
Engineering Leadership Council
About the Engineering Leadership Council

The UCCS College of Engineering and Applied Science Engineering Leadership Council (ELC) exists to bring together industry and higher education to provide meaningful solutions to regional workforce needs, deliver world class education, and create positive benefits for the college, students, and industry. Council membership represents relevant industry sectors.
The council meets twice per year. Initiatives and/or task forces will be identified and created as needed by the Dean and ELC leadership and meet more often as needed.
The Engineering Leadership Council members assist the college by advocating for the college, sharing industry and personal expertise, providing resources to support ELC initiatives, demonstrate meaningful investment in the college, and support college engagement: senior design projects, research, industry to career experiences, internships, employment, etc.
The UCCS Engineering Leadership Council (ELC) is the advisory board for the UCCS CAE (Center of Academic Excellence) in Cyber Defense, as accredited by the NSA. The goal of the ELC in this capacity it to provide programmatic guidance over the activities of the CAE program, in addition to those noted above.
Membership
- Members are senior management or lead technical professionals in their organization
- Participation is by invitation and renewable every two years
Additional Resources
Contact Information
Megan Mrkonjich, Career and Industry Program Director
Engineering Leadership Council Administrator
College of Engineering and Applied Science
easELC@uccs.edu | mmrkonji@uccs.edu
719-255-3045