“Cyber House Rock!” is a fresh and helpful way for people to learn a few basics about securing their digital information. The series of music videos, with more to come, launched today during Cybersecurity Awareness Month.
Tag: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Alumni spotlight: Morgan Ambourn innovating at Microsoft
“To me, being a Cyclone Engineer means believing in yourself to rise to a challenge, being willing to lean on others around you to learn from, and letting yourself enjoy the journey,” – Morgan Ambourn (BS ‘21, MS ‘22 CprE).
Third class inducted into Electrical and Computer Engineering Hall of Fame
It was an afternoon of celebration and remembrance when the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering inducted the third class into the ECpE Hall of Fame.
Iowa high school students meet, learn, play at Youth Cyber Summit
The Iowa Cyber Hub is bringing Iowa high school students to the Iowa State University campus for a Youth Cyber Summit. They’ll meet, learn about cybersecurity, and maybe do some “adversarial thinking.” It’s part of a Cybersecurity Ambassador Program established a year ago to train and post “a legion of cyber guardians” around the state to help improve hometown cybersecurity for Iowans.
Researchers working to keep electric vehicles charging, even when the lights go out
The researchers will analyze multiple years of real outage data from Ames, Dayton and Indianapolis to see how often there are problems and how long it takes to recover from them.
Poster winners from the EPRC 61st Annual Meeting
The Electric Power Research Center held their 61st Annual Meeting that focused on Grid Resource Adequacy and Resilience.
Iowa State hosts first INSuRE cybersecurity workshop in the nation
Iowa State University recently hosted the first pilot program in the country that provided an intense research experience to cybersecurity students during a three-week workshop led by Assistant Professor Berk Gulmezoglu of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Shaurya Purohit came to Iowa State to step out of his comfort zone
Throughout his professional and academic journey, Shaurya Purohit’s philosophy has always been that life begins when you step out of your comfort zone.
When Purohit received his bachelor’s degree from Manipal University Jaipur in India, he followed that philosophy when he came to Iowa State to pursue his PhD in cyber security in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECpE). He was fascinated by autonomous vehicles and learning how self-driving cars work.
New cybersecurity center to protect grids integrated with renewables, microgrids
Iowa State University engineers lead a project to help the power industry defend itself that has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy for a or a two-year, $2.5 million grant. Project partners will also contribute $1 million in cost-share funding, including equipment and labor costs.
Alumni spotlight: Muhamed Stilic at home at John Deere
I am an Embedded Software Engineer for an obstacle intelligence team at John Deere. My responsibilities are primarily working on embedded systems to implement obstacle intelligence on construction equipment.
Engineers making a better, more profitable grid for distributing solar power
Zhaoyu Wang’s research specialty is working to modernize electric grids for better, more reliable energy flow. The latest project he’s leading, in fact, is called “MODERNISE,” for “Modernizing Operation and Decision-Making Tools Enabling Resource Management in Stochastic Environment.”
Meng Lu member of team that won 2024 Bailey Award to support exploration into antimicrobial resistance
Iowa State University’s 2024 Bailey Research Career Development award has been granted to a team of Cyclone scholars with plans to address increasing rates of antimicrobial resistance by transforming predatory viruses into an antibiotic substitute.
CyMath offers volunteers opportunities to give back
Namrata Vaswani, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has created a free mathematics tutoring program run by volunteers called CyMath.
Jacob Eisbrenner: Guardsman, student and Cyclone Engineer
“Ever since I was a kid, my dad and I were always in the garage, tinkering, tearing apart old cars,” said Jacob Eisbrenner, Ph.D. student in electrical engineering. “I used to always think about the design of all the different components and how they could be better.”
Innovating a decentralized framework for secure communication
At the forefront of advancing a decentralized framework for reconstructing data from under sampled and noisy signals is assistant professor Shana Moothedath. Her research not only delves into the complexities of efficient data reconstruction but also prioritizes the security of this process.