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“TRIBUTE TO DR. JOSEPH T. ``TIM'' ARCANO” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Energy was published in the Senate section on pages S4418-S4419 on July 27, 2017.
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The publication is reproduced in full below:
TRIBUTE TO DR. JOSEPH T. ``TIM'' ARCANO
Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I wish to commend Dr. Joseph T. ``Tim'' Arcano, technical director for Naval Surface Warfare Center, NSWC, Carderock Division, who is retiring after a lifetime of service to the U.S. Navy, our Federal Government, and the scientific community.
Tim Arcano has dedicated his professional life to serving our country, first in the military and later as a civil servant. His knowledge of ships and the oceans they sail and nuclear safety and capabilities has been developed through his education and in his myriad positions throughout the Navy and our Federal Government. Two of Dr. Arcano's academic degrees were earned in my us, home State, where he attended the U.S. Naval Academy, and later earned his Ph.D. at the University of Maryland. In addition, he holds an Ocean Engineer degree and a masters in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT.
Dr. Arcano's first career was in our military, where he served for 30 years in both Active and Reserve service. As technical director and ship design manager for the Virginia-Class Submarine Program, as technical authority for advanced submarines at Naval Sea System Command, NAVSEA, and as a program manager at the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, Dr. Arcano developed an understanding and expertise that few can match. Those skills were further utilized in five Reserve commands.
Dr. Arcano's dedication to our country continued after his transition from Active service to the Reserves in 1992 and his later retirement from the Navy as captain in June of 2008. He served as deputy chief of Nuclear Safety at the United States Department of Energy and as the director of the Office of Ocean Exploration and Research at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. During that time, he returned to the Naval Academy to hold the Corbin A. McNeill Endowed Chair in Naval Engineering, where he created a course on engineering of submersible systems.
Dr. Arcano came to NSWC Carderock in May of 2013, bringing his wealth of experience as he took the helm of a campus of over 3,000 employees. His impact has been magnified by his commitment to STEM education and developing the next generation of scientific leaders. Under Dr. Arcano's leadership, employees at NSWC Carderock have mentored countless high school and college interns, even reaching to our youngest developing scientists by leading elementary students in FIRST Robotics clubs. Dr. Arcano ``walks the walk'' himself, giving greatly of his own time by taking interns under his wing to offer advice and helping them chart their path, wherever that might lead.
As part of his encouragement of STEM education, Dr. Arcano and NSWC Carderock have continued to host the International Human Powered Submarine Races. Teams from not just corporations and research centers, but from universities and even high schools come from around the world to race their independently built one- or two-person submarines through a course at the historic David Taylor Model Basin at Carderock. For 2 years, these competitors learn about hydrodynamic design, propulsion, underwater life support, materials science, and other scientific principles in creating their own designs for these vehicles. The lessons learned, both in science and engineering and in collaborating on a team project, help to fuel their enthusiasm for careers in science and technology.
Dr. Arcano's career reflects his selflessness, his unparalleled leadership capabilities, and his devotion to our country. He commands the respect and admiration of all who have had the privilege to know and work with him. His leadership will be greatly missed, but he has left a legacy of scientific leadership that will continue to develop through the principles and practice that he exercised every day. We are deeply grateful for his devotion to our national security, to naval science, and to America's future generations.
I offer the thanks of a grateful nation to Dr. Arcano and, by extension, to his family--his wife, Brenda, their daughter, Heather, and sons, Greg, Joseph, and Tyler--for as we all know, the support of family is critical. I am honored and pleased to recognize Dr. Tim Arcano for his outstanding career in public service and wish him all the best in his future pursuits.
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