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Date Time How UVA Engineers Help to Prevent Cyber Espionage by Adversarial Governments Sitting in his office at the University of Virginia School of Engineering in 2010, professor Barry Horowitz was studying a cybersecurity problem when the thought came to him. On his own scale of big ideas, this new one was up there. Horowitz, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, has been known to have quite some innovations over his 50-year career, like the one that ended up as the basis for the i...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology disciplining professor with ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein Updated Dec 18, 2020; A physics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein is facing disciplinary action for not informing MIT that Epstein was a convicted sex offender. A majority of members on an MIT panel found that Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Systems and Physics Seth Lloyd violated the college’s ...

Its much more difficult on a cruise ship because where are you going to go? >> reporter: notoriani is especially concerned about fire. she says the industry just doesnt put enough research into developing new engineering systems so that if a fire breaks out there wont be a domino effect, shutting down everything from plumbing to backup generators and propulsion. but dont expect new engineering systems unless cruise companies do it voluntarily. theres no regulatory body to force that sort of chan...

Are just so much more dangerous. >> its really hard because the cruise ship is very much of a contained environment. so if im in a car crash, my car can be totaled, i might be a bit upset, but i hitch a ride home and im back to my normal life. its much more difficult on a cruise ship because where are you going to go? >> reporter: notoriani is especially concerned about fire. she says the industry just doesnt put enough research into developing new engineering systems so that if a fire breaks ou...

>> reporter: notoriani is especially concerned about fire. she says the industry just doesnt put enough research into developing new engineering systems so that if a fire breaks out there wont be a domino effect, shutting down everything from plumbing to backup generators and propulsion. but dont expect new engineering systems unless cruise companies do it voluntarily. theres no regulatory body to force that sort of change. >> they always say safety is their emphasis. ive never quite believed th...

Damage ships, it comes to just about 30 incidents a year. not many. but kathy notoriani, who heads the department of fire protection engineering at worcester polytechnic institute, says fires, accidents, mishaps way out here on the high seas are just so much more dangerous. >> its really hard because the cruise ship is very much of a contained environment. so if im in a car crash, my car can be totaled, i might be a bit upset, but i hitch a ride home and im back to my normal life. its much more ...

like, what if, like, "titanic," like part two and we always look at the lifeboats and see, i wonder if there would be enough for everyone and just kind of joke about it, but now, you know, it actually happens. >> it was terrifying at the time, definitely. but, i mean, i dont know -- >> now that were safe -- >> yeah. im just glad to be back on land. >> search and rescue teams are still in the waters trying to determine whether there are any other survivors or bodies that could be recove...