Kade Heckel

Kade Heckel

2022
United States Naval Academy
University of Sussex

Kade studied Computer Science and Computer Engineering at the U.S. Naval Academy. The Vice President of the Cybersecurity Team, he discovered two additive manufacturing vulnerabilities that informed Navy policy, conducted machine learning and cybersecurity research as a Trident Scholar, and briefed the Chief of Space Operations on his work at the NRO. As a Marshall Scholar, Kade will pursue an MSc in A.I. and Adaptive Systems at the University of Sussex and an MPhil in Machine Learning and Machine Intelligence at the University of Cambridge. After his studies, he will serve as a Cyber Warfare Engineer in the U.S. Navy.