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The ability to innovate and integrate new technologies and concepts into global operations provides the U.S. military with a crucial competitive advantage. Innovation is a central theme on the NPS campus where classroom discussions, guest lectures and informal exchanges combine with research initiatives to serve as springboards for the development of new defense capabilities. Below are some examples that illustrate how innovative ideas have emerged from Naval Postgraduate School classrooms and labs.
SATELLITE TECHNOLOGIES
Students in the Space Systems Program gain practical experience to augment their instruction by designing and building small satellites, such as the Petite Amateur Navy Satellite (PANSAT), which was developed by a series of about 50 U.S. and international students under the guidance of faculty and engineering staff. PANSAT was a proof of concept, Half-Duplex, Digital Spread-Spectrum, Store-and-Forward Communications Satellite that gave students direct experience in the many facets of space system development and life cycle, then served as an orbiting laboratory for follow-on studies. Today’s space systems students are working on the next small satellite, NPSAT1, which will demonstrate the use of non-volatile ferroelectric RAM and carry two payloads for the Naval Research Laboratory.
See also:
http://www.sp.nps.navy.mil/pansat/
http://www.sp.nps.navy.mil/npsat1/
SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
Each year, students in the Systems Engineering and Analysis Program work on a team project that applies systems methodology on a challenging, "real-world", open-ended design problem. The project forms a major bridge between theoretical education and the application of that education to significant problems of interest to the Navy or Defense communities. Projects have included the technical feasibility and operational worth of a conceptual small high-speed aircraft carrier, Expeditionary Warfare operations and Sea Basing. These integrated student team projects have involved as many as 90 students and nearly 20 professors for these practically minded, interdisciplinary studies conducted through the Meyer Institute.
See also:
http://www.nps.navy.mil/meyerinstitute/education_isp.htm
WORLD-CLASS FACULTY
The Naval Postgraduate School has a world-class faculty who are recognized for their work within academe and defense. For example, Defense Analysis Prof. John Arquilla, a leading military strategist, was named an “E-Biz 25 Visionary” by Business Week Magazine in 2003 for the broad relevance of his ideas on networks. On campus, Prof. Arquilla has received the institution’s top faculty awards for both defense-focused research and excellence in teaching. In addition, his theories often serve as a catalyst for important student thesis research, such as recent studies on urban operations by Army Majors Gregory Anderson and Ian Rice, Army transformation by Maj. Nicholas Mullen, and a national strategy for information operations by Air Force Maj. Samuel Morthland.
In addition to his cutting edge research on networked modeling and simulation, web-based extensible 3-D graphics, robotics and artificial intelligence, Information Science Prof. Donald Brutzman has been a principal advisor for 31 thesis students and co-advisor for 36 other thesis students. Recent student research initiatives have run the spectrum from Marine Corps Maj. James Neushul’s work on the development of dynamic 3-D computer graphics to support service interoperability, Marine Corps Maj. Claude Hutton’s techniques to improve operational planning data, and Navy civilian engineer Gary Hout’s work on the Naval Simulation System.
Current work by faculty in the NPS Department of National Security Affairs experts is readily available in their e-journal called Strategic Insights, a publication that provides timely analyses of U.S. and global security issues. Each issue contains hard-hitting breakdowns on current developments in regions and issues key to U.S. national security, along with theory, commentary and predictions on today’s international security environment.
Each issue of the NPS Research newsletter offers details on research programs and projects, as well as faculty achievements and News updates.
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