A group of 22 Newport News Shipbuilding employees graduated from Old Dominion University’s Engineering Systems and Industrial Engineering Certification Program on April 4. The graduates started the intensive six-course program in October 2022 and completed it in February 2024.

This program, which was co-developed by NNS and ODU, is targeted toward six key shipbuilding areas of cost engineering, quality, systems engineering, project management, decision making and advanced manufacturing. Several NNS functional areas met with ODU to tailor each course to the company’s needs. For more information about the program, contact Rob Gies (E02).

The shipbuilders who completed this certification are: Edwin Baker (X67), Ashleigh Bent (O67), Gabrielle Francisco Cardenas (E81), Preshus Boone (E35), Quanisha Bruce (E35), William Cherry (E13), Carly Cole (E11), Kyle Custer (E11), Christopher Dang (E84), Dalshone Dawson (E84), Elmer Dickens (E32), Damaion Gatling (O26), Shavonne Gatling (X47), Macayla Gillis (E22), Mallory Keough (X70), Christa Riley (K07), Derek Robinson (E44), Zachary Roegiers (E86), Garrett Sonnenberg (E32), Tevin Spruill (X51), Michael Twine (K72) and Elbert Watson (E15).