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NPS Recognizes Latest Cohort of Summer Quarter Graduates
Sep 27, 2024
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) recognized the achievements of its 2024 Summer Quarter graduates during the school’s latest commencement ceremony on Sept. 27 at King Hall Auditorium. Dr. James Ne... Read More

NPS Researchers Recognized for Modeling Integrated Deterrence in INDOPACOM Region
Apr 22, 2024
In recognition of their efforts to advance future force design and the next-generation Joint Warfighting Concept, several researchers from the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) were recently honored wit... Read More

17th President of National Defense University Honors NPS Winter Quarter Graduates
Mar 29, 2024
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) recognized the achievement of its 2024 Winter Quarter graduates during the school’s 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’s 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
Sep 22, 2023
Emphasizing the power of collaboration and embracing the inevitable flux of change, the Naval Postgraduate School (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
Sep 14, 2023
Over the past five years, a multidisciplinary team of Naval Postgraduate School (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
Jul 11, 2023
The Naval Innovation Center (NIC) at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey, Calif., is part of the Secretary of the Navy’s initiative to leverage the power of American innovation for nationa... Read More

CAMRE Helps Marines Take 3D Printing to New Heights
Jul 5, 2023
The Consortium for Additive Manufacturing Research and Education (CAMRE) at the Naval Postgraduate School (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 Naval Postgraduate School (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
Apr 21, 2023
Naval Postgraduate School (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
Mar 21, 2023
The Naval Postgraduate School (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 Naval Postgraduate School Announce Collaboration to Advance Technological Solutions
Feb 13, 2023
Two well-known California institutions of research and innovation – the Naval Postgraduate School (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
Dec 20, 2022
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 Naval Postgraduate School (NP... 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 Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) for the return o... Read More

NPS Applies System Engineering to Bolster Marine Corps Reserves Education System
Apr 27, 2022
As Great Power Competition intensifies, the United States Marine Corps is increasingly being called upon as the nation’s 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
Apr 7, 2022
The Naval Postgraduate School (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
Apr 5, 2022
When “U.S. News and World Report” (USNWR) released its well-known annual rankings of U.S. graduate schools, March 29, the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) once again maintained high marks in several pr... Read More

NPS Professor, Students Issued Provisional Patent for Liquid Air Energy Storage, Recovery System
Mar 28, 2022
Naval Postgraduate School (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
Feb 16, 2022
The Naval Postgraduate School (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
Oct 19, 2021
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
Sep 28, 2021
The Naval Postgraduate School (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
May 3, 2021
Using his own time and resources, Naval Postgraduate School (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
Apr 22, 2021
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
Feb 12, 2021
The Naval Postgraduate School’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
May 14, 2020
Naval Postgraduate School (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 NASA’s Newest Astronauts
Jan 15, 2020
Two Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) alumni have just graduated astronaut basic training with the first cohort for NASA’s 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
Dec 10, 2019
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
May 14, 2019
The Naval Postgraduate School 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 student’s systems engineering research goes global
Mar 28, 2019
U.S. Army Plans Officer and Naval Postgraduate School (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
Mar 22, 2019
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
Mar 1, 2019
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Kevin Wheeler is working toward a dual master’s degree in operations research and engineering at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). But unlike many of the overachievers who s... Read More

NPS Launches the Inclusion and Diversity Council
Nov 15, 2018
The Naval Postgraduate School’s (NPS) Inclusion and Diversity Council (IDC) held its first formal meeting, Nov. 8, officially launching the new group created in response to NPS’ recent Command Climate... Read More

Annual Workshop Envisions Future Use of Unmanned Systems
Oct 15, 2018
The Naval Postgraduate School’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
Sep 14, 2018
The Naval Postgraduate School (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
Aug 14, 2018
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
Aug 9, 2018
Two young interns are making some serious waves this summer at the Naval Postgraduate School (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
Jul 17, 2018
A small group of Naval Postgraduate School (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 Navy’s Distinguished Service Award
Jul 10, 2018
Two Naval Postgraduate School (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 Scholar’s USNA CubeSat Research Gets Help from NPS
May 9, 2018
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
Mar 23, 2018
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 Industry’s Perspective on Major Acquisition Programs
Aug 24, 2017
NPS students showed up in force to get insight first-hand from some of the defense industry’s 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
Nov 30, 2016
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
Jan 29, 2016
The Naval Postgraduate School (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
Sep 4, 2015
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
Aug 26, 2015
A select group of seven Naval Postgraduate School 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
Jun 24, 2015
Naval Postgraduate School (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
Jun 11, 2015
A team of faculty and researchers at the Naval Postgraduate School (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
May 13, 2015
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
Apr 29, 2015
Naval Postgraduate School (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
Dec 2, 2014
A critical necessity with the Naval Postgraduate School’s fleet-driven degree programs is relevancy to the Navy’s current issues and needs. But in a constantly evolving security environment, staying o... Read More

Workshop Spurs Maritime Warfare Innovation
Oct 3, 2014
The Naval Postgraduate School (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
Aug 27, 2014
As the largest partner in Hartnell College’s summer internship program, the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) enjoyed an undeniable presence during Hartnell’s latest Internship Symposium, Aug. 22. More ... Read More

NAVAIR Employees Earn Master’s Degrees from Naval Postgraduate School
May 6, 2014
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
Jan 31, 2014
The Naval Postgraduate School’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
Nov 25, 2013
The Naval Postgraduate School (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
Nov 7, 2013
When the Naval Postgraduate School 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
Aug 21, 2013
The Naval Postgraduate School’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
Jul 3, 2013
When Naval Postgraduate School (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 NASA’s Newest Class
Jun 18, 2013
When NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced the latest class of NASA’s eight astronaut candidates, June 17, the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) was able to add yet another space-traveling alumnus... Read More

NPS Department of Systems Engineering Ranked 21st in the Nation
Apr 24, 2013
U.S. News and World Report recently released its annual rankings of the top graduate schools in the country, and the Naval Postgraduate School’s own Department of Systems Engineering ranked 21st on th... Read More

Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge Honored with Prestigious INCOSE Award
Feb 19, 2013
Naval Postgraduate School (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
Nov 2, 2012
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
Aug 15, 2012
Students of Naval Postgraduate School’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
Jan 27, 2012
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
Nov 16, 2011
Associate Prof. Andy Hernandez believes that coming back to Naval Postgraduate School (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
Sep 12, 2011
Researchers at the Naval Postgraduate School’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
Sep 1, 2011
Naval Postgraduate School (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 Industry’s Perspective
Aug 26, 2011
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
Jul 25, 2011
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
Mar 15, 2011
Chartered by Under Secretary of the Navy Robert Work, the Naval Postgraduate School has commissioned the Consortium for Robotics and Unmanned Systems Education and Research (CRUSER).  CRUSER is a... Read More

Systems Engineering DL Students Examine Hawaii’s Best in DoD, Industry
Oct 7, 2010
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
Mar 2, 2010
Naval Postgraduate School (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
Feb 11, 2010
Assistant Professor of Systems Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering Dr. Rachel Goshorn officially became the Naval Postgraduate School’s first Command, Control Communications, Computers... Read More

NPS Mourns Passing of Legend Rear Adm. Wayne E. Meyer
Sep 2, 2009
The Naval Postgraduate School 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 Navy’s primary ship air-defe... Read More

Systems Engineering Students Confront Maritime IED Threat
Jan 9, 2009
Naval Postgraduate School (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