{"id":265714,"date":"2026-06-05T09:57:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/engineering-graduate-advances-cybersecurity-and-public-safety-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T07:35:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T11:35:35","slug":"engineering-graduate-advances-cybersecurity-and-public-safety-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/engineering-graduate-advances-cybersecurity-and-public-safety-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineering Graduate Advances Cybersecurity and Public Safety &#8211; News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ualr.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/05\/engineering-graduate-advances-cybersecurity-and-public-safety\/\">Engineering Graduate Advances Cybersecurity and Public Safety &#8211; News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ualr.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/05\/engineering-graduate-advances-cybersecurity-and-public-safety\/\">https:\/\/ualr.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/05\/engineering-graduate-advances-cybersecurity-and-public-safety\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-05 09:57:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"ualr.edu\">ualr.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Molly Coleman<\/p>\n<p>|<\/p>\n<p>June 5, 2026<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUA Little Rock engineering graduate Colin McNerny showcases a virtual reality simulation developed through his research at the Cyberspace Operations, Research and Education (CORE) Center, where he has worked on projects focused on cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Benjamin Krain\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Whether he\u2019s designing virtual reality simulations to help protect critical energy infrastructure or introducing K-12 students to emerging technologies, Colin McNerny has spent his time at UA Little Rock turning technical knowledge into real-world impact.<\/p>\n<p>The Little Rock native graduated this spring with a Master of Science in electrical and computer engineering after years of involvement in research projects, student leadership, and outreach initiatives across campus.<\/p>\n<p>McNerny said he chose UA Little Rock because of its strong academic environment and mentorship opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe graduate school at UA Little Rock is world class in terms of research, mentorship, and furthering education,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>During his time at UA Little Rock, McNerny balanced advanced research with service that extended beyond the university to the broader community. At the Cyberspace Operations, Research and Education (CORE) Center, he designed virtual reality simulations of industrial control systems for the Consortium for Cyber Innovation. The work is supported by a grant from the Department of Energy focused on protecting critical energy infrastructure from cyberattacks.<\/p>\n<p>He also used his interest in technology to improve public safety on campus. Drawing on his professional experience as a traffic safety specialist, he developed a technology designed to make crosswalks safer for pedestrians and wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>His research explored how signals from vehicles and mobile&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ualr.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/05\/engineering-graduate-advances-cybersecurity-and-public-safety\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Engineering Graduate Advances Cybersecurity and Public Safety &#8211; News https:\/\/ualr.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/05\/engineering-graduate-advances-cybersecurity-and-public-safety\/ Publish Date: 2026-06-05 09:57:00 Source&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":265715,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ualr.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/240\/2026\/06\/Colin.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-265714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265714"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265714"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":265716,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265714\/revisions\/265716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}