Eight departments listed below have agreed to participate in the program. Additional departments can become affiliated at any time, on the initiative of the interested department, with approval of the Committee for the program and the Graduate School.
| College of Arts and Sciences | |
| Department Home Page | Faculty Representative |
| Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences | David Brain |
| Geography | Waleed Abdalati |
| Geological Sciences | Craig Jones (Chair) |
| Physics | Shijie Zhong |
| College of Engineering and Applied Science | |
| Department Home Page | Faculty Representative |
| Aerospace Engineering and Sciences | Steve Nerem |
| Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering | Tad Pfeffer |
| Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering | Ute Herzfeld |
| Mechanical Engineering | (inactive) |