Christy Bozic, faculty director of the Engineering Management Program,聽will be leaving CU Boulder at the end of July to pursue a new opportunity at Duke University. This is a significant loss for us but an incredible opportunity for Christy.
Christy joined our faculty in 2014 and has been serving as the Lockheed Martin Professor of Engineering Management and faculty director of EMP聽since 2019. In addition to teaching classes in project management, engineering economics聽and engineering management, Christy has been an exceptional leader who has elevated the stature of our program.
The Pratt School of Engineering at Duke is fortunate to have her taking the reins of their engineering management program, where I am sure she will do great things. Please join me in wishing Christy continued success as she heads to North Carolina.
With Christy鈥檚 departure, I鈥檓 pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Gazarik as the Interim Director of the Engineering Management Program.
Mike has served the college in numerous roles. In addition to serving on our Engineering Advisory Council, Mike has lectured in both the Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences and EMP.
Early in his career, Mike led the creation of the Space Technology Mission Directorate at NASA headquarters and served as its first associate administrator, where he championed NASA's rapid development and adoption of transformative technologies.
With his recent retirement from Ball Aerospace (now BAE), Mike will be joining CU Boulder as a full-time scholar in residence in the Engineering Management Program. I am eager to see continued growth and innovation for this important program under Mike鈥檚 leadership.