REGISTER Fall 2025- CLEN289 “Introduction to National Security for Engineers and Scientists”
Ever wonder what roles engineers and scientists can play in our national security? Starting spring semester 2025, you can hear first hand from a variety of speaker the important ways engineers and scientists contribute across national security, from national laboratories, the DOD and the intelligence agencies.
Engineering and science is an essential mission of these agencies to ensure stewardship of our nuclear arsenal; safety and security of our national infrastructure; organize, deploy and supply our military; and develop and deploy our cybersecurity strategies, among setting the vision for advancing state-of-the-art solutions for pandemics, computing, energy, climate, and other advanced engineering challenges. This one-credit seminar course will feature presentations by TAMUS faculty and invited world-class researchers who work for the Departments of Energy, Defense and various intelligence agencies. These presentations will introduce topics related to the complex intersection of engineering, policy, and government research, and will demonstrate the many exciting opportunities aggies have to contribute to these topics.
Topics will include:
- Introduction to National Security
- DOE/National Laboratories
- DOD/Military
- Intelligence Agencies
- Engineering Challenges
- Stewardship of Nuclear Stockpile
- Development of Military Systems
- Energy Production and Reliability
- Infrastructure
- Cybersecurity
- Biomedical Advancements
- Advanced computing/AI
- Manufacturing
- Policy Impacts
- Emergency Response
- Career Talk-How can you use your interests in National Security?