National Upcycled Computing Collective Inc

The National Upcycled Computing Collective, Inc. (NUCC) breathes new life into thrown-out computing equipment. We empower future cybersecurity professionals to build, tinker, hack, and experiment through the sustainable reuse of computing hardware.

Your donations will primarily cover our monthly storage unit costs, and the rest will support travel costs so we can support more students and clubs on a frequent basis.

We are based in Fullerton, CA, and currently support student-run cybersecurity clubs across California through mentoring or loaned hardware, including:

• Cyber@UCI (UC Irvine)
• Offensive Security Society (CSU Fullerton)
• Cyber@UCR (UC Riverside)
• Claw Command (CSU Los Angeles)
• Slug Security (UC Santa Cruz)
• Cyber Security Club at UC Davis (UC Davis)
• CSULB Cybersecurity Club (CSU Long Beach)
• Cyber and Intelligence Security Organization (CSU San Bernardino)
• Layer 8 (CSU Northridge)

Your donations will primarily cover our monthly storage unit costs, and the rest will support travel costs so we can support more students and clubs on a frequent basis.

We also provide hardware loans and donations nationwide on a case-by-case basis. NUCC began as an operation to support distributed computing research projects that required significant computing power (e.g., Folding@home, Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search) and eventually used upcycled computing equipment to support hands-on cybersecurity education through the deployment of upcycled cyber ranges. NUCC-sourced equipment has also supported creative projects featured at DEF CON, such as the S.O.D.A. (Shell On Demand Appliance) Machine.