When Thiago Alves and Rishabh Das, two cybersecurity Ph.D. students at UAH, placed first in the North American Embedded Security Challenge this past November, they were both in a state of shock. Not only was the competition tough, says Das, but a forgotten laptop charger also meant that their demonstration at the 14th annual Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW) in New York City "did not go as planned." As a result, says Alves, "we really didn’t think we’d win."