull Planning Yard at Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS). Currently, she is the NNS Program Manager for select Ford Class In-Service Engineering Agents.

Alicia was a key team member on a research and development project that created a packaging concept design to reduce the required shipboard footprint, the cost of environmental tests and increased the flexibility of the integration into the ship. She was involved with the capture and execution of the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) program. Alicia was the Platform Integration lead with a team of engineers and designers working to complete the shipboard installation design of the CANES system on US Navy platforms. She has also been the lead system engineering for several large environmental testing programs.

Alicia is a member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME). Alicia graduated with her Masters of Engineering in System Engineering from the University of Virginia. She earned her Bachelor

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of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Gannon University. Alicia is currently the Panel Chair for the NSRP Ship Design and Material Technologies Panel.

Jason Farmer Electrical Technologies Panel Chair

Jason Farmer currently holds the position of Project Lead for Fiber Optics and Electro-Optical Research in the Research and Development Department at Huntington Ingalls Industries, Ingalls Shipbuilding. In this capacity he manages resource allocation, budget, schedule, and tasking on projects to develop, improve, and introduce new fiber optic technologies and advanced electro-optical systems on U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships. In addition, Mr. Farmer oversees the Advanced Technology Laboratory at Ingalls Shipbuilding.

During his time at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Jason has been involved with the evaluation, development, and implementation of various systems on U.S. Navy platforms. He participated in the development and implementation of new, light emitting diode (LED) bulbs for aircraft warning systems and was a key team member for the DDG 1000 lighting system design. Jason has led projects sponsored by the ONR ManTech program to improve the performance of fiber optic lighting systems employed in shipboard designs and to improve fiber optic cable plant installations. He was a key member of another ONR ManTech project that developed new tools to improve efficiency and safety of shipboard electric cable installations. He has also led and participated in several panel projects for the National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP), including the evaluation of solid-state lighting systems for shipboard illumination, evaluation of fiber optic test systems and installation methods. He is currently participating on NSRP Teams in the evaluation of new test methods for electric plant and fiber optic installation as well as networking approaches. Jason has conducted process improvement projects and trade studies to aid in the transition of new technologies and procedures into ship construction and is currently supporting efforts to introduce new electrical systems on ships built at Ingalls Shipbuilding.

Jason is an active board member of the Pennsylvania State University Electro-Optics Alliance and a member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME). Jason graduated from Mississippi State University in Electrical Engineering and has completed post graduate work in electrical engineering. He is a Six-Sigma Green Belt Certified Engineer. Jason is currently the Panel Chair for the NSRP Electrical Technologies Panel.

Ken Fast Planning, Production Processes & Facilities Panel Chair

Ken Fast is a Principal Engineer at Electric Boat Corporation. His current work is focused on research and development of advanced manufacturing technologies and technology-enabled process improvements for submarine production and sustainment. He is actively working in the areas of virtual reality, augmented

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reality, and computer vision. As a member of the Software Engineering Group of the IPDE organization he also works on development of software tools to improve the design-build process. Mr. Fast was the system architect and technical leader for the EVS visualization system used at Electric Boat as the electronic mockup for the Virginia Class submarine program. Over the years he has participated on numerous technologies sponsored by DARPA, ManTech, NSRP and internally. He is an ACM Distinguished Engineer. Ken grew up building wooden boats in the backyard and is a second generation engineer at Electric Boat. He is a graduate of WPI with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Ken is the current Panel Chair for the NSRP Planning, Production Processes & Facilities Panel.

Perry Haymon Ship Warfare Systems Integration Panel Chair

Mr. Haymon is the Manager of Research and Development at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Perry has over 25 years of shipbuilding experience primarily in the areas of electrical and combat systems, all at Ingalls Shipbuilding. He has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE). Perry is responsible for Managing the Research and Development at Ingalls Shipbuilding.

As the Manager of Research and Development, Perry’s responsibilities include determining the organization and objectives of the Research and Development (R&D) Department, selecting the Management teams for executing the R&D programs, managing the overhead and Internal Research and Development (IRAD) budgets. Perry is also the Capture Manager for Future Surface Combatants at Ingalls Shipbuilding.

Perry is a member of the Surface Navy Association (SNA), Society of Naval and Marine Engineers (SNAME) and a US patent holder U.S. patent Number 6,729,657. He is also the current Panel Chair for the NSRP Ship Warfare Systems Integration Panel.

Kyle Hopf Environmental Panel Chair

Kyle Hopf is the Senior EHS Manager for Technical Solutions Fleet Support Group, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries. He and his team of regional EHS Managers support over 30 locations in the CONUS and overseas.

In his current role, Kyle interfaces with environmental professionals and regulatory body representatives at multiple locations in the United States and Japan. He has developed management system strategies to ensure environmental compliance of operations, subcontractors and leased labor employees. The strategy focuses on providing training, oversight and permit application assistance as needed. Kyle and his team have developed hazardous waste minimization protocols for work aboard vessels, and strict guidelines for hazardous materials management, emission controls, monitoring, reporting, etc.

He is a member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME). He graduated with a Master of Science in Public Health with an emphasis in Industrial Hygiene from San Diego State University.

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He earned his Bachelor of Science in Biology from San Diego State University. Kyle is currently the Panel Chair for the NSRP Environmental Panel.

Lee Kvidahl Welding Technology Panel Chair

Lee Kvidahl is the Manager of Welding Engineering at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, where he has worked for more than 35 years. Mr. Kvidahl’s responsibilities include: investigating and implementing new manufacturing production methods to ensure productivity improvements; training craft and management in welding, materials and inspection technology; managing internally and externally funded research and development programs; justifying and monitoring capital and operation budgets; assisting in developing and preparing proposals for research and development; and providing metallurgical engineering support for the shipyard.

Mr. Kvdihal has collaborated on the publication of six books in the areas of metals and welding. He is a past president of the American Welding Society. Mr. Kvidahl received a bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology. He is currently the Panel Chair for the NSRP Welding Technology Panel.

Thresa Nelson Risk Management Panel Chair

Thresa Nelson has been with Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) for 20 years where she led the health and safety department from 1998-2013. In this capacity, she provided oversight for all aspects of industrial hygiene and safety in support of the Virginia Class Submarine program, New Construction Aircraft Carriers, Carrier Refueling and Overhaul and numerous other programs and projects. She has also managed Security and Emergency Management, the Environmental, Health and Safety Program in Kesselring, NY and is presently in Nuclear Engineering. She has been an active member of NSRP for more than 15 years where she actively pursued projects to reduce injuries and illnesses in shipyards. She was also a key member of projects that addressed regulatory impacts to the Industry, including Tagout and Hexavalent Chromium.

Prior to joining Newport News, Thresa was with the firm of Environmental Resources Management (ERM) in Tampa, Florida where she was a Senior Environmental Scientist with specialties in auditing, training, process safety management, hazardous waste management, and emergency response. Thresa retired from the US Army after serving nearly 32 years as a Chemical Officer (CBRN) with assignments in Europe, Southeast Asia and the United States. Her final assignment was the Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer between the Virginia State Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and FEMA Region 3 in Philadelphia.

Ms. Nelson received a master’s degree in Strategic Studies from the US Army War College in 2008, a master’s degree in Environmental Science from the University of Kansas in 1993, and a bachelor’s degree in

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Biology/chemistry from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. She is a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) and a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH). Thresa is the current NSRP Risk Management Panel Chair.

Arcino “Q” Quiero Jr. Surface Preparation & Coatings Panel Chair

Arcino “Q” Quiero, Jr. is currently the Project Manager of Manufacturing Engineering and Technology at Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS). In this capacity, he is responsible for creating strategic relationships within the industry and using those relationships to foster the implementation of new technologies within Manufacturing. Additionally, he is responsible for understanding current and upcoming developments in his area of expertise and translating those developments into the advancement of manufacturing capabilities and performance. This includes understanding current manufacturing processes, capabilities, and challenges and search out or collaborate with industry to develop solutions.

During his more than 35-year tenure, Arcino has worked to improve NNS’ processes and further develop its people. While serving as the Blast and Coat’s (B&C) Superintendent, he initiated an Environmental, Health, and Safety (EH&S) Task Team as a means of ensuring the Safety of its employees. As an active member of the National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) SP&C Panel, he led a “white paper” project that identified and recommended an alternative Coatings system environmental recorder, which led to a change in NAVSEA Standard Item 009-32. Arcino led NNS’ Coatings Global Process Team (CGPT), whose charter was to simplify and streamline technical requirements communicated throughout the Value Stream, Engineering down to the deck plate. The results of the CGPT efforts provided enhanced visual technical guidance for the Foremen and Craft Workers. Previous positions held within NNS include: Chemist, Quality Improvement Program Administrator, Senior Environmental Engineer, Facility Operations Department Head and SP&C Value Stream Leader. He has served as NNS’ representative to the NSRP SP&C Panel for the past ten years.

Arcino graduated from Hampton University with a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry and holds Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Old Dominion University. He is also Six-Sigma Green Belt Certified. Arcino is the NSRP SP&C Technologies Panel Chair, a position he has held since January 2014.

Virgel Smith Business Technologies Panel Chair

Virgel Smith is a seventeen-year veteran at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Virgel works in Engineering as a project manager. Virgel is PMP certified and manages projects that advance technologies and increase digital relationships for engineering operations and material delivery in the shipyard. Virgel has twenty-five years of experience using, designing and implementing PDM/PLM strategies and solutions in the shipbuilding and aerospace arenas.

Virgel Smith has worked in an advisory capacity on process improvement for Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Bell Helicopter Textron, NASA, Ingalls Shipbuilding, US Dept. of Energy and others. He served as

Development Product Council Chair on the CATIA Operators Exchange for Fluid System Design and is

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a published author for the American Helicopter Society. Virgel is the current Panel Chair for the NSRP Business Technologies Panel.

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Keynote Speaker Biographies

Table of Contents Abraham Boughner ................................................................................................................................................................. 3

Larry Brown ................................................................................................................................................................................. 3

John Carney ................................................................................................................................................................................ 3

Julia Christodoulou .................................................................................................................................................................. 4

Richard McCreary ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5

Rear Admiral Lorin Selby ...................................................................................................................................................... 5

Rick Spaulding ........................................................................................................................................................................... 6

Abraham Boughner Lead Systems Engineer for USCG Engineering Support, NAVSEA 05D4

Mr. Boughner (EE - Penn State University, ‘91) is a retired Coast Guard Engineering Duty Officer with 24 years of marine service. Prior USCG assignments included Manager, Gas Turbine Propulsion and Auxiliary Systems Life-Cycle Support and In-Service Engineering, Executive Officer and Ship Repair and Construction Officer.

Since 2008 he has been the NAVSEA Lead Systems Engineer for USCG Support. In this role he serves as the single technical point of contact for services provided by NAVSEA in response to tasking from the USCG Acquisition and In-Service Support communities to NAVSEA Warfare Centers. This includes coordination of Hull, Mechanical and Electrical, Combat System design services; Cost Engineering and Industrial Analysis; C4I and Aviation issues as well as ensuring that products developed adhere to NAVSEA technical authority processes.

Larry Brown Executive Director of ALMMII

Mr. Brown has more than 35 years of manufacturing, applied R&D, and technical project management experience with both the U.S. government and commercial programs. Throughout this time, he has gained a working knowledge in various joining processes for metal alloys – both lightweight and high temperature superalloys. His efforts have led to advanced joining methodologies for fabrication of advanced military and commercial engine hardware, and have yielded six patents and was awarded the Defense Manufacturing Technology Achievement Award in 2005.

As the Executive Director of ALMMII, Mr. Brown is responsible for day-to-day management of the LIFT program and leadership of the organization, including interface with the ONR Government Program Manager.

Prior to ALMMII, Mr. Brown was most recently employed by EWI for 14 years, and served as the organization’s Director of Government Technology Programs. Previous to this role, he held several leadership positions within EWI as Director of Engineering and Project Management Office. He also has served as the Director of the Navy Joining Center (NJC), where his responsibilities included planning and control of NJC technology development projects in support of the Office of Naval Research (ONR) ManTech Program initiatives.

John Carney Director of the Affordability Initiatives Division and Navy ManTech Program, Office of Naval Research

Mr. John U. Carney is the Director of the Affordability Initiatives Division and Navy ManTech Program at the Office of Naval Research, reporting to the Director of Technology. In this position he has responsibility for 5 programs: Navy Manufacturing Technology; Rapid Innovation Fund; Navy Technology Transfer;

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Foreign Comparative Test; and Domestic Preparedness Support Initiative. The programs are separate but tied together by a common theme of technology transition for cost savings.

He has been the Director of Navy ManTech since 2005 and is responsible for executing the Program. He interprets the DoD ManTech guidance and sets Navy policy for program budgeting, contracting, execution, and management. He is responsible for implementing the ManTech Program investment strategy and works with targeted acquisition programs to develop focused initiatives to provide in-depth manufacturing technology development for these platforms.

Mr. Carney has been with the Navy for over 25 years working at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division; on detail to the Naval Sea Systems Command; and since 1998 at the Office of Naval Research. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research and a Master of Engineering Administration degree, both from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Julia Christodoulou Director of the Naval Materials Division, Sea Warfare and Weapons Department, Office of Naval Research

Dr. Julie Christodoulou is Director of the Naval Materials Science and Technology (S&T) Division in the Sea Warfare and Weapons Department of the Office of Naval Research (ONR). She is responsible for research programs in materials and processing capabilities for the superiority, reliability, affordability and environmental quality of naval platforms and systems with an annual budget of ~$80M.

Dr. Christodoulou entered the Senior Executive Service in June 2007 and has 15 years of Federal Service.

Dr. Christodoulou also is the S&T Executive for the Future Naval Platform pillar Enterprise and Platform Enablers, a transition-driven ~$60M/year portfolio to provide cross-cutting technologies to lower acquisition, operations, and maintenance costs while addressing warfighter capability gaps. She is a member of the triumvirate leadership team for the national Materials Genome Initiative for Global Competitiveness announced by President Obama in June 2011. Among other national and international coordination responsibilities, she is the Navy Principal to the Department of Defense Materials and Processes Community of Interest for Materials, which she chaired from 2007 through 2010.

Dr. Christodoulou joined ONR in 2002 as the Program Officer for Structural Metals and conceived, established funding, initiated and led a number of successful basic and applied research efforts aimed at damage tolerant naval steels, friction stir welding of high strength steels, novel concepts for materials systems to enable hypersonic vehicles, the Dynamic 3-D Digital Structures program and others. From October 1999 through October 2002, she researched high temperature materials for the Naval Surface Weapons Center ― Carderock Division (NSWC-CD) with a joint appointment to ONR supporting research in dielectric materials and the control of spins in semiconductors with the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency.

Prior to ONR and NSWC-CD, Dr. Christodoulou held several positions in industry and the naval research community. These include Materials Researcher for Martin Marietta Laboratories investigating processing-performance relationships in intermetallic systems for high temperature applications and ceramic

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dielectrics for energy-dense capacitors; Metallurgist for the Naval Research Laboratory for environmental effects on performance; and Associate Director for Structural Metallica at ONR-Global, a part-time international technical liaison position while studying toward her doctorate degree.

Dr. Christodoulou earned her bachelor’s of science degree with honors in metallurgical engineering from the University of Texas at El Paso in 1988, her master’s of science degree in materials science and engineering from the Johns Hopkins University in 1995, and her Ph.D in materials science from Imperial College, London under the guidance of Prof. Harvey Flower in 1999. She has been recognized with three Exception Performance Awards and two Certificates of Commendation during her tenure with the Department of the Navy, and The Technical Cooperation Program Achievement Award in 2009.

Richard McCreary Vice President, Business Development, BAE Systems (Executive Control Board Vice Chair)

Richard McCreary became BAE Vice President and General Manager of the BAE Systems Southeast Shipyards in December, 2001. Richard presently works with BAE Systems Southeast as the Vice President, Commercial Business Development, and is responsible for both new construction and ship repair service bookings. Previously, Mr. McCreary was President and CEO of Marinette Marine Corporation in Marinette, WI from 2005 to 2011. In this role, Mr. McCreary was responsible for the P&L performance of the shipyard including bookings, shipyard performance, process improvements and organizational development. Mr. McCreary was actively engaged in the sale of Marinette Marine to the Fincantieri organization by the previous owners, the Manitowoc Corporation, in 2009.

Prior to this position, Mr. McCreary was Executive Vice President of VT Halter Marine in Pascagoula, MS. Mr. McCreary was responsible for estimating, engineering, purchasing, process improvements, administration and risk management. Mr. McCreary was actively engaged, as President of Halter Marine, in the sale of the firm to VT Systems in 2002. Mr. McCreary joined the Halter organization in 1997.

Previously, Mr. McCreary held several positions in both ship and inland vessel transportation management firms throughout the Gulf Coast.

Mr. McCreary has an MBA from the University of Chicago and a BSE in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from the University of Michigan. Mr. McCreary is a member of several marine organizations including the Navy League, Society of Naval Engineers, the American Bureau of Shipping, and the United States Coast Guard Foundation, among others.

Rear Admiral Lorin Selby Chief Engineer and Deputy Commander for Ship Design, Integration and Naval Engineering, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)/ Commander, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC)

Rear Adm. Lorin Selby was born in Baltimore and graduated from the University of Virginia in December 1986 with a Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering and earned his commission through the Navy’s

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Reserve Officers Training Corps program. He also holds a Master of Science and an engineer’s degree in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

His shipboard tours include USS Puffer (SSN 652), USS Pogy (SSN 647) and USS Connecticut (SSN 22). From July 2004 to May 2007 he commanded USS Greeneville (SSN 772) in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. During these assignments, Selby conducted several deployments to the Western Pacific, Northern Pacific, Northern Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.

Ashore, Selby’s staff assignments include duty as a company officer and instructor at the U.S. Naval Academy, service as the deputy director of the Navy’s liaison office to the U.S. House of Representatives and duty as the Submarine Platforms and Strategic Programs branch head in the Submarine Warfare Directorate on the Navy Staff. Following selection as an acquisition professional, he served as a principal assistant program manager for the Advanced Undersea Systems Program Office (PMS 394) and assignment as the program manager for both the Submarine Imaging and Electronic Warfare Systems Program Office (PMS 435) and the Advanced Undersea Systems Program Office (PMS 394).

Selby assumed command of the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) in October 2014. In this position, he leads more than 17,000 scientists, engineers, technicians and support personnel, both civilian and active duty, within eight NSWC divisions located across the country. NSWC provides research, development, test and evaluation for the future Navy as well as in-service engineering and logistics support for the operational fleet.

Selby assumed additional responsibilities as the Navy’s chief engineer and the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) deputy commander for Ship Design, Integration and Naval Engineering (SEA 05) in June 2016. He leads the engineering and scientific expertise, knowledge and technical authority necessary to design, build, maintain, repair, modernize, certify and dispose of the Navy’s ships, submarines and associated warfare systems.

Selby is authorized to wear the Legion of Merit (two awards), Meritorious Service Medal (four awards), the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (six awards) and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (three awards) in addition to various unit awards.

Rick Spaulding Vice President, Central Planning and Process Excellence, HII Ingalls Shipbuilding

Rick Spaulding is vice president, Central Planning and Process Excellence, for Ingalls Shipbuilding. In this role, Rick is responsible for all planning, scheduling and process improvement activities at Ingalls. This includes Plan and schedule development for all product lines, Build strategy development, production control, production and industrial engineering, labor resource and capacity planning.

Prior to this assignment, Risk served as director of Central Planning for Newport News Shipbuilding, where he spent 25 years, holding a range of assignments, including submarine design and planning, steel manufacturing, naval and commercial ship repair, commercial ship construction, planning, scheduling, labor resource, capacity and capital planning.

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Rick joined the company immediately after graduating from the University of Michigan in 1983, with a Bachelor of Science in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. He has been a member of the NAME Advisory Board since 2008.

He has been a member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) since 1982, has been Chair of the SNAME Ship Production Committee since 2001 and is a member of the Executive Control Board of the National Shipbuilding Research Program.

Rick and his wife, Karen, have four children and reside in Mobile, AL.

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Presenter Biographies

Table of Contents Peter Ault ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 4

Jeffery Banks .............................................................................................................................................................................. 4

Brian Beahn ................................................................................................................................................................................. 4

Darren Brick ................................................................................................................................................................................ 5

Ryan Bruce ................................................................................................................................................................................... 6

Jeffery Callen .............................................................................................................................................................................. 6

Greg Carithers, P.E. .................................................................................................................................................................. 6

Phil Caudill ................................................................................................................................................................................... 7

Ambre Cauley ............................................................................................................................................................................. 7

Dan Cuenca ................................................................................................................................................................................. 7

Joseph D’Angelo ....................................................................................................................................................................... 8

Maurissa D’Angelo ................................................................................................................................................................... 8

Pat David ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 8

Mark Debbink ............................................................................................................................................................................ 9

Rickey DeLoge ........................................................................................................................................................................... 9

Lori Denault, PMP .................................................................................................................................................................... 9

Andrew DiFusco ..................................................................................................................................................................... 10

Dennis Fanguy ........................................................................................................................................................................ 10

Jason Farmer ........................................................................................................................................................................... 10

Ken Fast ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 11

Daniel Finke ............................................................................................................................................................................. 11

Charles Fischer ........................................................................................................................................................................ 12

Jan Fischer ................................................................................................................................................................................ 12

Daniel Georgiadis .................................................................................................................................................................. 12

Robert Gillies ........................................................................................................................................................................... 13

George Harrison..................................................................................................................................................................... 13

Lisa Hepinstall ......................................................................................................................................................................... 14

Sarah Johnson ......................................................................................................................................................................... 14

Jerry Jones ................................................................................................................................................................................ 14

Nick Kapustka ......................................................................................................................................................................... 15

Doug Macdonald ................................................................................................................................................................... 15

John Mazurowski ................................................................................................................................................................... 15

Lingaiah Mendu ..................................................................................................................................................................... 16

Lisa McCabe ............................................................................................................................................................................. 16

Dan Moniak .............................................................................................................................................................................. 16

Sean Murphy ........................................................................................................................................................................... 16

Todd Palmer ............................................................................................................................................................................ 17

Jeff Penoyer ............................................................................................................................................................................. 17

Nancy Porter ............................................................................................................................................................................ 18

Randolph Scott ....................................................................................................................................................................... 18

Mark Smitherman ................................................................................................................................................................. 18

Mark Snider .............................................................................................................................................................................. 19

Ryan Somero ........................................................................................................................................................................... 19

Garrett Sonnenberg ............................................................................................................................................................. 19

Greg Stevens ........................................................................................................................................................................... 20

Nick Stowe................................................................................................................................................................................ 20

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Peter Ault Senior Consultant

Mr. Ault has been actively involved in various aspects of corrosion control and materials engineering for over 25 years. He began his career at Ocean City Research Corporation performing coating and corrosion research for the Navy and other clients. In subsequent positions, he managed and trained coating inspectors and managed field and shop coating application businesses. Throughout his career he has studied coatings and corrosion phenomena on a wide variety of structures including ships, bridges, pipelines, storage tanks and historic structures. Since 2006, Mr. Ault has been a principal of Elzly Technology Corporation, an engineering firm that provides coatings and corrosion consulting services to DoD and other clients.

Mr. Ault is an active member of several technical societies including ASNE, SNAME, NACE International, SSPC, ASTM, and NSPE. He is a registered Professional Engineer in New York and New Jersey and holds Coatings Specialist certifications from both NACE and SSPC. Mr. Ault holds a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA).

Jeffery Banks Department Head

Jeffrey Banks is the Department Head of Complex Systems Engineering & Monitoring at the Applied Research Laboratory at The Pennsylvania State University. He has 23+ years of experience in applying advanced signal processing techniques, intelligent systems technology, and embedded diagnostics/predictive tools to condition monitoring applications for the US Army, US Navy, US Marine Corps, NASA, and Industry.

Brian Beahn Senior Engineer

Brian Beahn grew up in Worcester, Massachusetts, and attended the University of Connecticut. While earning a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Mathematics, Brian worked with Electric Boat on a senior design project for high rate water impact loading of composite laminates which is currently utilized by EB. Brian began a career in a components group at Electric Boat in September of 2010 but has worked within the Composite Engineering Group for the past 5 years and currently is the project lead on the ManTech Low Cost Hybrid Fairings project. Outside of work, Brian has competed in multiple marathons, triathlons ranging up to and including multiple Ironmans, open water swimming, and enjoyed downhill skiing across the globe.

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Darren Brick Electrical Engineer

Darren Brick has over 25 years experience supporting many aspects of Naval ship construction including: concept development, feasibility studies, technology investigations and demonstrations, prototype development and production efficiency improvements.

Mr. Brick is a native of Upstate New York where he attended the State University of New York at Buffalo, graduating in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

In 1991, Darren joined the workforce at Ingalls Shipbuilding being hired into the Advanced Technology Directorate where he became involved in special studies including the evaluation of electrical technologies on the CG 47 Ticonderoga Class in the area of Power, Lighting, and Controls.

In 1996 Darren accepted a position in the Ingalls Planning Yard where he was involved in activities pertaining to electrical and combat system upgrades of the DD 963, DD 993, and the CG 47 class ships acting as a Subject matter Expert (SME) for power, lighting, controls, interior communications, alarm and indicating systems and electronics systems.

In 1998, Darren rejoined the Advanced Technology Directorate and was involved in special projects focused on developing advanced lighting technologies and transitioning lighting technologies into the ships constructed on the Gulf Coast. This included fielding of the first fiber optic illumination system on the USS Porter (DDG 78) and then developing the second generation systems currently employed on LPD 17 and DDG 1000 ship classes.

In 2001, Mr. Brick led an era of growth leading a number of special studies planned to prepare Ingalls to meet the future challenge of designing and integrating next generation power systems; developing specialized knowledge, skills, and capabilities that would be needed to help the Navy usher in future integrated power systems designed to power advanced high power weapon systems as well as hybrid electric drive systems designed to reduce fuel consumed for ship propulsion. Darren was instrumental in developing both power quality data acquisition and analysis capabilities for low voltage and medium voltage systems as demonstrated on the USCG Healy (WAGB 20) and later on the USS Makin Island (LHD 8).

The challenges of the next generation power system prompted Darren to pursue a graduate degree in Power Engineering and in 2011 he received a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Idaho.

However, with the cancellation of the CG(X) program in 2010, Darren turned from supporting future power system development activities to activities that support nearer term production improvements which reduce cost and improve quality. Topics include: automated cable testing improvements, electromagnetic pulse protection system improvements, cable pulling enhancements, and advances in bonding and grounding methods. Darren has been actively engaged in NSRP and a member of the Electrical Technologies Panel from its inception.

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Ryan Bruce IC.IDO Business Development Manager

Ryan Bruce has worked in the virtual reality industry for about 12 years. He began as a research team leader at the Iowa State University Virtual Reality Application Center (VRAC) building VR training capabilities to teach military operations in urban terrain. He then transitioned to IC.IDO, an engineering-focused VR company, as the founding employee of the North American division. In the following 10 years, he has introduced industrial quality virtual engineering processes into many Fortune 500 OEMs and engineering companies world wide.

Jeffery Callen Research Engineer

Mr. Callen has been with the Penn State Electro-Optics Center since 2005. His primary focus has been development and integration of electro-optic sensors and systems, and electrical engineering support for laser systems. He contributed to the development of sensors and systems in a variety of applications, including camera payloads and sense and avoid systems for unmanned aerial vehicles, a real time tactical mapping camera, a multispectral imaging system, and blended mode sensing systems for harbor security. His current work includes developing shipboard electrical panel inspection techniques through the NSRP and developing power systems and support electronics for various high power laser systems. Prior to this he worked in robotics and industrial manufacturing instrumentation. Mr. Callen holds a BS in Electrical Engineering degree from Carnegie Mellon University and an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania.

Greg Carithers, P.E. Systems Integrator

Greg Carithers is currently a Systems Engineer 5 assigned to the Research and Development Group at Ingalls Shipbuilding. He serves as technical lead for Dynamic Change Awareness NSRP and ManTech projects which is leading the team to deliver relevant information to the deckplate. Greg has been with Ingalls Shipbuilding for 14 years and brings more than 36 years of engineering experience. He has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Florida, is a registered Professional Engineer and has a Masters in Computer and Information Science from the University of South Alabama.

Greg has held leadership positions in information technology, engineering design and management. These positions included providing information to improve decision making, directing and executing the use of technology to strategically streamline operations. He has also directed technical professionals in the development and maintenance of applications, systems, data center operations, networks, telecommunications, security and end-user support.

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Phil Caudill Test Inspection Manager

Ambre Cauley R&D Portfolio Manager

Ambre Cauley is the R&D Portfolio Manager at Ingalls Shipbuilding a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII). HII's Newport News and Ingalls shipbuilding divisions have built more ships, in more ship classes, than any other U.S. Naval shipbuilder.

Mrs. Cauley manages all externally funded research efforts for the division. She is responsible for the capture, execution, and transition of technologies and processes to reduce the cost of US Navy Ships. Mrs. Cauley joined Ingalls in May 2004 working as a program analyst focused on Contract Research and Development (CRAD) efforts. She has grown into areas of increasing responsibility and was named R&D Portfolio Manager in 2016. During her tenure, she has captured more than $20 million in contracts and projected to save over $30 million in acquisition dollars for the Navy Fleet.

Mrs. Cauley holds a Bachelor of Business focused on International Business and a Masters of Business Administration with a Marketing concentration. She is a member of National Association of Professional Women and received the STEM Technology Rising Star award. She aspires to continue focusing on cost reduction efforts and transition of technologies that improve the Navy Fleet and American shipbuilders’ work environments.

Dan Cuenca R&D Project Manager

Dan Cuenca is an R&D Project Manager and 3D Technical Artist at Ingalls Shipbuilding with over ten years of traditional design, information technology systems, and 3D design experience. Dan works in the Research and Development / Business Development group leading specialized internal and external projects with programs such as Navy ManTech and the National Shipbuilding and Research Program. Dan’s primary focus and expertise is in digital design oriented fields with emphasis on advanced technologies/initiatives such as Augmented Reality, 3D Design Evolution, and Digital Shipbuilding. In addition to leading projects, Dan is the 3D Multimedia Development Team Lead for creation of the next-generation interactive & immersive digital training products for the DDG 1000 Zumwalt Class Destroyer program and is responsible for the largest single platform volume of products on Navy Knowledge Online. Prior to joining Ingalls Shipbuilding, Dan led a wide variety of engineering 3D design/visualization projects in other industries such as film, automotive, and civil construction. Dan earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Visual Effects from the Savannah College of Art and Design where he formally trained as a technical lighter and shader programmer. Dan also holds degrees in computer science and computer-aided design as well as professional and master certifications in 3D visualization and graphic design packages.

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Joseph D’Angelo Chief Technology Officer

Mr. D’Angelo is responsible for defining the overall technical strategies and engineering thrusts for D’Angelo Technologies, LLC. Mr. D’Angelo provides technical review and oversight of D’Angelo Technologies efforts to ensure they are in accordance with strategies and business plans and implemented utilizing sound engineering principles and techniques. Mr. D’Angelo directs implementation and sustainment of numerous projects and operations. He serves as a subject matter expert on related engineering tasks, is currently the Principal Investigator on Navy and Army research activities, and works to bring research and development activities to commercialization potential. Mr. D’Angelo is a knowledgeable program manager and engineer with over 40 years of experience and expertise managing production, manufacturing and technical operations. Mr. D’Angelo has extensive technology planning, engineering, and manufacturing experience in the electro-optics, electronics, engineering, and chemical industries. Mr. D’Angelo is a Six Sigma Black Belt and received his B.E.E. from Pratt Institute in Electrical Engineering, his M.A. from Central Connecticut State University in Mathematics, his M.B.A. from the University of Massachusetts in Business Administration and his M.S. from the University of Dayton in Electro-optics.

Maurissa D’Angelo Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Maurissa D’Angelo is the Chief Executive Officer at D’Angelo Technologies, LLC and an adjunct professor at Wright State University. Dr. D’Angelo specializes in virtual reality development, training, and integration. She is in charge of research, technical evaluation and assessments, grant and proposal preparation, and development of technical and scientific projects. Dr. D’Angelo has led multi-organizational teams for project execution, R&D activities and manufacturing processes to help analyze and transition enabling technologies to products. She is a certified Six Sigma Green Belt and uses this training to incorporate Design of Experiments into all processes. Dr. D’Angelo frequently interacts with government agencies to discuss and present capabilities and develop solutions to technical issues. She serves as the primary liaison with government agencies to present capabilities and generate new R&D opportunities. She successfully designed, developed, and implemented a virtual reality system to improve training and retention efficiency and effectiveness. Dr. D’Angelo has significant experience leading teams to implement radically innovative changes that transform the state-of-the-art and help the DoD continue to operate as a dynamic and elite team. Dr. D’Angelo has a strong hardware and software development background and frequently uses her expertise and experience to develop novel technical solutions for customers. Dr. D’Angelo received her B.S. in Engineering from Case Western Reserve University, her M.S. in Human Factors Engineering and her PhD in Engineering from Wright State University.

Pat David Research & Development, SSIUSA

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Pat David manages R&D for SSI. For over 15 years he has been involved with numerous NSRP projects and actively participates in various panels, lately working with the Business Technologies Panel

Mark Debbink Manager Systems Engineering, Data/Information Architecture

Mr. Debbink is a systems engineering, Information/Data Architecture Manager at Huntington Ingalls Industries – Newport News Shipbuilding. Mark has over 30 years of Shipbuilding experience and is currently responsible for data/information architecture strategy, planning, and implementation of Model Base Enterprise (MBE) and “Digital Thread” goals for NNS’s. His responsibilities are cross program, creating an “Integrated Digital Shipbuilding” environment which drives convergence on common processes and products.

Mark is also NNS’s National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) Major Initiative Team Lead (MITL) representative for the Information Technology and Business Process Panels. Mark has managed multiple NSRP funded projects for 3D product model Design/Manufacturing/Lifecycle integration advancing a Model Based Enterprise (MBE) environment”.

Mark earned an A.S. Degree in Maritime Science from Northwestern Michigan College, a B.S. Degree in Engineering from Michigan State University, and an M.B.A. from the College of William and Mary.

Rickey DeLoge Project Manager

Mr. DeLoge is an electrical engineer with BIW, working primarily on the Zumwalt-Class Destroyer, specializing in ship control operation of numerous systems. He supports Manufacturing and Test & Activation on the deck plates, shipyard wide. He is a graduate of University of Maine, Orono, with a degree in electrical engineering.

Lori Denault, PMP Sr. Mechanical Engineer/ Project Manager

Ms. Denault has over 15 years of experience at CTC in both project management and technical support roles for industry and government clients. She has supported several Navy Metalworking Center (NMC) ManTech projects as project manager, as well as contributed technically to those projects. She has also served as project manager for a number of other CTC projects involving product and process design and analysis, aircraft improvement integration, and materials characterization and selection. She has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Technology from the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, a M.S.in Engineering Management from Robert Morris University, is a Project Management Professional (PMP)®, and is a member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASM International, and the Project Management Institute.

Andrew DiFusco Supervisor of Engineering

Mr. Andrew DiFusco has a vast background in the shipbuilding business as both a designer and engineer. His career began at Electric Boat in 2008 as a designer and quickly became part of the Design for Manufacturing (DFM) team to develop and maintain the program. Andrew’s main focus was to capture the best practices, preferred methods, lessons learned and machine capabilities in the ship yard and translate that knowledge to the design and engineering team through DFM rules and standards. In early 2013 Andrew transitioned to an Engineering position for the COLUMBIA Class to focus on the analysis and arrangement of critical components. In 2015 Andrew joined the Quonset Point team to research and develop new technologies through the ManTech program. He is currently the project lead of 3 ManTech projects at Electric Boat and continues to solicit and pitch new ideas. Mr. DiFusco holds a B.S in Architectural Engineering and is a certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.

Dennis Fanguy Vice President, Quality Management System

Dennis is a 1984 graduate from the University of New Orleans (UNO) with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. He is currently the Vice President of Quality Management System for Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport, LA. Dennis was awarded the 2015 SNAME William M Kennedy Award, as well as recipient of the Elmer L Hann award in 2013 and in 2003 received the Distinguished Alumni Award by the UNO, College of Engineering. He is also a Certified Welding Inspector by the American Welding Society, certified Non Destructive Examination Inspector, as well as an American Society of Quality Certified Manager of Quality and Overall Excellence.

Dennis is also active in many other professional organizations such as serving as a past National Shipbuilding Research Program Executive Control Board (ECB) member (2005-2015). During his tenure on the ECB, he served briefly as the NSRP ECB Vice Chair. In the past 10 years, Bollinger has lead over 17 projects with the NSRP and shared the positive results with the Shipbuilding industry with all but one of the projects implemented at Bollinger. The Bollinger team, under Dennis’s leadership, has also supported well over 15 additional projects that were led by other NSRP shipyards. These results were achieved while volunteering on the technical committee of the American Bureau of Shipping for both the Small Vessel and Steel Vessel Rules, as well as various subcommittees for NOSAC, IEEE. Dennis has also served as the Past Chairman of the Offshore Supply Vessel and Lift-Boat Committees for the Offshore Marine Service Association, as well as Past Chairman of the Bayou Chapter of ASNE and is a member of the SNAME. He was also the inaugural Chairman for the Gulf South Shipbuilder’s Consortium established in 2006.

Jason Farmer Electrical Technologies Panel Chair

Jason Farmer currently holds the position of Project Lead for Fiber Optics and Electro-Optical Research in the Research and Development Department at Huntington Ingalls Industries, Ingalls Shipbuilding. In this

capacity he manages resource allocation, budget, schedule, and tasking on projects to develop, improve, and introduce new fiber optic technologies and advanced electro-optical systems on U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships. In addition, Mr. Farmer oversees the Advanced Technology Laboratory at Ingalls Shipbuilding.

During his time at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Jason has been involved with the evaluation, development, and implementation of various systems on U.S. Navy platforms. He participated in the development and implementation of new, light emitting diode (LED) bulbs for aircraft warning systems and was a key team member for the DDG 1000 lighting system design. Jason has led projects sponsored by the ONR ManTech program to improve the performance of fiber optic lighting systems employed in shipboard designs and to improve fiber optic cable plant installations. He was a key member of another ONR ManTech project that developed new tools to improve efficiency and safety of shipboard electric cable installations. He has also led and participated in several panel projects for the National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP), including the evaluation of solid-state lighting systems for shipboard illumination, evaluation of fiber optic test systems and installation methods. He is currently participating on NSRP Teams in the evaluation of new test methods for electric plant and fiber optic installation as well as networking approaches. Jason has conducted process improvement projects and trade studies to aid in the transition of new technologies and procedures into ship construction and is currently supporting efforts to introduce new electrical systems on ships built at Ingalls Shipbuilding.

Jason is currently the Panel Chair for the NSRP Electrical Technologies Panel. He is an active board member of the Pennsylvania State University Electro-Optics Alliance and a member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME). Jason graduated from Mississippi State University in Electrical Engineering and has completed post graduate work in electrical engineering. He is a Six-Sigma Green Belt Certified Engineer.

Ken Fast Principal Engineer

Ken Fast is a Principal Engineer at Electric Boat Corporation. His current work is focused on research and development of advanced manufacturing technologies and technology-enabled process improvements for submarine production and sustainment. He is actively working in the areas of virtual reality, augmented reality, and computer vision. As a member of the Software Engineering Group of the IPDE organization he also works on development of software tools to improve the design-build process. Mr. Fast was the system architect and technical leader for the EVS visualization system used at Electric Boat as the electronic mockup for the Virginia Class submarine program. Over the years he has participated on numerous technology sponsored by DARPA, ManTech, NSRP and internally. He is an ACM Distinguished Engineer. Ken grew up building wooden boats in the backyard and is a second generation engineer at Electric Boat. He is a graduate of WPI with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Daniel Finke Research Associate

Dr. Finke is a Research Associate at the Applied Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University. He has experience in applied research and development within the US Navy shipbuilding domain. This experience includes supporting and leading projects that fill technology gaps inherent in large legacy planning and execution systems by developing and implementing custom software tools and specialized manufacturing system analyses supporting the US Navy shipbuilding and the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programs. In addition, Dr. Finke was the Co-Principle Investigator on the DARPA iFAB Foundry and a DARPA AVM project Component, Context, and Manufacturing Model Library project. He was actively involved in the DARPA AVM iFAB Configuring and Exploring the Foundry Trade Space project. He received his PhD in Industrial Engineering and MS in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the Pennsylvania State University and a BS in Industrial Engineering from New Mexico State University. His current research interests include simulation-based decision support, planning and scheduling, heuristic algorithm development and implementation, agent-based simulation and modeling, and process improvement.

Charles Fischer Material Scientist

Dr. Charles Fisher is a Materials Scientist in the Welding, Processing, and Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) Branch at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWCCD) in Bethesda, MD. Charles has been with the US Navy for 4 years working in computational weld mechanics (CWM) and ICME-related programs, with a focus on residual stress and distortion analysis in welded structures, and how ICME might be used to accelerate additive manufacturing (AM) technology advancement. He serves on the organizing committee for the 4th World Congress on ICME, the TMS ICME committee, and the AWS A9 Committee on Computerization of Welding Information. He holds a B.S. in Materials Engineering (MatE) from Iowa State University and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) from the University of Florida.

Jan Fischer Director, COSTFACT GmbH

Jan O. Fischer is the Director of COSTFACT GmbH. The same-named software system is specializing in the maritime sector and supports cost management throughout all shipbuilding phases, beginning with design and engineering. Besides his engagement in the deployment of CostFact, Jan is strongly involved in software implementation which means that he is in permanent and close contact with clients and users. Before funding COSTFACT in 2008, Jan was working in industrial engineering, consulting and information technology, always with focus on cost efficient design and a cost management that accompanies the engineering process.

Daniel Georgiadis Chief Technology Officer

Dr. Daniel Georgiadis has a Ph.D. in systems engineering, an M.S. in management, and a B.S. in electrical engineering. He started his career in industry in 1998 working electrical engineering and construction. He joined civil service in 2001 at NSWC Panama City, FL, working in Mine Warfare. During 2005 and 2008, he served as a science advisor at the Pentagon within OPNAV N95 Expeditionary Warfare. In 2009, he transferred to PEO LCS, PMS 495, Mine Warfare, as the Assistant Program Manager for the Airborne Laser Mine Detection System. In 2012, he was assigned to PEO Subs where he worked in SEA 073 S&T, and in 2014 he became the Acquisition Manager at PMS 415, Undersea Defensive Warfare Systems. He is an expert in DoD Acquisition and contracting having been Contract Officer Representative (COR) on 14 USN contracts totaling $800M during his federal service. Since earning his Ph.D. in 2013, he regularly teaches Systems Engineering graduate level courses at the George Washington University. In early 2015, he became the CTO at Hepburn and Sons LLC. As CTO, Dr. Georgiadis leads many technology transition initiatives in material science, electrical engineering, and cybersecurity topics for the maritime industry. He currently is PM on two NSRP RA projects evaluating laser peening for the National Shipbuilding Research Program.

Robert Gillies Principal Process Engineer

A 15 year employee of General Dynamics Electric Boat Corporation, Mr. Gillies is a Principal Process Engineer and a Certified Lean Six Sigma (L6S) Black Belt responsible for identifying and implementing process improvements. His present position leverages his knowledge of deckplate construction combined with L6S methodologies to develop innovative construction processes which eliminate waste and reduce variation in as-built dimensions. Prior to joining Electric Boat he was employed as a Process and Quality Engineer for Wyman Gordon Investment Castings (now PCC Structurals) where he developed and validated products for the aircraft and land based gas turbine industries. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin – Madison with a B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering.

George Harrison Project Manager – Newport News Shipbuilding

George Harrison has five years of shipbuilding design, manufacturing, and maintenance experience at Newport News Shipbuilding. His current responsibilities focus on conducting advanced shipbuilding research technologies based on Siemens Teamcenter/NX products. Prior to joining Newport News, he was Senior Vice President for Operations and Risk Management at Signet Bank in Richmond, Virginias. Afterwards he spent fifteen years as a senior management consultant, consulting on multiple bank mergers. His past clients include Barnett Bank, Nations Bank, Capital One, Fleet Bank Boston, US Bank, Wachovia, Bank of America and Wells Fargo. He is a member of American Society for Quality, and the Project Management Institute. He is a PMP, and Six Sigma Black Belt. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1978 to 1985.

Lisa Hepinstall Team Member, Technical Consultant

Lisa Hepinstall brings over 20 years of business and transformation management experience to her role as President of Hepinstall Consulting Group, Inc. Her areas of expertise include Lean Strategy Development & Deployment, Project-focused Lean Implementation, Design-For Production Implementation, Industrial Engineering, Change Management, Work Flow Management, Lean Business Process, Continuous Improvement through Lean Six-Sigma. As a consultant, Lisa has worked with large and small companies in several industries. Prior to starting Hepinstall Consulting Group, she spent 10 years leading change in the Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Industry. As the Corporate Industrial Engineering Director for Atlantic Marine, Inc., she led a corporate-wide Extended Lean Enterprise Implementation throughout five divisions covering all facets of the business (Pre-contract, Lean Design, Material Control, and Lean Production). Lisa continues to be active in the National Shipbuilding Research Program, where she has served on the Major Initiative Lead Team from its inception in 1998 to 2003. Her NSRP accomplishments comprise of successfully leading multiple lean-focused research projects (Extended Lean Enterprise Project, Lean Enterprise Project, UHP Water-blasting Project, and Line Heating Project) designed to increase the competitiveness of the Shipbuilding and Ship Repair industry.

Sarah Johnson Software Engineering Supervisor

Sarah B. Johnson is a Software Engineering Supervisor at General Dynamics Electric Boat. She currently leads a group that is responsible for development of software tools for design, engineering, planning and manufacturing at Electric Boat. She received a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Clarkson University in 2003 and joined Electric Boat directly after graduating. She filled various positions within the Electrical Design and Engineering directorate, focusing on system design, instrumentation and control, and Human-Machine-Interface (HMI) screen development. In 2010, she volunteered to lead a software development task team for the Electrical discipline, which led her to her current position. Her free time is spent with her family and immersed in her obsession of cooking.

Jerry Jones President & CTO – EnergynTech

Dr. Jones is the President and CTO of EnergynTech. Inc. He has a Ph.D. in Metallurgical Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Mathematics and Computer Science (ABT). He was on the faculty of the Colorado School of Mines for seventeen years. During that time, he was the Deputy Director of the Center for Welding Research, and, later, the Director of the CSM Center for Artificial Intelligence.

Dr. Jones started the American Welding Society Technical Committee (A9) “Computerization of Welding Information” and he chaired that committee for six years, publishing two ANSI Standards. He has published more than 150 technical papers and has 17 patents; he is also co-author of three books. He has received the AWS Awards for Outstanding Engineering Educator and for Innovation in Welding Technology.He has

held positions of Visiting Researcher at the National Bureau of Standards, Fracture and Deformation Division, at the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Facility, and at the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory. Dr. Jones was Visiting Research Scientist at the Ford Research Laboratory and earned both the 1995 and 1996 Ford Technical Achievement awards, as well as developing two new manufacturing technologies both of which were put into production at Ford facilities. Over the past four decades, he has been a keynote speaker and invited lecturer in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, and Japan on the subject of advanced planning and control technology for robotic and automated manufacturing processes and equipment.

Nick KapustkaApplications Engineer

Nick Kapustka is an Applications Engineer in the Arc Welding group at EWI. Nick has been at EWI for 13-years and has conducted numerous programs to improve the fabrication and repair of products made of steel, aluminum, titanium, nickel-based, copper nickel, and other alloys. In addition to his engineering duties, Nick is also involved in project management and Navy business development activities.

Doug Macdonald Product Marketing Director at Aras

Doug Macdonald is Product Marketing Director at Aras, the next leader in enterprise Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software. Macdonald has over 25 years’ experience helping manufacturing companies streamline their processes for bringing new products to market, including senior marketing and business development positions at IBM, SAP, PTC and Sherpa Corporation, an early leader in the PLM market. His involvement with shipbuilding began when he was an advisor to Vickers Shipbuilding (now part of BAE Systems) on CAD strategy and PDM implementation on the Royal Navy Vanguard class SSBN. Macdonald began his career as a software developer with ComputerVision, followed by positions at Ford Motor Company and Coopers & Lybrand. He holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from Heriot- Watt University, Edinburgh.

John Mazurowski Chief Technologist

Mr. Mazurowski has thirty years of experience in the development of microwave, millimeter wave, optical, and photonic devices. He joined the Penn State Electro-Optics Center (EOC) in January 2005.

During this time he has led key research projects in photonics and fiber optics, including the physical layer, devices, fiber optic sensors, and network architectures. Previously Mr. Mazurowski held positions at Corning Photonics, the GE Electronics Laboratory, and Harris RF Communications.

Mr. Mazurowski has over forty publications and presentations in solid state materials and photonics, and holds two patents in optoelectronics. He is a senior member of the IEEE, a member of the IMAPS International Technical Committee, the chair of the SAE AS-3A fiber optics committee.

Mr. Mazurowski graduated from Syracuse University with an MS in Physics.

Lingaiah Mendu Hydrodynamics Engineer Dr. Lingaiah Mendu is a Hydrodynamics Engineer at Newport News Shipbuilding. He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical engineering with specialization in computational fluid dynamics from Texas Tech University.

Lisa McCabe Engineering Supervisor Ms. McCabe is an Engineering Supervisor in the Software Development Group (SEG) in Electric Boat’s IT organization. She is currently project manager for two NSRP research projects, SKM and spARky. She is also responsible for multiple other IT projects that range from data migration and internal reporting/workflow applications to design-build support software. Ms. McCabe recently successfully completed a multi-year data conversion effort to migrate legacy financial data to Oracle EBS. Over the years, Ms. McCabe was an active contributor to the STEP Standard (ISO 10303), serving as editor for the C++ and Java bindings to the Software Data Access Interface. Ms. McCabe has over 20 years’ experience at Electric Boat Corporation. She has a B.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of South Florida and a M.S. degree in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Dan Moniak Manager Materials, Process Engineering 2

Mr. Moniak started his career at Newport News Shipbuilding in the Welding Engineering Department in 1988 developing new welding procedures, performing research on HY-130 and laser cladding with ARL Penn State University, and was the lead for implementing welding robots on the panel lines. Mr. Moniak was the Manufacturing Engineering and Quality Manager for the Structural Fabrication and Assembly division guiding a group of Engineers and Quality Analysts to implement Lean Principles to improve process efficiency. For the last 6-years, he has been the Welding Departments Continuous Improvement and Quality Manager and has led NNS’s effort to modernize its portable welding infrastructure. This has included conducting research on new welding tools, methods, and equipment. He holds a Bachelors of Science in Welding Engineering from The Ohio State University.

Sean Murphy Manger of Specialty Engineering

Sean Murphy is the Manager of Specialty Engineering at Ingalls Shipbuilding. He has worked as an employee of Ingalls Shipbuilding for the last 15 years and in the Shipbuilding industry for the last 20 years. During his tenure at Ingalls, he has worked in the areas of naval architecture, structural design and analysis, noise engineering, shock and vibration testing, qualification and analysis, fatigue testing, coatings and corrosion control, human system integration and general field engineering. Sean has participated on various NSRP and projects including recent research announcements projects for Flexible Infrastructure and Adhesives. He also served as panel chair for the NSRP Ship Design and Material Technologies Panel from 2012 to 2014.

Mr. Murphy received a BS Degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from the United States Coast Guard Academy and a MBA from William Carey University. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Mississippi.

Todd Palmer Senior Research Associate & Associate Professor

Todd A. Palmer is currently a Senior Research Associate and an Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University. Previously, he was a metallurgist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He is the author of more than 70 articles and reports, and his current research focuses on the laser and electron beam joining and additive manufacturing of metallic materials. He is currently chair of the C7 Committee on High Energy Beam Welding and Cutting, vice chair of the of the newly formed D20 committee on additive manufacturing for the American Welding Society (AWS), and a member of the Welding Handbook and Welding Research and Development Committees. He is a member of the editorial board for Science and Technology of Welding and Joining and a key reader for Metallurgical and Materials Transactions as well as a principal review for the Welding Journal Research Supplement. Palmer has received numerous awards from several technical societies, including the McKay-Helm Award (2010), A. F. Davis Silver Medal Award (2007 and 2008), Koichi Masubuchi Award (2006), and William Spraragen Memorial Award (2005) from the American Welding Society, the Geoffrey Belton Award of The Iron and Steel Society (2000), and the ASM International Graduate Student Paper Competition (1999). From June 1995 to June 1998, he received an American Welding Society Graduate Research Fellowship. He earned his BS and MS degrees in metals science and engineering and PhD in materials science and engineering (1999) from Pennsylvania State University. He also holds a master of business administration degree from Pennsylvania State University

Jeff Penoyer Project Manager

Jeff Penoyer serves as a Project Manager at Wolf Robotics, LLC with specific focus on new technology development and advanced automation in shipbuilding. He is responsible for generation of new proposals and execution of current NSRP-related projects and activities. Jeff has worked in the robotic and welding automation industry for the last 7 years in engineering and management capacities with experience in technical management, mechanical design and system concepting, robot programming, technology

development, and installation and commissioning of new systems and retrofits. Jeff holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado State University, and certifications as a Robotic Arc Welding Technician (CRAW-T), and Weld Inspector (CWI) from the American Welding Society (AWS), as well as Robot Technician certification from the Robotic Industries Association (RIA).

Nancy Porter Senior Project Manager

Nancy Porter, PMP® is a Senior Project Manager at EWI with over 31 years of experience in the materials joining field. At EWI, Ms. Porter manages a wide-ranging portfolio of R&D programs for a variety of Navy ManTech Centers of Excellence, government agencies, and commercial customers. For the Navy ManTech Program, Nancy’s 20-year project management experience includes projects for Electric Boat, Newport News Shipbuilding, Ingalls Shipbuilding, and Bath Iron Works. Nancy has a B.S. in Welding Engineering from The Ohio State University, is a graduate of the Pratt & Whitney Manufacturing Engineering Development Program, and is a certified Project Management Professional. She is a 30-year member of the American Welding Society (AWS) and is an AWS Counselor.

Randolph Scott Industrial Engineer

Mr. Randolph Scott is a 42 year employee of Newport News Shipbuilding. A 1978 Graduate of the Newport News Apprentice School as a Shipfitter. A 1979 graduate of the Industrial Management program. Became a Shipfitter Supervisor in 1979 responsible for all Ballistic and Non-Ballistic doors and hatches on New Construction Carriers. In 1983 he became a General Foremen responsible for all steel construction on various contracts until 2010. In 2010 Randolph became the Industrial Engineer for the Shipfitters department. Responsibilities include improving processes, developing training and evaluating new tooling.

Mark Smitherman Program & Project Manager

Mr. Smitherman has 25 years of engagement with the broader maritime industry, beginning with studies at the US Naval Academy up to his current role as program and project manager for Navy R&D efforts at Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC). As a long-time project manager for the Navy Metalworking Center (NMC), he is actively involved in the identification, selection, capture, planning, and execution of ship construction and repair technology development projects for the Navy. Prior to CTC, he served as a Navy line officer in submarines, and has 6 years of production management experience of ship repair and new construction at a mid-tier shipyard. In addition to the B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from USNA, he holds an MBA degree from the University of Memphis.

Mark Snider Program Manager

Mr. Snider is a Program Manager at ATI within the Naval Technologies division, specifically executing project activities for the Composites Manufacturing center of Excellence (CMTC). CMTC is a Navy ManTech Center of Excellence, chartered by the Office of Naval Research to develop advanced manufacturing technologies and deploy them key acquisition platforms. Mr. Snider works directly with Navy and industry representatives to execute select Navy ManTech projects, providing technical, management, and schedule oversight. Additional activities includes the analysis of technical and cost proposals.

Prior to joining ATI, Mr. Snider spent 8 years at General Dynamics Land Systems – Force Protection (GDLS-FP), a leading tactical wheeled vehicle manufacturer with customers from U.S. DoD, U.K. MoD as well as other allied nations. During his tenure at GDLS-FP, Mr. Snider was responsible for the occupant safety and protection performance of the company’s product lines. Managed staff of up to 20 design, analysis, and test engineers and oversaw a prototype shop. Mr. Snider gained international experience working in the U.K. and Australia executing various programs for the U.K. MoD and Australian DoD. Mr. Snider has wide experience designing, manufacturing, repairing, testing and validating advanced metallic and composite vehicles that can withstand blast and ballistic events in addition to standard vehicle safety requirements.

Mr. Snider earned a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering both from Clemson University, and currently resides in Charleston, South Carolina.

Ryan Somero Technical Lead of Fluid Dynamics Group

Ryan Somero is the technical lead of the Fluid Dynamics group at Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries. He has seven years experience with computational fluid dynamics and ten total in shipbuilding. In 2010, he obtained his Masters degree from Virginia Tech in Aerospace Engineering and is currently working towards his doctorate, also in Aerospace Engineering with a focus on fluid dynamics.

Garrett Sonnenberg Engineer 4, Structural

Mr. Sonnenberg has been involved in product and process R&D for more than 20 years developing unique products and manufacturing processes in many different industries. Since 2002, Mr. Sonnenberg has worked for the Innovation and Engineering Solutions Division of Newport News Shipbuilding to develop new manufacturing and engineering solutions for design and construction. Previous ManTech efforts have focused on the use of finite element analysis and integrated computational materials engineering software to perform simulations in the fields of welding and casting. For the last 5-years, he has been part of a NNS’s effort to refresh its portable welding infrastructure. This has included conducting

research on new welding tools, methods, and equipment. He holds a Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Boston University and a Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Gannon University.

Greg Stevens Electrical Engineer

Mr. Stevens has been with General Dynamics Bath Iron Works since 2006, starting work in the fleet services area, focusing on the DDG51 Modernization Program. Since, he has worked on many engineering and design tasks from concept to detail tasks, supporting the DDG 51 and DDG 1000 programs, primarily focusing on power systems. Tasking has allowed for the opportunity to work closely with several Navy organizations (new construction and fleet service engineering and design groups). Mr. Stevens has worked as the technical lead for the Next Generation Integrated Power Systems projects, collaborations between four primary shipyards, PMS320, NAVSEA 05 and to some degree, the ESRDC. Mr. Stevens has been a panel member of the National Shipbuilder Research Program Electric Technologies Panel since its inception, working collaboratively with other shipyards and industry groups to address various industry and Navy needs. These unique opportunities have enabled a broad viewpoint and perspective of Navy needs without restricting creativity when finding solutions.

Mr. Stevens has roughly 23 years of experience in the areas of project/functional engineering and engineering/maintenance management, covering a broad array of topic areas such as power systems (comprehensive systems comprising generation, primary and secondary distribution, and load and power management), controls, instrumentation, drives systems and motor control. Much of his experience comes from working in the commercial sector. Although overlap does exist between government and commercial sectors, there are some unique differences as well. Cost reduction, efficiency improvements and advanced technology insertion are common between the two sectors, in which, Mr. Stevens has worked fairly extensively. An example of a unique difference is the methods employed to insert technology, and how such insertions are prioritized along strategic investment. This has helped Mr. Stevens appreciate approaches and drive value into products.

Mr. Stevens holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in electrical engineering as well as a Master’s of Business Administration.

Nick Stowe Design Concept Group

Dr. Nick Stowe works with the concept design group at Newport News Shipbuilding. His work has focused on reduced-order modeling and design optimization. He holds a PhD in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from the University of Michigan.

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Presentation Abstracts

Table of Contents Additive Manufacturing for Corrosion and Shipbuilding ...................................................................................... 4

Advanced Manufacturing Enterprise Tools .................................................................................................................. 4

ARgos – VR/AR for Cable Design and Installation .................................................................................................... 5

Cable Lay and Sequencing ................................................................................................................................................... 5

Composite Manufacturing Technology for Fire Safe Resins Phase 1 ................................................................ 6

Computer Aided Robotics for Welding (CAR-W) ...................................................................................................... 6

Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) for Navy Applications and Facilities ................................................... 7

Cost Efficient Aluminum Welder Performance Qualification Testing ............................................................... 8

Development of HiDep Welding Process for Butt and T-Fillet Joints: Implementation Phase ............. 8

Digital Shipbuilding ................................................................................................................................................................ 9

Distributed Temperature Sensing for Inspection of Electrical Panels on Navy Ships ............................... 9

Dynamic Change Awareness ............................................................................................................................................ 10

Enabling Technologies & Low Cost Hybrid Fairings .............................................................................................. 11

Enhanced Task Assignment & Progressing ................................................................................................................ 12

First Time Quality of the Dockside Test and Trials Process (DockTrials) ...................................................... 12

High Deposition Rate Submerged Arc Welding ...................................................................................................... 13

Improved Methods for Bonding and Grounding .................................................................................................... 14

Induction Straightening ..................................................................................................................................................... 14

In Service Ship Re-Documentation ............................................................................................................................... 15

Laser Peening in Ship Construction & Repair ........................................................................................................... 15

Lifecycle Integrated Data Environment ....................................................................................................................... 17

Mechanical Property and Fabrication Cost Comparison of Purchased HFRW Structural Shapes vs GMAW Fabricated Structural Shapes ........................................................................................................................... 17

Mobile Computing ................................................................................................................................................................ 18

Non-Contact Metrology Integration ............................................................................................................................ 19

Optimization & Analysis of Temporary Ventilation for Confined Spaces .................................................... 20

Partial Blast of Ultra High Solids Coatings on Navy Ships .................................................................................. 20

Power Panel and Breaker Commonality ...................................................................................................................... 20

Resource Availability ............................................................................................................................................................ 21

Self Locating, Self Fixtured Structures ......................................................................................................................... 21

SKM – Ship Knowledge Management .......................................................................................................................... 22

spARky - Reducing Wiring Costs using 3D Model and Augmented Reality ............................................... 23

Standardization of Watertight Closures...................................................................................................................... 23

Test Adapter Efficiency Improvement .......................................................................................................................... 24

Utilization of Technical Data for Cost Estimation and Change Management ............................................ 24

Variant Reduction for Shipboard Installed Connectors ....................................................................................... 24

Weld Sequence Planning for Major Assemblies ...................................................................................................... 25

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Additive Manufacturing for Corrosion and Shipbuilding ManTech | Todd Palmer

The Navy utilizes several corrosion resistant alloys and high strength steels in a range of turbomachinery and structural applications. In the case of corrosion resistant alloys, both Ni-Cu based alloys, commercially available as Monel® K-400 and K-500 alloys, as well as Corrosion Resistant Steels (CRES), such as the austenitic (304L and 316L) and duplex grades, are commonly used. These alloys are used in a variety of product forms, ranging from plate and bar to more complex cast geometries, and are used in combination with structural steel components fabricated from HY and HSLA grade steels. However, additive manufacturing (AM) offers significant promise for the on-demand fabrication of parts of varying sizes and complexities. In AM technologies, components are built up in a layer-by-layer manner using either powder bed fusion or directed energy deposition processes. There are significant benefits to the Navy for the fabrication of corrosion resistant structural components using directed energy deposition AM processes. For applications common to Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), component size and materials of interest fall outside the ranges typical for powder bed fusion processes. On the other hand, directed energy deposition processes can be adapted to a much wider range of material and product sizes, making it an attractive option for larger structural components. When combined with its ability to work with multiple materials, this AM process shows promise for dealing with the size and diversity of components common to NAVSEA applications. This program will offer the opportunity to investigate the impact of AM on these classes of materials and provide a sound scientific foundation for developing a fundamental understanding of the governing process-structure-property relationships. Each of the materials classes noted above have significant applicability to Naval systems but also present a range of challenges before they can be successfully processes using AM. In this program, efforts will be directed at understanding the processing challenges and building a knowledge base for how a small range of processing conditions can impact the resulting structure and properties for important naval materials. As part of the process development work, a preliminary process and property database will be developed for these material systems. At the same time, this program will also serve as a test bed for the application of data analytics and data capture for important processing and property conditions.

Advanced Manufacturing Enterprise Tools ManTech | Daniel Finke

Advanced Manufacturing Enterprise (AME) “encompasses the technologies, processes, and practices that foster rapid, superior execution of manufacturing enterprises across the lifecycle. Benchmarking studies have shown that the U.S. Shipbuilding Industrial Base is behind their international counterparts in the areas related to AME. ManTech and NSRP have responded to this need organizationally and programmatically by significantly expanding their portfolios of AME type projects. This presentation will discuss the DoD ManTech-level Advanced Manufacturing Enterprise definitions and taxonomy while providing specific examples of ONR ManTech sponsored projects and programs through the Institute for Manufacturing and Sustainment Technologies (iMAST) and Naval Shipbuilding and Advanced Manufacturing (NSAM) Centers of Excellence.

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ARgos – VR/AR for Cable Design and Installation RA Project | Ken Fast, Ryan Bruce & Maurissa D’Angelo

The overall goal of the ARgos project is to reduce the cost to install cables aboard ships. This will be accomplished by using virtual and augmented reality tools to improve cabling design, enhance training, and assist in the installation process.

Virtual reality (VR) tools will enable designers to create better initial cable layouts and build plans. Immersive 3D display will give designers a realistic view of how cables will be laid out aboard ship. Interactive physics-based simulation of cable pulling will help them take into account the practical difficulties of installation during outfitting. This will drive the generation of a first-time quality build plan during the up front design process.

The ARgos project will capture the current practice, process, and principles of cable installation in the shipyards. This will help mitigate potential loss of expertise through workforce turnover. This baseline knowledge will be used to develop targeted training curriculum to bring new cable installers up to speed. Training will also take advantage of the virtual simulation environment to give new workers a realistic hands-on experience before going on-board.

Augmented reality (AR) will also be used to improve the cable installation process. 3D graphics overlays will be shown in the context of the actual ship environment to help installers visualize the work process. This will also show the as-designed end state to serve as a guide during interim work steps.

The ARgos project will include extensive testing and demonstration on a full-scale ship module. This will help refine the VR and AR tools and prove out the process and training methodology. This prototyping activity will exercise the end to end process from cabling design, through worker training, work execution, and feedback to improve each step.

Cable Lay and Sequencing ManTech | Sarah Johnson

For the past two years, Electric Boat has been developing the software tools needed to support its new Integrated Product Environment in the area of electrical design. This includes tools for the design of cableways, cable hangers and cable routing. This ManTech task is addressing the subsequent construction phases of cable lay and cable sequencing.

The cable routing process identifies the relationship between specific cables and the hangers that they inhabit in their path from component A to component B. Cable routing does not designate the location of any cable within a cable lay. This project is developing a software tool to enable the cable designer or planner to capture the location of larger, power cables within each hanger that it occupies.

Finally, this task is developing tools to improve the sequencing of cable work. EB’s new cable routing tool includes a visualization capability that is being enhanced to allow planners to define more discrete, more manageable work orders. This is especially important in light of EB’s goal of modular construction.

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Composite Manufacturing Technology for Fire Safe Resins Phase 1 ManTech | Mark Snider

Significant research has been performed which have brought the benefits of composite materials to the submarine community. As a result, numerous composite projects have transitioned to submarines that have reduced acquisition cost, reduced lifecycle cost, reduced weight, and improved manufacturing lead-time. However, these efforts have been limited to systems and components external to the pressure hull. Applications inside the pressure hull require Fire, Smoke, and Toxicity (FST)-safe material systems. To date the only systems that meet these stringent requirements have relatively high manufacturing cost and complexity, and frequently have too many voids to be reliable. Additionally, a robust FST-safe core material for sandwich construction does not exist and must be developed using materials that are already commercially available.

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) – Composite Manufacturing Technology Center (CMTC) has completed a Manufacturing Science and Technology (MS&T) project to investigate methods for incorporating existing and/or new “fire-safe” material systems inside Navy submarines. The project sought to identify material systems that meet the Navy’s requirements for composite materials used internal to submarine pressure hulls, while improving manufacturing techniques, completing a material property database, and facilitating implementation of such material systems into the design of promising candidate applications. This project has incorporated an integrated breathing fabrication process which results in near void-free glass reinforced phenolic laminates from Oven Vacuum Bag cured prepreg, developed a core material that can be used in sandwich construction, identified new materials/systems and verified through extensive testing that the material system meets the FST requirements for use internal to submarine pressure hulls. Additionally, a material property database with both dry and wet-conditioned B-Basis test values has also been completed which provides sufficient information to be able to design potential internal fire-safe composite applications. Lessons-learned throughout the project culminated in the fabrication of a high quality, curved, demonstration article with known mechanical properties and satisfactory fire-safe performance.

Computer Aided Robotics for Welding (CAR-W) RA Project | Jeff Penoyer & Pat David

Challenge:

The automation gap between domestic defense and foreign commercial shipbuilders is growing. An aging welding workforce threatens the future labor pool availability and an eminent loss of process knowledge. Budget and cost reduction pressures continue. The challenge of introducing robotic welding automation into the low volume – high mix NSRP member yards can only be overcome by eliminating the programming bottleneck for robotic welding making it faster, easier & more versatile through a state of the art programming tool.

Solution:

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Computer Aided Robotics for Welding (CAR-W). A path planning software tool that leverages the part and weld information available from modern CAD packages like ShipConstructor, combines it with your welding process knowledge, and uses advanced kinematic algorithms to automatically deliver a robot welding program that works. This sophisticated solution replaces the old model of part-by-part manual programming, and allows organizations to economically automate the welding of one-off and small-batch parts with robotic systems. CAR-W programming is truly flexible, utilizing the full-range of robot motion with unparalleled collision avoidance to achieve accurate welding work and travel angles, all while ducking obstacles, pushing into tight corners, and avoiding cable wrap-up. Programs are auto-generated, and can be reviewed virtually prior to execution.

Benefit/Payoff:

CAR-W technology promises to deliver highly flexible solutions for the automated welding of large ship structures without the overhead of a programming workforce. It is estimated that an industry investment of $93M among NSRP member yards would automate 20% of the weld volume, yielding $110M in savings and cost avoidance the first year. Additionally, CAR-W technology captures welding process knowledge in a digital database, preserving manufacturing know-how, and offers to stabilize the exodus of knowledge that results from an aging workforce.

Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) for Navy Applications and Facilities ManTech | Jeffery Banks

The U.S. Navy is interested in the implementation of advanced health management system (HMS) technologies for enabling a condition based maintenance (CBM) capability that will help reduce the life cycle sustainment costs of the surface fleet, submarine fleet and critical equipment at their ship building facilities. The U.S. Navy is a strong advocate for the implementation of CBM and it has been highly successful with the ICAS/MELS programs that provide a comprehensive shore side CBM data processing and analysis capability for the surface ship fleet. For the submarine fleet and other applications, the utilization of these programs is not straight forward, primarily due to the challenges associated with transferring data from the submarines to the shore based data analysis capabilities. The focus of this presentation is to demonstrate embedded on-platform diagnostic and predictive maintenance technologies for various Navy applications. An example implementation of an embedded on-platform HMS will be demonstrated for a high pressure air compressor (HPAC) system that is used on surface ships and submarines. This ubiquitous complex system will provide a representative example to demonstrate the utility and effectiveness of advanced health management technologies with both diagnostic and predictive capabilities for naval applications.

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Cost Efficient Aluminum Welder Performance Qualification Testing RA Project | Nick Kapustka, Roger Spencer, Paul Blomquist Performance qualification requirements for U.S. Navy surface ships and some other types of vessels specify the use of radiographic testing (RT or “X-Ray”) to validate that an aluminum welder has satisfactorily accomplished the qualification test. RT is a well-established process, but is time-consuming, requires specialized controls for safety, and uses dangerous chemicals with significant disposal and other environmental compliance requirements. RT requires the separate functions of up to three or more individuals, and can take 3-4 days – sometimes longer - from completion of a test plate until a report is available. In contrast, Ultrasonic Testing (UT) has largely supplanted RT for evaluation of virtually all of aluminum production welding for exactly these aspects of RT. UT can be done by one person while other work is going on, utilizes more favorable consumables, and is actually more sensitive than RT to the far more dangerous “planar” discontinuities such as cracks and lack of fusion.

The ultimate goals of this NSRP-ASE project were to reduce the costs and improve the productivity and environmental aspects of performance qualification testing of aluminum welders by the use of ultrasonic testing (UT) instead of radiographic testing (RT). Austal USA and Vigor Industrial provided EWI with aluminum test plates for use on the project. Some samples had previously been radiographed, others were radiographed by EWI. The samples were used to evaluate UT techniques for inspection of welder performance qualification tests. UT techniques were found that provided very good correlation with radiography for judging the acceptability of welder performance qualification tests. Weld samples that did not meet RT Class 1 requirements of MIL-STD-2035A had a detectable increase in the baseline UT noise level that was approximately two times the level from the UT noise level found in welds that were acceptable based on RT. Mechanical testing was also performed to compare the tensile test and bend test results for test plates that: 1) meet MIL-STD-2035 Class 1 RT and UT requirements, and 2) meet Class 1 UT requirements, but fail Class 1 RT requirements due to porosity.

Development of HiDep Welding Process for Butt and T-Fillet Joints: Implementation Phase RA Project | Jerry Jones

The original project goal was to significantly reduce welding distortion for T-fillet and butt welds and to increase welding productivity. That project, to develop the Hybrid Induction Arc Welding (HIAW) process, has proven to be successful. The project goal was to reduce weld distortion by 50% -- the actual reduction was 88%. In addition, test welds produced and then subjected to analysis, as per the ABS and NAVSEA, met all requirements. Welding speeds up to double that of the Submerged Arc process were achieved – resulting in near zero distortion and up to double productivity.

A goal of the Navy and NSRP is implementation of successful research. If this were a small “tweak” to an existing welding process, implementation should be straightforward. But, welding is such a critical process that shipyards regard a significant change from existing welding practice to be “risky.” Several shipyards

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have said that they want to see the process in production before they implement. Bollinger has agreed to take the risk, and be the first site for implementation. This project follows-up the successful Phase I and Phase II project, to work with the project’s participating shipyards, to develop a HiDep welding guideline document to facilitate implementation. The process is being installed on an existing large gantry in the panel line at Bollinger, which Bollinger has dedicated to this project. Then, Bollinger has agreed to allow U.S. shipyards to visit, and see the system in production – to substantially reduce the risk and facilitating implementation throughout the U.S. shipbuilding industry. Bollinger is paying for all of the equipment to be installed – the NSRP funded part of the project is to do the development work needed to transition the technology into shipyard production environments, which is not Bollinger specific, but instead will facilitate the implementation of this new process in any U.S. shipyard.

The presentation will be about the progress of the development, results of testing the system, and the final project work which will be to install the system at Bollinger.

Digital Shipbuilding RA Project | Mark Debbink

This presentation will focus on a Newport News Shipbuilding’s strategic view and concept of operations for transitioning from a drawing centric environment to a “Model Based Enterprise” (MBE). A bottoms-up approach was instrumental to overcome the cultural hurdles within the company; however, a top-down approach will also be needed to integrate data and processes across the value stream and complete the “digital thread.” These efforts include a developing Concept of Operations for Digital Shipbuilding addressing the entire life-cycle’s needs, not just construction.

This presentation will address issues and solutions facing Business Process professionals in Design, Engineering, Manufacturing, Construction, Inspection, and In-Service Maintenance, who are responsible for architecture, configuration, performance, and deployment of production-critical activities and software applications.

Distributed Temperature Sensing for Inspection of Electrical Panels on Navy Ships Panel Project | Jeff Callen & Jason Farmer

Even under best practices, installation of shipboard electrical systems results in loose connections and wiring mistakes that lead to arc faults and other electrical failures. Electrical panels and infrastructure are inspected by shipbuilders prior to delivery, by the government (SUPSHIPS) with sea trials and again at regular maintenance intervals. This effort focuses on three phase medium voltage (4,160V) systems (LHD and LHA) and high voltage (13,800V) systems (CVN).

The existing method of inspecting this electrical infrastructure utilizes Infrared (IR) thermography, for comparative analysis of in-panel connections, whereby a loose connection shows as hotter compared to a proper connection in the same circuit. A recent NSRP panel project investigated the use of IR transparent

windows in panel covers to permit IR thermography without the subsequent safety hazards of opening a panel and dealing with the required operator PPE and OSHA waivers. This project concluded that IR windows are a viable method to perform the IR inspections, but it also revealed challenges presented by the design of the electrical panels themselves. Internal structure or equipment can obscure line of sight from windows to the connections and these connections are being covered with dust boots that can render accurate thermography difficult.

This project investigates the use of fiber optic Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) to monitor the electrical connections within the panel. DTS uses an optical fiber as the sensor itself. Light passing down and back along the fiber is affected by non-uniformities in the fiber and the reflected light is affected by temperature. By electronically interrogating this returning light, temperature measurements can be made at multiple locations along the fiber. Thus, one fiber can make multiple measurements and the electronics can service multiple fibers. The premise is to install fibers throughout the electrical panels on board ship alongside the electrical connections of interest.

Three different commercially available technologies have been identified for DTS: Raman shift, Rayleigh backscattering and Fiber Bragg Gratings. Each method has a different physical approach and different performance parameters. This project will perform a trade study of the different methods, including technical feasibility, implementation and maintenance issues and costs. Bench top demonstrations will be performed with down select to a final demonstration in an electrical panel representative of those on Navy ships.

Project lead is the Penn State Electro-Optics Center. The sponsoring shipyard is Huntington-Ingalls Pascagoula with additional support from Gulf Coast SUPSHIPS.

Dynamic Change Awareness RA Project | Ambre Cauley & Greg Carithers, P.E.

Lack of visibility and knowledge of forthcoming changes to design or planned work increases engineering labor, planning labor, and increases re-work in production. A foremen will spend many hours weekly generating plans, confirming location of materials, and training crew on the scope of a job. However, by the time the work is planned by foremen and ready to begin, engineering or planning may have changed details and impacted the foremen’s plan without his or her knowledge. When changes make it to the shop floor most often a step in the process is missed and the craftsmen spend more time locating missing material, removing items already installed, and/or repairing before change can be executed. Large manning support from engineering, planning, and supply chain management due to baseline processes causes excessive Other Direct Labor (ODL), which increases the cost of fabricating the DDG class.

The objective of this project is to develop a real-time change management process allowing Ingalls Shipbuilding to capture, manage, aggregate, validate, synchronize, and visualize product design and engineering change information across the shipyard. This project will enable the following capabilities for the organization:

• Product Data Change Management • 3D Visualization of Change Data

• Collaboration on Change Development, Administration, Validation, and Approval • Change Information Aggregation

Additionally, this project will provide the following benefits:

• Tighter integration of multiple design teams • Improvement of engineering productivity • Reduction in design cycle time • Improvement in quality of engineering products • Reduction in engineering changes

Enabling Technologies & Low Cost Hybrid Fairings ManTech | Brian Beahn

Glass reinforced plastic (GRP) is currently utilized for composite applications on submarines. The intrinsic material properties of GRP limit its ability to fully capture all potential acquisition and life cycle cost savings and weight reduction opportunities offered by other state of the art enabling technologies and manufacturing approaches. The Enabling Technologies project has considered the use and/or combination of advanced technology/manufacturing methods, provided the opportunity exists to apply composite technology solutions to a broader set of applications with similar requirements, and reduced cost associated with conventional multi-step manufacturing of both steel and GRP submarine components is shown.

The objective of the project was to develop and validate repeatable manufacturing approaches, and their associated cost and weight impacts, for submarine applications. This project proposed a systems engineering approach to determine groups of components with similar requirements that can then be mapped to a proposed enabling technologies and/or combination of technologies. Additional tasking will evaluate repair requirements for complex material systems. This tasking includes repair procedures and methodologies for in-service and projected submarine composite applications employing complex material systems, identifying damage scenarios, and validating plans for temporary, in-situ, and permanent repairs through structural response testing of pre and post damaged/repaired complex composite structures.

The Enabling Technologies project was the predecessor to the Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Low Cost Hybrid Fairings project (LCHF). The LCHF objective is to reduce weight, reduce total ownership cost, and alleviate schedule impacts by integrating enhanced composite material systems with or without hybrid structures that possess improved performance relative to traditional alternatives. In particular, this goal is aimed at the development of composite fairing solutions for the VIRGINIA Class Block V Virginia Payload Module (VPM) that are cost effective and can support operational needs. The LCHF project intends to demonstrate that high performance composite designs can achieve technical acceptability while still being cost effectively manufactured. The challenge will be to demonstrate the benefits of these technologies to stakeholders which is needed to ensure platform insertion.

Enhanced Task Assignment & Progressing ManTech | Dan Cuenca

Coordinating the daily tasks for thousands of craftsmen is a challenging responsibility for the shipyard foremen. Each crew foreman must determine how units of work are distributed across crew members, many of whom may be working a variety of tasks across multiple hulls, and report their progress used in determining cost and schedule impacts. Currently, work assignment and progressing is performed manually with paper forms. This manual process is very time-consuming, preventing the foremen from being available to their crews and resulting in missed production efficiency opportunity.

There are limited mechanisms for foremen to quickly assign work using discrete tasking (ex: install cable hanger, install pipe detail, etc.) other than conveying the assignment on paper to a craftsman. To keep work moving forward, a “quota” of work to be performed on the assigned bill is sometimes assigned, such as “work ten line items per day.” This complicates the process of assessing progress (figuring out what ten items had been worked). These manual techniques also make it very difficult to guarantee full utilization of craftsman, as in the example, the ten line items selected to work may not take a full shift to accomplish.

The end goal for Enhanced Task Assignment and Progressing (eTAP) is to provide a tool for use by foremen which automates and enhances their task assignment and progressing of work. eTAP will streamline assignment by presenting an interface from which the foreman can quickly delineate line items, then rapidly and accurately progress their completion. This pairing will allow the foreman to ensure the crews are fully utilized throughout their shifts as well as increase the availability of the foremen such that they can better help and supervise crews instead of performing administrative duties off the job site.

First Time Quality of the Dockside Test and Trials Process (DockTrials) RA Project | Lisa Hepinstall

This project is designed to shift the emphasis from an inspection-based detective quality control process to a more preventive “Quality at Source” process to ensure the quality and reliability of system components and equipment installation, and drive First Time Quality of all Dockside Tests and Trials. The process to provide objective quality evidence of all associated Dock-Trials Tests will be standardized to promote real time capture and documentation of test information. This effort will result in increased FTQ of dockside test and trials, reduced Dock-Trials cycle time, increased Ship’s Operational Availability, and reduced total ownership costs. This project is designed to enable a quality focus at the source through a series of checklist-enabled, in-process inspections and collaborative “hold points” to minimize cost and schedule risk to the project. The project will enable the shipyard to improve quality through statistical process control methodologies and tools facilitated by a web-based quality record tracking and data collection system.

Although the environment in which leading commercial ship buyers and builders operate differs in many ways from the Navy's, some commercial practices aimed at helping to ensure that ships are delivered with

a minimum number of deficiencies may be informative for the Navy. Throughout the course of commercial shipbuilding projects, significant numbers of quality defects and instances of non-conforming work are identified. However, leading commercial ship buyers and shipbuilders make great efforts to ensure that these issues are resolved prior to delivery. Further, commercial ship buyers establish clear lines of accountability and hold their personnel responsible for ensuring the shipbuilder delivers a quality vessel. While commercial ship buyers focus on regularly witnessing in-process work through roaming patrols and impromptu inspections, Navy processes at the shipyards place less emphasis on in-process work. Moreover, leading commercial shipbuilders have strong quality management processes that track quality problems to the worker or supervisor level. Navy shipbuilding contractors have historically experienced difficulties in holding production workers and supervisors accountable for their work, but some of the shipyards reported they are making progress on increasing worker accountability.

The objective of this project is to streamline the Dock Test and Trials Process through the development and implementation of First-time Quality shipbuilding processes, as well as electronic reporting enablers to reduce the rework inherent in the Dock Trials Process. This project is designed to demonstrate that a preventive, quality-at-source program will result in a lower # of discrepancies issued at Dock Trials. Specific goals of this project are posed as follows:

• Implement a "Quality at Source" Shipbuilding Model that improves the FTQ of the Dockside Test and Trials Process.

• Quantify "before" and "after" metrics associated with the Dockside Test and Trials Process to provide proof point to the U.S. Shipbuilding industry.

• Develop and Implement a web-based quality record tracking, data collection, and analysis system based on statistical process control methodologies, root cause analysis, and real time data tracking at point of use.

• Provide an improved Quality Management System proven to reduce the # of open discrepancies at time of Acceptance for the Navy.

High Deposition Rate Submerged Arc Welding ManTech | Daniel Moniak & Garrett Sonnenberg

In support of U.S. Navy cost reduction efforts, Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) has made a significant investment into its welding infrastructure. As part of that effort NNS has been working to identify the market leading system, by process, for NNS applications. As part of this effort, it has discovered many new submerged arc welding (SAW) variants which are commercially available that have the capability of reaching up to 100 lbs/hr in deposition rate. This effort is focused on identifying the next generation of SAW systems for NNS that offers the capabilities of operating within legacy, qualified procedures while offering an alternative high deposition, high productivity process that is capable of being qualified for general use in aircraft carrier construction.

This presentation provides details on task progress while detailing the methods used to guide the IPT in identifying and implementing a high deposition rate SAW process variant. It highlights how the market was surveyed, methods used to identify and filter potential candidates, and proposed methods to obtain early concurrence from the Technical Warrant Holder (TWH) regarding qualification testing. This

presentation provides insight into testing requirements and results of process assessments and the development of the test method for TWH review for concurrence.

Improved Methods for Bonding and Grounding Panel Project | Darren Brick

Satisfying requirements for bonding and grounding in accordance with MIL-STD-1310 can be costly; however, this cost is not completely observable simply in the terms of the time expended achieving the bond. The following are examples of areas where additional costs can be incurred:

• Identifying the acceptable method for the specific equipment being installed• Coordinating multiple crafts may be necessary in order to accomplish the task• Proper installation requires a corrosion inhibitor and possibly weather seal (i.e., if in weather or wet

space)• Getting the proper materials and tools in hand to accomplish the task and setup of those tools

may require significant time• Damaged equipment resulting from overly aggressive paint removal may result in needed repairs

to the equipment which is costly• A witness may at times be needed to verify quality of compliance or a fire watch may be needed

for performing hot work• Quality of ground must be verified which may mean that coatings and insulation must be

disturbed resulting in repairs after the fact• In a case where equipment has been mounted and it is uncertain whether proper grounding

procedures have been accomplished, it may at times require equipment to be lifted off mounts forvisual inspection

The study explores tools, technologies, and methodologies for accomplishing quality bonding and grounding results aboard Navy ships at a lower cost and examines the viability of alternative approaches which eliminate the need to provide bonding and grounding at all.

A successful project will demonstrate improvements which have potential to reduce construction and maintenance costs.

Induction Straightening Induction Straightening for CVN | Nancy Porter & Randolph Scott

The objective of this project is to determine induction straightening parameters that can be used to effectively straighten ship structure without adversely affecting Carrier material properties and to quantify the potential cost savings associated with implementing induction straightening at NNS. Current CVN construction employs flame straightening to straighten deck and bulkhead panels within required tolerances. Although effective, the process is time consuming and allows for variability in application. It requires numerous application zones across the full area of the panel and often necessitates multiple treatments. The heating/cooling rate of induction heating is dramatically faster compared to the

heating/cooling rate of flame heating. This is why the two processes are quite different in application and performance. Both flame straightening and induction straightening must ensure that the impact strength and yield strength of the material are not compromised. These factors will be the primary considerations in the acceptance testing and evaluation tasks, as they were for flame straightening. The dramatically different heating/cooling rate of induction heating will require careful development of operating parameters. Other shipyards currently use induction straightening for other types of steel. The induction equipment manufacturer publishes a time savings of 50% for induction straightening vs. flame straightening. This project will be executed in two phases. Phase I will determine technical acceptance testing and execute a test plan to develop induction straightening parameters that do not adversely affect Carrier material properties. Phase II will determine the effectiveness of the developed induction heating parameters to straighten a representative mock-up panel.

In Service Ship Re-Documentation RA Project | George Harrison

Purpose: Radically re-engineer the In-Service Ship Check process in an effort to reduce ship TOC

Challenges: Rapidly convert ship check laser scanned point cloud data into a functional 3D product model of the current in-service vessel:

• Quickly provide updated, in-service model files to engineering and planning • Modeling and simulation for real-time planning and assessment • Interoperability between suppliers, and customers stakeholders

Solutions:

• Match ship configuration scan geometry to 3D product model parts catalog using geometry recognition technology.

• Compare the Ship 3D Design product model with the scanned in-service point cloud and adjudicate the differences

• Provide a current configuration in-service 3D product model for use in downstream maintenance and modernization activities.

• TOC reduction through reduced man-hours, reduced schedule time, and improved quality Results:

• Replace 2D drawings with 3D CAD model files to minimize errors from extracted products • Use laser scanning and 3D modeling to streamline on board ship checks • Support managing logistics deliverables • Configuration manage the ship on behalf of the Hull Planning Yard in TeamCenter

Laser Peening in Ship Construction & Repair RA Projects | Dr. Daniel Georgiadis & CAPT William Porter, USN (Ret)

2015-446 Laser Peening of Ship Structures to Reduce Production Costs working with Ingalls Shipbuilding, began May 2015 and completed in December 2016 with three phases.

Phase I: Laser peening was successfully demonstrated to straighten waviness in an aluminum door cut out. Wavy edges are induced in aluminum door cut outs when stiffeners are welded in place. Yards must follow tight controls when using a flame torch on aluminum. Laser peening was shown to be a very effective and efficient method to straighten aluminum deformations. Laser peened AA5466 H116 also showed a fatigue life improvement of 60% for base material and 340% for welded material. Phase II: Laser peening was successfully demonstrated to provide fatigue life improvements to propulsion shafts (MIL-STD-23284A Class 2). Shafts are wrapped in a glass reinforced plastic (GRP) or coated with Inconel cladding for corrosion prevention, and shot peening is used as a surface treatment. SSN 688 shaft sections were cut into samples and cladded. Laser peened, untreated, and shot peened samples were fatigue tested in a corrosive bath. Laser peening provided 4.5X deeper residual stress than shot peening and fatigue life was improved 3-13X. Phase III: Laser peening was successfully demonstrated to form/straighten High Strength Low Alloy (HSLA 65) steel deck plate. Deck plate assemblies undergo significant out of plane distortion as a result of the heating and subsequent cooldown during the welding process. A HSLA-65 stiffened panel was flame straightened by Ingalls and a similar panel was laser peen formed. Laser peen forming and flame forming this material was shown to be effective away from the stiffeners, however posed challenging near the stiffeners. 2016-434 Mitigation of Stress Corrosion Cracking, Cavitation Erosion & Forming Complex Shapes Using Laser Peening working with Austal USA, began May 2016 and is scheduled to complete in Sep 2017. Phase I: (completed) With a focus on new construction, laser peening was successfully demonstrated to provide fatigue life improvements for Austal aluminums 5083 and 6082 also providing a very effective method of forming compound curvatures. A challenging compound curvature (aluminum skeg) was selected by Austal and laser peen forming was successfully used to shape the aluminum into its final required form. Phase II: With a focus on repair, aluminum, duplex stainless steel alloy 2205, and nickel aluminum bronze samples are currently being laser peened and tested for mitigating cavitation erosion, galvanic corrosion, polarization, sensitization, and stress corrosion cracking. The team is working closely with Austal, Wartsila, Detyens Shipyards, NSWC Carderock, Dynaflow Inc, PEO LCS, PEO SUB, Military Sealift Command, ONR, and NRL while furthering the research of laser peening aluminum, waterjet components, and propellers.

Lifecycle Integrated Data Environment RA Project | George Harrison & Matt Brennan

Purpose: Leverage new capabilities in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) to better integrate Shipyards and Stakeholders

Challenges: Use a common, multi-purpose, standards-based infrastructure for:

• Collaborative engineering and planning • Modeling and simulation for real-time planning and assessment • Interoperability

Solutions:

• Common graphical user interface (GUI) for all stakeholders • User friendly portal for stakeholder access • Single source access of ship OEM technical data • Framework for security access and configuration control of selected ship data

Results:

• Reduced time for stakeholders to access and exchange data • Provide 3D product model views • Supports the concept of drawing elimination • Provides OEM data from user desktop to any device

Mechanical Property and Fabrication Cost Comparison of Purchased HFRW Structural Shapes vs GMAW Fabricated Structural Shapes Panel Project | Robert Gillies & Nancy Porter

The goal of this project is to demonstrate equivalency between a purchased HY-80 HFRW tube vs. the corresponding baseline fabricated GMAW tube in terms of physical strength and to compare fabrication costs. Specific objectives for this project include: demonstrate and compare impact strength; demonstrate and compare fatigue strength; and quantify purchased tube cost and compare to fabrication costs. In the early 1980s, NAVSEA approved Ingalls and Bath Iron Works to use HSLA-80 t-stiffeners designed for high frequency resistance welding (HFRW) and installed them on the CG-47 guided missile cruisers (Aegis Class). CG-47 Cruisers are still in service and there have been no reported failures of the HFRW t-stiffeners in their 30+ years of service. After all ship sets were provided for the Aegis Class, the HFRW t-stiffener supplier went out of business. After that, the Navy didn’t look for another supplier. Electric Boat is looking for alternatives for HY-80 fabricated shapes. After an industry search, ThermaTool was identified as a leader in HFRW structural shape design and production. Electric Boat is actively engaged with ThermaTool to incorporate HFRW structural shapes into the OHIO Replacement Class Design.

The prior NAVSEA approval to use HFRW t-stiffeners (and all supporting documentation) cannot be located as result of records being moved from one location to another. Therefore some level of re-qualification is needed to enable use on existing or planned ship platforms. Hollow structural shapes

(“tube”) in high strength steel grades per ASTM A-500 are approved for submarine use; however, high strength low alloy steel grades (HSLA / HY) are not. Electric Boat is interested in using HY-80 HFRW tube as they are believed to be equivalent in strength to the gas metal arc welded (GMAW) fabricated HY-80 tube currently used in submarine and surface ship construction. By replacing a fabricated HY-80 structure with a purchased standard shape, Electric Boat will realize a significant reduction in fabrication costs, decreased fabrication time, and decreased distortion.

HFRW tube is designed differently than structural shapes fabricated with GMAW. An HFRW formed and welded square tube is one part with one weld. A GMAW fabricated square tube is two formed “L” shaped parts with two welds. HFRW tube is more dimensionally accurate and consistent compared to the baseline GMAW fabricated tube. Shape cross section combined with the geometric characteristics of the welds affect impact, fatigue, and shock performance. Before HY-80 HFRW tube can be used by the participating shipyards, NAVSEA approval must be once again obtained. In order to obtain NAVSEA approval, the performance of purchased HY-80 HFRW tube must be compared to the corresponding baseline GMAW fabricated tube in order to demonstrate equivalency of the performance. Moving from HSLA / HY grade tube designed for GMAW to HSLA / HY HFRW tube supports the call for improved quality in ship design, construction and repair through continuous improvement of advanced technologies and processes.

The results of this project will generate data that shipyards can use to determine that the benefits of using structural shapes designed for HFRW outweighs using current fabricated structural shapes welded with GMAW. This data can be used as a starting point to pursue NAVSEA approval for using HFRW structural shapes.

Mobile Computing ManTech | Andrew DiFusco

The Navy ManTech Program is participating in this initiative with specific focus on conversion of VIRGINIA Class Submarine (VCS) design data for use in lean paperless work packages to support ship construction. The ManTech Centers of Excellence and Electric Boat have identified areas that can benefit from the use of lean paperless work packages to reduce costs. VIRGINIA Class Submarine (VCS) legacy data does not contain the same level of detailed model data as compared with that which is contained in the COLUMBIA Program product design. An example of this would be joint geometry; VCS design data does not contain joint geometry.

The objective of the Mobile Computing project is to create a lean paperless work package built from the legacy VCS product model. This lean paperless work package will allow for all data to be maintained and accessed electronically by Electric Boat trades personnel. Such lean work packages would include only the operations, material, joints and views that a worker would need to accomplish a particular unit of work. With the use of tablet based viewer in the lean paperless work package the trades personnel would also be able to manipulate a 3D model of the work to be accomplished in order to better understand how the job is to be performed.

This task focuses on the development of new software (Build Plan Editor) to assist in the creation the Manufacturing Assembly Plans (MAPs). Utilizing current design data, planning work instructions and on-

going development of Autoviews, developers are establishing infrastructure to automate the process of MAP creation. What was once a very manual, cumbersome and hands on process will now be transformed into a one person automated process with minimal touch time that can all be completed within the software.

Non-Contact Metrology Integration ManTech | Phil Caudill

At Huntington Ingalls Industries – Newport News Shipbuilding (HII-NNS) optimization of the shipbuilding process is not only a focus, it is a requirement. If designing, constructing and providing worldwide fleet support for the Virginia Class Submarine (VCS) program was not enough of an undertaking, HII-NNS is also the sole designer and builder for the US Navy Aircraft Carrier programs as well. To be better equipped to keep up with the high demands of both the VCS and the Aircraft Carrier programs, HII-NNS has implemented a focus on improving the efficiency of traditional practices which provides opportunities for substantial cost reduction of both programs as well. One of the many methods of improving efficiency and reducing cost is by shifting much of the workload to earlier in the construction process. This will allow for the construction and fabrication of key components to happen in the shop, where modifications can easily be made, rather than in the difficult work environment onboard the ship. To facilitate this type of workload adjustment, precise measurements are required to ensure that the components fabricated in the shop meet the stringent specifications of the ship. Though the industry has been able to produce high quality vessels utilizing traditional metrology methods, constantly changing build plans contribute to the need of maintaining and utilizing the top-of-the-line metrology equipment.

The ‘Non-Contact Metrology in Shipbuilding’ project, led by HII-NNS, is focused on identifying standards for integrating laser scanning and projection technology into product lines, and providing Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs) for their utilization at HII-NNS. By providing a clearly defined integration process and detailed procedures of how to best apply and the benefits of emerging technologies, HII-NNS will ensure the efficiency and accuracy of each metrology inspection, and ultimately streamlining the construction process. The project will gather the input from various equipment and software OEMs as well as input from industry experts to further develop and define these standards for integration.

The ‘Non-Contact Metrology in Shipbuilding’ project will be conducted in two phases, with Phase I consisting of the identification and definition of process requirements, an initial pilot of the legacy process for gap identification, and the identification of suitable applications for non-contact equipment. Phase II will include the development of the various standards used to govern the use and application of various non-contact metrology equipment and a final pilot to verify the applicability of those standards. To support implementation, HII-NNS will implement the final standards into production following the final pilot.

Optimization & Analysis of Temporary Ventilation for Confined Spaces Panel Project | Ryan Somero, Lingaiah Mendu & Nick Stowe

Temporary ventilation placement in enclosed and confined spaces has historically been based on best-practices of trades and waterfront engineers. Tanks would be ventilated by cuts in the shell, previously positioned by these best-practices. The Fluid Dynamics group at Newport News Shipbuilding demonstrated that improved airflow could be achieved with less shell cuts with proper ventilation placement. This analysis, which was conducted using 3-dimensional computational fluid dynamics, is computationally prohibitive for use by waterfront engineers. This presentation outlines a software suite that was developed based on CONTAM, an air quality and ventilation analysis program developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, to allow waterfront engineers to quickly optimize the placement of temporary ventilation in confined and enclosed spaces. In addition, the applicability of CONTAM for the analysis of air quality during coatings applications is also discussed.

* Part of the NSRP Panel Project: Shipboard Combined Ventilation Projects

Partial Blast of Ultra High Solids Coatings on Navy Ships Panel Project | Peter Ault

The NSRP Surface Preparation and Coatings panel sponsored a project to reduce the extent of abrasive blasting to remove aged, ultra-high solids coatings from tanks and other spaces on Navy ships. This “partial blast” process allows a percentage of remaining serviceable Ultra High Solids (UHS) to remain. After surface preparation, a single coat application of UHS coating is applied to all surfaces. During this project, partial blast surface preparation of ultra-high solids epoxy coatings was observed on two projects. Consistent cost savings has been demonstrated in both demonstrations. The work has shown that partial blast can be effectively performed at a reduced cost. Cost savings result from a reduction in abrasive blasting time and fewer clean-up-inspect-rework iterations. Though there is limited data and demonstrations to-date, there have not been any signs of catastrophic impacts to service life; further service time, field observations, and testing will help to build confidence that the alternative process reduces cost at an acceptable performance risk.

Power Panel and Breaker Commonality Panel Project | Rickey DeLogue & Gregory Stevens

This presentation, offered to the 3/7/17 All Panel Meeting in Charleston, SC, will provide status for the NSRP project, “Power Panel and Breaker Commonality”. Current findings will be presented regarding program usage of breakers and panels. Results of an evaluation of findings will be a center discussion point, sharing suggestions on where opportunities may exist for consolidation, and how programs might move toward commonality. Next project steps will be presented and recommended methods will be open for discussion.

There are currently many variants of power panels and breakers, serving many different applications, across multiple ship programs, which may represent an opportunity for consolidation. Tasking for this project will include researching products, investigating opportunities for cross application fit, determining consolidation opportunities, and testing those components that are not currently designed to meet specific requirements, such as shock and vibration withstand.

General commonality approaches tend to reduce inventory costs, reduce maintenance costs, reduce training, and drive simpler designs. It is likely, moving forward from existing inventory bases and current designs, that breaker and panel consolidation efforts across multiple programs will drive improved affordability, inventory control, and configuration management, thus allowing a reduction in overall ownership costs.

Resource Availability ManTech | Dan Cuenca

During ship construction it is necessary to move large objects frequently, using varied combinations of heavy lifting resources such as gantry cranes, forklifts, manlifts, fixtures, and more. These lifting resources also often require personnel and other resources’ support in order to operate. Historically it has been extremely challenging to coordinate and manage all of the lifting resources, as they operate concurrently in a large shipyard, while also trying to minimize unnecessary expenses (time, travel, fuel, etc.). Gaining “real-time” situational awareness for locating resources or evaluating resource performance is extremely challenging, which hinders scheduling projections and causes reactive instead of proactive tasking.

The root issue is the lack of immediate visibility to the location/performance of all lifting resources and the ability to optimally forecast those resources. The objective then is to provide an automated resource management tool to the controllers to be used for tracking, allocation, managing, and scheduling of the heavy lift resources. This resource management tool will allow the controller to rapidly assess multiple changes from the current lift plan while considering resource availability, largely mitigating the inefficiencies of the current manual analysis method.

The end goal is to create an automated management toolset to provide immediate visibility of the location and performance of heavy lift resources, thus reducing labor costs through increased process efficiency. The lifting/transportation controllers are composited in to a “Heavy Lift Team”, a type of lifting command center. The Resource Availability project enhances the command center by creating a central data management tool for lifting and transportation activities. The dynamic nature of the tool will support informed decision making and promote streamlined forecasting.

Self Locating, Self Fixtured Structures ManTech | Robert Gillies & Mark Smitherman

The current method for constructing submarine deck structure involves fitting short beams between longer continuous beam at a precise right angle. Many short beams are needed to complete the grid.

Each fit requires precise placement; any variation impacts the capability to hold tight dimensional tolerances. With so many opportunities for variation, the construction requires highly skilled craftsmen and multiple measurements.

However, an innovation in cutting technology at Electric Boat enables a new construction method, called Self Locating, Self Fixtured (SLSF) Structure, or more recently, Fast Fit. By notching beams with a specially designed joint, the short beams are replaced by a few longer beams, so the grid is continuous in both directions. This self locating and self fixturing structure results in a number of benefits. The fitting task is greatly reduced, as there are fewer connections to be made. Part count and handling costs are greatly reduced. Notched beams also simplify fitting, so less skill is required to complete the structure.

The overall results of Fast Fit construction are a flatter, more dimensionally accurate structure that is also quicker and less expensive to construct.

Recent trial constructions were completed at Quonset Point under the Office of Naval Research

ManTech Program’s Navy Metalworking Center. The structure was assembled by an inexperienced crew in 17 minutes- a process which can take days in conventional construction. The part count was reduced from 15 to 6. Dimensional stability was greatly improved: part shrinkage caused by welding and flatness was improved by a tremendous amount over the typical construction.

Finite element analysis is used to predict the welding distortion and determine the amount of structure pre-camber (or bending) required to compensate for this distortion. This camber is achieved by clamping the structure to fixture with an arrangement of shims. With the final dimensions predicted in advance of construction, adjoining structures can be built in parallel with the deck structure, rather than waiting on as-built dimensions. This was also demonstrated with the Quonset structure. This construction method has many benefits beyond submarine construction. This briefing will cover the methodology, design implications, construction methods, project results and lessons learned.

SKM – Ship Knowledge Management RA Project | Lisa McCabe The overall goal of the Ship Knowledge Management (SKM) project is to facilitate easy access to the 3D product model of the ship and the Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) products (e.g. Technical Manuals, Maintenance Standards, Ship System Manuals, Vendor Drawings, etc.) for fleet support. EB’s Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) Department has been developing a vision for delivering product model data to external customers for sustainment scenarios. The focus of the SKM Project is to define how this data will be delivered.

The SKM project will establish a graphical shipboard data knowledge management system based on standards-based data sharing technology. The SKM system will enable ship’s force to have easy onboard access to the 3D product models, logistics documentation, and logistics product data that fully define the fit, form, and function of the ship, and will provide a process definition to notify the cognizant Design Agent of configuration changes.

In addition to ship wide visualization, the SKM system shall provide the product design disclosure that represents the approved design data (with information defining as-built variances) for each particular hull. This data shall be functionally equivalent to the scanned engineering drawings currently managed in ATIS. The format of the design will be as a MIL-STD 31000A Technical Data Package. The SKM system also provides a “smart” version of 2D diagrams with hotspot links to table data, logistics documents, connected electrical components and sheet to sheet references.

The SKM system will retrieve logistics product data from NX/Teamcenter (NX/TC) at EB and provide the data in a neutral format (in accordance with MIL-STD 31000A) that can be interpreted onboard ships. Two methods of visualizing 3D product model data are being evaluated. The first will develop an open viewer based on non-proprietary 3D product model visualization software developed by EB. The second method will use a service lifecycle management (SLM) strategy, which is developed by Siemens.

spARky - Reducing Wiring Costs using 3D Model and Augmented Reality RA Project | Ken Fast

spARky uses a handheld tablet computer showing live video augmented with 3D product model overlays to guide the installation of wires and the grouping of wires into cable bundles. The goal is to achieve first-time quality with significant reduction in labor cost.

Historically the guiding document for outfitting cabinets was a wire table listing end-to-end connectivity, but without any graphics showing spatial layout. In the future, wires and cable bundles will be modeled in their correct positions as part of the 3D product mode. For spARky the geometry and data for wires, cables, connectors, other components, and the cabinet itself will be extracted directly from the product model. AR technology will be used to show wire connections and cable bundling in spatial context in live video on a handheld tablet.

Electricians will be able to select individual wires from the wire list in order to draw and highlight their geometry and connectors in the live video view of the cabinet. Another view will show how wires are routed through free space and grouped into bundles to form wrapped cables. These features will assist the electrician to achieve mistake-free, first time quality even on new and unfamiliar designs. Showing wire end point connections in correct spatial context will reduce installation time. Showing the correct final cable routing will reduce current trial and error methods for grouping of wires.

Standardization of Watertight Closures ManTech | Sean Murphy

On a large Navy ship there may well be dozens of unique door designs that deviate in some way from the Navy standard design, increasing part counts and procurement costs.

For ship programs that require shock qualification of watertight closures, the unique door designs that deviate in some way from the Navy standard design aren’t considered to be shock qualified. In many

cases, the Navy will call for shock testing to be done to prove the shock resistance of the non-standard door design, which incurs additional costs.

The unique door designs that deviate in some way from the Navy standard design drive higher logistics costs due to having to maintain data on the door designs and separate spare parts packages.

The project work should lead to Navy documentation that incorporates a family of approved and qualified door designs that cover the vast majority of doors used on new construction ships. The revised documentation will also give accurate logistics data to ship maintainers and thereby support cost effective maintenance and repair.

Test Adapter Efficiency Improvement ManTech | John Mazurowski and Jason Farmer

This project builds on the theme that the complexity of electrical and optical connections in ships is costly. Previous Navy ManTech and NSRP projects have provided some methodology toward decreasing cable test costs, a) the Integrated Link Test System (ILTS) under Navy ManTech, and b) Flexible Interface for Automated Circuit Tester under the NSRP. This project introduces the ILTS to the Ingalls Gulf Coast shipyard, will further reduce the varieties of test adapter types, solve an RF connector sustainment issue, and add Optical Time Domain Reflectometry (OTDR) to the ILTS fiber optic test functions.

Utilization of Technical Data for Cost Estimation and Change Management Pat David & Jan Fischer

Investigating advanced shipbuilding cost management through integration of a cost management platform, CostFact, with the design tool ShipConstructor. This presentation will explore the relationships available across the shipbuilding enterprise with advanced cost reporting, estimating, and management capabilities available, and how they can be further improved through the integration with engineering and design processes. In particular how initial design cost estimating accuracy can be significantly improved, how material management can be tied to cost management during the detailed design phase with parametric calculations, and a means for improving the capture, planning, and forecasting of direct change-order cost impacts to a ship program as they occur.

Variant Reduction for Shipboard Installed Connectors Panel Project | Joseph D’Angelo & Maurissa D’Angelo

Reducing variance for shipboard installed connectors will ultimately reduce Naval shipbuilding initial and lifecycle costs. The goal of this Ship Warfare Systems Integration (SWSI) panel project is to provide initial recommendations to reduce the total ownership cost of ships through a reduction in connector variance in ship design, modernization, and repairs. This effort involves engaging NAVSEA, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), shipyards, and vendors to develop and document the methodology of connector

selection. D’Angelo Technologies, LLC (D5T) is working with participating team members to determine and define the process of selecting connectors and recommend improvements. The methodology resulting from this effort will address “root cause” of connector variation. Follow-on activities (RA proposal / RFI responses) will merge these recommendations with technical requirements and definitions and provide virtual shelf connector selection optimization in order to help the Navy drive down variance and reduce overall costs.

Weld Sequence Planning for Major Assemblies ManTech | Lori Denault, Charles Fisher, Jonathan Finley & Andrew DiFusco

In the construction of major ship assemblies (e.g., foundation tanks, bulkheads), sequential welding processes can lead to considerable deformation. Attempts to prevent and mitigate this deformation are often at a significant impact to cost and schedule. In addition, the welding sequence used is usually developed with a trial-and-error approach that relies on trade knowledge and suffers from limited documentation. A more rigorous and easily documented approach involves numerically analyzing the welding processes beforehand to optimize the build plan using current finite element analysis software. However, for major ship assemblies, the computational model can take weeks or months to set up, run, and analyze, and an experienced analyst is required. The goal of this Navy Metalworking Center (NMC) Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) effort is to overcome these limitations by developing a quick and user-friendly weld sequence planning methodology, centered on a computational analysis tool. This commercially available software tool will provide a simplified interface to easily determine an optimal weld sequence for distortion mitigation and best practices for shop floor manufacturing given standard fixturing arrangements.

This presentation will provide an overview of an NMC ManTech project that aims to reduce welding-induced deformation in major ship assemblies through the development and implementation of the computational analysis tool described. The presentation will cover the development of the tool, including its target user, use case, and major features. The presentation will also discuss the validation of the software tool, including completed and planned structures. This project’s Integrated Project Team includes PMS 450; PMS 397; the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division; General Dynamics Electric Boat; and NMC.

This abstract was prepared by the Navy Metalworking Center, operated by Concurrent Technologies Corporation under Contract No. N00014-10-D-0062 to the Office of Naval Research as part of the Navy ManTech Program. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.

1Navy Metalworking Center/Concurrent Technologies Corporation, Johnstown, Pennsylvania 2Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, West Bethesda, Maryland 3General Dynamics Electric Boat– Quonset Point Facility, North Kingstown, Rhode Island

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Expo Abstracts

Table of Contents ACI Technologies ...................................................................................................................................................................... 3

Advanced Mobile Test Platform to Accelerate the Installation of Electrical Harnesses and Support Ongoing Sustainment of Electrical Systems in Ships ............................................................................................... 3

ARgos – VR/AR for Cable Installation ............................................................................................................................. 3

Center for Naval Metalworking (CNM) .......................................................................................................................... 4

Composites Manufacturing Technology Center (CMTC) ........................................................................................ 5

Computer Aided Robotics for Welding (CAR-W) ...................................................................................................... 5

Development of HiDep Welding Process for Butt and T-Fillet Joints: Implementation Phase Bollinger Shipyards.................................................................................................................................................................. 6

Distributed Temperature Sensing for Inspection of Electrical Panels on Navy Ships ............................... 6

First Time Quality of the Dockside Test and Trials Process (DockTrials) ......................................................... 7

High Deposition Rate Submerged Arc Welding ......................................................................................................... 8

Induction Straightening ........................................................................................................................................................ 9

Institute for Manufacturing and Sustainment Technologies (iMAST) .............................................................. 9

Laser Peening in Ship Construction & Repair ........................................................................................................... 10

Learning & Development Innovation ........................................................................................................................... 11

Naval Shipbuilding and Advanced Manufacturing Center (NSAM) ............................................................... 11

Navy Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Program ........................................................................................ 12

Navy Metalworking Center (NMC) ................................................................................................................................ 12

Penn State Electro-Optics Center (EOC) ...................................................................................................................... 12

Rigging Follow-On Research & Development .......................................................................................................... 13

SKM – Ship Knowledge Management .......................................................................................................................... 13

spARky - Reducing Wiring Costs using 3D Model and Augmented Reality ............................................... 14

Swage Steel Vessel Rule Development ........................................................................................................................ 14

ACI Technologies Navy ManTech Center Operator

ACI Technologies (ACI) drives the insertion of technology into manufacturing through applied R&D, manufacturing technologies, and engineering. Expertise includes research, materials, electronics manufacturing, design engineering, prototyping, industry training, program management, and consulting. ACI’s effectiveness is leveraged through partnerships that involve complete supply chain participation. ACI operates the Navy ManTech Center of Excellence, the EMPF (www.empf.org) for Electronics Manufacturing.

Advanced Mobile Test Platform to Accelerate the Installation of Electrical Harnesses and Support Ongoing Sustainment of Electrical Systems in Ships Panel Project

The installation of electrical harnesses in ships represents many thousands of man-hours and subsequent testing, with manual ring out techniques often leading to further troubleshooting delays when the time arrives to fire up the different ship sub-systems. Many have tried to apply automated test equipment to the shipyard installation of electrical harnesses, but the complexity of the set-up investment in test programs with cables interfaces and loopback connectors often do not justify the return on investment. The present project should provide a new practice in ship construction and sustainment that will be readily available to all shipyards and the Navy once the project evaluation is completed.

The concept of this project is to use an existing COTS technology Advanced Mobile Universal Electrical Test Platform (AMUET) offered by SOLAVITEK in two different phases of electrical outfitting. The first phase is to assist electricians in the installation of electrical harnesses pinout and termination of the connections using paperless instructions and wireless remote test units controlled by a tablet. The follow on step will be to run a system scan to provide a detailed system overview of the state of the electrical system as installed, on both wire-to-wire configuration and a fully installed sub-system, including active and passive sensors. These final configuration signatures can be used to develop a preventive maintenance program that can be stored on-line for real-time support over the lifecycle of the ship. The concept can be used on all the other sub-system applications in the yard and delivered to the Navy, providing an opportunity to establish new manufacturing and maintenance standards that will be common to the fleet, reducing the total cost of ownership.

ARgos – VR/AR for Cable Installation RA Project

The overall goal of the ARgos project is to reduce the cost to install cables aboard ships. This will be accomplished by using virtual and augmented reality tools to improve cabling design, enhance training, and assist in the installation process.

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Virtual reality (VR) tools will enable designers to create better initial cable layouts and build plans. Immersive 3D display will give designers a realistic view of how cables will be laid out aboard ship. Interactive physics-based simulation of cable pulling will help them take into account the practical difficulties of installation during outfitting. This will drive the generation of a first-time quality build plan during the up front design process.

The ARgos project will capture the current practice, process, and principles of cable installation in the shipyards. This will help mitigate potential loss of expertise through workforce turnover. This baseline knowledge will be used to develop targeted training curriculum to bring new cable installers up to speed. Training will also take advantage of the virtual simulation environment to give new workers a realistic hands-on experience before going on-board.

Augmented reality (AR) will also be used to improve the cable installation process. 3D graphics overlays will be shown in the context of the actual ship environment to help installers visualize the work process. This will also show the as-designed end state to serve as a guide during interim work steps.

The ARgos project will include extensive testing and demonstration on a full-scale ship module. This will help refine the VR and AR tools and prove out the process and training methodology. This prototyping activity will exercise the end to end process from cabling design, through worker training, work execution, and feedback to improve each step.

Center for Naval Metalworking (CNM) Navy ManTech Center

The Center for Naval Metalworking (CNM) develops and deploys innovative metalworking and related manufacturing technologies to reduce the cost and time to build and repair key US Navy ships and weapons platforms, while also collaborating with other relevant manufacturing industries. CNM utilizes a proven approach that blends the “Virtual Center” model with in-house technical expertise to ensure that project teams are comprised of the best providers from the industry to identify, develop, select, and execute ‘metals-centric’ projects that support ManTech program objectives and transition to industry. CNM is managed by Advanced Technology International (ATI) in Summerville, SC and partners with EWI, leveraging EWI’s member-based organization that provides applied research, manufacturing support, and strategic services. Going forward, CNM conducts projects that focus on metals and advanced metallic materials, metal-based composites, metal materials manufacturing processes (e.g. additive manufacturing) and joining techniques, coupled with process design control and advanced metrology and inspection technologies.

CNM Website: http://www.navalmetalworking.org

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Composites Manufacturing Technology Center (CMTC) Navy ManTech Center

The Composites Manufacturing Technology Center (CMTC) serves as a technology resource to ONR under the Navy Manufacturing Technology Program (Navy ManTech) to develop advanced composites manfacturing. processes with reduce acquisition & life-cycle costs, reduce weight & improve performance for key Navy ship, submarine, aircraft, land vehicle and missile acquisition programs.

Computer Aided Robotics for Welding (CAR-W) Research Announcement

Challenge:

The automation gap between domestic defense and foreign commercial shipbuilders is growing. An aging welding workforce threatens the future labor pool availability and an eminent loss of process knowledge. Budget and cost reduction pressures continue. The challenge of introducing robotic welding automation into the low volume – high mix NSRP member yards can only be overcome by eliminating the programming bottleneck for robotic welding making it faster, easier & more versatile through a state of the art programming tool.

Solution:

Computer Aided Robotics for Welding (CAR-W). A path planning software tool that leverages the part and weld information available from modern CAD packages like ShipConstructor, combines it with your welding process knowledge, and uses advanced kinematic algorithms to automatically deliver a robot welding program that works. This sophisticated solution replaces the old model of part-by-part manual programming, and allows organizations to economically automate the welding of one-off and small-batch parts with robotic systems. CAR-W programming is truly flexible, utilizing the full-range of robot motion with unparalleled collision avoidance to achieve accurate welding work and travel angles, all while ducking obstacles, pushing into tight corners, and avoiding cable wrap-up. Programs are auto-generated, and can be reviewed virtually prior to execution.

Benefit/Payoff:

CAR-W technology promises to deliver highly flexible solutions for the automated welding of large ship structures without the overhead of a programming workforce. It is estimated that an industry investment of $93M among NSRP member yards would automate 20% of the weld volume, yielding $110M in savings and cost avoidance the first year. Additionally, CAR-W technology captures welding process knowledge in a digital database, preserving manufacturing know-how, and offers to stabilize the exodus of knowledge that results from an aging workforce.

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Development of HiDep Welding Process for Butt and T-Fillet Joints: Implementation Phase Bollinger Shipyards RA Project

The original project goal was to significantly reduce welding distortion for T-fillet and butt welds and to increase welding productivity. That project, to develop the Hybrid Induction Arc Welding (HIAW) process, has proven to be successful. The project goal was to reduce weld distortion by 50% -- the actual reduction was 88%. In addition, test welds produced and then subjected to analysis, as per the ABS and NAVSEA, met all requirements. Welding speeds up to double that of the Submerged Arc process were achieved – resulting in near zero distortion and up to double productivity.

A goal of the Navy and NSRP is implementation of successful research. If this were a small “tweek” to an existing welding process, implementation should be straightforward. But, welding is such a critical process that shipyards regard a significant change from existing welding practice to be “risky”. Several shipyards have said that they want to see the process in production, before they implement. Bollinger has agreed to take the risk, and be the first site for implementation. This project will follow-up the successful Phase I and Phase II project, to work with the project’s participating shipyards, to develop a HiDep welding guideline document to facilitate implementation. The process will be installed on an existing large gantry in the panel line at Bollinger, which Bollinger will dedicate to this project. Then, Bollinger has agreed to allow U.S. shipyards to visit, and see the system in production – to substantially reduce the risk and facilitating implementation throughout the U.S. shipbuilding industry. Bollinger will pay for all of the equipment to be installed - the NSRP funded part of the project is to do the development work needed to transition the technology into shipyard production environments, which is not Bollinger specific, but instead will facilitate the implementation of this new process in any U.S. shipyard.

Distributed Temperature Sensing for Inspection of Electrical Panels on Navy Ships Panel Project

Even under best practices, installation of shipboard electrical systems results in loose connections and wiring mistakes that lead to arc faults and other electrical failures. Electrical panels and infrastructure are inspected by shipbuilders prior to delivery, by the government (SUPSHIPS) with sea trials and again at regular maintenance intervals. This effort focuses on three phase medium voltage (4,160V) systems (LHD and LHA) and high voltage (13,800V) systems (CVN).

The existing method of inspecting this electrical infrastructure utilized Infrared (IR) thermography, for comparative analysis of in-panel connections, whereby a loose connection shows as hotter compared to a proper connection in the same circuit. A recent NSRP panel project investigated the use of IR transparent windows in panel covers to permit IR thermography without the subsequent safety hazards of opening a panel and dealing with the required operator PPE and OSHA waivers. This project concluded that IR windows are a viable method to perform the IR inspections, but it also revealed challenges presented by the design of the electrical panels themselves. Internal structure or equipment can obscure line of sight

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from windows to the connections and these connections are being covered with dust boots that can render accurate thermography difficult.

This project investigates the use of fiber optic Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) to monitor the electrical connections within the panel. DTS uses an optical fiber as the sensor itself. Light passing down and back along the fiber is affected by non-uniformities in the fiber and the reflected light is affected by temperature. By electronically interrogating this returning light, temperature measurements can be made at multiple locations along the fiber. Thus, one fiber can make multiple measurements and the electronics can service multiple fibers. The premise is to install fibers throughout the electrical panels on board ship alongside the electrical connections of interest.

Three different commercially available technologies have been identified for DTS: Raman shift, Rayleigh backscattering and Fiber Bragg Gratings. Each method has a different physical approach and different performance parameters. This project will perform a trade study of the different methods, including technical feasibility, implementation and maintenance issues and costs. Bench top demonstrations will be performed with down select to a final demonstration in an electrical panel representative of those on Navy ships.

Project lead is the Penn State Electro-Optics Center. The sponsoring shipyard is Huntington-Ingalls Pascagoula with additional support from Gulf Coast SUPSHIPS.

First Time Quality of the Dockside Test and Trials Process (DockTrials) RA Project

This project is designed to shift the emphasis from an inspection-based detective quality control process to a more preventive “Quality at Source” process to ensure the quality and reliability of system components and equipment installation, and drive First Time Quality of all Dockside Tests and Trials. The process to provide objective quality evidence of all associated Dock-Trials Tests will be standardized to promote real time capture and documentation of test information. This effort will result in increased FTQ of dockside test and trials, reduced Dock-Trials cycle time, increased Ship’s Operational Availability, and reduced total ownership costs. This project is designed to enable a quality focus at the source through a series of checklist-enabled, in-process inspections and collaborative “hold points” to minimize cost and schedule risk to the project. The project will enable the shipyard to improve quality through statistical process control methodologies and tools facilitated by a web-based quality record tracking and data collection system.

Although the environment in which leading commercial ship buyers and builders operate differs in many ways from the Navy's, some commercial practices aimed at helping to ensure that ships are delivered with a minimum number of deficiencies may be informative for the Navy. Throughout the course of commercial shipbuilding projects, significant numbers of quality defects and instances of non-conforming work are identified. However, leading commercial ship buyers and shipbuilders make great efforts to ensure that these issues are resolved prior to delivery. Further, commercial ship buyers establish clear lines of accountability and hold their personnel responsible for ensuring the shipbuilder delivers a quality vessel.

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While commercial ship buyers focus on regularly witnessing in-process work through roaming patrols and impromptu inspections, Navy processes at the shipyards place less emphasis on in-process work. Moreover, leading commercial shipbuilders have strong quality management processes that track quality problems to the worker or supervisor level. Navy shipbuilding contractors have historically experienced difficulties in holding production workers and supervisors accountable for their work, but some of the shipyards reported they are making progress on increasing worker accountability.

The objective of this project is to streamline the Dock Test and Trials Process through the development and implementation of First-time Quality shipbuilding processes, as well as electronic reporting enablers to reduce the rework inherent in the Dock Trials Process. This project is designed to demonstrate that a preventive, quality-at-source program will result in a lower # of discrepancies issued at Dock Trials. Specific goals of this project are posed as follows:

• Implement a "Quality at Source" Shipbuilding Model that improves the FTQ of the Dockside Test and Trials Process.

• Quantify "before" and "after" metrics associated with the Dockside Test and Trials Process to provide proof point to the U.S. Shipbuilding industry.

• Develop and Implement a web-based quality record tracking, data collection, and analysis system based on statistical process control methodologies, root cause analysis, and real time data tracking at point of use.

• Provide an improved Quality Management System proven to reduce the # of open discrepancies at time of Acceptance for the Navy.

High Deposition Rate Submerged Arc Welding Manufacturing Technology Program Project | Daniel Moniak & Garrett Sonnenberg

In support of U.S. Navy cost reduction efforts, Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) has made a significant investment into its welding infrastructure. As part of that effort NNS has been working to identify the market leading system, by process, for NNS applications. As part of this effort, it has discovered many new submerged arc welding (SAW) variants which are commercially available that have the capability of reaching up to 100 lbs/hr in deposition rate. This effort is focused on identifying the next generation of SAW systems for NNS that offers the capabilities of operating within legacy, qualified procedures while offering an alternative high deposition, high productivity process that is capable of being qualified for general use in aircraft carrier construction.

This presentation provides details on task progress while detailing the methods used to guide the IPT in identifying and implementing a high deposition rate SAW process variant. It highlights how the market was surveyed, methods used to identify and filter potential candidates, and proposed methods to obtain early concurrence from the Technical Warrant Holder (TWH) regarding qualification testing. This presentation provides insight into testing requirements and results of process assessments and the development of the test method for TWH review for concurrence.

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Induction Straightening ManTech Project | Nancy Porter & Randolph Scott

The objective of this project is to determine induction straightening parameters that can be used to effectively straighten ship structure without adversely affecting Carrier material properties and to quantify the potential cost savings associated with implementing induction straightening at NNS. Current CVN construction employs flame straightening to straighten deck and bulkhead panels within required tolerances. Although effective, the process is time consuming and allows for variability in application. It requires numerous application zones across the full area of the panel and often necessitates multiple treatments. The heating/cooling rate of induction heating is dramatically faster compared to the heating/cooling rate of flame heating. This is why the two processes are quite different in application and performance. Both flame straightening and induction straightening must ensure that the impact strength and yield strength of the material are not compromised. These factors will be the primary considerations in the acceptance testing and evaluation tasks, as they were for flame straightening. The dramatically different heating/cooling rate of induction heating will require careful development of operating parameters. Other shipyards currently use induction straightening for other types of steel. The induction equipment manufacturer publishes a time savings of 50% for induction straightening vs. flame straightening. This project will be executed in two phases. Phase I will determine technical acceptance testing and execute a test plan to develop induction straightening parameters that do not adversely affect Carrier material properties. Phase II will determine the effectiveness of the developed induction heating parameters to straighten a representative mock-up panel.

Institute for Manufacturing and Sustainment Technologies (iMAST) Navy ManTech Center

The Institute for Manufacturing and Sustainment Technologies (iMAST) is one of the Office of Naval Research Centers of Excellence which is hosted by the Penn State Applied Research Laboratory. The iMAST participates in the ONR ManTech mission to decrease platform cost through manufacturing technology and innovation. Our research engineers, scientists, and staff work to make the Navy more affordable, reliable, and safer throughout the acquisition and system life cycle using advanced and mature technologies which are innovatively applied.

Success for iMAST continues to be measured by implementation and return on investment. iMAST continually partners with DoD, academia, and industry to solve advanced weapon system issues and provides a focal point for the development and transition of new manufacturing processes and equipment in a cooperative environment. Our iMAST projects focus on light armored combat vehicles in depots, submarines, surface ships, the F-35 and the CH-53K in manufacture as well as support for the Navy’s shipyards and depots. iMAST currently has over 20 active projects supported by ARL’s core areas of expertise to include composites, materials, laser processing, manufacturing systems, condition-based maintenance, drivetrain systems, and innovative manufacturing technology.

Laser Peening in Ship Construction & Repair RA Projects | Dr. Daniel Georgiadis & CAPT William Porter, USN (Ret)

2015-446 Laser Peening of Ship Structures to Reduce Production Costs working with Ingalls Shipbuilding, began May 2015 and completed in December 2016 with three phases.

Phase I: Laser peening was successfully demonstrated to straighten waviness in an aluminum door cut out. Wavy edges are induced in aluminum door cut outs when stiffeners are welded in place. Yards must follow tight controls when using a flame torch on aluminum. Laser peening was shown to be a very effective and efficient method to straighten aluminum deformations. Laser peened AA5466 H116 also showed a fatigue life improvement of 60% for base material and 340% for welded material.

Phase II: Laser peening was successfully demonstrated to provide fatigue life improvements to propulsion shafts (MIL-STD-23284A Class 2). Shafts are wrapped in a glass reinforced plastic (GRP) or coated with Inconel cladding for corrosion prevention, and shot peening is used as a surface treatment. SSN 688 shaft sections were cut into samples and cladded. Laser peened, untreated, and shot peened samples were fatigue tested in a corrosive bath. Laser peening provided 4.5X deeper residual stress than shot peening and fatigue life was improved 3-13X.

Phase III: Laser peening was successfully demonstrated to form/straighten High Strength Low Alloy (HSLA 65) steel deck plate. Deck plate assemblies undergo significant out of plane distortion as a result of theheating and subsequent cooldown during the welding process. A HSLA-65 stiffened panel was flamestraightened by Ingalls and a similar panel was laser peen formed. Laser peen forming and flame formingthis material was shown to be effective away from the stiffeners, however posed challenging near thestiffeners.

2016-434 Mitigation of Stress Corrosion Cracking, Cavitation Erosion & Forming Complex Shapes Using Laser Peening working with Austal USA, began May 2016 and is scheduled to complete in Sep 2017.

Phase I: (completed) With a focus on new construction, laser peening was successfully demonstrated to provide fatigue life improvements for Austal aluminums 5083 and 6082 also providing a very effective method of forming compound curvatures. A challenging compound curvature (aluminum skeg) was selected by Austal and laser peen forming was successfully used to shape the aluminum into its final required form.

Phase II: With a focus on repair, aluminum, duplex stainless steel alloy 2205, and nickel aluminum bronze samples are currently being laser peened and tested for mitigating cavitation erosion, galvanic corrosion, polarization, sensitization, and stress corrosion cracking. The team is working closely with Austal, Wartsila, Detyens Shipyards, NSWC Carderock, Dynaflow Inc, PEO LCS, PEO SUB, Military Sealift Command, ONR, and NRL while furthering the research of laser peening aluminum, waterjet components, and propellers.

Learning & Development Innovation RA Project

Current On-the-Job-Training (OJT) methods result in loss of productive time due to travel to the training facility. This project will use technology to improve the current approach to OJT for the craft, the approaches used for retaining critical corporate memory, and the current training for new craft managers. Capturing work tasks on video and making them available in real-time enhances existing OJT. Bringing OJT technology for the crafts to the deckplate is a dramatic departure from current practice. A secondary benefit is that it can be used to improve the proficiency of lower tier craft managers. It also allows the corporate memory of Subject Matter Experts (SME) and Master Shipbuilders to be preserved for the future, which are areas of concern for most shipyards.

This project will expand the range of potential training delivery applications throughout the shipyard and develop organized approaches to prioritizing and archiving the captured data. The three-part approach will allow the development of: 1) optimized OJT and refresher training; 2) an improved Corporate Knowledge Retention System; and 3) a strengthened craft management workforce. The approach for improved training and knowledge retention is applicable to both larger and smaller shipyards.

Naval Shipbuilding and Advanced Manufacturing Center (NSAM) Navy ManTech Center

The Naval Shipbuilding and Advanced Manufacturing Center (NSAM) is a Navy ManTech Center of Excellence, chartered by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to develop advanced manufacturing technologies and deploy them in U.S. shipyards and other industrial facilities. NSAM’s primary goal is to improve manufacturing processes and ultimately reduce the cost and time required to build and repair Navy ships and other weapons platforms.

NSAM works closely with the Navy’s acquisition community and the defense industry to address manufacturing technology issues that negatively impact efficiency, with respect to both cost and cycle time. NSAM solicits, selects, funds, and manages projects to address these critical and costly issues. The projects are focused on improving construction and repair processes, such as optimizing production practices, increasing the use of robotic manufacturing methods, investigating modular/packaged units, improving accuracy control, eliminating inefficiencies in material usage, and the using advanced manufacturing tools and technologies across the full range of DoD platforms.

NSAM and its predecessor, the Center for Naval Shipbuilding Technology (CNST), have been managed by a small staff that relies on a core group of professionals to provide focused expertise to help identify potential solutions, compare proposed projects with state of the art/industry and validate the technology’s return on investment. Looking forward, NSAM will continue to pursue technologies focused on improving the affordability of current Navy acquisition programs. New projects being considered will investigate using modern planning systems, automated fabrication technologies, supply chain improvements, streamlined unit/module flow to and within storage and construction areas, wireless data management applications,

using 3D product models to support production and developing improved scheduling systems for new, aggressive build strategies.

NSAM Website: http://www.NSAMCenter.org

Navy Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Program Office of Naval Research

The Navy Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Program, managed by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), is focused developing and transitioning manufacturing technologies to assist key acquisition program offices in achieving their respective affordability goals. ManTech is currently funding affordability initiatives for the VIRGINIA Class Submarine (VCS)/ COLUMBIA Class Submarine (CCS), DDG 51 Class Destroyer, CVN 78 Class Carrier, Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), and the CH-53K Heavy Lift Helicopter. Navy ManTech works with defense contractors, naval acquisition program offices, the Naval Research Enterprise, and academia to develop improved processes and equipment. The program is structured to promote timely implementation to strengthen the defense industrial base. In summary, the overall goal of each project developed within the ManTech Program is to deliver affordable technologies and equipment that have the most benefit to the warfighter.

Navy Metalworking Center (NMC) Navy ManTech Center

Since 1988, the Navy Metalworking Center (NMC) has supported the Navy's evolving needs by developing and transitioning innovative metalworking and manufacturing solutions. To reduce total ownership cost, NMC works with government and industry to develop and optimize metalworking and manufacturing processes and to implement the solutions in the U.S. industrial base. NMC conducts shipbuilding related projects that incorporate advanced metalworking technologies, additive manufacturing, joining technologies, manufacturing process optimization, manufacturing tool development, advanced metrology and inspection technologies, and coatings application and removal. The JDMTP has recognized NMC for its outstanding record of developing technology solutions that are implemented on weapons systems. NMC has also earned DoD ManTech recognition through 3 Achievement Awards, 1 award finalist designation, and 6 award nominations over the past 8 years. NMC is operated by Concurrent Technologies Corporation.

Penn State Electro-Optics Center (EOC) Navy ManTech Center

The Electro-Optics Center (EOC) serves as the ONR Manufacturing Technology Center of Excellence for Electro-Optics. The EOC’s goal is to reduce acquisition costs, operational costs, and life-cycle costs while simultaneously improving mission capability of electro-optic military hardware and enabling the transition of technology to industry and ultimately to the Warfighter. The EOC, a part of The Pennsylvania State

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University, is a hybrid between the best components of a university and those of private industry. This relationship enables access to the university’s researchers and scientists, its state-of-the-art facilities, and leading-edge research. EOC staff, comprised primarily of former industry and DOD personnel, brings experience in exceeding sponsor and corporate expectations. The EOC is supported by the Electro-Optics Alliance, a consortium of 465+ companies, government laboratories, and academic institutions committed to the application of electro-optics to the benefit of the Warfighter.

Rigging Follow-On Research & Development RA Project

The attachment and removal of padeyes and stiffeners to ship structure strictly for rigging operations represents a substantial non-value-added shipbuilding activity for which there is often less technical reference documentation available than desired. The objective of this project is to perform basic research related to lifting attachment devices used for ship construction, expanding on the volume of work already completed during previous projects and work currently in progress at San Diego State University. The emphasis will be to perform full-scale or near-full-scale structural tests of lifting components with several application methods similar to those used during ship production. Of particular interest is to capture the effects of different loading scenarios, for various padeye shapes and alignment configurations.

The project is divided into three, one-year phases. Each phase will focus on a select few areas of rigging.

The first phase focused on loading and transmission of padeyes and bulkheads. The second phase focused on the alignment and configuration of padeyes and supporting structure. The final phase will look into padeyes of different materials.

This exhibit details the technical efforts for the period of December 8, 2015 through August 31, 2016, representing Phase 2 of this project. It will also describe analysis currently underway for Phase 3, which started on December 1, 2016 and runs to November 30, 2017.

SKM – Ship Knowledge Management RA Project

The overall goal of the Ship Knowledge Management (SKM) project is to facilitate easy access to the 3D product model of the ship and the Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) products (e.g. Technical Manuals, Maintenance Standards, Ship System Manuals, Vendor Drawings, etc.) for fleet support. EB’s Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) Department has been developing a vision for delivering product model data to external customers for sustainment scenarios. The focus of the SKM Project is to define how this data will be delivered.

The SKM project will establish a graphical shipboard data knowledge management system based on standards-based data sharing technology. The SKM system will enable ship’s force to have easy onboard access to the 3D product models, logistics documentation, and logistics product data that fully define the

fit, form, and function of the ship, and will provide a capability to notify the cognizant Design Agent of configuration changes.

The SKM project will retrieve logistics product data from NX/Teamcenter (NX/TC) at EB and provide the data in a neutral format (in accordance with MIL-STD 31000A) that can be interpreted onboard ships. Two methods of visualizing 3D product model data are being evaluated. The first will develop an open viewer based on non-proprietary 3D product model visualization software developed by EB. The second method will use a service lifecycle management (SLM) strategy, which is developed by Siemens.

In addition to ship wide visualization, SKM shall provide the product design disclosure that represents the approved design data (with information defining as-built variances) for each particular hull. This data shall be functionally equivalent to the scanned engineering drawings currently managed in ATIS. The format of the design as described below will be as a MIL-STD 31000A Technical Data Package. SKM also provides a “smart” version of 2D diagrams with hotspot links to table data, logistics documents, connected electrical components and sheet to sheet references.

spARky - Reducing Wiring Costs using 3D Model and Augmented Reality RA Project

spARky uses a handheld tablet computer showing live video augmented with 3D product model overlays to guide the installation of wires and the grouping of wires into cable bundles. The goal is to achieve first-time quality with significant reduction in labor cost.

Historically, the guiding document for outfitting cabinets was a wire table listing end-to-end connectivity, but without any graphics showing spatial layout. In the future, wires and cable bundles will be modeled in their correct positions as part of the 3D product mode. For spARky the geometry and data for wires, cables, connectors, other components, and the cabinet itself will be extracted directly from the product model. AR technology will be used to show wire connections and cable bundling in spatial context in live video on a handheld tablet.

Electricians will be able to select individual wires from the wire list in order to draw and highlight their geometry and connectors in the live video view of the cabinet. Another view will show how wires are routed through free space and grouped into bundles to form wrapped cables. These features will assist the electrician to achieve mistake-free, first time quality even on new and unfamiliar designs. Showing wire end point connections in correct spatial context will reduce installation time. Showing the correct final cable routing will reduce current trial and error methods for grouping of wires.

Swage Steel Vessel Rule Development RA Project

Swage Steel Vessel Rule (SVR) Development furthers the previous work performed studying swage bulkheads. NASSCO has partnered with ABS to develop swage bulkhead design guidance specific to the

commercial use of swage panels in load bearing applications that will be incorporated into the ABS SVR. Physical testing to validate the local swage bulkhead FEA predictions is being conducted at the San Diego State University Structures Laboratory, including compression and shear load cases. The results of the FEA and physical testing will be presented. Large scale FEA is being performed using MAESTRO to incorporate swage bulkheads in vessel superstructures under realistic load profiles.

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AR/VR Forum Biographies

Table of Contents Ryan Bruce ................................................................................................................................................................................... 3

Maurissa D’Angelo ................................................................................................................................................................... 3

Ken Fast ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 4

Paul Huang .................................................................................................................................................................................. 4

Denny Moore ............................................................................................................................................................................. 4

Patrick Ryan ................................................................................................................................................................................ 5

Ryan Bruce IC.IDO Business Development Manager

Ryan Bruce has worked in the virtual reality industry for about 12 years. He began as a research team leader at the Iowa State University Virtual Reality Application Center (VRAC) building VR training capabilities to teach military operations in urban terrain. He then transitioned to IC.IDO, an engineering-focused VR company, as the founding employee of the North American division. In the following 10 years, he has introduced industrial quality virtual engineering processes into many Fortune 500 OEMs and engineering companies world wide.

Maurissa D’Angelo CEO, D’Angelo Technologies, LLC

D’Angelo Technologies, LLC (D5T) is a small, woman-owned business providing professional and technical services to the Department of Defense (DoD), other government agencies, and civil and commercial clients. D5T is a leader in engineering Research and Development (R&D), knowledge-based services, and high quality technical solutions. Personnel have developed a sound reputation for understanding and anticipating needs and requirements of our customers. D5T engineers specialize in assessing advanced technologies and their applications and delivering these technologies and associated training requirements to our customers. When advanced technology is not available, D5T brings together a multidisciplinary team of SMEs from industry and academia to develop solutions and implementation plans.

Dr. Maurissa D’Angelo is the Chief Executive Officer at D’Angelo Technologies, LLC and an adjunct professor at Wright State University. Dr. D’Angelo specializes in virtual reality development, training, and integration. She is in charge of research, technical evaluation and assessments, grant and proposal preparation, and development of technical and scientific projects. Dr. D’Angelo has led multi-organizational teams for project execution, R&D activities and manufacturing processes to help analyze and transition enabling technologies to products. She is a certified Six Sigma Green Belt and uses this training to incorporate Design of Experiments into all processes. Dr. D’Angelo frequently interacts with government agencies to discuss and present capabilities and develop solutions to technical issues. She serves as the primary liaison with government agencies to present capabilities and generate new R&D opportunities. She successfully designed, developed, and implemented a virtual reality system to improve training and retention efficiency and effectiveness. Dr. D’Angelo has significant experience leading teams to implement radically innovative changes that transform the state-of-the-art and help the DoD continue to operate as a dynamic and elite team. Dr. D’Angelo has a strong hardware and software development background and frequently uses her expertise and experience to develop novel technical solutions for customers. Dr. D’Angelo received her B.S. in Engineering from Case Western Reserve University, her M.S. in Human Factors Engineering and her PhD in Engineering from Wright State University.

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Ken Fast Principal Engineer

Ken Fast is a Principal Engineer at Electric Boat Corporation. His current work is focused on research and development of advanced manufacturing technologies and technology-enabled process improvements for submarine production and sustainment. He is actively working in the areas of virtual reality, augmented reality, and computer vision. As a member of the Software Engineering Group of the IPDE organization he also works on development of software tools to improve the design-build process. Mr. Fast was the system architect and technical leader for the EVS visualization system used at Electric Boat as the electronic mockup for the Virginia Class submarine program. Over the years he has participated on numerous technology sponsored by DARPA, ManTech, NSRP and internally. He is an ACM Distinguished Engineer. Ken grew up building wooden boats in the backyard and is a second generation engineer at Electric Boat. He is a graduate of WPI with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Paul Huang Program Officer, 03T ManTech

Mr. Huang is currently serving as Program Officer at Office of Naval Research-ManTech Program, and serves as the chair of the Advance Manufacturing Enterprise (AME) subpanel of the Joint Defense Manufacturing Technology Panel (JDMTP). His main interests are in the areas of Advance Manufacturing, and Model Based Enterprise activities. He is the COR for the Naval Shipbuilding and Advance Manufacturing (NSAM) Center of Excellence. He is also actively involved with various Manufacturing USA institutes in particular the DMDII, America Makes and RIME.

Previously Paul worked at the Army Research Laboratory with interests in the areas of inorganic composites development, thermal barrier coatings for diesel engines, coatings for bearings, and was past DoD Coordinator for MIL-HDBK-17 Metal Matrix and Ceramic Matrix Composites Activities.

Paul received a BS in Materials Science & Engineering, Virginia Tech, and MS in Mechanical Engineering, Northeastern University.

Denny Moore Principal Engineer

Mr. Moore has been active in NSRP since 2003, participating in both project and leadership roles, including Chair of the Information Technology (IT) Panel from 2013 to 2016. He currently serves the Major Initiative Team Leader for the Infrastructure and Support Major Initiative. Previous NSRP involvement included IT Panel Chair, member of the NSRP Big Data Working Group, participant in the NSRP Bottom Up Review, participant in the BP/IT Merger Planning Committee. He also attended/organized/chaired over eight panel meetings, several SNAME/ShipTech conferences and all NSRP day’s @ NAVSEA. In the past, he has assumed additional roles as a NSRP Program Technical Representative (PTR). As the IT Panel Chair, he was responsible for the change in panel focus to support the Digital Shipbuilding/Model Based Engineering

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concepts. Mr. Moore is currently project manager of four NSRP research projects, including SKM, spARky, Argos and Digital Shipbuilding efforts at EB.

Mr. Moore has over 40 years’ experience at Electric Boat Corporation and previously at BBN in all aspects of project management. Mr. Moore has a B.S./M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering and a M.B.A. degree. He is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), and the Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers (SNAME). He has published over 30 technical papers primarily dealing with scientific software and integrated engineering analysis, and over ten NSRP panel/research reports.

Patrick Ryan Engineer Manager

Patrick Ryan is an Engineer Manager at Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), and leads the research, development, and transition of augmented reality technology for shipbuilding and industrial uses at NNS. The NNS AR Team that Patrick established is now a full scale department of over 30 AR professionals and growing, has been developing industrial solutions since February 2011, and has over 60 industrial projects completed or currently underway, including the first ever scaled roll-out of a permanent shipbuilding process change using AR.

In addition to his role at NNS, Patrick holds the same title at a small start-up company called Index AR Solutions. In 2014, NNS and Index AR Solutions entered into a teaming agreement around AR Technology. Through Index AR Solutions, the technology and expertise of the NNS Team is available to commercial customers. Patrick also sits on the Board of Directors for theAREA.org, a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing augmented reality into the Enterprise.

Patrick earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Ocean and Aerospace Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1998, and Master’s Degree in Ocean Engineering, also from Virginia Tech.

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Charleston Dining Guide

5Church

Set in an old sanctuary, 5Church brings a contemporary edge to Market Street. Standout dishes include tuna tartare with avocado relish and sesame chips, and cave-aged cheddar agnolotti. 32 N Market St. | (843) 937-8666

39 Rue de Jean

39 Rue de Jean emanates the characteristics of a late 1800’s Brasserie, which offered Parisians hearty robust cuisine, handcrafted beers and affordable wines, in a vibrant whirl of jubilant socializing. 39 John St. | (843) 722-8881

Amen Street Fish & Raw Bar

Charleston SC’s best seafood restaurant, Amen Street Fish & Raw bar is located in the heart of downtown Charleston. Specializing in fresh, local, sustainable seafood dishes such as oysters, clams, shrimp and fresh fish, Amen Street offers quintessential Lowcountry cuisine and inspired Southern cooking. 205 East Bay St. | (843) 853-8600

Bay Street Biergarten

Located on the corner of East Bay and Chapel Street on the historic Charleston Peninsula, Bay Street is Charleston’s first contemporary biergarten. Hundreds of biers from far and near, light and heavy, and craft bier always on tap, along with a great selection of Bavarian inspired southern food. 549 East Bay St. | (843) 266-2437

Blossom

Located in historic downtown Charleston, Blossom serves American cuisine highlighting the Lowcountry’s best seafood. Executive chef Adam Close and his team offer simple, clean dishes featuring local, seasonal ingredients sourced from area fishermen and farmers. 171 East Bay St. | (843) 722-9200

Butcher & Bee

Butcher & Bee opened with the simple mission of serving honest-to-goodness sandwiches made with flavor combinations and good quality usually reserved for fine dining. 1085 Morrison Dr. | (843) 619-0202

Cannon Green

Cannon Green offers a range of memorable dining experiences. Our urban-eclectic ambiance is ideal for a night out with friends, a romantic dinner for two, or a deal-closer business dinner. Our Mediterranean influenced menu changes weekly, taking cues from the freshest available local ingredients. 103 Spring St. | (843) 817-7311

Charleston Grill World-class jazz music meets mouth-watering cuisine. Chef Michelle Weaver takes local delicacies to innovative new heights with a heavenly mix of delightful dishes divided into four categories—Pure, Lush, Southern, and Cosmopolitan—that sound so tempting they should be edible. 224 King St. | (843) 577-4522

Circa 1886

Drawing inspiration from historic Southern dishes and always highlighting what is local and in season, Chef Collins puts a healthful, distinctive spin on Lowcountry dishes. Circa 1886 promises one of the best restaurant experiences in Charleston. 149 Wentworth St. | (843) 853-7828

Coast

Coast’s chefs meet daily with local farmers and fishermen to procure the freshest seafood produce in the Lowcountry. At the heart of the restaurant is the hickory and oak custom made wood burning grill. Served nightly, this diverse menu incorporates Charleston classics with our chefs’ unique creations. 39-D John St. | (843) 722-8838

Cypress

The team at Cypress uses Lowcountry ingredients to showcase Deihl’s signature style. The menu, which includes dishes such as Crisp Wasabi Tuna with a ginger-garlic glaze and Certified Angus Beef Steak Diane is complemented by a wine list displayed in a three-story wine wall. 167 East Bay St. | (843) 727-0111

The Darling Oyster Bar

An energetic restaurant where fresh seafood is the star of the show. Blending classical preparations and exciting new flavors, the Darling pays careful attention to local ingredients and sustainability. 513 King St. | (843) 641-0821

Eli’s Table

Eli’s Table features a menu offering bold, worldly flavors while using fresh and local ingredients. With the flair our Executive Chef has brought to Eli’s Table, guests are treated with a new way to savor their favorite classics. 129 Meeting St. | (843) 405-5115

Edmund’s Oast

Accommodating 130 guests inside, the interior features an open kitchen with chef’s counter seating for an up close view of the action and house cured meats hanging over head. There is an expansive bar, communal tables and front patio seating. 1081 Morrison Dr. | (843) 727-1145

FIG

FIG works with local farmers, growers and purveyors to source products with integrity, flavor

and soul, and incorporate these seasonal offerings into menus nightly. The result is food that is honest, straightforward and pays homage to the bounty of the Lowcountry. 232 Meeting St. | (843) 805-5900

Fish

Classic French cuisine with delicate Asian touches and unrivaled presentation inside a historic Charleston single on Upper King Street. Their always changing menu showcases the finest local and sustainable ingredients, resulting in fresh and flavorful dishes that engage and inspire. 442 King St. | (843) 722-3474

Fleet Landing

Located right on the Charleston Harbor, this seafood emporium serves up Lowcountry classics with a fusion flair. Their industrial-chic atmosphere, large bar, deck and breathtaking harbor views make it a favorite among the cocktail crowd. 186 Condord St. | (843) 722-8100

Grill 225

Located in the swanky lobby of the Market Pavilion Hotel, Grill 225 is Charleston’s first and only 100% USDA Prime steak house and member of the Great Steak Houses of North America. 225 East Bay St. | (843) 266-4222

Halls Chop House

Halls’ fine dining restaurant features live music every night, classic jazz on select evenings and soulful sounds during our Gospel Sunday Brunch. As a premier steakhouse they use the finest freshest USDA prime steaks and meat for the best burgers in Charleston. 434 King St. | (843) 727-0090

Hank’s Seafood

Great food and a charming ambiance can only equal an extraordinary dining experience! Hank’s Seafood Restaurant is located in a turn-of-the-century warehouse overlooking the Charleston City Market. This restaurant recreates a Classic Charleston Fish House with an old fashioned saloon-style bar and an exhibition raw bar. 10 Hayne St. | (843) 723-3474

High Cotton

From conversation and laughter in our bar to our stylish dining rooms of heart pine floors and antique brick, you’ll come to understand the true Charleston hospitality. That is, there’s always cause for celebration – of our neighbors, our food and drink and each other. It’s our great pleasure to share it with you. 199 East Bay St. | (843) 724-3819

Hominy Grill Located in a historic Charleston single house, Hominy Grill feels as though it has been open for generations, in fact this landmark has only been dishing up its simple, clean fare since 1996. Combining the traditions of the past with the bounty of land and sea, James Beard Award winning chef/owner Robert Stehling lets the Lowcountry’s unique cultural history and flavors guide his cooking. 207 Rutledge Ave. | (843) 937-0930

Husk

Led by James Beard Award-winning Chef Brock and Chef de Cuisine Travis Grimes, a Lowcountry native, the kitchen reinterprets the bounty of the surrounding area, exploring an ingredient-driven cuisine that begins in the rediscovery of heirloom products and redefines what it means to cook and eat in Charleston. 46 Queen St. | (843) 577-2500

Indaco

Located on Charleston’s Upper King Street, Indaco

(Italian for “indigo”) serves rustic Italian cuisine by Executive Chef Kevin Getzewichz. Wood fired pizzas, hand-crafted pastas, housemade salumi and cured sausages fill the restaurant’s menu which can be enjoyed family-style or a la carte. 526 King St. | (843) 872-6828

Macintosh

The Macintosh is where Executive Chef Jeremiah Bacon, merges his exceptional technique-driven fare with locally sourced ingredients for a modern American experience. The menu, which changes daily, is rooted in the South, relying on the bounty of the Lowcountry’s farms and waterways to inspire unique items. 479B King St. | (843) 789-4299

Magnolias

Magnolias remains a forerunner in upscale Southern cuisine, blending traditional ingredients and cooking techniques with modern flair for artful presentations. The sole of the South meets the spark of innovation in dishes such as the Down South Egg Roll. 185 East Bay St. | (843) 577-7771

Oak Steakhouse

Located on Charleston’s historic Broad Street, Oak Steakhouse is a classic American steakhouse. Chef Bacon, a Lowcountry native, sources locally and regionally from sustainable farmers and fishermen to accent the steakhouse menu. 17 Broad St. | (843) 722-4220

O-ku

O-ku celebrates authentic Asian cuisine with a southern approach with a menu that focuses on unique ingredients and sophisticated presentations. Focused on incorporating authentically Japanese flavors into the fare, O-Ku’s menu is comprised of signature contemporary Japanese entrées and traditional sushi of the season and reflects the uniquely designed space. 463 King St. | (843) 737-0112

Peninsula Grill With a reputation for crafting Southern cuisine defined by high quality, fresh ingredients and executed to Relais & Châteaux standards, the Peninsula Grill dining experience ranks among the nation’s most polished and perfected. 112 North Market St. | (843) 723-0700

Poogan’s Porch

Tucked away on charming Queen Street, Poogan’s Porch is one of Charleston’s oldest independent culinary establishments, with a fresh approach to Lowcountry cuisine. Recognized by Martha Stewart Living, Wine Spectator and The Travel Channel, this beautifully restored Victorian house is the perfect southern spot for lunch, dinner, or weekend brunch. 72 Queen St. | (843) 577-2337

Stars Grill and Rooftop

Stars is housed in a restored historic Arts and Crafts building. It features its signature Carolina Cuisine in a stunning 1930’s style Grill Room and Walnut Bar. It also has Charleston’s only Rooftop Bar with a 360-degree view of the city’s historic district and seven historic church steeples. 485 King St. | (843) 577-0100

Slightly North of Broad

An eclectic Lowcountry bistro that brings together an abundance of fresh ingredients and thoughtful, expert presentation with a friendly, contagious energy. 192 East Bay St. | (843) 723-3424

Virginia’s on King

Virginia’s on King is a sophisticated Southern Dining spot blending traditional kitchen comforts with familiar regional dishes. Prepared with utmost care for quality and flavor, the menu incorporates local fresh ingredients and old family recipes to bring you Southern cooking, Lowcountry style. 412 King St. | (843) 735-5800

The Watch Rooftop Kitchen and Spirits

Enjoy a bespoke cocktail and taste the soul of the region in a bowl of incredible shrimp and grits, all while taking in a breathtaking panorama of Charleston’s architectural history, from its iconic 350 year old church steeples to the Greek Revival-period buildings that inspired Edgar Allan Poe. It’s a community-based New American cuisine served in a naturally relaxed and refined setting—perfect for breaking bread, talking business or catching up. 75 Wentworth St. | (843) 518-5115

Directions from the Francis Marion Hotel to The American Theater

• Start out going northwest on King Street toward Tobacco Street• In .22 miles, the American Theater will be on the right

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