Message from the Dean
Dear CU Engineering community,
When I began my term as acting dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science in January 2020, my top priority was maintaining consistency with the goals, vision and culture that our community developed in partnership with former Dean Bobby Braun.
As we prepare to welcome a permanent dean, I am proud to say that we have been successful in many of those goals. In both 2020 and 2021, we celebrated record-breaking research funding across the college. In 2021, we were the No. 1 aerospace engineering program in the U.S. in research expenditures. We have made strides in diversity, equity and inclusion with the formation of a college-wide Inclusive Culture Council and a coordinated, accountable effort to implement concrete department- and program-level actions to align with the campus IDEA Plan.
However, I am more proud of how our community excelled in the face of enormous challenges during