{"id":129227,"date":"2022-06-16T10:37:31","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T14:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=129227"},"modified":"2025-06-25T15:31:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T19:31:13","slug":"ucf-signs-educational-partnership-agreement-with-u-s-space-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-signs-educational-partnership-agreement-with-u-s-space-force\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Signs Educational Partnership Agreement with U.S. Space Force"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UCF, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/space\/\">nation\u2019s Space University<\/a>, has now entered an agreement with the U.S. Space Force to help develop technology and an agile workforce ready for space.<\/p>\n<p>The two organizations recently signed an Educational Partnership Agreement (EPA) after several Space Force officials visited UCF in March.<\/p>\n<p>Three members \u2014 also known as Guardians \u2014 of the Space Force spent a day at UCF learning about some of our space-relevant research and hands-on courses and met with some of UCF\u2019s ROTC cadets. They were Lisa Costa, chief technology and innovation officer, Joel Mozer, director of the Science, Technology, and Research Directorate, and Nackieb Kamin manager of &nbsp;the Science, Technology, and Research Directorate<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a lot of strengths in areas that are of interest to Space Force such as modeling and simulation, engineering and interdisciplinary research,\u201d says <strong>Grace Bochenek \u201998PhD<\/strong>, director of UCF\u2019s School for Modeling, Simulation and Training who led efforts to broker the agreement. \u201cThe EPA allows us a lot of flexibility so we can work together and help drive the kind of innovation that the Space Force is looking for while also developing an agile workforce that\u2019s got the right stuff and is ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The agreement focuses on six areas science, technology and research priorities. They are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improving freedom of action in, from and to the space domain<\/li>\n<li>Improving the survivability and resilience of space systems and architectures<\/li>\n<li>Digital engineering and model-based system engineering<\/li>\n<li>Increasing responsible artificial intelligence, machine learning and autonomy<\/li>\n<li>Improving space access, mobility and logistics<\/li>\n<li>Enhancement and integration of existing services from and through an expanded space domain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The agreement also states there may be opportunities for faculty exchanges, for collaborative research projects and for student internship opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Congress created the Space Force through the National Defense Authorization Act in 2019 as a distinct branch of the armed services under the U.S. Air Force.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_129232\" style=\"max-width: 1200px;\" class=\"figure mx-auto d-block\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid w-100 wp-image-129232 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2022\/06\/WEBSpaceForceGroup.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2022\/06\/WEBSpaceForceGroup.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2022\/06\/WEBSpaceForceGroup-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2022\/06\/WEBSpaceForceGroup-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2022\/06\/WEBSpaceForceGroup-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2022\/06\/WEBSpaceForceGroup-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid w-100 wp-image-129232 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201200%20800%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201200%20800%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2022\/06\/WEBSpaceForceGroup.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2022\/06\/WEBSpaceForceGroup-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2022\/06\/WEBSpaceForceGroup-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2022\/06\/WEBSpaceForceGroup-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2022\/06\/WEBSpaceForceGroup-360x240.jpg 360w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2022\/06\/WEBSpaceForceGroup.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">From left to right: Lisa Costa, chief technology and innovation officer, Elizabeth Klonoff, VP of Research and Dean of the College of Graduate Studies, Joel Mozer, director of the Science, Technology, Grace Bochenek, Director UCF&#8217;s SMST and Research Directorate, and Nackieb Kamin manager of the Science, Technology, and Research Directorate.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOur students will certainly benefit from this new collaboration,\u201d says Elizabeth Klonoff, vice president for Research and dean of the College of Graduate Studies. \u201cA lot of our graduate students already work in high tech industries and many of them are working on tech that is space bound.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of UCF\u2019s areas of strength is as noted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/unleashing-potential\/\">Unleashing Potential, the recently approved strategic plan<\/a>, is space technologies and systems \u2014 a field the university has been committed to advancing since its founding. UCF has received more than $193 million worth of NASA awards, helping to advance science and society through innovative research. UCF faculty are involved in more than 674 NASA projects and 17 researchers have asteroids named after them in recognition for their contributions. Faculty are currently working on projects with NASA (Artemis, Viper) and commercial partners. Some UCF engineers are working on technology to get spacecraft into space more efficiently and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/flying-at-speeds-up-to-mach-16-could-become-reality-with-ucfs-developing-propulsion-system\/\">much faster<\/a>, or on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-researcher-is-part-of-team-that-will-send-rotorcraft-to-saturns-moon-titan\/\">unique vehicles to help explore other planets <\/a>once we get there. UCF is also home to the Exolith Lab, known for creating simulated space dirt that researchers around the world use to test equipment and ideas for space travel and habitation. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-experimental-space-dirt-used-by-nasa-private-companies-to-advance-space-exploration\/\">In 2021 the lab delivered more than 37 metric tons to customers including Kennedy Space Center.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The nation\u2019s Space University now has an agreement with the agency to help develop the technology and workforce needed for space exploration and 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