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The new School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE) brings together:

  • The Department of Geological Sciences
  • The Astronomy Group of the Department of Physics and Astronomy
  • The Center for Meteorite Studies
  • Systems Engineering
Mission of the School: Exploring Scientific and Technical Frontiers on Earth and in Space

The School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE) enables trandisciplinary instruction and research and will accelerate the pace of discovery by breaking barriers between traditional scientific systems engineering and science.

SESE will train a new type of transdisciplinary explorer i.e., scientists with experience in engineering and engineers with a strong understanding of science. 

The goal of SESE is to create unprecedented transdisciplinary connections between scientists and engineers. SESE will create an environment in which the scientists who ask exploration questions and the engineers who design the means to answer them are integral parts of the same exploration team.  Specific objectives include:
  • Educate and train future leaders in earth and space exploration, education, government and industry.
  • Search for new knowledge and understanding through transdisciplinary research.
  • Develop innovative engineering approaches to enable and sustain human and robotic exploration.
  • Educate and train the future workforce of the Phoenix metropolitan area and the State of Arizona.
  • Offer learning environments to students throughout the University to pursue new knowledge.
  • Provide policy guidance and public discourse on earth and space exploration within local, regional, national and international communities.
Science Themes

The School brings together scientists to pursue new research programs in Earth and space science, organized to seek answers to some of the most compelling questions of the 21st century. SESE will merge science and engineering into the following themes:
  • Understand how stars and galaxies came to be;
  • Understand the workings of Earth, and apply that understanding to the exploration of other planets;
  • Investigate life’s origin, diversity and evolution, and understand how the signatures of life can be detected on other worlds;
  • Increase preparedness for geologic and environmental hazards through an improved understanding of the interrelationships between humans and our planet.

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