Continuing Education

“We have more than a dozen students from Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. taking part in the Center for Advanced Engineering and Technology Education program to enhance their current position with the company.  Our students enjoy the options CAETE provides and the program’s flexibility. I highly recommend anyone in the engineering field consider this exceptional program—the entire department is committed to flexible, quality education.”  —Karen Anderson, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. “The course material helped me to take a step back from my own engineering job and really start to look at the company that I work for as a whole. It opened my mind to learning more about how management functions, in addition to discovering new ways to perform management tasks efficiently and effectively.”    —Blair Downs, Design Engineer/Project Manager, Michelin North America “We provide a unique service to the business community, enabling students to earn Six Sigma certification as a distance student and at a fraction of the cost typically charged by private firms.”    —Jeffrey Luftig, Deming Professor of Engineering Management

The College of Engineering and Applied Science offers programs and services that enable working engineers, managers, and technical professionals to be more effective and their companies more competitive. 

Top engineering faculty deliver courses both on campus and at a distance through state-of-the-art methods that are attractive to the nation’s top companies.  Graduates include working professionals from industry leaders such as Lockheed Martin, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Ball Aerospace, Seagate, Raytheon, Sun Microsystems, and many more.

Certificate Programs

• Electrical and Computer Engineering Certificates
  Embedded Systems
  Power Electronics
  Software Engineering
• Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program
  Computer and Network Security
  Wireless Networks and Technologies
• Lockheed Martin Engineering Management Program
  Managing Applied Research in Technology
  Project Management
  Performance Excellence in Technology Management
  Quality Systems for Product & Process Engineering
  Research & Development
  Six Sigma Certifications

Distance Education

The Center for Advanced Engineering and Technology Education (CAETE) offers working professionals a convenient and flexible way to continue their education at home or a work site. Several master’s degrees and professional certification programs are available via the Internet and CD-ROM.

Graduate Degree Programs

The following graduate degree programs are available:

• Aerospace Engineering Sciences
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Science
• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Interdisciplinary Telecommunications
• Engineering Management

Contacts
Mario Vidalon
Director, Center for Advanced Engineering and Technology Education
303-492-6048
Mario.vidalon@colorado.edu

Barbara Lawton
Director, Engineering Management Program
303-492-2034
Barbara.lawton@colorado.edu