Wichita State’s College of Engineering is ranked 17th in the country out of more than 500 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 across the College of Engineering, primarily cybersecurity and computer science majors in the School of Computing, competed in various team and individual competitions. The new ranking for Wichita State is down slightly from 12th place in the spring.
In addition to the overall ranking, the student team World Wide Wheat — made up of students Carlos Renato Soverina Figueroa, Alexander Pickett, Daniel Halbleib, Aidan McGillivray, Charles Hill and Sophie Clarke — placed 18th out of more than 4,200 teams. Other WSU teams include:
- 29th place: Wuami – Mathias Rodrigo Benitez Vera, Carson Brewer, Braden McCaig, Ben Gerstenkorn, Jacob Rutt, Abubaker Hafeez, Mannon Wallace
- 90th place: Apun – Hannah Nikkel, Sean Dugan, Remington Derksen, Liam Moore, Andrew Ginsky, Kyra Roland, Reilly Waller
- 128th place: Ctrl+Alt+Defeat – Andrew Sauls, Brett Blasi, Timothy Jorgensen, Emma Griffin, Sean McDermott, Jonathan Viers, Noah Jackson
Individuals were also recognized, with nine Wichita State students breaking the top 500 of nearly 7,900 individuals:
- 72nd place: Aidan McGillivary
- 239th place: Mathias Rodrigo Benitez Vera
- 278th place: Daniel Halbleib
- 289th place: Braden McCaig
- 362nd place: Abubaker Hafeez
- 403rd place: Sophie Clarke
- 409th place: Mannon Wallace
- 421st place: Brynn Potter
- 430th place: Zander Pickett
