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SeaPerch Demo at Detroit Navy Week Highlights STEM

Navy News Service

Story Number: NNS110718-04
7/18/2011

From Office of Naval Research Corporate Communications

ARLINGTON, Va. (NNS) -- The Office of Naval Research (ONR) will highlight the importance of science, technology and mathematics (STEM) education at the Detroit Science Center during Detroit Navy Week July 18-24.

ONR, the Navy's science and technology provider, will display a miniature version of its SeaPerch underwater robotics program, which teaches middle and high school students about buoyancy, propulsion, electricity, circuits and switches. The ONR-funded program has been used to demonstrate the basics of engineering and science concepts with a marine engineering focus.

Attendees who visit ONR's booth from July 21-23 at the science center will learn how to build a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) from a kit comprised of low-cost, easily accessible parts. In addition, information on the SeaPerch program and material supporting the Navy's efforts to promote STEM careers will be distributed.

Aimed at growing and sustaining the current naval STEM workforce, the Navy continues to make significant investments in STEM education and outreach. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus has pledged to double funding for the U.S. naval STEM program over the next five years. The move will increase the Navy's total dollars committed to STEM education initiatives to more than $100 million by 2015, from $54 million in 2010.

The Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) provides the science and technology necessary to maintain the Navy and Marine Corps' technological advantage. Through its affiliates, ONR is a leader in science and technology with engagement in 50 states, 70 countries, 1,035 institutions of higher learning and 914 industry partners. ONR employs approximately 1,400 people, comprising uniformed, civilian and contract personnel, with additional employees at the Naval Research Lab in Washington, D.C.