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Calling all university students! The Career Accelerator Program (CAP) is back with more workshops, more mentors, and more opportunities to build the skills and connections that can advance your career.

CAP is your chance to get face time with aerospace engineers, recruiters, and industry leaders before everyone else. Build a standout resume in expert-led workshops, sharpen your interviewing skills through mock interviews, ask engineers anything in candid AMA sessions, and learn how to stand out in a competitive industry while building a career path that's uniquely yours. If you're serious about a future in aerospace, be sure to block your calendar for Monday, 11 January.

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Event Highlights Include

Monday, 11 January
  • Start your career accelerator experience with an unforgettable keynote.

  • Hear directly from recruiters during a live panel and learn what makes candidates stand out.

  • Polish your resume with expert-led workshops and put your skills to the test in mock interviews.

  • Meet employers, explore career opportunities, and grow your professional network.

  • Customize your experience with micro sessions on topics like working in defense, pursuing a career in academia, and building better technical presentations.

  • Ask aerospace professionals anything during interactive career roundtables and gain insights from engineers across the industry.

  • Explore graduate school pathways and hear firsthand how to maximize your campus experience.

2026 Featured Speakers Included

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Hillary Coe

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Aymette Medina Jorge

Blue Origin Astronaut; 2023 AIAA Trailblazing Educator Award

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Patrick O'Neill

International Space Station National Laboratory

Joan Misner 2025

Joan Misner

Social Media Influencer (@YourFemaleEngineer)

2026 CAP Meet the Employers Participants Included:

  • Boom Supersonic
  • Electra.aero
  • Flexcompute
  • GE Aerospace
  • General Atomics
  • Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
  • Lockheed Martin Corporation
  • Metacomp Technologies
  • Moog Inc.
  • Northrop Grumman Corporation
  • Rolls-Royce plc
  • RTX Corporation
  • Textron Aviation
  • The Boeing Company

2026 CAP Meet the Universities Participants Included:

  • Auburn University
  • Columbia University
  • Cornell University
  • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  • FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
  • Florida Institute of Technology
  • Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Kennesaw State University
  • Louisiana State University
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Mississippi State University
  • Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • Saint Louis University
  • San Diego State University
  • Stevens Institute of Technology
  • University of Alabama, Huntsville
  • University of Central Florida
  • University of Cincinnati
  • University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
  • University of Florida
  • University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  • University of Michigan
  • University of Minnesota
  • University of North Dakota
  • University of Notre Dame
  • University of Texas at Austin
  • University of Texas, San Antonio
  • University of West Florida
  • Utah State University

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