USAFA Economics & Geosciences

?? ?????????????? ??????????????: ???????????? ???????????? ?????????????? ???????????????? ?? Three of our cadets were in the right place at the right time on I-25 North late in the evening on September 7. While cars continued to pass a one-vehicle wreck, C1C Nicole Hedges, C1C Tobias Temple and C2C Wyatt Bell pulled over to help a driver trapped inside her overturned car. These cadet heroes credited multiple aspects of their #USAFA training, beginning with the Leader of Character Framework. As Tobias says, “I believe everyone has to feel a strong obligation to do the right thing. The Academy highlights the necessity to service before self. That night shows how our training builds your moral compass.” ??Read more about the cadets’ highway heroism: https://lnkd.in/gxxJUxJB #LeadersofCharacter #Heroes #ServiceBeforeSelf #NeverQuitNeverSettle #AllGritNoQuit

Great opportunity for a PhD researcher to join the OLEA team at US Air Force Academy! https://lnkd.in/gEB4xgPr

Last semester we offered a special topics course on Health Economics for Policy & Management. Most of the students commissioned into the Health Services career field, but one of them had the amazing opportunity to build upon the foundation established in our course at the Hoover Institute's Summer Policy Boot Camp!

Political Science has openings! We can promise great faculty colleagues next door.

Seeking real-world problems for next year's Operations Research students to solve! Now that the United States Air Force Academy class of 2024 is graduated and enjoying some well-deserved time off, it's time for me to "prep the battlefield" for the class of 2025. Each year, our United States Air Force Academy, Department of Management's Operations Research Course takes on a variety of ill-defined problems from military, government, business and/or non-profit organizations. The goal of the course is to have teams of students (with faculty support) work through real-world problems and deliver data-driven solutions near the end of the academic year (i.e. April 2025). Operations Research cadets specialize in analytics and building mathematical models for decision support. They take classes in economics, management, computers science, and math (and of course aeronautical engineering, astronautical engineering and all of the other required Air Force Academy courses). They are especially familiar with math programming (e.g., optimization), simulation, queuing analysis, decision trees, and mathematical forecasting. In recent years, teams have worked on a wide-variety of projects including scheduling pilots and airspace, improving an elementary school’s student pick-up process, and creating a model to simulate opposing pitchers for our AF Baseball team. If you have business problems/decisions/questions to solve/make/answer, relevant data available to analyze, and the time to work with a group of students over the next year, this could be a great opportunity to leverage the expertise of our students and faculty members! I'm especially interested in finding project sponsors in the local Colorado Springs or Denver areas since they provide easier opportunities for in-person interactions. Prospective project sponsors need to submit a written project proposal to me by August 1st. The best proposals will pitch the projects to the cadets later in August. Send me a message and I'll gladly reach out to you with additional info and project proposal guidance.

Attention Active Duty #Military:?The Department of Economics and Geosciences is accepting applicants to enter our faculty pipeline program.?Selected officers will attend a civilian graduate school of their choice to earn a Masters or PhD in #Economics or #Geosciences with a subsequent assignment teaching the next generation of DAF leaders at the United States Air Force Academy. Officers from ALL educational backgrounds are invited to apply for either or both graduate degree programs.?Please reference the AY2025 AAD/SPEED Guide located on MyFSS for application details and communicate your interest with Lt Col Justin Cook ([email protected]), Department Director of Personnel, no later than 31 July 2025.?

Congratulation to #economists and newly commissioned 2Lts Peninah D'Souza and Grace Sublette who were recognized among the Top 6 athletes award winners: Air Force recognizes Top 6 Award winners, MVPs - Air Force Academy Athletics

??Join us in congratulating our #USAFA2024 grads! United States Air Force United States Space Force #UnitedWeEndure #airmen #guardians #graduation #LeadersOfCharacter

One more reason to celebrate #Econ & OR Double Major Grace Sublette!

Cadets are in the fountains and grades are in. Congratulations to the #USAFA #Classof2024. We know who is going to carry the boats.