Several Research Centers of Excellence have been established at NPS under the auspices of the Associate Provost and Dean of Research. A Research Center is a group of faculty/staff with a significant concentration of expertise in a particular area normally with an emphasis on applications. Every Center supports the NPS educational mission and displays a clear benefit to NPS, the Navy and/or DoD.
| Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Center |
Professor Oleg Yakimenko, Director |
| Center for Asymmetric Warfare |
Alan Jaeger, Director |
| Center for Autonomous Vehicle Research (CAVR) |
Research Associate Professor Doug Horner, Director |
| Center for Civil Military Relations |
Senior Lecturer Rich Hoffman, Director |
| Center for Cyber Warfare |
Professor Professor John McEachen, Director |
| Center for Decision, Risk, Controls and Signals Intelligence |
Research Professor Sivaguru Sritharan, Director |
| Center for Defense Management Reform |
Professor Doug Brook, Director |
| Center for Edge Power |
Professor Mark Nissen, Director |
| Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS) |
Glen Woodbury, Director |
| Center for Information Systems Security Studies and Research |
Professor Cynthia Irvine, Director |
| Center for Infrastructure Defense |
Associate Professor Dave Alderson, Director |
| Center for Interdisciplinary Remotely Piloted Aircraft Studies (CIRPAS) |
Research Associate Robert Bluth, Director |
| Center for Joint Services Electronic Warfare |
Professor Phillip Pace, Director |
| Center for Materials Research |
Distinguished Professor Young Kwon, Director |
| Center for Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT) Research |
David Trask, MASINT Chair Professor and Director |
| Center for Network Innovation and Experimentation (CENETIX) |
Associate Professor Alex Bordetsky, Director |
| Center for New Security Economics and Net Assessment |
Associate Professor Mie Augier |
| Center for Radiation Hardened Electronics |
Associate Professor Todd Weatherford, Director |
| Center for Survivability and Lethality |
Senior Lecturer CDR Chris Adams, USN (Ret.), Director |
| Center for the Study of Mobile Devices and Communications |
Professor Gurminder Singh, Director |
| Center on Contemporary Conflict |
Associate Professor Anne Clunan, Director
Assistant Professor Sandra Leavitt, Executive Director |
| Center on Terrorism and Irregular Warfare |
Professor David Tucker, Director |
| Crytologic Research Center |
Distinguished Professor Herschel Loomis, Acting Directory |
| Human Resources Center of Excellence |
Capt. Maureen Cahill, USN, Director |
| Information Dominance Center for Excellence |
Rear Adm. Andy Singer, USN (Ret.), Director |
| Information Operations Center for Excellence |
Professor John Arquilla, Director and
Steve Iatrou, Deputy Director |
| Littoral Operations Center (LOC) |
Professor Kalev Sepp, Director |
| Remote Sensing Center |
Professor R. Chris Olsen, Director |
SEED Center for Data Farming
(Simulation Experiments & Efficient Designs) |
Professor Susan M. Sanchez and
Associate Professor Thomas W. Lucas, Co-Directors |
| Software Engineering Center |
Professor Luqi, Director |
| Spacecraft Research and Design Center |
Distinguished Professor Brij Agrawal, Director |
| Turbo-Propulsion Laboratory |
Professor Garth Hobson, Director |
| Undersea Warfare Center |
ADM Jerry Ellis, USN (Ret.) |
