Chase Kanipe | PlanetTerp

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Chase Kanipe HACS408E Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/12/2025	Chase and Luke co-taught HACS408E and the class was a great experience. Probably one of my favorite courses I've taken at UMD so far. The class pacing was good, and classtime was always just a little bit of lecturing followed by two different labs. The labs taught me a lot, and the homework built off of them pretty well. The homeworks were due just every other week, making this class low-stress. Both instructors were very available outside of class for help as well. Luke even held in-person office hours. Chase and Luke emphasized that the class was focused on the learning, and they didn't want grades to be a stressor. You were likely to get most points on assignments if you simply tried. The final was an in-class CTF designed by Chase and Luke where the winning group didn't have to complete the final CTF write-up. It was quite enjoyable for a final. I loved this class, and I learned so much. It covers a lot from malware analysis to binary exploitation to android reversing to firmware reversing, and more.
Chase Kanipe HACS408E Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/15/2024	I wrote down my experience for this class with Luke, but I will say Chase was a little bit more rigid and hard to talk to during the semester. He wouldn't be as helpful and seemed a bit condescending when answering certain questions. Chase is a very smart individual, but I didn't feel the same rapport that I did with Luke.
Chase Kanipe HACS408E Expecting an A Anonymous 12/14/2024	Very cool guy and a helpful teacher. He mainly just goes over the slides he creates, but is good at explaining reverse engineering concepts/tools and is proactive with answering questions. Also great availability on discord. I absolutely recommend!

Chase Kanipe
HACS408E

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
12/12/2025

Chase and Luke co-taught HACS408E and the class was a great experience. Probably one of my favorite courses I've taken at UMD so far. The class pacing was good, and classtime was always just a little bit of lecturing followed by two different labs. The labs taught me a lot, and the homework built off of them pretty well. The homeworks were due just every other week, making this class low-stress. Both instructors were very available outside of class for help as well. Luke even held in-person office hours. Chase and Luke emphasized that the class was focused on the learning, and they didn't want grades to be a stressor. You were likely to get most points on assignments if you simply tried. The final was an in-class CTF designed by Chase and Luke where the winning group didn't have to complete the final CTF write-up. It was quite enjoyable for a final. I loved this class, and I learned so much. It covers a lot from malware analysis to binary exploitation to android reversing to firmware reversing, and more.

Chase Kanipe
HACS408E

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
12/15/2024

I wrote down my experience for this class with Luke, but I will say Chase was a little bit more rigid and hard to talk to during the semester. He wouldn't be as helpful and seemed a bit condescending when answering certain questions. Chase is a very smart individual, but I didn't feel the same rapport that I did with Luke.

Chase Kanipe
HACS408E

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/14/2024

Very cool guy and a helpful teacher. He mainly just goes over the slides he creates, but is good at explaining reverse engineering concepts/tools and is proactive with answering questions. Also great availability on discord. I absolutely recommend!