CO-LABS is a non-profit consortium of federal research laboratories & institutions, universities, colleges, businesses and economic development organizations that provide financial and in-kind support for programs that promote the retention and expansion of Colorado's scientific resources.
From agriculture to aerospace, geology to GPS, infectious disease to quantum physics, even wildlife biology to ice cores (and more!) the range of crucial, world-class research in our state is astounding.
Our members recognize the importance of science as a fundamental source of humanity's progress, as a limitless resource to provide insight and answers, and as a source of wonder that can awe and cause joy. Keeping our scientific research labs and institutes funded is a matter of pragmatism and national security as much as it is a matter of pride and inspiration.
Did You Know:
Federally-Funded research labs in Colorado contribute $2.6 billion/year to the state's economy and provide 17,000 direct and indirect jobs. Source: CO-LABS 2016 Economic Impact Study
Through events, economic analyses, strategic communications and networking activities we work to:
• PROMOTE Colorado as a global leader in research and technology
• EDUCATE the public about the labs’ impact and importance of sustained funding for research
• CONNECT the labs, universities and businesses to facilitate partnerships and technology transfer
To learn more, visit www.CO-LABS.org.
This is the last week we are accepting applications for the laboratory director position at NREL with the expected closing date being Friday April 18th. Feel free to reach out to myself with any questions or review https://lnkd.in/gbj2RCv7 for more information.
NREL is seeking a new laboratory director to help lead the organization. If you’re interested in joining a world-class team of scientists and researchers at facilities focused on leading and delivering integrated solutions for an affordable and secure energy future, please do not hesitate to reach out to learn more. Alternatively check out our dedicated webpage. https://lnkd.in/gbj2RCv7https://lnkd.in/gmv58p4W
How do we turn federal lab breakthroughs into real-world impact?
Join the FLC for a free educational webinar tomorrow, April 16, from Noon–1 PM ET.
Larry Culp shares lessons from decades of guiding researchers and innovators from the lab bench to the marketplace. Learn how to bridge science and commercialization—and why understanding the entire innovation journey matters.
Save your spot now: https://bit.ly/3Gda7zl
✈️ Applications Now Open: 2025 Sustainable Aviation Cleantech Challenge
We are now accepting applications for the second annual Sustainable Aviation Cleantech Challenge, taking place on July 30, 2025, in Denver.
This innovation showcase connects global aviation leaders with cutting-edge cleantech companies working to decarbonize the industry. Selected applicants will present their technologies to major industry partners.
🌍 Technologies of Interest Include:
⬩Active Load Alleviation
⬩Advanced Auxiliary Power Units
⬩Advanced Composites
⬩Aircraft Surface Treatment Technologies (LEAF)
⬩Alternative Wing Designs and Wingtip Devices
⬩Autonomous Flight Solutions
⬩Carbon Capture Use and Sequestration
⬩Digital Thread
⬩Double Bubble Fuselage
⬩Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL)
⬩EV Charging
⬩Hydrogen & Hydrogen Infrastructure
⬩Propulsion Innovations
⬩Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs)
⬩Onboard Power Solutions
⬩Other applicable technologies
🔗 Apply by Wednesday, June 18 at 5:00 PM MT: https://shorturl.at/diqfy#SustainableAviation#Cleantech#AviationInnovation#SAF#Hydrogen#eVTOL#Decarbonization#ColoradoCleantech#AviationTech#ClimateTech#AviationCleantechChallenge
Aircraft icing uncovered! ❄️✈️ Tomorrow at 5:30 MT, join NSF NCAR scientists Julie Haggerty and Daniel Adriaansen for their Explorer Series talk about aircraft icing conditions and how their research helps pilots to stay safe in the skies.
Register: https://lnkd.in/gi9NSS2C#aircraft#icing
Virtual April 17, 12:30 - 5:00pm MT: Growing the Mountain West Quantum Ecosystem hosted by Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Renewing American Innovation program (RAI) and Colorado School of Mines: A multi-panel symposium on the ongoing development of the Mountain West region’s #quantum innovation ecosystem.
The discussions will explore the region’s assets and capabilities, the challenges and opportunities for small (and large) firms, as well as the need for improved cooperation across the emerging ecosystem. Growing this strategic ecosystem can accelerate the growth of Colorado’s quantum tech economy and develop its quantum workforce with major benefits for the region and, more broadly, the growing global industry. We'll learn from Walter Copan, Wendy Lea, Scott Sternberg, Jessi Olsen, Scott Davis, Josh Savory, James Kushmerick, Eve Lieberman, SUJAI SHIVAKUMAR, Ph.D. and many others.
This symposium is a key element of a review of the U.S. Quantum Opportunity recently launched by Renewing American Innovation program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Launched with the support of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and in cooperation with the Quantum Economic Development Consortium (#QED-C), the study is identifying policies to support and grow a competitive quantum industry that is both grounded in the United States and connected with leading quantum companies and organizations abroad. The study is exploring cooperative approaches to accelerate U.S. based quantum technology development and deployment, identifying means to address engineering and technology challenges to the development of utility-scale quantum technology systems, and seeking paths to encourage mutually beneficial collaboration in quantum among like-minded countries.
#scienceisnationalsecurityhttps://lnkd.in/dhfiMXRF
UCAR and Friends of the National Center invite you to learn about the legacy of Walter Orr Roberts, NSF NCAR’s first director, and solar observation at our upcoming event "Solar Nexus"! Hear from experts about the history of solar research, the NSF NCAR High Altitude Observatory (HAO), HAO's research, and more!
Join us on Friday, April 25 at the Mesa Lab or join the livestream virtually. The Mesa Lab will also host a special photography exhibit prior to the event. Register: https://lnkd.in/gKwNz-rX
CO-LABS is collecting information about the threatened or actual budget cuts, staff layoffs, and confusing or contradictory directives affecting federally funded research labs in Colorado.
We are working to provide insight on the negative impacts of these swirling policy issues to our federal elected officials to help mitigate and halt the destruction of our national research ecosystem - please provide your comments, you can remain anonymous or provide your contact info:
#science#Colorado#scienceisnationalsecurityhttps://lnkd.in/gDDxFTgA
#NOAA’s GOES-19 Now Operational as GOES East, Providing Critical New Data to Forecasters - In its new role, GOES-19 will serve as NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration's primary geostationary #satellite for much of the Western Hemisphere. It will track #hurricanes and tropical #storms in the Atlantic #ocean basin, as well as monitor severe weather, atmospheric rivers, #wildfires, volcanic #eruptions and other environmental events affecting the contiguous U.S.
It is also equipped with space weather instruments to monitor the sun, including NOAA’s first compact #coronagraph instrument (CCOR-1). CCOR-1 will be the primary source for critical information about impending geomagnetic storm conditions, allowing NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (#SWPC) to issue warnings one to three days in advance.
Near real-time operational GOES-19 satellite imagery can now be viewed at this NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) site: https://www.goes.noaa.gov/
Read more details and see videos>>> https://lnkd.in/eQzZvyRY#scienceisnationalsecurity
NOAA’s GOES-19 satellite has officially begun operations as GOES East!
Find out how the satellite is providing critical new data to forecasters:
bit.ly/3XUBLqW
I often get asked to make seemingly impossible maps. Recently I was asked to map existing data centers across the US. “Also, it needs to show fiber optic lines. Oh and transmission lines. Probably water resource availability too. Oh and major urban areas. Yeah and it needs to fit on a single slide.” It all sounds good until you start piling on all the data and make the map small enough to be legible on a 6 or 8 inch wide graphic. But years of being presented with the challenge made me pretty decent at pulling it off—at least most of the time!
Also I want to thank Avenza Systems Inc. for implementing an awesome new point scaling tool on my recommendation. They listened thoroughly to my proposal for the new tool and by golly they sure delivered! The new tool for MAPublisher works like a dream, and I used it for the first time to scale the data centers on this map.
#cartography#maps#datamapping#datacenters#energy#energymapping#transmission#transmissiongrid#electricgrid#mapublisher
