The tour was conducted by Steve Koepenick, Tom Jones, Eric Hendricks, Jim Fallin, Chink Nguyen, and Chris Mailer.  We saw the Command Center of the Future and various unmanned maritime vehicles and robots.  The tour participants even had their own reserved parking space!  THANK YOU, SSC SAN DIEGO!




TOUR OF SPACE AND NAVAL WARFARE SYSTEMS CENTER (SSC San Diego)

 

Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center San Diego (SSC San Diego) is the U.S. Navy's research, development, test and evaluation, and engineering and fleet support center for command, control and communication systems and ocean surveillance.  SSC San Diego is one of four field activities of the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR).  SPAWAR and its systems centers provide much of the tactical and non-tactical information management technology required by the Navy to complete its operational missions.  Although known by other names such as NEL, NOSC, and NraD, SSC San Diego can trace its roots back to June 1, 1940 as the Navy's first West Coast laboratory.  It is headquartered in San Diego with detachments at Pearl Harbor, Guam, Japan, and Philadelphia.  The Center employs 3,700 civilian and military personnel, the majority of them engineers, scientists, and technicians.

Several projects of specific interest to Mechanical Engineers will be highlighted on this tour which is scheduled for Wednesday, March 28, 2007, at 1:45 pm.  The tour will be limited to 15 attendees on a fist-come, first-serve basis and will last approximately 2-1/2 hours.  If you would like to attend, please email Mark Shin with the following information:

1.    Your name.
2.    Your country of citizenship (only US citizens and valid green card holders are allowed).
3.    Social Security number or Green Card number.
4.    Your employer and your title.
5.    Your ASME membership number (you must be a current ASME member or be a guest of a member.  Priority will be given to members--guests will be included if space is available).

This information is required to be submitted to SSC San Diego for security clearance 1 week prior to the tour.

The tour meeting location is SSC Topside Building 27.  See map for orientation.  Travel south on Catalina Blvd.  Turn left at Electron Drive (traffic light).  Turn right into the badge and decal parking lot for check in/security badging.  Further instructions for tour attendees will be provided at check in.  There will be a parking spot reserved for each attendee (specific directions to this spot will be provided at check in).  Please meet promptly at 1:45 pm.  Everyone will be required to sign in and present a valid photo ID.  Acceptable forms of ID are driver’s license, passport, or military ID.  Green Card holders must bring their green cards to facilitate security check in.  Transportation to transfer the tour group to other SSC locations will be provided.
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