Richard M. Harkins
Associate Chair of Academics and Administration
M.S. Physics, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, 1988

Senior Lecturer Harkins joined the faculty of NPS in 2000 after a career as a Surface Warfare officer in the US Navy. He is an expert in integrated Combat Systems. His current research interests include autonomous robots and computer network security.

Phone: 831-656-2828, Email: rharkins@nps.edu

Richard M Harkins

Senior Lecturer
Department of Physics
Graduate School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Monterey, CA 93943
Phone: 831-656-2828
Email: rharkins (at) nps.edu

EDUCATION:

MA - Naval War College, Newport RI, 1993
MS - Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, 1988
BS - United States Naval Academy, Annapolis MD, 1981

NPS EXPERIENCE:

• Senior Lecturer, June 2006-present
• Lecturer, March 2000- June 2006
• Member of the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Information Systems Security Studies and Research (NPS CISR) September 2000
• Associate Chairman for Administration, Physics Department, June 2001
• Faculty Representative, Cyber Risk Management Office (CRMO), September 2001
• Member NPS IT Task Force, March 2003
• Member NPS NMCI Committee, June 2003

TEACHING INTERESTS:

• Applied Solid State Physics
• Autonomous Vehicles
• Computer and Network Security

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Multispectral Imaging
• Autonomous Robotics
• Computer and Network Security

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: (View an extended list)

• Boxerbaum A., Bachmann R.J., Harkins R. Quinn R.D., Burgess S.C., Vaidyanathan R., �Design, Testing, and Control of a Highly Mobile Insect-Inspired Autonomous Robot in a Beach Environment�, International Journal of Design and Nature, 4, 4, pp 1-18, 2009
• Harkins R., Dunbar T., Boxerbaum A.S., Bachmann R. J., Quinn R.D., Burgess S.C., Vaidyanathan R., �Confluence of Active and Passive Control Mechanisms Enabling Autonomy and Terrain Adaptability for Robots in Variable Environments�, IAENG Transactions on Electrical and Electronics Engineering Volume I, eds. C. Douglas, W. Grundfest., L. Schruben, pp 138-149, IEEE Press, ISBN 978-1-4244-3545-6, 2009
• Boxerbaum A., Klien M., Quinn R.D., Harkins R., Vaidyanathan R., �Design Of A Semi-Autonomous Amphibious Surf-Zone Robot�, IEEE/ASME Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), pp 974-979, Singapore, July 2009
• Harkins R., Dunbar T., Boxerbaum A.S., Bachmann R.J., Vaidyanathan R., Quinn R.D., "Design and Testing of an Autonomous Highly Mobile Robot in a Beach Environment", International Conference on Intelligent Automation and Robotics (ICIAR), pp 613-618, San Francisco, CA, Oct 2008 (Award: �Finalist: Best Paper in Conference�)
• Nguyen, T. D., Irvine, C. E., and Harkins, R. M., "An Experiment with CC Version 3.0 Migration," 7th International Common Criteria Conference (ICCC 06), September 19-21, 2006.