Physics Department Research

Faculty members in the Physics Department conduct research in a wide variety of applied and basic physics disciplines. As a member of the Physics Department, you will be partnered with one of our faculty members to conduct research in support of your thesis. Many of our graduates consider this the best part of their NPS experience.

Sensors - Faculty Researchers And Their Programs

• Professor Fabio Alves - Photonics and MEMS Sensors
• Professor Dragoslav Grbovic - MEMS - Energy Harvesting
• Professor Frank Narducci - Quantum technology and sensors. Atom Interferometry. Quantum Optics. Lasers.
• Senior Lecturer Chris Smithtro - Space Environmental Effects

Weapons - Faculty Researchers And Their Programs

• Professor Joe Hooper - Reactive Materials
• Associate Professor Emil P. Kartalov - Advanced Warfighter Technologies
• Associate Professor Abram H. Clark IV - Granular And Nonlinear Materials
• Associate Professor Ray Gamache – Armor material and systems development
• Associate Professor Keith Cohn - Directed Energy
• Faculty Associate for Research Amanda Coleman
• Professor of the Practice John Hammerer
• Faculty Associate for Research Jacob Kline - Reactive Materials and Lethality Modelling
• Permanent Miliary Professor, CAPT Warren Tomlinson - Energetic Materials
• Research Associate Professor Brian Mason - Composite Energetic Materials

Acoustics - Faculty Researchers And Their Programs