graduating, Bryan joined the nuclear Navy, serving as a submarine officer onboard the U.S.S Louisville and at the Naval Prototype Training Unit from 2009-2017. Significant milestones include earning the Master Training Specialist Certification (the military’s highest instructor accreditation), Nuclear Professional Engineer Certification, two Naval Achievement Medals, the Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal, and a Naval Commendation Medal for his work troubleshooting and repairing the Moored Training Ship 635’s reactor and electrical distribution faults. Following his transition from active duty, Bryan earned his PhD as a member of both the Computation and Advancement of Sustainable Systems Lab, where he developed
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importance of hands-on training, mentorship,and community-driven learning in fostering technical expertise and engagement. By addressingidentified areas for improvement, future iterations of the program can further enhance its impact,ensuring that it meets the diverse needs of its participants and contributes to building a robusthardware security workforce.AcknowledgementsThis work was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. #2322465. Anyopinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those ofthe author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References[1] W. Hu, H. C. Chang, A. Sengupta, S. Bhunia, R. Kastner, and H. Li, “An overview ofhardware
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a veteran(s). These connections could be immediate family, distant family or acquaintances.The survey also allowed the researchers to determine the breadth of connections as well as thedegree of connection. Dimensions for this category included: self as veteran; spouse as veteran;grandparent; parent; adult child; sibling; extended relative; friend; former or current student; andno veteran connection [13].Survey items 7 and 11 capturing veteran combat experience and expectations of veterans toreceive special recognition do not have a civilian corollary, as indicated in Table 1.The survey data was provided to the team in pivot tables with all identifying data removed. Thedata was then cleaned to ensure the most accurate results were utilized
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