SET Events for Students
MC Cyber Lab Study Groups, Germantown Campus
- Wednesdays at 2:00 p.m.: Security+ (PDF,
) - Tuesdays at 1:00 p.m.: Linux+ (PDF, )
- Wednesdays at noon: A+ (PDF, )
For Engineering, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, and Cloud Computing Students
Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 4:00–5:00 p.m.
In-person on the Rockville Campus, SW301 Or by zoomnew window
Thursday, May 1, 2025
1:00 p.m. on the Germantown Campus in HT230
Join us for a special showing of The Imitation Game — a thrilling look at Alan Turing’s
work cracking the Enigma code during WWII.
Alumni Panel Forum (PDF, )
Friday, April 25, 2025, 4–5:30 p.m. SW 301 Rockville Campus
Talk with computer science and engineering alumni for advice on how to succeed in
college and in your career
Alumni panel bios (PDF, )
MC's 1st Hackathon (PDF, )
Registration Deadline: April 19, 11:59 p.m.
Saturday, April 26, 2025, 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Montgomery College, IGNITE HUB
900 Hungerford Dr, #109, Rockville, MD 20850
Sponsored by: IGNITE HUB, Raptors Who Code Club, and MC SET
NIST Quantum Speaker Series (PDF, )
Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 6:30 p.m.
Germantown Campus, Globe Hall
Open to the public
Dr. Stephen Eckel with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),
Sensor Sciences Division is presenting “Toward the Quantum World: A Journey into the Very Cold”. The talk will embark on a journey into the realm of quantum mechanics, where the
rules of everyday physics no longer apply.
Quantum Week (PDF, ) events, hosted by Quantum Club
- Quantum Games (Quantum Chutes and Ladders, Qubit Touchdown)
Quantum Physics Demos
Tuesday, April 15, 2:00–5:00 p.m.
Rockville Campus, SC406
At 4 pm, there will be a presentation by Dr. Michele Kelley, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Learn about optically active point defects or “color centers” in wide bandgap semiconductors for quantum sensing and quantum single photon emission.
Pizza will be served
- Quantum Computer Chip Presentations
Thursday, April 17, 2:30–4 p.m.
Rockville Campus, SC406
- Amazon’s Ocelot Quantum Chip
presented by Matthew Campbell, Nicole Parraway, Skye Joegriner - Microsoft Topological State Qubit
presented by Emau Sanchez, Dagin Haille, Kelvin Hernandez Salas, Joannes Orellano
- Amazon’s Ocelot Quantum Chip
Engineering Talk Series, Rockville Campus
- Mechanical Engineering at UMBC and Ongoing Research in Bioengineering (PDF, )
Dr. Liang Zhu, ME Professor, UMBC
Thursday, March 6, 2025, 4:00–5:00 p.m.
SW 301 on the Rockville Campus
Sponsored by: WEST Club
Distinguished Industry Speaker Series Spring 25 – Unlock the Secrets to Secure a Tech Job, Rockville Campus
- META (PDF, )
Mr. Manoj Wadekar, AI System Technologist
Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 3:00–4:30 p.m.
SW301 on the Rockville Campus - NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) (PDF, )
Dr. Tim Hall, Manager, Computer Security Division
Dr. Angela Robinson, Mathematician, Information Technology Lab, Computer Security Division
Tuesday, March 25, 2025, 3:00–4:30 p.m.
SW301 on the Rockville Campus - Kardiogenics, Inc.
Dr. Mahesh Galgalikar, CEO
Tuesday, April 8, 3:00–4:30 p.m.
SW301 on the Rockville Campus
MC Cyber Lab Events, Germantown Campus
- Thursdays at 1:00 p.m.
HT230, Germantown Campus- March 6: “Zero Days” (2016)
- March 13: “We are Legion” (2012)
- March 27 "Hackers" (1995)
- Active Directory (PDF, )
Professor Stephen McGowan
Monday, March 10, 2025, 3:00 p.m.
HT230, Germantown Campus or email for a zoom invite link
Join for an engaging session exploring the foundation of modern network management – Active Directory - Cracking Passwords with Hashcat (PDF, )
Professor David Vargas
Thursday, March 6, 2025, noon
HT230, Germantown Campus or Zoomnew window
Included topics:- where to find Hashcat
- How to install
- differences in the six “attack modes”
- comparison of Hashcat vs. John the Ripper
- GitHub (PDF, )
Professor Tesfaye Lemma
Two-part session, Thursday, March 27 noon and Thursday, April 3, 2025, noon
HT230, Germantown Campus
Learn to use GitHub for:- Secure Development
- Automating Security Checks
- Incident Response
- Ethical Hacking
- Building a Secure Repository
- Cracking Passwords with Hashcat Part 2 (PDF, )
Professor David Vargas
Thursday, April 24, 2025, noon
HT230, Germantown Campus or by zoom at zoomnew window
Part 2 delves deeper into advanced techniques and strategies for effectively cracking passwords
Advising Week (PDF, )
SET Area is holding an Advising Week 4/1-4/3 in person and remote all three campuses.
Brought to you by the WEST Club (Women in Engineering, Science and Technology Club)
Wednesday, April 2, 2025, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m, SW 301 Rockville Campus
Nvolve Seminar
Title: How to Use SWOT to Make Smart Decisions About Your Future Career
End of the Year Celebration and Design Challenge Award Ceremony 2024 (PDF, )
Thursday, December 12, 4 – 6 p.m. on the Rockville Campus in SW301
Join us for pizza to celebrate the end of the year and to see the judging of the Design
Challenge Entries.
For information about the Design Challenge visit Design Challenge 2024.
Design Challenge 2024
This year’s Engineering Innovation Center Design Challenge 2024 is a group challenge
for teams of at least three students from STEM and non-STEM majors to design and implement
a Kinetic Sculpture. The competition is on-going during the fall 2024 semester and
ends on November 27 (11:59 p.m.). For more information visit Design Challenge 2024.
AUSEM Scholarship for Engineering, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, and Cloud Computing
Students Information Session (PDF, )
Tuesday, November 12, 4–5 p.m. on the Rockville Campus in SW301 or by zoomnew window. Visit AUSEM for more information.
Distinguished Industry Speaker Series Fall 24 – Unlock the Secrets to Secure a Tech
Job
- Montgomery County Government (PDF, )
Ms. Padma Venkatachalam, Business Intelligence Lead, Technology and Enterprise Business Solutions (TEBS)
Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 3–4:30 p.m., SW301 on the Rockville Campus
Distinguished Industry Speaker Series Fall 24 – Unlock the Secrets to Secure a Tech Job
- Google (PDF, )
Dr. Joseph Varghese, Hardware Manager for Data Center Operations
Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 3–4:30 p.m., SW301 on the Rockville Campus - Meta
Dr. Kiarash Vakshouri, Staff Reliability Engineer
Monday, November 4, 2024, 3–4:30 p.m., SW301 on the Rockville Campus
Cybersecurity Awareness October
contact cybersecuritylab@montgomerycollege.edu with questions
- Investigating Child Exploitation on the Darknet (PDF, )
Prof. David Vargas
In-Person: Thursday, October 10, 2024, noon–1 p.m., HT230 on the Germantown Campus - Why We Reverse Engineer and How to Get Started
Mr. Hash Salehi
Monday, October 14, 2024, noon–1 p.m., HT230 on the Germantown Campus - How Digital Forensics is Used in Modern Criminal Investigations (PDF, )
Prof. Silvia Vargas
Thursday, October 17, 2024, noon–1 p.m., HT230 on the Germantown Campus - Movie Night - The Beekeeper
Thursday, October 17, 2024, 3–6 p.m., HT230 on the Germantown Campus - How to Use Wireshark to Monitor Websites
Prof. Stephen McGowan
Monday, October 21, 2024, 2–3 p.m., HT230 on the Germantown Campus - Cybersecurity and Space (PDF, )
Mr. Samuel Sanders Visner, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center, or Space ISAC
In-Person: Friday, October 25, 2024 noon–1 p.m., HT230 on the Germantown Campus - Digital Story Telling Awards Ceremony honoring Kweku Agyepong
Thursday, October 31, 2024, noon–1 p.m., HT230 on the Germantown Campus
Montgomery College Advising Day (PDF, ) , Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Science, Engineering & Technology Invites you to participate in MC Advising Day Events
on October 22, 2024
- 10–11a.m.: Campus Kick Off, Refreshments and raffle, Learn about MC programs and resources, join sessions about transfer and career opportunities.
- 11 a.m.–noon: Programs Overview and General Information (In-person)
- Noon–4 p.m.: Open Advising Drop In (In-person)
- 2–4 p.m.: Program Advising Virtual Online. Advisors from UMD Engineering, UMD IS, UMBC CS along with MC Faculty Advisors
- 4–5:30 p.m.: STEM Internships Virtual Online
Michael Mehalick, Project Manager, Academic Affairs, iSTEM Network, Montgomery College
Learn about Internships and SET Area scholarship opportunities (AUSEM/DREEM/NIST PREP)
Georgia Tech – Dual Degree Engineering Webinar (PDF, )
Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 6:00 p.m.
Meet with an admission Representative and learn more about life at Georgia Tech and
their admission process. Register via the QR code on the flyer (PDF, )
UMD Fire Protection Engineering (PDF, )
Drop-in to talk with an academic advisor from the UMD Fire Protection Engineering
program. Learn about the best engineering major you’ve never heard of!
Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 10:00 a.m. to noon
Science, Engineering, and Technology Student Clubs Kick-off, Thursday, September 26, 4:00–5:30 p.m., SW301 on the Rockville Campus
Brought to you by the WEST Club (Women in Engineering, Science and Technology Club)
Friday, April 12, 2024, 2:00–3:00 p.m, SW 301 Rockville Campus
Speaker: Faye O’Brien, President of Nvolve
Title: Future-proof Your STEM Career: Strategies, Skills and Insights with Nvolve
SET Area Advising Week (PDF, )
April 9 – April 12, 2024
Take advantage of open advising hours during advising week and talk with an advisor.
AUSEM Scholarship Information Session
For Engineering, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, and Cloud Computing Students
Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 4:00–5:00 p.m.
Alumni Panel Discussion
Friday, April 5, 2024, 4:00–6:00 p.m.
Talk with computer science and engineering alumni for advice on how to succeed in
college and in your career.
Alumni Panelists (PDF, )
Engineering Talk Series
- Thursday, March 21, 2024, 3:00–4:00 p.m. in SW103 (inside the Ackerman Learning Center) on the Rockville Campus. Miss Jessica Gallo will give a talk, “Fire of Electric Vehicle Battery: Prevention and Rescue”. Ms. Gallo is a Montgomery College student who works as an intern at Fire & Risk Alliance and is conducting research in this area. She is planning to transfer to UMD Fire Protection Engineering this fall. Snacks and water will be provided.
- USE MATLAB to Plot and Solve Algebraic Equations (PDF, )
Prof. Alex Hou
Thursday, October 10, 2024, 4:00–5:00 p.m. in SC428 on the Rockville Campus
Snacks and water will be provided.
Distinguished Industry Speaker Series – Unlock the Secrets to Secure a Tech Job
- Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 3:00–4:30 p.m., Microsoft Corporation, Dr. Viren Jadhav,
Director, Device Reliability.
Dr. Jadhav will be in person on the Rockville Campus in SW301 and virtually at the Germantown Campus in the Cyberlab HT230. - Tuesday, March 26, 2024, 3:00–4:30 p.m., CISCO Systems, Ms. Sujata Joshi, Director,
Service Delivery Management
The presenters will be available virtually on the Rockville Campus in SW301 and virtually at the Germantown Campus in the Cyberlab HT230. - Tuesday, April 2, 2024, 3:00–4:30 p.m., Apple, Inc., Mr. Fadzli Hassan, Technical
Program Manager
The presenters will be available virtually on the Rockville Campus in SW301 and virtually at the Germantown Campus in the Cyberlab HT230. - Tuesday, April 9, 2024, 3:00–4:30 p.m., Rivian, Dr. Mojan Sohi, Sr. Manager, Design
for Reliability
Rivian – Producing electric adventure vehicles made for the planet
The presenters will be available virtually on the Rockville Campus in SW301 and virtually at the Germantown Campus in the Cyberlab HT230. - GridPro Ventures
Mr. Raj Iyer, Founder and CEO
Wednesday, October 23, 2024, 3–4:30 p.m., SW301 on the Rockville Campus
Brought to you by the IEEE Club (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Friday, March 29, 2024, 4:15–6:15 p.m., SW 301 Rockville Campus
Work with a team and learn to build a simple RC car.
Will your team’s car win the race at the end of the event?!
MC is turning World Quantum Day into Quantum Week!
- World Quantum Day – April 14, 2024
- Mon, April 15, 12:15 p.m., SC415 Rockville Campus – Student Lecture “Quantum Superposition” by Jack Spillane
- Tues, April 16, noon, SC415 Rockville Campus – Quantum Game Playing: Quantum Chutes and Ladders and Qubit Touchdown
- Wed, April 17, noon, SC415 Rockville Campus – Student Lecture “Applications of Matrix Transformations to the Qubit” by Ema Sanchez
- Fri, April 19, 9:30 a.m. Globe Hall Germantown Campus – Nobel Laureate Lecture “Quantum Computers and Raising Schrodinger’s Cat” by Dr. David J. Wineland
A Day in the Life
A series of short Zoom sessions where engineers visit to tell us what they do on the
job in their day-to-day work.
- Leonna Deans, Electrical Engineer, Distribution Engineering, PEPCO
Tuesday, October 8, 2024, 1:00–1:15 p.m. Please arrive 5 to 10 minutes early. - Corshay Burnell, Distribution Designer, PEPCO
Tuesday, October 15, 2024, 12:45 PM – 1:00 PM, Please arrive 5 to 10 minutes early
Student Workshop: The Power of High Performing Teams (PDF, )
Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 3:00–4:30 p.m. SW 301 on the Rockville Campus
Facilitator: Cindy Peterson
Learn how to be an effective team player in any workforce.
Learn what it takes for a team to be high functioning.