About CU Boulder
The University of Colorado Boulder, founded in 1876, is consistently ranked among the finest global universities in the world. The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) placed CU Boulder 68th overall and 38th nationally in its 2021-22 list of top worldwide universities. This places CU Boulder within the top 1% of universities on CWUR's ranking.
CU Boulder is also an R1 research institution, with faculty that have launched hundreds of new start-ups, filed for thousands of patents, and delivered nearly 600 new inventions in just the past five years. This community of scientists, scholars, and educators includes five Nobel Laureates, eight MacArthur Genius Grant winners, four National Medal of Science awardees, and more.
right: Engineering Center, CU Boulder, at the foot of the Rocky Mountains
About the College of Engineering & Applied Science
The College of Engineering & Applied Science faculty includes two former NASA astronauts and the founder of Engineers Without Borders-USA. CU Engineering is among the top 25 best engineering schools in the nation.
ME-EM faculty are engineers with extensive experience in a broad range of industries, including aerospace, automotive, telecommunications and renewable energy. They have taken early-stage R&D initiatives and grew them into successful business ventures. They led multi-million dollar product development projects, high-volume manufacturing operations, and complex space programs spanning many industries and governmental organizations. They held senior leadership positions in Fortune 100 companies and high-tech startups alike. They are Entrepreneurs, Product Directors, Operations Managers, Project Managers and C-Suite Executives.
Featured Faculty
Christy Bozic
Instructor Adjunct of Engineering Management
Dr. Christy Bozic joined CU Boulder in 2015 and is currently the EMP Faculty Director. She is a teacher-scholar interested in helping students bridge their engineering education to careers in industry by developing business acumen.
Jessica Leeker
Professor in Engineering Practice
Dr. Jessica Rush Leeker has an MBA with a specialization in Sustainability and Operations and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education. Dr. Leeker has worked for many successful consumer product companies, including Unilever, and Georgia Pacific. She focuses on practical methods of corporate outreach in STEM.
Daniel Moorer
Professor in Engineering Practice
Dr. Daniel Moorer joined the EMP in 2012 as the faculty member responsible for the Project Management and Business Simulation coursework in the Engineering Management Program (EMP). He also leads the Wacari Group, a Boulder, Colorado company whose charter is to support the development of innovative and paradigm-breaking product concepts that benefit the community.
Michael Readey
Instructor Adjunct of Engineering Management
Dr. Michael Readey aims to encourage the next generation of engineering leaders to create innovative and socially responsible opportunities in clean energy, air and water for a rapidly growing world. His experience is in technology development, new venture creation, and engineering management.
Ron Duren
Teaching Assistant Professor
Ron Duren Jr. joined the EMP in 2015, after spending 18 years in the corporate world with a Fortune 500 company as a Mechanical Engineer in the data storage industry. He has extensive experience managing outsourced global project teams. He now owns a Leadership Coaching and Consulting practice, in addition to his teaching. He specializes in Leadership development and training executives to perform at their very best under stressful situations.
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