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NPS Spring Graduates Challenged to Shape the Future of Warfare and Security
The 窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS) celebrated its 2025 Spring Quarter graduates during a commencement ceremony on June 18 at King Hall Auditorium. A total of 375 warrior-scholarsincluding 32 allied ... Read More
Revamped Bullard Hall Signals a New Era in NPS Modernization for Enhanced Education and Innovation
Naval Support Activity Monterey (NSAM) has just completed a four-year renovation of Bullard Hall, opening the door to a new chapter of modernization at the 窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS). A ribbon-c... Read More
NPS Helps Joint Chiefs Develop Integrated Military, Economic Deterrence Options to Chinese Aggression
When former Joint Chiefs of Staff Joint Force Development (J7) director U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Stuart Munsch needed a cross-disciplinary team of regional and defense experts to examine in detail a full s... Read More
Annual Menneken Award Recognizes NPS Researchers for Navy, DOD Impact
Each year, the 窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS) recognizes highly-meritorious research with identifiable impact on Navy and DOD technology through the Menneken Research Awards. For 2024, the Menneken a... Read More
NPS Hall of Fame Alumnus Inspires Graduates During Winter Quarter Commencement
The 窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS) recognized the achievements of its 2025 Winter Quarter graduates during its latest commencement ceremony, March 28, in King Hall auditorium on the schools Monterey... Read More
Former SECDEF Honors NPS 2024 Fall Graduates
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
The 窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS) recognized the achievements of its 2024 Summer Quarter graduates during the schools latest commencement ceremony on Sept. 27 at King Hall Auditorium. Dr. James Ne... Read More
STEM Design Challenge Students Create Autonomous Solutions to Monitor Water Quality, Environment
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 窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS)... Read More
窪蹋勛圖厙 Hosts 21st Annual Acquisition Research Symposium
Join the discussion about resourcing innovation and the future of research in acquisition at the 窪蹋勛圖厙s (NPSs) 21st Annual Acquisition Research Symposium. View the full... Read More
NPS Researchers Recognized for Modeling Integrated Deterrence in INDOPACOM Region
In recognition of their efforts to advance future force design and the next-generation Joint Warfighting Concept, several researchers from the 窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS) were recently honored wit... Read More
Former Colombian Navy Commander Inducted Into NPS Hall of Fame
The 窪蹋勛圖厙 (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
17th President of National Defense University Honors NPS Winter Quarter Graduates
The 窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS) recognized the achievement of its 2024 Winter Quarter graduates during the schools 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
In the dark, early morning sky of March 21 over NASAs Wallops Island Flight Facility on the Virginia coast, a Rocket Lab Electron rocket carried a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) manifest featur... Read More
Marine General Offers Challenge to NPS Summer Quarter Graduates
Emphasizing the power of collaboration and embracing the inevitable flux of change, the 窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS) celebrated its 2023 Summer Quarter graduates on Sept. 22 during a ceremony at Ki... Read More
NPS Advances Energy Resilience, Sustainability Through Microgrid Research
Over the past five years, a multidisciplinary team of 窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS) faculty has been supporting the development of an energy renaissance of sorts with the potential to redefine what ... Read More
Empowering Student Ideas: NPS Introduces the Naval Innovation Exchange
The Naval Innovation Center (NIC) at the 窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS) in Monterey, Calif., is part of the Secretary of the Navys initiative to leverage the power of American innovation for nationa... Read More
CAMRE Helps Marines Take 3D Printing to New Heights
The Consortium for Additive Manufacturing Research and Education (CAMRE) at the 窪蹋勛圖厙 (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
Patents from the 窪蹋勛圖厙 (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
Champion for Student Success, Interdisciplinary Research Earns NPS Hamming Award
窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS) Assistant Professor Douglas Van Bossuyt, Department of Systems Engineering, is the 2023 recipient of the Richard W. Hamming Faculty Award for Interdisciplinary Achievem... Read More
NPS Hosts JIFX 23-2 With Focus on Innovation, Collaboration
The 窪蹋勛圖厙 (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
Qualcomm and 窪蹋勛圖厙 Announce Collaboration to Advance Technological Solutions
Two well-known California institutions of research and innovation the 窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS) and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. are joining forces in a strategic partnership focused on emerg... Read More
Former Pacific Fleet, STRATCOM Commander Haney Honored as 26th Inductee Into NPS Hall of Fame
Retired U.S. Navy Adm. Cecil Haney, who commanded the United States Pacific Fleet (PACFLT) and U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM), became the 26th inductee of the esteemed 窪蹋勛圖厙 (NP... Read More
Discovery Day at NPS Opens Campus to Central Coast Students
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 窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS) for the return o... Read More
NPS Applies System Engineering to Bolster Marine Corps Reserves Education System
As Great Power Competition intensifies, the United States Marine Corps is increasingly being called upon as the nations premier expeditionary force. Critical to its success is the strength of its Res... Read More
NPS Faculty Recognized for Interdisciplinary Work with Annual Hamming Award
The 窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS) recognized two outstanding faculty members for interdisciplinary scholarship with the presentation of the 2022 Richard W. Hamming Faculty Award for Interdisciplinar... Read More
NPS Scores High Marks in Annual Grad School Rankings, Again
When U.S. News and World Report (USNWR) released its well-known annual rankings of U.S. graduate schools, March 29, the 窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS) once again maintained high marks in several pr... Read More
NPS Professor, Students Issued Provisional Patent for Liquid Air Energy Storage, Recovery System
窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS) Department of Systems Engineering Assistant Professor Tony Pollman, along with university graduates U.S. Navy Lts. Nicholas Bailey and Christopher Girouard, were issued... Read More
NPS, U.S. Pacific Fleet Launch Nimitz Research Group
The 窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS) and Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet (PACFLT) are joining forces to establish the Nimitz Research Group, an organization which will leverage NPS educational and resea... Read More
Pacific Fleet Leverages NPS, Silicon Valley to Advance Solutions to Key Challenges
With the constant evolution of Strategic Competition, Navy leaders must explore all avenues to master complex advanced technologies to maintain an advantage over competitors.  Commander, U.S. Pa... Read More
NPS Hosts High-Energy Laser Working Group to Address DOD Domain Needs
The 窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS) hosted the latest annual Laser Lethality Technical Area Working Group (TAWG) sponsored by the Joint Directed Energy Transition Office (DE-JTO), Aug. 24-26. The even... Read More
NPS Student Invents, Patents Durable Uniform Nametags
Using his own time and resources, 窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS) Space Systems Engineering student Lt. Mitchell Kempisty ventured into unchartered waters to bring an invention of his making through t... Read More
NPS Establishes Climate and Security Network for Research Collaboration, Accessibility
On January 27, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to tackle climate challenges at home and abroad, which both elevates and frames climate concerns within a national security perspective. Re... Read More
Systems Engineering Capstone Competition Develops Real Solutions to Real Challenges
The 窪蹋勛圖厙s (NPS) Systems Engineering Management (SEM) programs held their latest Outstanding Capstone Project Award competition, with four teams of students developing challenging... Read More
Distinguished Professor Applies for Patent to More Efficiently Detect FOD
窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS) Distinguished Professor Oleg Yakimenko recently filed for a patent proposing a system for automated detection, classification and possible removal of foreign object deb... Read More
Two NPS Grads Among NASAs Newest Astronauts
Two 窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS) alumni have just graduated astronaut basic training with the first cohort for NASAs Artemis program, poised to open a new chapter of American space exploration. M... Read More
Army Graduate Turns to NPS to Advance Education for Acquisition Pros
On December 20, the first cohort of 30 Army Acquisition Corps Officers will graduate from a new degree curriculum, called 522, at NPS with a Master of Science Degree in Systems Engineering Management.... Read More
NPS Internship Program Helps Students Refine Research Through Industry Connections
The 窪蹋勛圖厙 Industry Internship Program recently completed its third iteration sending 21 students for week-long internships at leading private sector technology companies to develop... Read More
Army students systems engineering research goes global
U.S. Army Plans Officer and 窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS) Systems Engineering student Capt. Rondolf Moreno captured the attention of the engineering community with his research into modeling and sim... Read More
Systems Engineering Professor Earns 2019 Hamming Interdisciplinary Award
Dr. Oleg Yakimenko, Professor in the NPS Department of Systems Engineering and founding director of the Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Center (ADSC) and the Autonomous Systems Engineering and Integra... Read More
Singapore, NPS continue longtime academic exchange program
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Kevin Wheeler is working toward a dual masters degree in operations research and engineering at the 窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS). But unlike many of the overachievers who s... Read More
Annual Workshop Envisions Future Use of Unmanned Systems
The 窪蹋勛圖厙s Consortium for Robotics and Unmanned Systems Education and Research (CRUSER) held its annual Warfare Innovation Continuum (WIC) Workshop, Sept. 17-20. The WIC is a coo... Read More
Four NPS Faculty Recognized as Distinguished Professors
The 窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS) recognized four of its top faculty by conferring the honored title of Distinguished Professor in recognition of their exceptional and sustained scholarly, teaching ... Read More
NPS Professor Appointed Editor-In-Chief of Systems Engineering Journal
NPS Department of Systems Engineering Professor Clifford Whitcomb has been selected to serve as the new Editor-In-Chief (EIC) of Systems Engineering journal, a bimonthly publication recognized as a ... Read More
Summer Interns Help NPS Engineers Explore Unmanned Systems
Two young interns are making some serious waves this summer at the 窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS). High school senior Kathryn Yeager and college sophomore Colin Cool are spending their summer breaks... Read More
NPS-Developed Software Detects System Design Errors Early
A small group of 窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS) faculty has teamed up with NPS Center for Educational Design, Development and Distribution (CED3) to develop a software-based tool which has the power... Read More
NPS Professors Honored With Navys Distinguished Service Award
Two 窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS) professors have received the highest honorary award bestowed on Navy civilians by the Secretary of the Navy. Operations research (OR) professors Gerald Brown and N... Read More
Bowman Scholars USNA CubeSat Research Gets Help from NPS
Space robots will be launched into orbit this summer by a team of junior Navy officers in a test which has the opportunity to bring significant change to how the Department of Defense (DOD) operates a... Read More
NPS Students Put Their Research to the Test in Impossible City
NPS Systems Engineering students are taking advantage of the nearby Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) facility on the former Ft. Ord, also known as Impossible City, to test and evaluate th... Read More
Defense Execs Share Industrys Perspective on Major Acquisition Programs
NPS students showed up in force to get insight first-hand from some of the defense industrys most senior leaders during a panel discussion with university faculty, Aug. 16. The NPS Department of Syst... Read More
NPS ARSENL Advances Team vs. Team Swarm Research
A team of faculty and researchers from NPS Advanced Robotic Systems Engineering Laboratory (ARSENL), along with various other educational and DOD institutions, successfully tested a 10 versus 10 dron... Read More
NPS Foundation Announces 2015 Menneken Award Winners
The 窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS) recently announced the recipients of the 2015 Menneken Awards. NPS Dean of Research Jeff Paduan made the announcement which included the introduction of a new facul... Read More
ARSENL Reaches Its Ultimate Goal of 50 Autonomous UAVs in Flight
NPS Advanced Robotic Systems Engineering Laboratory (ARSENL) successfully flew its ultimate goal of 50 autonomous UAVs simultaneously, Aug. 27, breaking their previous record of 30 set just five week... Read More
CNO Strategic Studies Group Director Fellows Announced
A select group of seven 窪蹋勛圖厙 students will soon be working directly for the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) on some of the biggest issues facing the Navy thanks to their selection... Read More
Professor Leaves Lasting Legacy on NPS, Systems Engineering
窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS) Professor of Systems Engineering (SE) Dr. David H. Olwell will soon be settling in to his new position as Dean of Engineering at Saint Martin's University in Lacey, Was... Read More
ARSENL Breaks Previous Records, Flies 20 Autonomous UAVs
A team of faculty and researchers at the 窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS) is setting what are believed to be world records in the realm of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). During the latest Joint Inte... Read More
NPS Students Build Mission Assurance Tool for National Lab
Pictured is Systems Engineering students Navy Lt. Ross Eldred, Lt, Robert Smith, Lt. Jordan White, Lt. Patrick Stone and Lt. Shannon Buckley at the Roman Plunge Reflecting pool, May 2. Officials at L... Read More
Student Research Examines Utility of Open Source Software for UAVs
窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS) systems engineering student U.S. Navy Lt. David J. Cummings is studying the viability of open source software for use across the Department of Defense (DOD) with unmann... Read More
Curriculum Reviews Ensure NPS Degrees Remain Current with the Fleet
A critical necessity with the 窪蹋勛圖厙s fleet-driven degree programs is relevancy to the Navys current issues and needs. But in a constantly evolving security environment, staying o... Read More
Workshop Spurs Maritime Warfare Innovation
The 窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS) recently hosted its annual Warfare Innovation Workshop (WIW) in NPS Ingersoll Hall, Sept. 22-25. The workshop brought together students as well as members of indus... Read More
NPS, Hartnell Intern Partnership Takes Center Stage at Annual Symposium
As the largest partner in Hartnell Colleges summer internship program, the 窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS) enjoyed an undeniable presence during Hartnells latest Internship Symposium, Aug. 22. More ... Read More
NAVAIR Employees Earn Masters Degrees from 窪蹋勛圖厙
Calling their academic milestone a huge accomplishment and a life event, Rear Adm. Mark Darrah, commander of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division welcomed the ninth graduating class of NAV... Read More
NPS Systems Engineering Program Puts Product Development in the Spotlight
The 窪蹋勛圖厙s (NPS) Joint Executive Systems Engineering Management - Product Development 21st Century (SEM-PD21) program is working to bring together senior engineering and technical... Read More
NPS, Marine Corps Partner on Energy and Conservation Research
The 窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS) and the U.S. Marine Corps Expeditionary Energy Office (E2O) have partnered under an initiative to conduct student-led research that will address some of the Marine ... Read More
Growth in HSI Programs Underscores Value of Humans in Systems Design
When the 窪蹋勛圖厙 graduated its first cohort of students in the distance learning Master of Human Systems Integration (HSI) degree program this past quarter, it was not the first time... Read More
NPS Leads Collaborative Effort to Inspire Innovation Across Government, Beyond
The 窪蹋勛圖厙s Joint Interagency Field Exploration (JIFX) program brought together more than 400 researchers, scientists, first responders and military personnel, Aug. 5-8, to conduct... Read More
Professional Dialogue With NPS President Helps Students Set Thesis Topics
When 窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS) Interim President Rear Adm. Jan E. Tighe spent an afternoon discussing information dominance and information warfare (IW) with a small group of systems engineering... Read More
NPS Adds Another Astronaut Alumnus With NASAs Newest Class
When NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced the latest class of NASAs eight astronaut candidates, June 17, the 窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS) was able to add yet another space-traveling alumnus... Read More
NPS Department of Systems Engineering Ranked 21st in the Nation
U.S. News and World Report recently released its annual rankings of the top graduate schools in the country, and the 窪蹋勛圖厙s own Department of Systems Engineering ranked 21st on th... Read More
Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge Honored with Prestigious INCOSE Award
窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS) Professor of Systems Engineering (SE), Dr. Dave Olwell, and his colleague, Stevens Institute of Technology Distinguished Research Professor Dr. Art Pyster, earned Prod... Read More
Researchers, Commanders Partner on Potential Networking Revolution
When men and women go into combat they accept a level of risk that is hard for people outside the profession of arms to comprehend. Still, there is one call that causes even the most seasoned veterans... Read More
NPS Student Team Analyzes Operational Utility of Future USVs
Students of 窪蹋勛圖厙s Systems Engineering Analysis (SEA) curriculum have completed a study representing a first-order analysis of the unmanned surface vessel (USV) of the future. Tha... Read More
Student Explores Unmanned Surface Vehicles for Maritime Data Collection
Undersea Warfare student Lt. Timothy Rochholz is exploring the research potential of a new wave-propelled unmanned surface vehicle which industry hopes can replace moored buoys for maritime surveillan... Read More
Familiar Face Returns to Systems Engineering Department
Associate Prof. Andy Hernandez believes that coming back to 窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS) was the best decision and the best fit for what he says is important work, teaching future leaders in the Sy... Read More
MOVES Software Package Helps LSOs Track Pilot Performance
Researchers at the 窪蹋勛圖厙s Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation (MOVES) Institute have developed a prototype system to support Landing Signal Officers (LSOs), the men and ... Read More
Systems Engineering Professor Awarded Prestigious ACE Fellowship
窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS) Professor of Systems Engineering, Dr. David H. Olwell, was recently named a Fellow of the American Council on Education (ACE). The ACE Fellowship Program is a yearlong ... Read More
Systems Engineering DL Students Look at Innovation From Industrys Perspective
Students in the Joint Executive Systems Engineering Management - Product Development Leadership Education for the 21st Century (SEM-PD21) Degree Program, an interdisciplinary leadership program design... Read More
NPS Students Explore the Full Potential of Unmanned Air Systems
In recent years, the Department of Defense has increasingly integrated the use of Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) into a number of missions, from aerial surveillance to data collection. For men and women i... Read More
CRUSER Brings Together Robotics and Unmanned Systems at NPS
Chartered by Under Secretary of the Navy Robert Work, the 窪蹋勛圖厙 has commissioned the Consortium for Robotics and Unmanned Systems Education and Research (CRUSER).  CRUSER is a... Read More
Systems Engineering DL Students Examine Hawaiis Best in DoD, Industry
Students in the Joint Executive Systems Engineering Management Product Development Leadership Education for the 21st Century (SEM-PD21) degree program, an interdisciplinary leadership program design... Read More
Systems Engineering Management PD-21 Grad Promoted to SES
窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS) graduate Thomas Irwin has been appointed to the Senior Executive Service and will be assigned as enterprise Business Director for U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) in... Read More
NPS Stands Up New C4I Chair
Assistant Professor of Systems Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering Dr. Rachel Goshorn officially became the 窪蹋勛圖厙s first Command, Control Communications, Computers... Read More
NPS Mourns Passing of Legend Rear Adm. Wayne E. Meyer
The 窪蹋勛圖厙 mourned the passing of one of its greatest Hall of Fame Alumni, Father of the Aegis Rear Admiral Wayne E. Meyer, Sept. 1. The Aegis is the Navys primary ship air-defe... Read More
Systems Engineering Students Confront Maritime IED Threat
窪蹋勛圖厙 (NPS) students from the Systems Engineering Analysis (SEA) program presented, on Dec. 11, 2008, the findings of their capstone project, which addressed the threat of maritime... Read More