Naval Postgraduate School

The Naval Postgraduate School ( NPS) is an accredited university in sponsorship of the United States Navy in Monterey ( California). It is used for scientific education and training of officers of all branches of the armed forces of the United States and at the same time as a research institution. In addition to the Naval War College, it is the second educational institution of the U.S. Navy, can / earn the degree of Master of Science in Art at the officers. In their tasks, it is comparable to the Air Force Institute of Technology, U.S. Air Force.

History

The Naval Postgraduate School was founded in 1909 as the School of Marine Engineering by the Secretary of the Navy at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. In 1919 she was renamed the Naval Postgraduate School.

In 1945, she received to confer by resolution of Congress, the right degrees. As part of the restructuring of the Ministry of Defense of the United States in 1947, the Naval Postgraduate School, an independent organizational unit and following laid out in 1952 to Monterey ( California).

In 1998, the Naval Postgraduate School was the first university institution worldwide according to his own statement, which introduced a doctoral program for software engineering and the appropriate academic degree awarded.

Organization

As is common in American universities, the university is divided into schools and departments:

  • Graduate School of Business and Public Policy
  • Graduate School of Engineering and Applied Science Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering
  • Meteorology
  • Oceanography
  • Physics
  • Systems Engineering
  • Space Systems
  • Computer Science
  • Defense Analyses
  • Information Science
  • Operations Research

In addition, there are the following research institutions:

  • Cebrowski Institute for Information Innovation and Superiority
  • MOVES Institute ( Modeling, Virtual Environments, and Simulation )
  • Wayne E. Meyer Institute of Systems Engineering
  • National Security Institute

Study

The student body consists of officers of all branches of the armed forces of the United States. The proportion of students of foreign forces is approximately 20%. In addition, a smaller number of civilian students from federal and state authorities will allow the study. Prerequisite for admission to the course is A Bachelor's degree, advocacy through the respective department and selection by the NPS. The NPS basically offers only courses for the acquisition of a Master of Science / Art or Doctor of Philosophy / Engineering.

Is studied in quarters, so that it is possible to acquire in one to two years a master. The professors are mostly civilian employees who possess a doctoral degree in their field, and only a small proportion officers.

Famous people

Professors / Lecturers

  • Richard Hamming - mathematician, co-founder of Coding Theory, Professor 1976-1997
  • Gary Kildall - computer pioneer, lecturer in computer science in 1972
  • Rudy Panholzer - Chairman, Space Systems Academic Group, born in 1928 (!)

Graduates

  • Keith B. Alexander - Director of NSA (Physics)
  • Scott Douglas Altman - Astronaut ( Aerospace Engineering 1990)
  • Arleigh A. Burke - Chief of Naval Operations 1955-1961 (chemistry 1930)
  • Eugene Cernan - Astronaut, until today the last man on the moon ( Aerospace Engineering )
  • Michael W. Hagee - 33 Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps (Electrical 1969)
  • Lennart Souchon - German sea captain retired, military theorist and strategist (Electrical 1975)
  • Michael G. Mullen - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ( Operations Research 1985)
  • Lisa Nowak - astronaut (air and space technology 1992)
  • Alan Goodwin Poindexter - Astronaut (air and space technology 1995)
  • Hyman Rick Hofer - Responsible for the construction of the nuclear Navy ( Electrical Engineering)
  • Håkan Syren - Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces
  • Eljezer Schkedi - commander of the Israeli Air Force (System Management)
  • James D. Watkins - Chief of Naval Operations 1982-1986 and U.S. Secretary of Energy 1989-1993 (Mechanical 1959)
  • Thomas E. White - Secretary of Army 2001-2003 ( Operations Research 1974)
  • Gert- Rene Polli - Head of the Austrian Federal Agency for State Protection and Counter Terrorism 2002-2008
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