Industry Partners

Colorado's largest producer of engineering talent

As the largest producer of engineering talent in Colorado, we ensure the economic health of our state and nation by preparing a highly skilled workforce and developing new technologies. CU Engineering has a strong track record in innovation. Our researchers create intellectual property available to businesses as licensable technology or though consulting or start-up companies.

Ways you can parter with us

We emphasize active, hands-on learning, with senior design projects required in every major. Companies have many opportunities to mentor and sponsor student projects, and real-world corporate sponsored projects help provide students the bridge from undergraduate education to professional practice. There are multiple design expos during the year which showcase the work and quality of engineering students. Our office will be glad to connect you to the design project programs that best match your company’s expertise and goals.
Gift to create corporate scholarships and graduate fellowships help attract and retain the best student talent to CU Engineering. Scholarships and fellowships can be created with annual or multi-year funding, or permanently named with an endowment. 
Partner with us to build the K-12 pipeline and support students from diverse backgrounds in choosing the engineering profession. The Broadening Opportunity through Leadership and Diversity Center strives to engage and empower women, African American, Native American, Hispanic, low-income, first-generation, and other students underrepresented in the field of engineering. Our corporate relations office can help connect your company to the center and their mission. By participating in industry panels, hosting tours at your company, mentoring students in projects, or providing financial sponsorship, you can support students in their pursuit of engineering careers. 
Such gifts can make the difference between an adequate and an exceptional classroom or laboratory. Here's what to do: contact the department, program, center, or professor who might be interested in the donation; once they have determined the equipment matches the needs and requirements of their program, provide a detailed list of the donation and your estimation of the value per item; arrange a time and place for delivery; and the department will assist with approval and transfer to the university. For tax purposes, a receipt will be provided by CU.
By creating an endowment (for faculty, programs or scholarships/fellowships); companies make a lasting impact on student learning. A great example is the Lockheed Martin Engineering Management Program, which was created by a partnership between the company and university. The program provides working professionals with education in engineering management. Endowing a faculty position helps to ensure the continued strength of a program that is vital to industry interests.
Fundraising is underway for a new Aerospace Building, planned to be built on East Campus. Partner with us to provide critically needed space for programs that are hallmarks of the Boulder campus and vital to our future. Colorado has the second largest aerospace economy in the U.S., with 162,000 people working in space-related jobs, and CU Boulder plays a central role in providing talent for the industry. Your support will provide the facilities we need to train the next generation of students and continue to be an aerospace destination.
This building houses 60+ faculty working in chemical and biological engineering and the life sciences, along with 500+ students and other researchers on East Campus. Contact us about opportunities for corporate involvement.

 

“We have a lot of intellectual capital in the college. Pointing some of that toward society’s most pressing challenges through partnerships is one item I’ll focus on.”

– Bobby Braun, Engineering College dean

 

 

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Aerospace Engineering's BioServe Space Technologies has designed, built and flown 50+ payloads on 40+ spaceflight missions on space shuttles, the International Space Station and on Russian and commercial spacecraft.

Students at the NASA-sponsored Colorado Space Grant Consortium, headquartered in engineering's Discovery Learning Center, have designed, built and flown three space shuttle payloads, two orbiting satellites, 10 sounding rocket payloads and hundreds of balloon payloads. 

As the number-two funded public university in the nation by NASA, CU had a rich relationship with NASA’s space shuttle program until it was shuttered in 2011. Sixteen CU Boulder astronaut-affiliates flew on 40 space shuttle missions, including two, Jim Voss and Joe Tanner, who have been on the engineering faculty. CU Boulder alumnus Steve Swanson returned from a six-month stay on the International Space Station in September 2014.