CYBER ENGINEERING
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CYBER ENGINEERING FACULTY: Professors: Fong Mak, Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Wookwon Lee. Associate Professor: Yong-Kyu Jung. Teaching Assistant Professor: Donald MacKellar Cyber Engineering focuses on the development of secured cyber systems – integrated mechanics, electronics, computer hardware and software in a networked, web-enabled environment. Course and project work focuses on hardware & software design, hardware root-of-trust, trusted operating systems, secure communication, and secure networked services. Cyber Engineering focuses on the integration of the hardware and software interfaces to provide the platform of a secured system, and helps students learn the tools and techniques to develop secure embedded systems for our knowledge economy. Cyber Engineering has applications in communication, consumer, energy, infrastructure, health care, manufacturing, military, robotics, and transportation. Hence, students can find jobs in this vast array of industries particularly as the Internet of Things (IoT) is integrated into our daily life. The core knowledge and skills to do IoT right are computer engineering, embedded software, and cybersecurity techniques that are centerpieces the Cyber Engineering curriculum. Our Cyber Engineering program found its root in Computer Engineering and Embedded Software curriculums offered in the past that are married with the cybersecurity techniques and practices. Cyber Engineering program aims to educate students to achieve the following: • An ability to apply security principles and practices to the design, implementation, and operations of the physical, software, and human components of cyber system • An ability to apply protective technologies and forensic techniques • An ability to analyze and evaluate components and systems for security and to maintaining operations in the presence of risks and threats • An ability to consider legal, regulatory, privacy, ethics, and human behavior topics Program Educational Objectives Our program integrates the Liberal Studies Core and emphasizes holistic student development per the mission of Gannon University. The program educational objectives, which leads to a Bachelor of Science degree in Cyber Engineering, are to produce graduates who: 1. Demonstrate professional ethics and personal values in daily and professional life that exercise informed literary and aesthetic judgments by leveraging diverse cultures and societies 2. Demonstrate teamwork and leadership qualities and/or attainment of leadership roles in a global work environment 3. Demonstrate a passion for life-long learning through engaging in the rapidly changing and emerging areas of technology, and/or continued professional development 4. Demonstrate technical proficiency in applying knowledge of cyber engineering pertinent to hardware, software, and human components in their professional career. To achieve these objectives, the Cyber Engineering Program maintains a modern curriculum, state-of-the-art laboratories and teaching techniques, a well-qualified faculty, and a strong advising system. The program is designed to adhere to the EAC commissions of ABET. Students will acquire the following skill sets or student outcomes upon their graduation.
