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NPS Spring Graduates Challenged to Shape the Future of Warfare and Security
Jun 18, 2025
The 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) celebrated its 2025 Spring Quarter graduates during a commencement ceremony on June 18 at King Hall Auditorium. A total of 375 warrior-scholars鈥攊ncluding 32 allied ... Read More
NPS, Cal State Monterey Bay Forge Partnership to Advance STEM Education and Regional Innovation
May 22, 2025
The 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) and Cal State Monterey Bay (CSUMB) formalized a strategic partnership this month to strengthen science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education an... Read More
NPS Hall of Fame Alumnus Inspires Graduates During Winter Quarter Commencement
Mar 28, 2025
The 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) recognized the achievements of its 2025 Winter Quarter graduates during its latest commencement ceremony, March 28, in King Hall auditorium on the school鈥檚 Monterey... Read More
NPS Develops AI Solution to Automate Drone Defense with High Energy Lasers
Feb 12, 2025
Lasers enable the U.S. Navy to fight at the speed of light. Armed with artificial intelligence (AI), ship defensive laser systems can make rapid, accurate targeting assessments necessary for today鈥檚 c... Read More
NPS, Industry Research Leads to First in Persistent, Ocean Acoustic Data Collection Technology
Feb 04, 2025
A research partnership between the 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) and Seatrec has led to a milestone in the persistent monitoring of oceanographic and underwater acoustic data in real-time, and near ... Read More
Former SECDEF Honors NPS 2024 Fall Graduates
Dec 18, 2024
The Hon. Leon Panetta, 23rd Secretary of Defense and former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), recognized the accomplishments of the most recent graduating class as the Naval Postgradu... Read More
NPS Recognizes Latest Cohort of Summer Quarter Graduates
Sep 27, 2024
The 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) recognized the achievements of its 2024 Summer Quarter graduates during the school鈥檚 latest commencement ceremony on Sept. 27 at King Hall Auditorium. Dr. James Ne... Read More
NPS' Warfare Innovation Continuum Drives Students' Concept Generation
Aug 22, 2024
The Naval Warfare Studies Institute (NWSI) at the 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) recently completed the latest cycle of its annual Warfare Innovation Continuum (WIC), a 12- to 18-month interdisciplin... Read More
Navy, DOD Leaders Discuss Space Capabilities During Second Naval Space Summit at NPS
Jul 17, 2024
Recognizing the importance of a rapidly evolving space domain to U.S. national defense, key leaders from the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Department of Defense gathered at the 黑料吃瓜网... Read More
From Astronauts to CubeSats, Space Education and Research at NPS Pushes Boundaries
Jul 08, 2024
Whether it鈥檚 providing accurate positioning and navigation, or enabling intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, the space domain has never been more important to the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps... Read More
NPS Student Captures Unique Photo of Earth Using Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
Jul 03, 2024
A recent photo taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has revealed a very unusual subject 鈥� Earth!  Typically, as its name suggests, the LRO is pointed at the surface of the moon. But w... Read More
NAVIFOR Commander Encourages NPS Spring Quarter Graduates
Jun 21, 2024
The 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) celebrated its 2024 Spring Quarter graduates on June 21 during a ceremony at King Hall Auditorium. A total of 335 warrior-scholars, including 27 international stude... Read More
黑料吃瓜网 and Qualcomm Empower Student Ideas, Wireless Innovation
May 22, 2024
The emergence of autonomous vehicles and drones has increased the demand for communication technologies that can move vast amounts of data at the necessary speeds, but traditional communication system... Read More
STEM Design Challenge Students Create Autonomous Solutions to Monitor Water Quality, Environment
May 15, 2024
For the third year in a row, science students and teachers from Monterey County high schools came together to brainstorm local solutions to real-world issues during the 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS)... Read More
Expansion of Shoemaker Scholarship Program at NPS Enhances Education Readiness for Naval Aviators
May 06, 2024
The 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) is working to further extend access to its advanced degree programs throughout a warfighter鈥檚 career. Building on the recent success of providing graduate-level cer... Read More
NPS President Explores Links Between Additive Manufacturing, Warfighting Readiness With Panelists at Sea-Air-Space
Apr 12, 2024
One of the key measures of effectiveness for any warfighting organization is materiel readiness 鈥� the ability to maintain ships, aircraft, vehicles and weapons systems, keeping them in the fight. Ensu... Read More
NPS, Defense Innovation Unit Sign MOU to Enhance Learning, Experimentation, Prototyping for Maritime Advantage
Apr 09, 2024
The 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) are joining forces in a cooperative endeavor to accelerate adoption of commercial dual-use technology solutions, while enhanci... Read More
Innovation Accelerates Through NPS鈥� Ongoing Joint Interagency Field Experimentation Program
Apr 08, 2024
Every three months, like a high-tech pilgrimage, dozens of industry technologists journey from across the nation to a backcountry gathering at Camp Roberts, a U.S. Army National Guard base in southern... Read More
Former Colombian Navy Commander Inducted Into NPS Hall of Fame
Apr 05, 2024
The 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) honored retired Colombian Navy Adm. Guillermo E. Barrera for his lifetime of service, both to his country and to the United States, by inducting him as the 30th mem... Read More
NPS, CAMRE Dedicate New Advanced Manufacturing Center
Apr 03, 2024
The 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) has established itself as a driving force in additive manufacturing (AM) research and education for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and Department of Defense, espe... Read More
17th President of National Defense University Honors NPS Winter Quarter Graduates
Mar 29, 2024
The 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) recognized the achievement of its 2024 Winter Quarter graduates during the school鈥檚 latest commencement ceremony in King Hall Auditorium, Mar. 29. U.S. Air Force L... Read More
NPS' Latest Small Satellite Launch Advances Comms Experimentation, International Collaboration
Mar 27, 2024
In the dark, early morning sky of March 21 over NASA鈥檚 Wallops Island Flight Facility on the Virginia coast, a Rocket Lab Electron rocket carried a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) manifest featur... Read More
NPS Accepted Into USSPACECOM Academic Engagement Enterprise
Feb 27, 2024
U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM) has accepted the 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) into its Academic Engagement Enterprise (AEE), a select partnership of 48 colleges and universities throughout the Unit... Read More
NPS President, WEST Panelists Emphasize Education, Innovation As Paths to Decision Advantage
Feb 15, 2024
One of the U.S. Navy鈥檚 six Force Design Imperatives identified in the Chief of Naval Operations Navigation Plan (CNO NAVPLAN) is decision advantage 鈥� gaining an edge over potential adversaries by acce... Read More
NPS Students Accelerate Innovative Over-The-Horizon Technology Solution
Feb 06, 2024
Since Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced the establishment of the Naval Innovation Center at the 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) in 2022, the institution has worked to establish the proce... Read More
NPS POTION Software Helps UAV Break Records During Arctic Test Flight
Jan 23, 2024
Following years of dedicated work with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), NPS and Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) partners have successfully concluded the ultimate test of a nine-year continuum of resea... Read More
NPS Consortium Advances Innovative Naval Applications of Additive Manufacturing
Nov 14, 2023
Conducting applied research in the operating environment, a team based at the 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) is quickly becoming a key player in the acceleration of adoption of additive manufacturing... Read More
NPS Team Makes Key Breakthrough on Path to Electric Aircraft Propulsion
Sep 28, 2023
As an institution renowned for innovation efforts grounded in education and research, the 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) has often been called upon to tackle some of the most difficult technological ... Read More
Marine General Offers Challenge to NPS Summer Quarter Graduates
Sep 22, 2023
Emphasizing the power of collaboration and embracing the inevitable flux of change, the 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) celebrated its 2023 Summer Quarter graduates on Sept. 22 during a ceremony at Ki... Read More
CAMRE Helps Marines Take 3D Printing to New Heights
Jul 05, 2023
The Consortium for Additive Manufacturing Research and Education (CAMRE) at the 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) achieved the first successful demonstration of in-flight 3D printing aboard a U.S. Marin... Read More
NPS Professor and Student Develop Patented Self-Sealing Fuel Line
May 30, 2023
Patents from the 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) are a measure of novel inventions, but each also tells a story of a relevant idea with warfighting impact. NPS Department of Physics Associate Professo... Read More
Charting the Navy鈥檚 Future Course in Advanced Space Education
Mar 30, 2023
No domain more than space operations highlights the essential blend of the operational art of war 鈥� as well as the science and technology of warfare. From the very beginning of the 鈥渟pace race鈥� in th... Read More
Chief of Navy Reserve Encourages NPS Winter Quarter Graduates
Mar 24, 2023
The 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) honored its 2023 Winter Quarter graduates during a commencement ceremony held in King Hall Auditorium, March 24. NPS alumnus Vice Adm. John Mustin, Chief of Navy R... Read More
NPS Hosts JIFX 23-2 With Focus on Innovation, Collaboration
Mar 21, 2023
The 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) conducted the latest iteration of its quarterly Joint Interagency Field Experimentation (JIFX) program from Feb. 6-10 at the NPS Field Lab at Camp Roberts, Calif., ... Read More
NPS Student Operational Insight and Faculty Collaboration Advances Hypersonics Applied Research
Mar 16, 2023
In a small area 鈥� 4 inches by 4 inches, to be precise 鈥� in a 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) research laboratory, a uniquely-capable facility is supporting foundational hypersonics research and prepar... Read More
Qualcomm and 黑料吃瓜网 Announce Collaboration to Advance Technological Solutions
Feb 13, 2023
Two well-known California institutions of research and innovation 鈥� the 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. 鈥� are joining forces in a strategic partnership focused on emerg... Read More
黑料吃瓜网 Joins Consortium for Applied Hypersonics Research
Dec 14, 2022
The Navy鈥檚 Navigation Plan (NAVPLAN) 2022 features six force design imperatives that include investments in hypersonics that will play an important role in delivering capabilities at greater distance.... Read More
Students Explore Use of Persistent Augmented Reality to Advance Decision Cycle
Sep 15, 2022
Decision advantage, one of six 鈥淔orce Design Imperatives鈥� in Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday鈥檚 NAVPLAN 2022, places a high priority on the naval forces鈥� ability to 鈥渙ut-sense, out-decide,... Read More
NPS Students Explore Naval, Defense Applications of Hybrid Airship Technology
Sep 02, 2022
Airships were once a common sight in the skies above America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Airlines used these giants of the sky to convey passengers and freight across vast distances, while militar... Read More
NPS, Partners Develop Executive Course on AI/ML Foundations for Senior Leaders
Sep 02, 2022
The 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS), in partnership with Stanford University and the Defense Innovation Unit in Silicon Valley, developed an intensive three-day course specifically for senior defens... Read More
NPS Mourns Loss of Colleague, Rising Expert in Material Science
Aug 30, 2022
The 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) lost a rising star in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) department when Assistant Professor Andy Nieto tragically passed away in a scuba diving accid... Read More
SECNAV Emphasizes Lifelong Learning as a 鈥楽trategic Imperative鈥� During NPS Guest Lecture
Aug 19, 2022
Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro spoke to 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) students, faculty, and staff about the value and importance of lifelong learning during the Secretary of the N... Read More
NPS Showcases Latest Cohort of Summer STEM Interns
Aug 08, 2022
The Department of the Navy has been a strong advocate for the development of a world-class science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce, and for good reason. For the Navy and Mari... Read More
Discovery Day at NPS Opens Campus to Central Coast Students
May 13, 2022
In a sight not seen for more than two years, nearly 2,000 students, teachers and parent chaperones from throughout the Central Coast descended upon the 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) for the return o... Read More
NPS Researcher Mentors the Next Generation of Robotics Engineers
Apr 12, 2022
For six weeks, students and mentors from Santa Catalina School in Monterey meticulously crafted a robot to compete in the regional For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Rob... Read More
NPS Scores High Marks in Annual Grad School Rankings, Again
Apr 05, 2022
When 鈥淯.S. News and World Report鈥� (USNWR) released its well-known annual rankings of U.S. graduate schools, March 29, the 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) once again maintained high marks in several pr... Read More
NPS Research Seeks to Advance Aircraft Turbine Resilience to Particulates
Mar 24, 2022
In late 2015, two Marines were killed and 20 others injured after a MV-22 Osprey crashed during pre-deployment training at Bellows Air Force Base in Hawaii. The culprit 鈥� Airborne sand and d... Read More
Annual Menneken Awards Honor NPS Faculty for Research Achievements
Mar 01, 2022
Dr. Marcello Romano of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Dr. Di Zhang of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, have been named the 2021 winners of the Carl E... Read More
NPS Researchers Use High-Tech Optics, Artificial Intelligence to Advance Laser Weapons Systems
Dec 13, 2021
A high-energy laser beam pointed over the ocean will get distorted by the atmosphere and marine layer, reducing its effectiveness in long-range defensive applications, particularly when the target is ... Read More
NPS Students Finish Strong, Take Top Honors, in NavalX Challenge
Nov 09, 2021
A field of 200 participants from across the Navy stepped forward to be a force for innovation in the sea services through the NavalX Agility Summit Challenge, part of NaxalX鈥檚 annual Agility Summit. ... Read More
ONR Awards Two NPS Faculty with Young Investigator Program Honors
Jun 18, 2021
Two 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) professors recently earned the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award, a highly competitive early-career award program for academic s... Read More
NPS Team Earns Design Inspiration Award at HACKtheMACHINE Competition
Jun 10, 2021
For this year鈥檚 HACKtheMACHINE (HtM) Navy digital competition, NavalX implemented 鈥淗eavy Metal,鈥� an additive manufacturing challenge to use metallic 3D printing for fabricating shipboard parts to with... Read More
NPS Professor, Students Explore Innovative Ways to Power the Navy
Apr 27, 2021
Imagine a machine that collected water from the air, broke the water down into hydrogen and oxygen, then used hydrogen as a power source. That鈥檚 the goal of Dr. Anthony Gannon, associate professor at ... Read More
New CRADA between NPS and BNNano to Research Nanomaterial Applications
Mar 11, 2021
Coupling applied research with defense-focused education, the 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with BNNano, an advanced manufac... Read More
黑料吃瓜网 and Xerox Collaborate to Advance Additive Manufacturing Solutions
Mar 01, 2021
In January 2021, the Department of Defense published its first-ever Additive Manufacturing Strategy to 鈥減rovide a shared set of guiding principles and a framework for [additive manufacturing] technolo... Read More
NPS Researchers Developing the Defensive Playbook Against Large-Scale Drone Swarms
Dec 11, 2020
The 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea stunned the world when they put on a dazzling light show made up of a record-breaking 1,218 drones, all dancing in harmony. In the Department of De... Read More
NPS, Open Robotics Hosting Virtual Ocean Robotics Challenge
Nov 19, 2020
The 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) has once again partnered with the robotics research and development company Open Robotics to host a virtual competition on autonomy with the 2020 Virtual Ocean Robo... Read More
NPS Alumnus Applies Research to Improve Efficacy, Cost of Radar and Counter UAS Systems
Jun 08, 2020
No one knows how to improve conditions on the battlefield like warfighters themselves. This unique perspective allows mid-career officers across the services to choose graduate programs that not only ... Read More
Two NPS Grads Among NASA鈥檚 Newest Astronauts
Jan 15, 2020
Two 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) alumni have just graduated astronaut basic training with the first cohort for NASA鈥檚 Artemis program, poised to open a new chapter of American space exploration. M... Read More
NPS Researchers Lead Innovations in Phase Change Materials
Nov 12, 2019
A team of 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) researchers recently published the results of their successful experimentation using phase change materials (PCMs) to develop a formulation with potential to ... Read More
Former Vice President Dan Quayle Tours Campus, Research Labs
Aug 09, 2019
Dan Quayle, 44th Vice President of the United States, took an opportunity to learn more about the 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) and its unique mission of defense-relevant graduate education and rese... Read More
NPS researchers honored with regional clean air award
Jun 20, 2019
The 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) received Monterey area community recognition recently for its efforts to reduce the Navy鈥檚 carbon footprint in developing alternative energy technology. Lecturer D... Read More
NPS professor selected to receive prestigious engineering award
Feb 08, 2019
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) selected Dr. Young W. Kwon, a Distinguished Professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, for the annual S. Y. Zamrik Pressure V... Read More
NPS researcher explores 3D printing with extremely viscous materials
Feb 06, 2019
Dr. Emre Gunduz arrived at NPS in July, ready to continue his cutting-edge work with the 3D printing of extremely viscous materials. This work is the culmination of two years of research and testing c... Read More
NDIA Honors NPS Distinguished Professor Through Young Professional鈥檚 Award
Nov 19, 2018
NPS Distinguished Professor Emeritus Robert E. Ball of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department was honored by the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) as it renamed its award for... Read More
Summer Interns Help NPS Engineers Explore Unmanned Systems
Aug 09, 2018
Two young interns are making some serious waves this summer at the 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS). High school senior Kathryn Yeager and college sophomore Colin Cool are spending their summer breaks... Read More
NPS Holds 13th International Mine Warfare Technology Symposium
Jun 05, 2018
The 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS), the Office of Naval Research (ONR), Navy鈥檚 Office of Expeditionary Warfare (N95), and the Consortium for Robotics and Unmanned Systems Education and Research (CRUS... Read More
Annual Menneken Awards Honor NPS' Top Researchers
Jan 10, 2018
黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) Provost Dr. Steven R. Lerman announced the winners of the 2017 Menneken Awards, Jan. 10. Made possible by the NPS Foundation through a grant from the Carl E. and Jessie... Read More
Student-Designed Wave Generator Gives Old Research Tank New Life
Jul 19, 2017
Researchers in NPS鈥� Departments of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE), and Systems Engineering (SE), have given an old tow tank new life, completing the installation of a student-designed wave... Read More
NASA Accepts Two NPS Graduates Into Latest Astronaut Candidate Class
Jun 20, 2017
Of the 11 candidates selected for NASA鈥檚 latest class of astronaut candidates, Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Dominick and Marine Corps Maj. Jasmin Moghbeli have something in common ... a master鈥檚 degree from the ... Read More
NPS Researcher Living Under the Sea at Aquarius Habitat
Aug 05, 2016
NPS Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Research Associate Professor Noel Du Toit has spent the last several days living 60 feet underwater at the Aquarius Reef Base habitat in the Flor... Read More
Laser Testbed Contributes to NPS Education, Research
Jun 01, 2016
The 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS), under the direction of Distinguished Professor Brij Agrawal with the university鈥檚 Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, has successfully completed th... Read More
Recent Patents Highlight Efforts in Innovation Across Campus
May 03, 2016
The 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) and its innovative faculty have begun to see their hard work bear fruit with a series of new patents highlighting the diversity of student, faculty led research end... Read More
NPS Students, Faculty Participate in Navy鈥檚 Latest Arctic Exercise
Mar 28, 2016
An interdisciplinary team of faculty and students from the 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) is taking advantage of the Navy鈥檚 large-scale exercise in the Arctic circle, teaming up with members of Subma... Read More
DL Program Puts Nuclear Trained Officers on a Fast Track to Graduation
Jan 12, 2016
In an attempt to meet the educational needs of some of the Navy's most highly-trained officers, the 黑料吃瓜网's (NPS) Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) offers a ... Read More
Leadership Gets to Know NPS鈥� Summer STEM Interns
Jul 08, 2015
There are nearly 100 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) interns on the 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) campus this summer, and NPS President retired Vice Adm. Ronald A. Route and ... Read More
Former CJCS, NPS Alumnus Inducted into National Academy of Engineering
Oct 24, 2014
黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) alumnus and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff retired Navy Adm. Mike Mullen was recently inducted into the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for 鈥渇or app... Read More
Major Breakthrough in Carbon Material Could Have Broad DOD Applications
Sep 19, 2014
黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Associate Professor Claudia C. Luhrs, with collaborator Department of Physics Research Professor Jonathan Phillips an... Read More
NPS Meteorology Examines Environmental Effects on Electromagnetic Waves
Sep 09, 2014
黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) Department of Meteorology Professor Qing Wang welcomed a multidisciplinary group of scientists to NPS鈥� Root Hall to kick off a multiyear, multidisciplinary study to exp... Read More
Researchers Fill Operational Needs With Innovation in Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Nov 06, 2013
From his unassuming office nestled between robotics and space systems labs at the 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS), Research Associate Professor Kevin Jones, along with Professor Isaac Kaminer and Rese... Read More
NPS, SPAWAR Collaboration Explores High-Energy Laser Weapon Defense
May 09, 2013
From earth鈥檚 orbit to the world鈥檚 oceans, the U.S. Navy is dedicated to protecting the communications capabilities and manpower necessary for operations worldwide. Defense researchers are consistently... Read More
Robotics Takes Center Stage During Annual Campus Research Fair
Apr 12, 2013
Robots of every shape, size and purpose dotted the academic quad as the 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 Consortium for Robotics and Unmanned Systems Education and Research (CRUSER) once again hosted their... Read More
Former NPS Aeronautics Professor Named AIAA Honorary Fellow
Apr 08, 2013
Not many people are presented with the honor of being named an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Honorary Fellow. But for a former NPS distinguished professor who dedicated his... Read More
NPS Student Uses Social Science Background to Promote Change
Dec 19, 2012
When 黑料吃瓜网 Mechanical Engineering student Lt. Ryan Hilger sees a need for change, he turns to his background in social science to engage people in conversation around the issue. It... Read More
University USW Curriculum Leads Resurgence in Undersea Warfare Dominance
Oct 31, 2012
Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.鈥� These iconic words, presented to rousing cheers by then President Ronald Reagan on June 12, 1987 in West Berlin, were the defining moment of a generation. With th... Read More
NPS Researchers Evaluate Biofuels for Powering the Fleet
Sep 06, 2012
As the largest consumer of fuel in the United States, the Department of Defense has recognized the need to reduce its own dependence on foreign oil, and explore cheaper, safer alternatives. In support... Read More
Singaporean Students, University Faculty Apply Innovative Control Technologies to UAVs
Sep 06, 2012
Two unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) hover over a building in Singapore. UAV one drops 20 feet and enters through an open window, while UAV two flies slowly above a fire escape until locating a point o... Read More
NPS Researchers Apply the Latest Battery Chemistries to Power the Fleet
Aug 21, 2012
Students and faculty at the 黑料吃瓜网 (NPS) are planning to design and build a battery using technologies that have already been called a potential game-changer. U.S. Army Capt. Andre... Read More
Memorial Ceremony Honors the Life and Service of Capt. Alan 鈥淒ex鈥� Poindexter
Aug 10, 2012
The 黑料吃瓜网 community gathered on August 10 to pay their final respects to a man who committed his life to his family and country. Several hundred people, including his family and c... Read More
NPS Professor Emeritus Co-Authors Definitive Text on Rocket Technology
Aug 08, 2012
Emeritus Professor Dr. Oscar Biblarz of the 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 Graduate School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has seen great things come of his book, "Rocket Propulsion Elements," 8th Ed... Read More
University Mourns Loss of Dean of Students Capt. Alan Poindexter
Jul 06, 2012
On Sunday, July 1, a tragic accident off the coast of Pensacola, Fla., claimed the life of 黑料吃瓜网 Dean of Students and Executive Director of Programs Capt. Alan 鈥淒ex鈥� Poindexter. P... Read More
NPS Cycling Club, Local Community Pay Tribute to Capt. Alan Poindexter
Jun 24, 2012
On Saturday, July 21, close to 200 members of the 黑料吃瓜网 and local communities made their way from Lovers Point to NPS to pay tribute to the late Capt. Alan "Dex" Poindexter, the un... Read More
NPS Welcomes Consultant Dr. Fenton Carey for SGL
Jun 20, 2012
On May 15, 黑料吃瓜网 students, faculty and staff welcomed aeronautical engineering alumnus Dr. Fenton Carey, a retired naval officer, for a Secretary of the Navy Guest Lecture entitled... Read More
Doctoral Student Explores Algorithm for Force Protection
Sep 13, 2011
Cmdr. Jay Foraker is less than a month away from receiving his Ph.D. in Operations Research (OR), but his studies in optimal search patterns may not be coming to a close. In fact, it may soon become p... Read More
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus Announces NPS鈥� Energy Degree Programs
Sep 06, 2011
U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus took to the stage in King Auditorium, Aug. 29, to discuss the Navy's energy initiatives, and to announce NPS' contributions to those efforts through the establishm... Read More
Adaptive Optics Center of Excellence for National Security Established at NPS
Jun 14, 2011
On May 2, 2011, then Maj. Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski, Commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), placed the final signature on the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), completing the process to offi... Read More
A Conversation with New Dean of Students, Capt. Alan Poindexter
Mar 30, 2011
  When the 黑料吃瓜网 welcomed its new Dean of Students (DoS) early this year, it was a face the campus had seen many times before. Capt. Alan Poindexter is not only an alumnus, ea... Read More
NPS Student-Professor Team Assists Commander, U.S. Third Fleet With 鈥楽plitting鈥� Dilemma
Mar 14, 2011
With 22 Ticonderoga-class cruisers (CG 47) exhibiting cracks in their superstructures, some up to nine feet in length, the Navy is facing a technically difficult and potentially costly challenge. &nbs... Read More
NPS Crushes CubeSats for DARPA Challenge
Dec 16, 2010
The Space Systems Academic Group at NPS is known for being active in developing CubeSats- small, square satellites used for space research. The satellites have become widely popular in academia as the... Read More
NPS Teams Up with NASA, Industry to Test Groundbreaking Maneuvers on Spacecraft in Orbit
Dec 10, 2010
Dazzling sun spots and stunning solar flares were just another day in the life of the Transitional Regional and Coronal Explorer (TRACE) spacecraft for the past 12 years. Designed to record solar acti... Read More