On November 29, graduating students in the Department of Defense Management shared findings from their 11 final research projects at this quarter's poster show. Dozens of students, faculty, and staff gathered in the courtyard outside Ingersoll Hall with posters, refreshments, and conversation about the latest research from our warrior-scholars. The poster show was organized by the Acquisition Research Program at NPS.
In the past, student research has been showcased in this way every year at the Annual Acquisition Research Symposium, but this was the first quarterly poster show held on campus. DDM plans to continue the quarterly event in the future.
President Ann Rondeau stopped to hear about student research. Also present were DDM faculty members, including Chair Ray Jones, Associate Chair for Scholarship Dr. Geraldo Ferrer, and Associate Chair for Acquisition Sciences, Dr. Bob Mortlock.
LT David Long, USN, discusses with NPS President Ann Rondeau, VADM (Ret) his research on the Post-9/11 GI Bill's impact on retention and cost.
DDM Chair Ray Jones welcomes attendees to the graduate student poster show.
Dr. Geraldo Ferrer and advisee LCDR Pablo Rodriguez, USN, pose by the poster of their team’s research on Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (Refuel) 2045.
One student research project highlighted was an Innovation Capstone Project that was briefed at Defense Innovation Unit earlier this quarter. The project explored how industrial security processes have become a barrier to participation with industry partners that don’t already do business with the Department of Defense.
Other projects discussed at the event explored topics including internet connectivity as sea, refueling in expeditionary advanced base operations, the recent requirements for software bill of materials on supply chain security, and a comparison of rapid acquisition processes in the Philippines and the US.
LT Daniel Tsuji, US Navy, and Major Michelle Wang, Taiwan Army, discuss with Dr. Bob Mortlock their research, Business Case Analysis (BCA) of USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) Internet Connectivity at Sea and In-Port.
Students who presented research at the event will be graduating on December 15 and continuing to their next assignments in the fleet, DoD, or with their home countries’ military.
Student posters and full research projects will be posted in DAIR, our collection of student research, after graduation.
