17 May 2022 NPS Professor Takes a Deep Dive Into Elected Autocrats Russia’s invasion of Ukraine left many Western analysts confounded. From a foreign policy perspective, it simply did not make any sense. Even if its “special military operation” proved fully successful, Russia still had more to lose than gain: NATO would draw closer to its borders, the West would...
13 May 2022 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 Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) for the return of Discovery Day at NPS, May 13, touring the university and interacting with the more than 40...
12 May 2022 Culture, Partnerships Take Center Stage with Return of International Day MONTEREY, Calif. - Following two agonizing years of wrestling with the pandemic and its varied restrictions, the return to a ‘new normal’ has opened possibilities for finally coming together as a community. The Naval Postgraduate School’s (NPS) international students and their families, eager to...
10 May 2022 Partnerships Support Science, Research Exchange Between NPS, Norway MONTEREY, Calif. - Through the Department of Defense’s Engineer and Scientist Exchange Program, Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Permanent Military Professor (PMP) U.S. Navy Cmdr. Thor Martinsen worked with respected cryptography expert and researcher Dr. Tron Omland of Norway’s National Security...
27 April 2022 NPS Applies System Engineering to Bolster Marine Corps Reserves Education System MONTEREY, Calif. - 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 Reserve component, and the ability to augment active duty USMC forces with trained...
27 April 2022 NPS Research in Extreme Weather Prediction Prepares for Future Computing Capabilities MONTEREY, Calif. - The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) has received a major grant to explore a groundbreaking new way to model hurricanes and other extreme weather events...
15 April 2022 NPS Students Explore Potential Cost Efficiency of Battery-Powered Warships MONTEREY, Calif. - When Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Financial Management students Lt. Cmdr. Evan Bloxham and Lts. Christopher Masters and Ashraful Haque, started their joint research project on the financial feasibility of powering warships using lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries, they were...
12 April 2022 NPS Researcher Mentors the Next Generation of Robotics Engineers MONTEREY, Calif. - For six weeks, students and mentors from Santa Catalina School in Monterey meticulously crafted a robot to compete in the regional For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Robotics Competition, a held at Seaside High School, March 24-26...
07 April 2022 NPS Scores High Marks in Annual Grad School Rankings, Again MONTEREY, Calif. - 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 programs, including a program tied for #1 overall...
07 April 2022 NPS Faculty Recognized for Interdisciplinary Work with Annual Hamming Award MONTEREY, Calif. - 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 Interdisciplinary Achievement...