1 credit
Fall 2026 Lecture Lower Division
The United States Departments of Energy and Defense play important roles in ensuring the security of our nation. These agencies ensure safety in transportation security environments; organize, deploy and supply our military; maintain stewardship of our nuclear arsenal; 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. There is an impending shortage of domestic U.S. talent and future workforce for addressing critical skills in these areas. This one-credit seminar course will feature presentations by Purdue faculty and invited world-class researchers who work for the Departments of Energy, Defense and Homeland Security. These presentations will introduce topics related to the complex intersection of engineering, policy, and government research, and will demonstrate the many exciting opportunities Boilermakers have to work on these topics. Permission of Instructor is required.
Learning Outcomes1Gain an appreciation and awareness of current topics in national security and the complex intersection of engineering, policy, and government research.
2Describe the missions and responsibilities of the government agencies like DOE, DoD, and DHS.
3Expand knowledge of role of government research and national labs in supporting the nation's national security mission.
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