Astronautical engineering at Capitol is going international! A newly-formed, cross-disciplinary team of young astronautical engineers, computer scientists, and business students is participating in the RockSat-X Norway program. Their mission: to observe the effects of the Aurora Borealis on the atmosphere while testing the performance of a new insulation system and comparing data rates from two different sources.

Also this month: Capitol doctoral student Chuck Easttom is a widely published author and speaker on computer science and cybersecurity. His most recent paper, delivered at the 13th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, makes the case for weaponized malware as a necessity in fighting cyber adversaries.

Capitol welcomes Dr. Mary-Margaret Chantré, who joined the full-time cybersecurity faculty in January. Being effective in cybersecurity means "understanding the things that could possibly happen, given a particular situation," Chantré notes. "You have to take what's gone on in the past, look at what's going on currently, and be able to make predictions."