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T-V Students
learning engineering career options
NEW MADISON – “I’m a computer and cyber engineer who troubleshoots
potential problems for our clients,” said Marty Piszkiewicz. “That just
a fancy way of saying I’m a hacker.” Some students chuckled. Others
grinned… “But I’m a good hacker,” he added.
The cyber engineer from Pretalen then told Tri-Village junior high and
high school students at their Engineering Challenge Day Dec. 16 his job
is to protect computers from being hacked. “I create viruses and
malware. Then I find ways to beat them.”
One example he gave was a car model that controlled headlights,
windshield wipers and more through Wi-Fi. Hackers could have gotten
into the program… a potential scenario was driving down the freeway at
70 mph and suddenly windshield wipers go on, headlights go off… “People
could get really hurt,” Piszkiewicz said.
Daniel Crouse and Logan Thompson, Whirlpool, presented their session on
mechanical and industrial engineering. They talked about their various
KitchenAid products and how engineers are needed to solve different
types of production challenges...
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