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Dean’s Weekly Significant Activities Report

13 July 2016 The Dean’s Weekly Significant Activities Report is an internal report on all activities conducted within the

Departments, Centers & Staff. The Report is provided to the Dean for situation awareness, throughout the

organization for shared situation awareness, and to select external organizations for outreach and

communication. Portions of the Dean’s Weekly Significant Activities Report are further staffed in a report to the

Superintendent. POC for the report is MS Lesley Beckstrom at 938-5105.

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Multiple members of the Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering presented state-of-the-art research papers at the American Society for Engineering Education annual conference, 26-29 June in New Orleans.

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Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering

Present Papers at National Conference – Multiple members of the Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering presented state-of-the-art research papers at the American Society for Engineering Education annual conference, 26-29 June in New Orleans. Papers presented were as follows (presenters shown in bold):

Assessment of Implementing an Undergraduate, Integrated Thermal-Fluids Course Sequence on the Results of the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam (FEE) by LTC Rich Melnyk, MAJ William Pyant, COL Daisie Boettner, and CPT (P) Dan Brown

Mosul Dam: A Study in Complex Engineering Problems by LTC Jake Bruhl, COL Joe Hanus, LTC Paul Moody, and Dr. Led Klosky

Help Me Help You: Educational Value, Perceived Usefulness, and Creativity of Student Generated Course Review Material by LTC Jake Bruhl, LTC Richard Gash, and MAJ William Pyant

Road Builders - Integrating Transportation and Construction Engineering through Experiential Learning by CPT Jeremy Stache, LTC Brad Wambeke, and COL Joe Hanus

Day In Court - Teaching Contract Disputes in Construction Management by MAJ Celio Biering, COL Joe Hanus, and Mr. Rahul Verma

Investigation of Probabilistic Multiple- Choice Assessments in a Structural Design Course by MAJ Adrian Biggerstaff and LTC Brad Wambeke

Shared Leadership in Mechanical Engineering-Centric Capstone Design Teams: A Comparison of Military and Civilian Engineering Programs by LTC Brian Novoselich and David B. Knight

Additionally, Dr. Brock E. Barry served as the US Military Academy Campus Representative and the Civil Engineering Division Program Chair, and LTC Mike Benson served as the Mechanical Engineering Division Program Chair-Elect. POC is Dr. Brock Barry, brock.barry@usma.edu, 845-938-5850.

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2. C&ME Faculty Visit the Engineer Research and Development Center in Vicksburg, MS – Five members of the C&ME Faculty including COL Fred Meyer, LTC Phil Root, LTC Brad Wambeke, Dr. Mike Deible and Dr. Aaron Freisinger visited the Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg, MS on 6 July 16. Accompanying the C&ME Faculty was LTC Phil Dacunto from the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering. The six faculty members received an orientation on several aspects of the ERDC, met key leaders, and toured lab facilities of interest. During the meetings, potential research relationships were discussed as well as projects that would provide Cadets and faculty members with exceptional developmental opportunities. POC, COL Fred Meyer, karl.meyer@usma.edu, 845-938-4093.

CME members pose for a photo with

other USMA faculty at the conference.

LTC Wambeke wows the audience.

CPT Stache makes a point. Dinner presentation by USACE New

Orleans District Office.

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LTC Phil Root, LTC Phil Dacunto, LTC Brad Wambeke, COL Fred Meyer, Dr. Mike Deible and Dr. Paul

Mlakar (ERDC) in front of an ERDC Supercomputer named “TOPAZ”

Department of English and Philosophy

COL John Nelson co-authored an interdisciplinary essay with colleagues from ACI, EECS, and Samford University COL John Nelson co-authored an interdisciplinary essay titled “Inefficiently Automated

Law Enforcement,” with COL (ret) Greg Conti, formerly of the Army Cyber Institute, COL

Lisa Shay, of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and

Professor Woodrow Hartzog, of Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law. The

essay appears in the latest edition of the Michigan State Law Review (2015 MICH. ST.

L. REV. 1763). POC is COL John Nelson, DEP (john.nelson@usma.edu).

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UPCOMING EVENTS:

July-August: Department Sponsored AIADs

Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

SANSFIRE 2016

On 12-18 June 2016, 3 cadets and 4 EECS faculty attended SANSFIRE

education opportunities in Washington D.C. as part of the Dean’s ‘Margin of Excellence’

and in support of preparing for the upcoming semester, the 2017 Cyber Defense

Exercise (CDX), and the 2017 Cadet Competitive Cyber Team (C3T). One 5-person

Colonel John Nelson, Academy Professor in the Department of English and Philosophy,

teaches Composition, Advanced Composition, and Literature. Colonel Nelson also serves as

the Department Academic Counselor.

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team placed fifth among 25 teams in the culminating 2-day ‘hack-a-thon.’ A two person

team placed 2d of 15 teams in their capture-the-flag event.

Attendees took a wide variety of computer security courses, to include: Network

Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking, Hacker Tools, Techniques, Exploits and

Incident Handling, Advanced Penetration Testing, Exploit Writing, and Ethical Hacking,

and Reverse-Engineering Malware: Malware Analysis Tools and Techniques. During

the intense week-long training, cadets and faculty gained knowledge, learned how to

use cyber tools, and gained experience related to cyber security. They also participated

in a two day “hack-a-thon” competition against over 200 personnel attending

SANSFIRE. Using their new found knowledge and tools, a five man team from USMA

tied for third, and tie breaking procedures led to their placing fifth out of over 25 teams.

The final day of education and training included course specific capture-the-flag style

competitions. The two man team that finished 2nd place earned coveted SANSFIRE

coins from the SANS Institute. Ultimately, SANSFIRE was an outstanding ‘Margin of

Excellence’ opportunity. The USMA cadets and faculty returned better equipped to

incorporate security into USMA’s curriculum, prepare for the 2017 CDX, and prepare for

and win events the C3T will attend in AY2017. The faculty and cadets are now better

prepared to fight and win in the challenging and ever changing cyber realm

From left to right: MAJ Benjamin Klimkowski, MAJ Scott Hutchison, 1LT Erik Hunstad (USMA ’14 attended while on personal leave), CDT Gun Woo Kim, CPT William North, and

MAJ Daigo Hirayama in front of the NetWars Tournament scoreboard. The team from USMA fought hard and earned fifth place overall.

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CDT Dominique Tan and MAJ Daigo Hirayama celebrate a 2nd place victory during the SEC504 course’s hacking competition.

CPT Sherburne Graduates the Army Cyberspace Operations Planners Course CPT Matthew Sherburne, one of the EECS Department's Cyber Warfare Officers, graduated from the Army Cyberspace Operations Planners Course (ACOPC) on 1 July 2016. He was awarded the N9 ASI - Cyberspace Operations Planner. This 80 hour course prepares students to integrate, synchronize, and coordinate the employment of Cyberspace Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR); Cyberspace Attack; Cyberspace Operational Preparation of the Environment (OPE); and Cyberspace Defense Activities into cyberspace concepts of support for military operations. Focuses on examining Intelligence Support to Cyberspace Operations Planning; identifying Cyberspace Operations authorities, organizational relationships, legal considerations, and capabilities; recognizing the basic policies and processes necessary to gain approvals for Offensive Cyberspace Operations and Defensive Cyberspace Operations; evaluating how Cyberspace Attack, Cyberspace Defense, Cyberspace OPE, and Cyberspace ISR relate to each other, other information related capabilities, and friendly and adversary operations in cyberspace. CPT Sherburne will be able to utilize the knowledge gained from the course here at West Point as a mentor for Cadets in the Cyber Leader Development Program and as an instructor.

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Combating Terrorism Center

In late June, a team from Der Spiegel traveled from Germany to West Point to interview

Combating Terrorism Center Director Deputy Director Brian Dodwell and Director of

Research Dr. Daniel Milton for its upcoming report on recently captured Islamic State

documents. The CTC had analyzed the cache of personnel records and issued a report

on its findings in April, entitled “The Caliphate’s Global Workforce: An Inside Look at

the Islamic State’s Foreign Fighter Paper Trail.” Mr. Dodwell and Dr. Milton spoke to

Der Spiegel about the documents’ content and how it contributes to an overall

understanding of the group’s capabilities.

The CTC’s report is available online at https://www.ctc.usma.edu/posts/the-caliphates-

global-workforce-an-inside-look-at-the-islamic-states-foreign-fighter-paper-trail. The Der

Spiegel report will air Sunday, 17 July on Spiegel TV and will be posted online the

following day at http://www.spiegel.de/sptv/magazin/.

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A journalist from German news outlet Der Spiegel interviews CTC Deputy Director Brian

Dodwell and CTC Director of Research Dr. Daniel Milton for an upcoming news report.