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NPS Hall of Fame Alumnus Inspires Graduates During Winter Quarter Commencement
Mar 28, 2025
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) recognized the achievements of its 2025 Winter Quarter graduates during its latest commencement ceremony, March 28, in King Hall auditorium on the school’s Monterey... Read More

NPS, Industry Research Leads to First in Persistent, Ocean Acoustic Data Collection Technology
Feb 4, 2025
A research partnership between the Naval Postgraduate School (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 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

Inaugural NPS and Stanford Climate Security Fellows Answer the Nation’s Call
Sep 12, 2024
Rising sea levels and global temperatures, more severe and frequent droughts, floods, wildfires and extreme weather increasingly inflict devastation across the planet – not only to people and their ho... Read More

National University of Singapore, NPS Advance Critical Educational Partnership
Aug 29, 2024
Three Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) students recently returned from six months studying systems engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS) through a strategic partnership between NPS ... Read More

NPS' Warfare Innovation Continuum Drives Students' Concept Generation
Aug 22, 2024
The Naval Warfare Studies Institute (NWSI) at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) recently completed the latest cycle of its annual Warfare Innovation Continuum (WIC), a 12- to 18-month interdisciplin... Read More

Operation Ice Camp Yields Treasure Trove of Arctic Data for NPS Students, Faculty
Jul 30, 2024
Early this year, inside the Arctic Circle – thousands of miles from the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) campus in Monterey – a small team of students and faculty undertook a critical scientific resear... Read More

NAVIFOR Commander Encourages NPS Spring Quarter Graduates
Jun 21, 2024
The Naval Postgraduate School (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

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 Naval Postgraduate School (NPS)... Read More

Expansion of Shoemaker Scholarship Program at NPS Enhances Education Readiness for Naval Aviators
May 6, 2024
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is working to further extend access to its advanced degree programs throughout a warfighter’s career. Building on the recent success of providing graduate-level cer... Read More

Former Colombian Navy Commander Inducted Into NPS Hall of Fame
Apr 5, 2024
The Naval Postgraduate School (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
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, Stanford Collaborate on Ocean and Climate Security Solutions at Workshop
Mar 12, 2024
As white-capped waves from an ocean undergoing rapid degradation broke ashore along the picturesque coast of Stanford University’s Hopkins Marine Station, a sense of urgency filled students, faculty a... 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 Student, Faculty Research Helps Develop Climate-Ready Force through Infrastructure Resilience
Jul 19, 2023
Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) student research that identified and modeled different aspects of real-world disaster preparedness is being adopted by Navy and state emergency management officials for... Read More

Extra Credit: Design Challenge Recognizes Students For Innovative Climate Change Solutions
May 22, 2023
A total of 75 students representing 20 science classes and robotics teams from Monterey County high schools competed in the second annual Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Rapid Innovation Design Challe... Read More

Chief of Navy Reserve Encourages NPS Winter Quarter Graduates
Mar 24, 2023
The Naval Postgraduate School (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 Research in Electromagnetic Waves Hunts for Ship’s ‘Ghost Signals’
Jan 9, 2023
Oceans cover more than 70 percent of the world and finding ships at sea – especially those that do not want to be found – is still quite a challenge. Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Department of Mete... Read More

From Idea to Impact – NPS Grad Delivers on Autonomous, Predictive Maintenance for USMC
Dec 12, 2022
The U.S. Marine Corps is poised to dramatically advance its approach to maintenance and logistics on major systems due in large part to the tenacious efforts and impact of a Naval Postgraduate School ... Read More

NPS Professor Selected for ONR’s Young Investigator Program for Research Impacting Lasers at Sea
Nov 4, 2022
Dr. David Ortiz-Suslow, a research assistant professor in the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Department of Meteorology, was one of 25 awardees selected for the Office of Naval Research’s (ONR) highly... Read More

NPS Meteorology Professor Awarded Buchan Prize for Seminal Work in Hurricane Prediction
Oct 14, 2022
Expanding the theoretical knowledge of hurricanes and tropical cyclones is essential to improving early warning systems, especially in a changing climate with increasing potential to fuel the severity... Read More

NPS Researchers Leave a Lasting Legacy in Climate Analysis and Prediction
Jul 6, 2022
The analysis of global patterns can help scientists develop predictions about the conditions a specific region might experience in the coming weeks, months or years. One method they do this is by look... 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 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 Wins Prestigious National Award for High-Energy Laser Research
Jul 8, 2021
“Lasers are the future of U.S. Navy shipboard defense.”  A straightforward statement, but it was all the motivation U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Austin West needed to tackle a highly-challenging research... Read More

NPS Student Uses Multidisciplinary Approach to Study Sea Level Rise at Navy Installation
May 21, 2021
For the large number of naval bases located on an ocean’s coast, the prospect of sea level rise (SLR) poses a real potential threat, especially since a rising sea doesn’t necessarily impact everywhere... 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

NPS-Led Research Reveals Greater Abundance of Life Under Arctic Ice Than Previously Thought
Feb 4, 2021
For the longest time, scientists have written off there being much life below the Arctic sea ice. Surely not enough sunlight would be able to get through the snow and ice to sustain an abundance of li... Read More

NPS Study Leads to Turbulence for Kolmogorov’s Power Constant
Mar 31, 2020
Nature doesn’t care if humans get physics laws right, but understanding how the world works helps people properly interact with nature. So when Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Research Assistant Profe... Read More

New Climate Model to Be Built from the Ground Up
Dec 12, 2018
Facing the certainty of a changing climate coupled with the uncertainty that remains in predictions of how it will change, scientists and engineers from across the country are teaming up to build a ne... Read More

NPS Team Completes Remote Arctic Research Expedition
Nov 27, 2018
Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) scientists and students just returned from the heart of the desolate Arctic on an expedition which will deepen our understanding of a rapidly retreating northern ice pa... Read More

NPS Student Gives New Voice to Hope Services Janitor
Aug 15, 2018
“There is no one else I can think of who deserves this kind of communication device more than Juan,” said U.S. Air Force Capt. Zachary Daniels during a presentation to Hope Services Janitor Juan Olgui... Read More

JIFX Proves to Be Perfect Sandbox for Marine Corps’ Latest UAS
May 3, 2018
From the California desert to desolate polar ice caps, the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) continues to adapt emerging technologies to new domains. Since 2002, NPS’ quarterly Joint Interagency Field ... Read More

Annual Menneken Awards Honor NPS' Top Researchers
Jan 10, 2018
Naval Postgraduate School (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

NPS Meteorologist Employs UAVs to Advance Atmospheric Research
Oct 24, 2016
Professor Peter Guest with the Naval Postgraduate School’s (NPS) Department of Meteorology has been employing quadrotors, small unmanned aerial vehicles, to measure the various atmospheric conditions ... Read More

NPS CIRPAS Continues Field Research with Mobile Weather Radar
Aug 3, 2015
NPS’ Center for Interdisciplinary, Remotely-Piloted Aircraft Studies (CIRPAS) once again spent several weeks on location in Oklahoma with its MWR-05XP Mobile Weather Radar Truck chasing tornados in ho... Read More

Fall Quarter Graduate’s Research Recognized by Navy Oceanographer
Dec 18, 2014
Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) student Lt. Cmdr. Kathryn “Kate” Hermsdorfer, graduating this Fall Quarter in the university’s Meteorology and Physical Oceanography curricula (METOC), was recently rec... 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

Faculty-Developed Weather Prediction Model One Step Closer to Multi-Agency Adoption
Aug 27, 2013
Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Professor of Applied Mathematics Dr. Frank Giraldo has been working for several years on a complex weather prediction tool, the Nonhydrostatic Unified Model of the Atmo... Read More

NPS Alumnus Applies Education, Navy Career in Leading NOAA Operations
Nov 14, 2012
When NPS alumnus and current Deputy Under Secretary for Operations at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Dr. David Titley, likens the structure of his organization to that of ... Read More

NPS, NASA Researchers Employ Global Hawk UAVs in Hurricane Genesis Research
Jun 19, 2012
In 1900, a hurricane generating 140 mph winds hit Galveston, Texas, leaving over 6,000 casualties in what is the most deadly natural disaster in U.S. history. Over a century later, Hurricane Katrina r... Read More

A-10 Transformation Will Lead to Big Research Opportunities for NPS
Feb 9, 2012
Thanks to a dedicated group of scientists and researchers, including several at NPS’ Center for Interdisciplinary Remotely-Piloted Aircraft Studies (CIRPAS) and the National Science Foundation, new te... Read More

NPS Students Travel to the Arctic for ICEX 2011
Apr 29, 2011
Part of the Navy’s maritime domain includes the frigid and desolate frozen Arctic Ocean north of the Alaskan Coast, where swiftly melting ice has researchers at NPS looking to fully understand the cau... Read More

NPS Professor Leads Ground Breaking Hurricane Research
Jan 11, 2011
Tropical disturbances often brew during the summer months in the North Atlantic.  Many fizzle and fade with no consequence, yet a select few grow in strength and bring about devastating results w... Read More

NPS Distinguished Professor Quietly Pursues “Meteorological Diplomacy”
Nov 24, 2010
For decades, a Naval Postgraduate School professor has been quietly pursuing both world class research and “meteorology diplomacy” in a climate of tense and acrimonious relations between Taiwan and Ch... Read More

International Team Studies the Impact of Pacific Typhoons
Oct 1, 2010
Researchers from governments, militaries, weather agencies and universities around the world are participating in an Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Taiwan National Science Council sponsored resear... Read More

NPS Tornado Chasers Use Advanced Radar to Improve Forecasting
May 14, 2010
Research Associate Professor Bob Bluth and Radar/EW Lab Director Paul Buczynski are true tornado chasers, spending the last week in Oklahoma with NPS’ Mobile Phased Array Radar truck to track and reco... Read More

Apollo 11 Hero Regales Space Systems Students, Faculty
Dec 21, 2009
Neil Armstrong’s ‘giant leap for mankind’ would have turned into tragedy had it not been for the fast thinking and courageous action of a Naval Postgraduate School distinguished alumnus, retired Navy ... Read More

University Researchers Help Record Complete Tornado Lifecycle
Jul 29, 2009
The Naval Postgraduate School’s (NPS) Mobile Phased Array Weather Radar (MWR-05XP) recently completed a six-week deployment to the Great Plains in support of VORTEX2, the largest, most comprehensive t... Read More

Students Find Arctic on Thin Ice
Apr 13, 2009
Some years the polar icecap looks like it's growing, others that it's shrinking. But one consistent trend over the past 12 years is that it's getting thinner, said Timothy Stanton, an oceanographer a... Read More