Capitology Blog

Meet Professor Hashem Tabrizi, chair of Capitol Tech's newest program, Bachelor's in Unmanned and Autonomous Systems. Professor Tabrizi is leading the University’s efforts to provide cutting-edge STEM education by being the only 4-year college to offer this degree in the state of Maryland.

We often speak to artificial intelligence voice technology expecting it to do what we asked. But what happens when instead of Siri on the other end we find voice technology being used with malicious intent?

Material and workforce costs continue to rise in construction leading to changes like the use of modular and prefabricated building elements by construction managers. Here’s how their use is changing the construction industry.

On Wednesday, October 23, 2019, International Astronautical Congress (IAC) conference here in DC, in session “E2.4. Educational Pico and Nano Satellites”, student Jorge Rodriguez is presenting on our Cactus-1 team’s 3 years of work.

Henry Ford may have pioneered the assembly line, changing the automotive industry forever, but the field of mechatronics has taken the automotive industry to even greater heights. 

AI and machine learning technology comes with many benefits, but cybersecurity professionals need to be aware that there is always a potential the technology can be used for harm.

Lisa Sedares began her first internship at NASA when she was a Capitol Tech student and has been working with the organization ever since. Currently, she represents NASA’s interests as a Project Engineer at The Aerospace Corporation.

Our Cactus-1 CubeSat pico-satellite will soon be silently zooming its way through space, orbiting Earth every 90 minutes or so. If you're bored and stop by our command center post-launch, you can even play a game against it. Our orbit game is a logic puzzler called Bulls & Cows, often known by its colorful commercial variant "Mastermind".

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM)! This year’s overarching message – Own IT. Secure IT. Protect IT, from the newly formed Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), sets the stage for a month of exciting cybersecurity-related events all over the nation.

For the construction industry drone use provides many benefits, including cost savings, more informed communication, better time management, and improved safety.