Wednesday, October 2, 2019, Dr. Doug Hawley, Director of the School of Computer Science and Information Systems at Northwest Missouri State University and Graduate Assistant Lohitha Bhethalam attended My Success in St. Joseph Missouri. Using a program written by Lohitha, the team engaged students with rolling robot Sphero-minis. Her program allowed students to "win the heart" of their little robot and explore the possibilities available with modern programming and robotics.

Lohitha is one of our exceptional graduate assistants earning her Masters in Applied Computer Science and will be graduating this semester. She is a natural ambassador for the field and an outstanding teaching assistant. Her work experience includes 44-563 Developing Web Apps and Services and 44-517 Big Data.

"Lohitha Bhethalam and I had a great time at the 2019 My Success Event in St. Joseph. We engaged with over one hundred sophomores in regional high schools speaking with them about careers in technology. She is an excellent representative of our field and was very influential with the students."

- Dr. Doug Hawley, Director, CSIS

For more information about My Success, contact Mary Brown at brown@saintjoseph.com. For more information about Northwest Missouri State University degree programs in computer science and technology, contact Terry Immel at timmel@nwmissouri.edu.

The 44-386 Digital Forensics Team worked together to successfully address an incident on the morning of Friday, September 27, 2019. The team used creative problem-solving skills, language and web searches, file metadata, Bash scripting skills, digital forensics knowledge, and teamwork to determine necessary information and solve a vague and time-restricted challenge.

The outstanding team is working towards various degrees at Northwest Missouri State University and includes (from left to right): Course Assistant Karun Bourishetty, Connor Crossen, Cole Houston, Benjamin (Ben) Brown, Jack Hill, Guan Ming Chee, Brenden Thummel, Vincent (Vinny) Sorrentino, Hunter Walters, Nicholas (Nick) Allee, Ozzie Rodriguez, Michael Karr, Matthew Thomas, Zane Salam, Connor Quick, and Blake Newland.

To learn more about our programs and courses in cybersecurity, computer science and digital forensics, contact any of these students or visit us at the School of Computer Science and Information Systems in Maryville, Missouri.

Learn how to program Micro:bits - then take one home with you!

Saturday, September 21, 2019, 9:30 am to 4:00 pm

Northwest Kansas City: 6889 N. Oak Trafficway, Suite 400, Gladstone, MO 64118

Dr. Carol Spradling and Dr. Denise Case, Northwest Missouri State University, will present the workshop. Lunch and snacks will be provided.

Contact Dr. Spradling or Dr. Case for more information. Attendance limited to 30 high school students. Sign up here!

Provided by NCWIT Aspirations in Computing - Western Missouri and Kansas.

Congratulations and best wishes to the graduating seniors in our two-semester graduate-directed project course! The teams worked for a variety of clients over the course of two semesters, participating in an experimental consulting-based approach [1] using modern tools and techniques for software development.

Many thanks to our clients, Greg Hansen (Assistant Vice-President, Student Affairs for Campus Recreation, NWMSU), Brooke Byland (Coordinator of Facilities and Operations, Campus Recreation, NWMSU), Curt Carpenter (Owner, C&G Coatings), and Charles Hoot (Assistant Professor, NWMSU), and to Shivani Busireddy (GDP 1 course assistant) and to Dr. Ajay Bandi (Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Masters of Applied Computer Science Program) and Haritha Atmakuri (GDP 2 course assistant) for taking over instruction mid-stream. It's been a joy working with each and every one of you - we wish you all the best on your future endeavors!

Pictured (front row, left to right) Naveen Kumar Chandaluri, Saicharan Gurudu, Vijay Tupakula, Girish Guntuku, Ujjawal Kumar, Denise Case, Santosh Sekhar, Sravya Kancharla, Srimai Reddy Yanala, Shivani Reddy Dodla, and (back row, left to right) Chaithanya Cherukuru, Satya Sai Ram Vankina, Naveenkumar Nuggu, Yashwanth Bommineni, Anurag Kumar, Dattu Bhargav Medarametla, Sirisha Devineni, Matthew Woolery, Sreelekha Vijaya, and Vyshnavi Yalamareddy. Not pictured: Subodh Bhargav Lakhinana.

1. Case, D. M., & Hoot, C. (2019). Capstone as Consulting. The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 67.

KCP&L sponsored a special graduate student competition held April 8, 2019 at Northwest Missouri State University. Sixteen students were selected from the School of Computer Science and Information Systems (CSIS) to compete in the prestigious competition. Teams included students earning their M.S. in Information Systems (MS IS) and students earning their M.S. in Applied Computer Science (MS ACS). Each interdisciplinary team designed an incident reporting application in accordance with a provided system requirements specification. Teams had to sketch the application, develop an entity-relationship diagram, address security issues, and create network and activity diagrams. The event was coordinated by Jory Galloway, Web Application Programmer at KCP&L, administered by Dr. Joni Adkins, Associate Professor and MS IS Program Coordinator, hosted by Dr. Doug Hawley, Associate Professor and Director-Elect of the School of CSIS, and supported by faculty members Aziz Fellah, Charles Hoot, Denise Case, Mathew Schieber, Michael Rogers, Nathan Eloe, Roger Von Holzen, and Dr. Greg Haddock, Associate Provost of Graduate Studies and Professional Studies. Each team presented their designs to a judging panel of KCP&L professionals including Jory Galloway, Jordan Kilmer, Tyler Mattoon, Seth Walz, Whitney Mallett, and Hayden Rainey. Contestants were honored with an award dinner sponsored by KCP&L.

• First place and a $400 prize went to Sirisha Devineni, Bindu Veeramachaneni, Aawaj Joshi, and Nonso Okika.
• Second place and $300 prize went to Sai Kiran Peddachappali, Raja Srikar Karthik Chinta, Shivani Busireddy, and Wendy Eloe.
• Third place and $200 prize went to Bhaskar Gottemukkula, Anuraag Naidu Sanakkayala, Sai Anusha Yerukonda, and Havya Ravipati.
• Fourth place and $100 prize went to Sonam Gadekari, Pallavi Kallamadi, Prashanth Kumar Thallada, and Lokeswari Pittu.

Congratulations to all winners and many thanks to KCP&L for sponsoring the event!