KUAE Vision
As a leader in aerospace design education, KUAE will build on our 60-year legacy to be a world-class community of choice for outstanding students, educators, and researchers shaping the second century of flight.
KUAE Mission Statement
KUAE is an international leader in aerospace education committed to developing a global community of choice for students, educators and researchers by strategically aligning our teaching, research and service missions.
We provide a world class graduate and undergraduate education focused on designing, simulating, building, testing and flying aerospace vehicles.
KUAE invests in research infrastructure and chooses outstanding students, faculty and staff to conduct basic and applied research of relevance to aerospace vehicles and systems.
We support the Aerospace profession by educating the public, by maintaining the KU Aerospace Short Course program and by advising policy-makers in government, industry and our disciplinary professional organizations.
KUAE Strategic Goals
To support our teaching mission:
- Attract the highest quality students
- Make a critical mass of graduate course offerings available for AE graduate students
- Provide a technical staff adequate to support laboratory and flight experiences
- Achieve and maintain a state-of-the-art distance education capability to expand educational outreach to remote learners
To increase the quality and volume of funded research:
- Increase the number of faculty and research staff
- Attract the highest quality graduate students, especially domestic and doctoral students
- Acquire and maintain high quality research facilities
- Provide a technical staff adequate to support research
- Substantially increase and sustain research volume
To provide service:
- Provide a strong presence in national and international technical societies
- Maintain and expand the viability of the KU Aerospace Short Course program
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