29 April 2021 Missile Defense Agency Chief Discusses Technology, Education, Mission During Virtual SGL MONTEREY, Calif. - Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) distinguished alumnus and current Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director Vice Adm. Jon A. Hill spoke virtually to NPS faculty, staff and students on the topic of “Missile Defense and Technology Warriors” during the latest edition of the Secretary of...
29 April 2021 VCNO Explores Warfighting Research at the Naval Postgraduate School Vice Chief of Naval Operations (VCNO) Adm. Bill Lescher made a brief visit to the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), April 28, touring several key research labs and speaking with senior leadership about NPS’ consequential work and its impact on the Navy...
29 April 2021 Design Challenge Seeks to Advance Prototype for “Athena” Collaboration Tool MONTEREY , Calif - In an effort to modernize the way that research is conducted and shared, the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) hosted a design challenge workshop for students, faculty and staff to further develop Athena, a collaborative research tool, April 17...
28 April 2021 NPS Professor, Students Explore Innovative Ways to Power the Navy MONTEREY , Calif. - Imagine a machine that collected water from the air, broke the water down into hydrogen and oxygen, then used hydrogen as a power source. That’s the goal of Dr. Anthony Gannon, associate professor at the Naval Postgraduate School’s Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)...
28 April 2021 NPS’ Peter Denning Adds Computer Pioneer Award to Long List of Honors MONTEREY, Calif. - The list of accolades and awards for Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Distinguished Professor Peter Denning continues to get longer. The Institute of Electrical and Electrical Engineers (IEEE), which recently renamed its Computer Pioneer Award to the IEEE Computer Society Women of...
22 April 2021 NPS Establishes Climate and Security Network for Research Collaboration, Accessibility MONTEREY , Calif. - 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. Responding swiftly, the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) launched the Climate and...
14 April 2021 NPS, U.S. Coast Guard R&D Center to Jointly Research Maritime Solutions MONTEREY, Calif. - As a result of the Tri-Service Maritime Strategy (TSMS) released in December, which underscored the need for joint cooperation in today’s security environment, the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey, Calif. and the U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center (RDC) in...
01 April 2021 NPS Earns Max 10-Year Re-accreditation from WSCUC, Again MONTEREY , Calif - On March 3, the Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC) reaffirmed the Naval Postgraduate School’s (NPS) overall effectiveness by reaccrediting the university for the next ten years, the maximum a university can achieve...
31 March 2021 NPS Announces the Graduate School of International and Defense Studies MONTEREY, Calif. - The Naval Postgraduate School’s (NPS) School of International Graduate Studies (SIGS) has officially changed its name to the Graduate School of International and Defense Studies (IDS), effective Apr. 1, to better reflect the international and national security dimensions of their...
31 March 2021 NPS Military Professor Selected for Prestigious Fulbright Scholar Program MONTEREY, Calif. - U.S. Navy Cmdr. Thor Martinsen, an applied mathematics professor, has become the first Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Permanent Military Professor (PMP) to receive a Fulbright U.S. Scholar award that will allow him to visit the University of Bergen (UiB) in Norway and collaborate...