The University of Utah College of Engineering and the United States Air Force are proud to announce a new education partnership that will create valuable learning opportunities for students and research projects that can advance technologies from wireless communications and cybersecurity to robotics and composite materials.
A signing ceremony celebrating the agreement was held Friday, Nov. 18 at 10 a.m. in the Catmull Gallery of the Warnock Engineering Building on the University of Utah campus. The university’s Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps honor guard presented colors at the start of the ceremony, and representatives from Hill Air Force Base, the Air Force Materiel Command base located south of Ogden, were in attendance, including Brig. Gen. Richard Gibbs and Director of Engineering and Technical Management Thomas A. Lockhart Jr. Also attending were University of Utah Vice President for Research Erin Rothwell and U College of Engineering Dean Richard B. Brown.
This education partnership allows university faculty and students to work more closely with Air Force researchers on a wide range of topics that could include data analytics, machine learning for materials discovery, prosthetics, nuclear engineering, additive manufacturing and more. Air Force personnel will also work with the U on developing new educational programs and will make laboratory personnel available to teach courses.
