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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 and TOPGUN Launch New Master of Warfare Operations Degree
Mar 5, 2025
In naval aviation, the best of the best attend the U.S. Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor Program, otherwise known as TOPGUN, where they hone their warfighting skills as combat pilots. Starting t... 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 Atomic Fountain for Research in Quantum Sensing Nears Completion of First Phase
Nov 20, 2024
Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) physicists are on track to bring the institution’s new atomic fountain online – the largest of its kind in the world – for applications to quantum sensing experiments i... 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

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 Naval Postgraduate School... 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

Naval Postgraduate School Hosts 21st Annual Acquisition Research Symposium
May 2, 2024
Join the discussion about resourcing innovation and the future of research in acquisition at the Naval Postgraduate School’s (NPS’s) 21st Annual Acquisition Research Symposium. View the full... 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

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 Professor’s DURIP Award Will Take Quantum Research to New Heights
Aug 23, 2023
Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Professor Dr. Frank Narducci, Chair of the Department of Physics, received a Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) award to build what could becom... 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

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

Naval Postgraduate School Joins Consortium for Applied Hypersonics Research
Dec 14, 2022
The Navy’s 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

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 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 … Airborne sand and d... Read More

Acoustics Experimentation Helps NPS Researchers Better Understand Sensor Capabilities, Monterey Bay Soundscape
Sep 28, 2021
It was a surprisingly sunny day when the small group of researchers equipped the R/V Fulmar for their first of five days data collection trip off the coast of Santa Cruz in the Monterey Bay. Their goa... 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 Hosts 70th Annual Ordnance and Ballistics Working Group
Aug 26, 2021
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), in partnership with the National Armaments Consortium (NAC), hosted the 70th annual Ordnance and Ballistics Technology Working Group, Aug. 3-5, combining top acade... Read More

Future Force: Naval Research Chief Discusses Disruptive Technologies During Latest V-SGL
Jun 2, 2021
Chief of Naval Research Rear Adm. Lorin C. Selby spoke virtually to Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) students, faculty and staff about “Re-Imagining the Future Force,” and how the United States militar... Read More

NPS Professor Advancing Quantum Technology for Navy Applications
May 24, 2021
Quantum mechanics, the study of nature at an atomic and subatomic level, is a quickly emerging field of research and technology. This new way to look at the world can improve how we navigate, communic... Read More

NPS, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Expand Collaboration on Applied Research, Education
Mar 3, 2021
Conducting applied research to strengthen national defense is something the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have in common. Building upon a long histo... 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 Explores Next-Generation Acoustic Detection
Feb 7, 2020
A team of Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) researchers is partnering with local research institutions to explore some of the latest technology in acoustics sensors, investigating a challenge the Navy h... Read More

NPS Campus Hosts Ordnance and Ballistics Group for Industry, Academia Collaboration
Aug 20, 2019
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), in partnership with the National Armaments Consortium (NAC), hosted the 68th annual Ordnance and Ballistics Technology Working Group allowing researchers and devel... Read More

Physics Professor’s Patents Could Help Speed Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases
Nov 29, 2018
A Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) applied physics associate professor was recently awarded a series of patents which could dramatically reduce the cost and time of infectious disease diagnosis. Dr. E... Read More

NPS Research Brings Navy One Step Closer to Laser-Equipped Destroyers
Sep 25, 2018
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) has brought the U.S. Navy one step closer to its goal of deploying laser weapons on destroyers by 2020. Members of NPS’ Directed Energy Research Group went to sea ... Read More

NPS Students Begins Rare Quarter-long Internship With NASA
Jul 20, 2018
A Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) graduate student has boldly gone where no NPS physics student has gone before. Navy Lt. Todd Coursey recently embarked on a quarter-long internship this summer with ... Read More

Former NPS Professor Returns to Lecture on Future of Undersea Communication
May 18, 2018
Dr. Joe Rice, a former research professor in the NPS Department of Physics, returned to campus to offer the latest Menneken Lecture, May 3. While on campus, Rice was also honored with the NATO Science... Read More

NPS Physics Professor’s Patent Could Have Significant Applications in Treatment of Cancer
May 7, 2018
A Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) applied physics associate professor has just been awarded a patent that could potentially revolutionize the treatment of cancer. Dr. Emil Kartalov received the paten... Read More

Research Demonstrates Effectiveness of Solid-State Lasers in Varied Conditions
Sep 8, 2014
Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) student Navy Ens. Chris Fussman recently presented findings to U.S. Navy leadership in the Pentagon that refutes some common misconceptions surrounding the use of ship-... Read More

Physics Professor Joe Hooper Honored With Menneken Research Award
Jan 22, 2014
Like any component of the Navy, the Naval Postgraduate School is dedicated to preserving and honoring the history of the installation and the legacy of those who have contributed to the betterment of ... 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

Remote Antarctic Research Details Ice Melt Below Massive Glacier
Sep 12, 2013
An international team of scientists and glaciologists are reaping the data-rich rewards of an exhaustive expedition to the Western Antarctic Ice Shelf’s (WAIS) Pine Island Glacier, where landmark meas... Read More

NPS’ Long-Time Directed Energy Program Turns to Power Supply Systems
May 3, 2013
Physicists at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) are collaborating with researchers at the University of Texas to develop the power supply that will help make ship-born laser weapons a reality on U.S... Read More

Design Team Successfully Accelerates Beam in FEL Spoke Cavity
Feb 5, 2013
The Naval Postgraduate School’s long history in Free Electron Laser research reached another milestone late last year when the team achieved the first successful acceleration of an electron beam in a ... Read More

NPS Injects New Life Into Advanced Materials Research
Sep 24, 2012
Scientists in lab coats build tunnels through quantum space. They connect microscopic tubes and build structures that sense defects, carry information and deliver energy one molecule at a time. As fan... Read More

Distinguished Professor Honored with Fulbright Award
Apr 20, 2012
Distinguished Professor Dr. Nancy Haegel was recently awarded a Fulbright scholar award for research and lecturing for her work in near-field scanning optical microscopy. Her work will take her to Heb... Read More

New Remote Sensing Degree Program Addresses DoD ISR Needs
Feb 8, 2012
The Naval Postgraduate School celebrated a new addition to the academic lineup as 20 students in the Remote Sensing Intelligence (RSI) master’s degree program recently completed their first quarter of... Read More

NPS Acquires Two USVs, Opens Sea Web Lab for Expanded Undersea Warfare Research
Jan 17, 2012
Naval Postgraduate School leaders, students and guests gathered on the roof of Spanagel Hall, Jan. 11, to welcome two new unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) to the university’s research community, and t... Read More

NPS Explores New Ways to Deliver High-Energy Laser Defense Systems to the Fleet
Aug 9, 2011
For the United States Navy, the Free Electron Laser (FEL) is a potential game changer – a weapon that delivers a high-intensity laser beam capable of stopping incoming missiles in seconds. Since 1989,... Read More

NPS Dean of Research Leads Search for Universe’s Dark Side
May 17, 2011
Cosmologists and astrophysicists recently came to the astounding realization that the expansion of space-time is accelerating and that everything we can see and measure in the universe accounts for on... Read More

CHDS Leader’s New Book Delves Into the ‘Why’ of Disasters
Apr 20, 2011
A nearly 25-year-old theory posed by a late Danish physicist provides insight into how to the U.S. can soften the blows of catastrophic events, according to a recently released book written by Ted Lew... Read More

CNO Roughead Keynotes Winter Graduation Ceremonies
Mar 30, 2011
Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Gary Roughead inspired graduates from all the military services and nine allied and coalition partner nations during his keynote address at the Naval Postgraduate Sch... Read More

Aerospace Industry Veteran Turned Physics Professor Wins 2011 Hamming Interdisciplinary Award
Mar 23, 2011
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) presented the 2011 Richard W. Hamming Annual Faculty Award for Interdisciplinary Achievement to Dr. Ronald E. Brown, Research Professor of Physics in the Graduate S... Read More

NPS Pioneers “Seaweb” Underwater Sensor Networks
Aug 2, 2010
The Naval Postgraduate School is on the cutting edge of through-water acoustic communications technology enabling distributed autonomous ocean sensors to operate as an underwater wireless wide-area ne... Read More

Nancy Haegel Receives Allen S. Griffin Award for Excellence in Teaching
May 7, 2010
Naval Postgraduate School Distinguished Professor Nancy Haegel was one of 21 Monterey Peninsula teachers to receive the 2010 Allen S. Griffin Award for Excellence in Teaching, honored for her positive... Read More

Cobra Gold Presents Physics Faculty, Students ‘Golden’ Opportunity
Mar 16, 2010
A professor, two current students and one alumnus from the Physics Department of the Naval Postgraduate School were recently afforded a great opportunity – to perform field experiments with a device t... Read More

NPS Energy Initiatives, Research Help Navy Blue Go Green
Nov 10, 2009
Navy blue is going green and a sea change in renewable energy and energy efficiency initiatives at the Naval Postgraduate School is helping it get there.  As the Navy unveiled its first “green” ... Read More

NPS Enters an Era of New Discovery in Future Weapon Systems
Oct 21, 2009
Throughout the history of military service, there are few, perhaps only a handful of discoveries and new inventions that completely changed the way forces operate, strategically and operationally. Whe... Read More

Distinguished Prof, Marine Capt. Headline Spring Quarter Award Winners
Jun 21, 2009
Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) students, faculty and staff were recognized for their outstanding research and academic excellence at the Spring 2009 Awards Ceremony June 9. Officiated by NPS Dean of... 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

Golf Course Annex Gets High-Speed Boost
Feb 17, 2009
For such a cool, sunny day, not a single set of golf clubs gleamed on the greens at the Monterey Pines Golf Course. True, there may have been golfers aplenty at the clubhouse that day, but all were pr... Read More