Malgorzata Machate
Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport, RI
Nominated by ASME

As an engineer at Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport, Rhode Island, Malgorzata Machate recently completed a field team assignment in Nagasaki, Japan.  Ms. Machate was a Sonar Engineer for the AN/SQQ-89 Anti-Submarine Warfare Combat System installed on JMSDF Ashigara, under a foreign military sales agreement.  As test director for major U.S. Navy at-sea experiments for the Riptide-Lite system, she has worked with both the surface and submarine fleets.  Ms. Machate was a member of the Towed Array Sensor System Component Integrated Product Team, reviewing system specifications during the DD 1000 (next-generation destroyer) critical design phase.  As the Spartan Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) Platform Working Group Lead, Ms. Machate was a member of the source selection board for a $10M contract and co-authored the performance specification for the USV used in the Navy's newest ship, the Littoral Combat Ship.  Her work on the Spartan USV program enabled successful completion of the military utility assessment phase, a significant milestone for the project.

Ms. Machate received NUWC's Technical Director Award for Technical Excellence and letters of appreciation for participation in International Day, Earth Day Clean Up, and for mentoring local students from The Met, a Big Picture Learning school in Newport, RI.  Fluent in Polish and English, she volunteers as an instructor with the Polish Scouting Organization.

Ms. Machate is a graduate of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, with bachelor's and master's degrees in mechanical engineering.

Malgorzata Machate gives a tour to students from “The Met School”
Students from The Met learn about the Spartan Unmanned Surface Vehicle.	The Met students learn what makes this Surface Vehicle unmanned.

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