Welcome to CRUSER - CRUSER
CRUSER Purpose
CRUSER was chartered at the direction of the Secretary of the Navy to create a broad consortium - spanning the Navy, Marine Corps, Department of Defense, academia, and industry - focused on the advancement of unmanned systems education and research in order to "shape generations of naval officers through education, research, concept generation and experimentation in maritime application of robotics, automation, and unmanned systems." In doing so, CRUSER provides a DoD-wide community of interest to exchange research and experimentation results related to unmanned systems integration with military and naval operations.

Panelist representing government organizaitons sharing successes working with industry during CRUSER TechCon 2019, facilitated by NPS Dean of Research Dr. Jeff Paduan.

NPS President Ann Rondeau welcoming CRUSER TechCon 2019 participants.

Former CRUSER Deputy Director Dr. Timothy Chung sharing a unmanned ground vehicle with entralled children during the 2014 CRUSER research fair.

CAPT Jeff Hyink USN and two NPS students sponsored by CRSUER to represent NPS at "Fleet Week" on Crissy Field in San Franciso in October 2012.

Kids participate in the "build-your-own-ROV" activty run by an ONR reserve component during the 2015 CRUSER research fair.

Warfare Innovation Continuum (WIC) Workshop concept generation work, September 2013.

Warfare Innovation Continuum (WIC) Workshop concept generation work, "Cross Domain Operations" September 2017.

The CRUSER Team in 2018 from left to right Dr. Raymond Buettner, Col Todd Lyons USMC, LCDR Santhosh Shivishankar USN, Ms. Kerri Williams, Ms. Lyla Englehorn (banner) Ms. Kristen Tsolis, RDML Rick Williams USN (ret), CAPT Jeff Kline USN (ret), Dr. Carl Oros, Dr. Brian Bingham.
Highlights
The annual Naval Postgraduate School Warfare Innovation Continuum (WIC) Workshop is an innovation engine leveraging our strength – our operational experienced students and defense oriented faculty – to address complex fleet issues and discover opportunities available through emerging technologies. Teams of early career engineers from industry, Navy labs, and academia with junior officers from NPS and other commands are facilitated through a three day rapid concept generation process to craft concepts of employment and risk assessments within a future conflict scenario.
Upcoming Events
- CRUSER Monthly meeting.
- See the RoboDojo schedule of events.
- See the JIFX schedule of events.
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Fast Facts
Community of Interest members |
2966 |
Research Projects |
166 |
Seed Funding distributed |
$14M |
NPS Theses & Dissertations |
216 |
NPS Student Trips |
159 |
Concept Generation Workshops |
12 |
Technical Symposia |
5 |
Research Fairs & Expos |
8 |
Seminars & Lectures |
18 |
Panel Discussions |
6 |
Monthly Meeting Presentations |
158 |
Papers & Presentations |
157 |
Concepts Generated |
504 |