Departments
Applied Cryptologic Engineering (ACE)
Crowd Dynamics Modeling (CDM)
Cyber Academic Group (CAG)
Data Science and Analytics Academic Group (DSAG)
Energy Academic Group (EAG)
Space Systems Academic Group (SSAG)
Undersea Warfare Academic Group (USWAG)
Research and education at NPS each temper the other’s steel—together they forge innovative solutions and intellectual prowess to create the cutting edge of decisive advantage. Research Centers are established at NPS under the auspices of the Vice Provost for Research & Innovation as per NPSINST 3900.2B. Research Centers organize and promote interdisciplinary solutions to defense critical needs. For more see:
nps.edu/research | Download Research Thrust Areas.pdf
Center for Additive Manufacturing
Center for Autonomous Vehicle Research (CAVR)
Center for Cybersecurity and Cyber Operations (C3O)
Center for Infrastructure Defense (CID)
Center for Joint Services Electronic Warfare
Center for Materials Research (CMR)
Center for Modeling Human Behavior (CMHB)
Center for Multi-INT Studies (CMIS)
Center on Combating Hybrid Threats
Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing Research and Education (CAMRE)
Common Operational Research Environment (CORE) Lab
DOD Information Strategy Research Center
Littoral Operations Center (LOC)
SEED Center for Data Farming (Simulation Experiments & Efficient Designs)
Research Institutes
Modeling, Virtual Environments, and Simulation Institute (MOVES)
Department-Level Institutes
Wayne E. Meyer Institute of Systems Engineering
Defense Resources Management Institute
Complementary Co-Located programs are research efforts that include NPS stakeholders, sponsors and communities of interest. These co-located entities are essential to the value proposition of NPS as they contribute to mutual learning and applied research solutions.
The Naval Postgraduate School has several unique research facilities. These facilities have been developed to provide faculty and students with a dynamic research environment to work on problems of special interest to the Department of the Navy/Department of Defense. Classified facilities at NPS allow research up to the Secret Compartmented Information (SCI) level.
Common Operational Research Environment (CORE) Program
Cryptologic Research Laboratory (CRL)
Directed Energy Simulation Laboratory
Interactive Digital Environment Analysis (IDEA) Laboratory
Ocean Acoustic Observatory
Radar/Electronic Warfare Laboratory
Rocket and Combustion Laboratory
Secure Computer Network Research Laboratory
Small Satellite Development Laboratory
Secure Space Systems Research
Spacecraft Research and Design Center
Systems Technology Battle Laboratory
NWSI serves as a front door for the Fleet and US Marine Corps to working with NPS. It was established in 2020 to coordinate NPS interdisciplinary research and educational response to Naval warfighting needs. Enabling teamwork and collaboration with the NPS ecosystem, NWSI informs, coordinates, integrates, advocates and communicates in support of USN N7 and USMC CD&I requirements. For more see: nps.edu/web/nwsi
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