AS³E is a cross-disciplinary campus-wide enterprise that focuses the engineering of aerospace vehicle-sensor systems towards the solution of challenging earth and space science problems.

The participating campus units are the Aerospace Engineering Sciences (AES) Department, the Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences (APS) Department, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (ATOC) Department, the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences (CIRES), the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), and the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP).

The vision is that AS³E will serve as the fabric that integrates the research and educational programs of these diverse units into a distinctive and unique tapestry that is “CU-Boulder”. 

The overarching objective of AS³E is to establish CU-Boulder as the preeminent institution for workforce development, research and graduate education in this area of aerospace engineering sciences.

 

The functional goal of AS³E is to serve as a structure within which collaboration between these units is nurtured and realized.
There are 6 main elements to AS³E: education, research, industry and government partnerships, the Center for Space Entrepreneurship (CSE), a specialized environment that enables AS³E to flourish (The Aerospace and Energy Systems Building), and organizational and advisory structures that foster synergies between units on campus and with the external community.

 

 

Artist’s conception of the Aerospace and Energy Systems Building, scheduled for occupancy in 2012.