Summer Engagement in Cyber Undergraduate Research Experiences (SECURE)

Douglas W. Jacobson; Diane T. Rover; Joseph Zambreno; Allegra Frickel

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Conference: 2020 ASEE North Midwest Section Annual Conference
Location: Ames, Iowa
Publication Date: October 15, 2020
Start Date: October 15, 2020
End Date: October 17, 2020
Page Count: 13
DOI: 10.18260/1-2--44674
Permanent URL: https://peer.asee.org/44674
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Douglas W. Jacobson Iowa State University of Science and Technology orcid.org/0000-0002-6835-4687

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Doug Jacobson is a University Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State University. He is currently the director the Iowa State University Information Assurance Center, which has been recognized by the National Sec

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Diane T. Rover Iowa State University

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Diane Rover holds the title of University Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State University (ISU). She also currently serves as the alliance director for the NSF Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska IINSPIRE LSAMP (Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation), co-leads projects in the department funded by NSF Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (RED) and Scholarships in STEM (S-STEM) programs, and is a co-PI of the NSF Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society led by the University of Missouri. Her teaching and research have focused on engineering education, high impact educational practices, inclusive educational practices, broader impacts of research, embedded computer systems, system level design, parallel and distributed systems, and performance analysis. Dr. Rover began her academic career at Michigan State University and has served in department and college administrative positions at MSU and ISU, including associate dean of engineering. She has engaged with many academic institutions and professional organizations, including community colleges, both U.S. and international universities, and various boards. She has served in various leadership roles within IEEE, ASEE and ABET. Dr. Rover is a Fellow of the IEEE and of ASEE.

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Joseph Zambreno Iowa State University of Science and Technology

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Joseph Zambreno has been with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State University since 2006, where he is currently a Professor. Prior to joining ISU, he was at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., where he graduated with his Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering in 2006, his M.S. degree in electrical and computer engineering in 2002, and his B.S. degree summa cum laude in computer engineering in 2001. While at Northwestern University, Zambreno was a recipient of a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, a Northwestern University Graduate School Fellowship, a Walter P. Murphy Fellowship, and the EECS department Best Dissertation Award for his Ph.D. dissertation titled "Compiler and Architectural Approaches to Software Protection and Security."

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Allegra Frickel Iowa State University

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Summer Engagement in Cyber Undergraduate Research Experiences (SECURE) This virtual initiative, called Summer Engagement in Cyber Undergraduate Research Experiences (SECURE), was established as a response to support students who may have lost summer internships and/or have financial hardships due to COVID-19. Several students of the program were NSF S-STEM scholars, a mix of computer engineering, cyber security engineering, electrical engineering and software engineering students. Sixteen paid students were assigned to one of ten projects. Several students were classified as sophomores, and others were more advanced. Projects emphasized the development of educational experiences. Projects could have been development, education or design oriented; however, several projects revolved around cyber security. We introduced students to the research process, while adapting to the limitations of an online program. While our main goal was to support students and provide summer work, we also made progress on projects that were established before the program. We created a Slack workspace for the SECURE program and individual channels for each project. This way, students could communicate easily with faculty mentors and other students. Additionally, students wrote a weekly report, detailing their work throughout the week. All students gathered virtually each week to discuss professional development topics, including communications, teamwork, design skills, research skills, ethics, innovation and creativity. Individual project groups also gathered over video conferencing as needed to update one another and faculty mentors. This way, there was more open discussion of the project and developing of new goals. The SECURE program operated from May 18, 2020 through July 31, 2020. The program was funded with unspent money in NSF funds.

The paper will provide an overview of the project and the activities that were facilitated across the 10 groups. The paper will discuss management of the overall project, and how the mentors interacted virtually with their teams. We will also discuss plans to continue this project next year, and how other department could replicate this project.

Authors: Doug Jacobson, Joe Zambreno, Diane Rover, Ally Frickel

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Jacobson, D. W., & Rover, D. T., & Zambreno, J., & Frickel, A. (2020, October), Summer Engagement in Cyber Undergraduate Research Experiences (SECURE) Paper presented at 2020 ASEE North Midwest Section Annual Conference, Ames, Iowa. 10.18260/1-2--44674

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AB - Summer Engagement in Cyber Undergraduate Research Experiences (SECURE)
This virtual initiative, called Summer Engagement in Cyber Undergraduate Research Experiences (SECURE), was established as a response to support students who may have lost summer internships and/or have financial hardships due to COVID-19. Several students of the program were NSF S-STEM scholars, a mix of computer engineering, cyber security engineering, electrical engineering and software engineering students.
Sixteen paid students were assigned to one of ten projects. Several students were classified as sophomores, and others were more advanced. Projects emphasized the development of educational experiences. Projects could have been development, education or design oriented; however, several projects revolved around cyber security. We introduced students to the research process, while adapting to the limitations of an online program. While our main goal was to support students and provide summer work, we also made progress on projects that were established before the program.
We created a Slack workspace for the SECURE program and individual channels for each project. This way, students could communicate easily with faculty mentors and other students. Additionally, students wrote a weekly report, detailing their work throughout the week. All students gathered virtually each week to discuss professional development topics, including communications, teamwork, design skills, research skills, ethics, innovation and creativity. Individual project groups also gathered over video conferencing as needed to update one another and faculty mentors. This way, there was more open discussion of the project and developing of new goals.
The SECURE program operated from May 18, 2020 through July 31, 2020. The program was funded with unspent money in NSF funds.

The paper will provide an overview of the project and the activities that were facilitated across the 10 groups. The paper will discuss management of the overall project, and how the mentors interacted virtually with their teams. We will also discuss plans to continue this project next year, and how other department could replicate this project.

Authors: Doug Jacobson, Joe Zambreno, Diane Rover, Ally Frickel

AU - Douglas W. Jacobson
AU - Diane T. Rover
AU - Joseph Zambreno
AU - Allegra Frickel
CY - Ames, Iowa
DA - 2020/10/15
PB - ASEE Conferences
TI - Summer Engagement in Cyber Undergraduate Research Experiences (SECURE)
UR - https://peer.asee.org/44674
DO - 10.18260/1-2--44674
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