{"id":37,"date":"2017-01-06T15:19:22","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T15:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/free54400.wordpress.com\/?page_id=37"},"modified":"2025-03-20T14:37:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T19:37:59","slug":"why-hacking-for-defense","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ds4d.usm.edu\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Designing Solutions for Defense?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ds4d.usm.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DS4D-website-tank-pic-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-819\" width=\"566\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ds4d.usm.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DS4D-website-tank-pic-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ds4d.usm.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DS4D-website-tank-pic-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ds4d.usm.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DS4D-website-tank-pic-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ds4d.usm.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DS4D-website-tank-pic-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ds4d.usm.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DS4D-website-tank-pic-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-background-color has-background\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Designing Solutions For Defense (DS4D) teaches USM students how to work with the Department of Defense (DoD) to better address the nation\u2019s emerging threats and security challenges. Students learn how to deploy solutions to our nation\u2019s warfighters by developing real solutions for real problems with the speed and urgency required to compete in the modern threat environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center has-regular-font-size has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-transform:none\">Check out a previous <a href=\"https:\/\/h4d.usm.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/DS4D-Spring-2020-Syllabus.pdf\">Class Syllabus<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ffd046;font-size:16px\"><em>DS4D at USM is part of the Designing Solutions 4 X (DS4X) network that provides a university-based ecosystem to develop prototypes that match users\u2019 needs in months rather than years. By creating a national network of colleges and universities, DS4X<\/em> <em>can scale to provide hundreds of solutions a year \u2013 and also develop the workforce that our country needs to counter threats faster than they are generated by our adversaries. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gallery <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><div id=\"metaslider-id-851\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-108-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-851 ml-slider has-dots-nav ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Gallery\" data-height=\"300\" data-width=\"700\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_851\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_851\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-858 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-05-15 11:12:16\" data-filename=\"Photo-tank-3-scaled.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/ds4d.usm.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Photo-tank-3-scaled.jpg\" class=\"slider-851 slide-858 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"\" rel=\"\" title=\"Photo tank 3\" style=\"margin: 0 auto; 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