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Subject offerings of new and developing areas of knowledge in electrical and computer engineering intended to augment the existing curriculum. See Class Schedule or departmental course information for topics and prerequisites. Course Information: 0 to 4 undergraduate hours. 0 to 4 graduate hours. May be repeated in the same or separate terms if topics vary.

This course will focus on the trustworthiness of computer and communications technology used to control critical infrastructures such as the power grid, water systems, and manufacturing. It introduces the operational technology (OT) used in these systems and in the supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) networks that use it. It introduces hardware, software, and communication protocols found in these systems, and gives students experience with programming and monitoring them using open-source state-of-the-art simulators of OT systems. The course includes material on operational and regulatory requirements placed on these systems, with respect to processes used to establish and validate safety and cyber-security. It also includes material on ?consequence-driven cyber-informed engineering?, which lays out principles for designing critical infrastructures from the beginning of the lifecycle to be trustworthy against failures and cyber-attacks.