The College of Engineering has been ranked 20th nationally out of 550 colleges and universities in the Cyber Power Rankings, which were created by Cyber Skyline in partnership with the National Cyber League (NCL). The rankings represent the ability of students to perform real-world cybersecurity tasks on the Cyber Skyline platform.
Students from the School of Computing within the College of Engineering and the Wichita Linux Users Group (WuLug) competed in the NCL competition throughout the fall 2024 season, including individual and team Capture the Flag competitions. The top team from Wichita State, SKY-SHOC-2024, ranked 16th out of more than 4,800 teams. Students and their rankings were as follows:
Individual game (8,485 total players):
- Steven Janssen: 86th
- Daniel Halbleib: 166th
- Charlie Hill: 186th
Team game (4,894 total teams):
- SKY-SHOC-2024: Steven Janssen, Daniel Halbleib, Aidan McGillivray, Harsh Subnani, Corbin Huisman, Charlie Hill: 16th
- Kali Girls: Divy Patel, Arpan Day, Alex Harms, Stockton Underwood, Sophie Clark, Liv Robl: 75th
- Club Penguin: Hyacinthe Howell, Jack Delmar, Juniper Riot, Sophia Hunt, Koral Richardson, Morgan Stewart: 86th
- aPun: Hannah Nikkel, Sean Dugan, Remington Derksen, Liam Moore: 101st