Thirty-eight summaries of Independent Research/Independent Exploratory Development work carried out under funding to the Naval Postgraduate School Foundation Research Program. This research was carried out in the areas of Mathematics, Administrative Science, Operations Research, National Security Affairs, Physics and Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Meteorology, Aeronautics, Oceanography, and Mechanical Engineering. A tabulation in the appendix I identifies area of research and the principal investigator. The category of independent research or independent exploratory research is also identified for each research task. (Author)