SET Events for Students
) Friday, April 25, 2025, 4–5:30 p.m. SW 301 Rockville Campus
Talk with computer science and engineering alumni for advice on how to succeed in
college and in your career
) Registration Deadline: April 19, 11:59 p.m.
Saturday, April 26, 2025, 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Montgomery College, IGNITE HUB
900 Hungerford Dr, #109, Rockville, MD 20850
Sponsored by: IGNITE HUB, Raptors Who Code Club, and MC SET
) Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 6:30 p.m.
Germantown Campus, Globe Hall
Open to the public
Dr. Stephen Eckel with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),
Sensor Sciences Division is presenting “Toward the Quantum World: A Journey into the Very Cold”. The talk will embark on a journey into the realm of quantum mechanics, where the
rules of everyday physics no longer apply.
) events, hosted by Quantum Club- Quantum Games (Quantum Chutes and Ladders, Qubit Touchdown)
Quantum Physics Demos
Tuesday, April 15, 2:00–5:00 p.m.
Rockville Campus, SC406
At 4 pm, there will be a presentation by Dr. Michele Kelley, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Learn about optically active point defects or “color centers” in wide bandgap semiconductors for quantum sensing and quantum single photon emission.
Pizza will be served
- Quantum Computer Chip Presentations
Thursday, April 17, 2:30–4 p.m.
Rockville Campus, SC406
- Amazon’s Ocelot Quantum Chip
presented by Matthew Campbell, Nicole Parraway, Skye Joegriner - Microsoft Topological State Qubit
presented by Emau Sanchez, Dagin Haille, Kelvin Hernandez Salas, Joannes Orellano
- Amazon’s Ocelot Quantum Chip
- Cracking Passwords with Hashcat Part 2 (PDF, )
Professor David Vargas
Thursday, April 24, 2025, noon
HT230, Germantown Campus or by zoom at zoomnew window
Part 2 delves deeper into advanced techniques and strategies for effectively cracking passwords
- Wednesdays at 2:00 p.m.: Security+ (PDF, )
- Tuesdays at 1:00 p.m.: Linux+ (PDF, )
- Wednesdays at noon: A+ (PDF, )