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# Academic Engagement Enterprise

Why We Engage

#### **WHY WE ENGAGE ACADEMIA**

U.S. Space Command collaborates with Academia to:

• Shape the future workforce - by creating a more diverse, robust and accessible pool of qualified Space professionals for military and civilian work roles within the Space Mission Force.

• Increase Space applied research and innovation - with cutting-edge research to better understand technical and non-technical (policy, law, threat trends) options, problems, solutions, and innovation opportunities.

• Expand Space-focused academic partnerships - through exchanges and directed research to foster unique competencies, capacities, and expertise that will provide insight into adversaries' cyberspace activities

• Enrich strategic Space dialogue - by informing academic institutions of the command’s roles, authorities, key issues and responsibilities in National security and Space operations. 

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Programs & Courses

#### AEE Charter

#### Space Courses

#### Certificate Programs in Space

Academic Engagement

#### Membership Criteria

#### Membership Application

#### Current Members

Membership Benefits

#### **HOW MEMBERS WILL BENEFIT FROM THE ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT ENTERPRISE**

Academic institutions that have joined USSPACECOM’s Academic Engagement Enterprise will:

• Receive Defense-level Space Learning outcomes, competencies and behaviors, that could enhance your students, programs, and collaborative research

• Receive invitations to exclusive events hosted by USSPACECOM: Webinars, AEE Symposiums, Space Symposium key senior leader level leadershipdiscussions

• Access to guest speakers from USSPACECOM on various space subjects to enhance faculty and student professionalization• Engage in collaborative research, technology integration, student internships, and Tier 1 Exercise integration 

#### Check out our Academic/Space-based articles of interest.

 

Space Workforce Professionalization

#### Academic Engagement Enterprise Concept

Research Information

#### AEE Focus Areas

#### Proposed Research Topic List

#### USSPACECOM Memo to Industry 2023 FY-26

#### National Defense Science & Technology Strategy 2023

#### Rocky Mountain Region | National Security Innovation Network

### Connect with the Academic Engagement Team

#### We want to hear from you!  Please use the contact form below to connect your school/university.  Additionally, you can request a speaker for your event.

Simply fill out the form with your information and we will be in contact with you shortly.

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**Mr. Michael Madsen**, *Branch Chief, Training and Education*michael.madsen.6@usspacecom.mil / **Ms. Amanda Mullins**, *Joint Training Program Manager*amanda.mullins.9@usspacecom.mil / **Mr. Andrew Purath**, *Joint Training Program Manager*andrew.purath.1.ctr@usspacecom.mil / **Mr. Richard Fierro**, *Joint Training Program Manager*richard.fierro.1@usspacecom.mil / 

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