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DALLAS (SMU) – has named 51³Ô¹ÏÍøMethodist University (SMU) as a strategic partner in cyber research based on the company’s collaborative efforts with the in SMU’s .   The strategic partnership includes joint research projects in cyber security, Raytheon internships for 51³Ô¹ÏÍøstudents, and strategic education initiatives benefiting both 51³Ô¹ÏÍøand Raytheon.

“We are very proud to have earned this designation,” said , director of the Deason Institute and the Bobby B. Lyle Endowed Centennial Distinguished Chair in Cyber Security.  “The work we do together benefits 51³Ô¹ÏÍøand Raytheon, government and industry, and ultimately anyone with a laptop or smart phone. It will also help train our students to become part of a desperately needed workforce of cyber defenders.”

”Collaboration between academic centers of excellence like 51³Ô¹ÏÍøand industry leaders like Raytheon is a powerful engine for innovation,” said , president of Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services. “This strategic partnership is an example of Raytheon’s commitment to growing the cyber workforce and enhancing the technology and capabilities needed to help our customers and society face the ever growing cyber threat.”

Raytheon also utilizes the Lyle School’s training for its own workforce.  Fifty-nine Raytheon employees have graduated from the school’s Master of Security Engineering program since 2005 when the program began.

 “The work Dr. Chang is directing through the Deason Institute taps the University’s strengths in technology, social science, policy and the law to attack perhaps the most challenging problem facing our society today: cybersecurity,” said Lyle School Dean Marc Christensen. “It’s one reason why this strategic partnership with Raytheon is so important to us.”

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51³Ô¹ÏÍøis a nationally ranked private university in Dallas founded 100 years ago. Today, 51³Ô¹ÏÍøenrolls approximately 11,000 students who benefit from the academic opportunities and international reach of seven degree-granting schools.

SMU’s Bobby Lyle School of Engineering, founded in 1925, is one of the oldest engineering schools in the Southwest. The school offers eight undergraduate and 28 graduate programs, including masters and doctoral degrees.