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Academic Partner

University of Colorado

About the CU Aerospace program...

At the University of Colorado we apply a collaborative approach to both research and education -- emphasizing hands-on learning, teamwork, technical expertise, and system-level multidisciplinary thinking. At the graduate level PhD students are offered a one-year teaching practicum and may work with faculty in more than one focus area. MS students have the opportunity to work in teams on aerospace research projects designing, for example, a small satellite (DANDE or CUBESat), an interstellar dust instrument (CRIA), or human spacecraft habitat. Collaborative, multidisciplinary projects are also the focus of our capstone Senior Design course, which follows the life cycle of industry projects from conception, to design reviews, development, construction, testing, and analysis of results. Students develop in-depth technical knowledge, effective communication skills, and a systems engineering perspective that enables them to produce creative solutions to complex problems. Faculty and students also have the opportunity to explore commercializing their research and innovations through the University's partnership with eSpace, the Center for Space Entrepreneurship.