Representatives from across the university, including LASP, CU Boulders AeroSpace Ventures initiative, and the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS), are jointly hosting an exhibit booth at this years Space Symposium. Together, they will highlight CUs prominence in aerospace engineering and climate and space-weather research, as well as the crucial role the university plays in developing Colorados aerospace workforce.

This coordinated presence at the Space Symposium is a great example of how leaders and units from across the university system collaborate to highlight CUs extensive aerospace expertise and the many resources our campuses have to offer, said Chris Muldrow, the Smead Director and Department Chief of Staff in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences. We are a world leader in aerospace, and our impact is multiplied when we bring the best of CU aerospace to the space ecosystem.

The College of Engineering and Applied Science at UCCS produces highly qualified undergraduate and graduate students with solid technical backgrounds plus crucial experiential learning. The colleges new Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering, which launched this fall with a full cohort of students, will leverage the existing expertise in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. This summer, to stand up the program, the college broke ground ona new facility, the Anschutz Engineering Center,slated to open for classes in January 2024, says Sue McClernan, the colleges career and industry outreach program director. Student and workforce demand prompted the new degree, and we believe the Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering at UCCS is well suited for a thriving aerospace economy in Colorado Springs and the region.

AeroSpace Ventures brings together researchers, students, industry leaders, government partners, and entrepreneurs to envision and create the future for space and Earth systems. This initiative is helping to drive the discovery and innovation that will shape the 21stcenturysaerospaceeconomy, says George Hatcher III, executive director of industry and foundation relations at CU Boulder. AeroSpace Ventures brings together CU Boulder departments, institutes, centers, and programsacross the universityto amplify the more than $120 million in aerospace-related research that happens on campus each year.

CU Boulder also hosts the Space Weather Technology, Research and Education Center to serve as a catalyst site for space weather research and technology development among CU and other Front Range space research and technology organizations. The campus also hosts the Center for National Security Initiatives. It provides high-impact national security research to government and industry partners and addresses the ever-increasing demand for qualified and experienced aerospace and defense professionals in Colorado and across the nation.

From LASPs humble beginnings 75 years ago, the University of Colorado has developed into an epicenter of space research and aerospace workforce development crucial to Coloradoand our nation.

Founded a decade before NASA, the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado Boulder is on a mission to transform human understanding of the cosmos by pioneering new technologies and approaches to space science. LASP is the only academic research institute in the world to have sent instruments to every planet in our solar system. LASP began celebrating its 75th anniversary in April 2023.

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