WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27

THURSDAY, JUNE 28

FRIDAY, JUNE 29

TUESDAY, JUNE 26

Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation

8:00 am - 12:00 pm Cost: $20 Attendance Limit: 22

Visit the Boulder campus of Ball Aerospace, famous for its COSTAR instrument that "fixed" the Hubble Space Telescope by providing corrective optics. The tour will include a short presentation, the Environmental Test Facility where hardware is tested ranging in size from optical mechanisms to spacecraft, viewing a large clean room facility, the lubrica- tion lab, and other test labs. Visit www.ball.com/bhome/hspacebu.html for more information. Must be a U.S. Citizen.

United States Air Force Academy

8:30 am - 4:30 pm Cost: $55 Attendance Limit: 22

Experience "real world" research opportunities for the cadets. This tour will include an overview of all the facilities and visits to the Aeronautics and Astronautics Laboratories, the Chapel, and the gift store. The Aeronautics Laboratory houses nine major wind tunnels from Mach 4.3 to low speeds, three jet engine test cells, a rocket/internal combustion engine test cell, and two Genesis 2000 flight simulators. The Astronautics Laboratory houses the Small Satellite Research Center and the Hybrid Rocket Research Program. For additional information, visit www.usafa.af.mil.

Wisdom Industries and Sterling-Overland Trail Museum CANCELLED

8:30 am - 5:00 pm Cost: $70 Attendance Limit: 20

This unique manufacturing facility utilizes state-of-the-art technology and specializes in portable amusement park rides. The tour will include an overview of the shop, CADD/engineering design area, fabrication area, laser cutter, plasma punch, the fiberglass shop, and quite possibly, an opportunity to try out their latest creation. Visit www.wisdomrides.com for more information.

The last stop is a visit to the Sterling-Overland Trail Museum. Built to look like an old fort, this museum focuses on the history of the Overland Trail. It includes a small village and contains fossil remains of the area and artifacts of the early Native Americans and Pioneers.

New Belgium Brewery and Xcel Energy Ponnequin Wind Farm

9:15 am - 5:00 pm Cost: $70 Attendance Limit: 20

Enjoy this microbrewery tour to Fort Collins, learning about company history and philosophy including their environmentally conscious vision. See the brewery processes from brewhouse through fermentation, QA, and packaging. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary tasting complete with chocolates made especially for New Belgium beers. The brewery is one of the largest wind power customers in Colorado. Go to www.newbelgium.com for more information.

At the next stop, experience the successful blending of cattle and buffalo ranching with electric power generation at Xcel Energy's Ponnequin Wind Farm at the Colorado-Wyoming border. Participants will learn about the history

of Colorado's first commercial 20-megawatt wind farm in operation since 1998, including climate and environmental considerations for selecting this location, and the wind turbine generation technology at the site. For additional information, visit www.ueplaza.com/proj27.htm.

AT&T National Digital Television CenterCANCELLED

12:00 pm - 3:30 pm Cost: $20 Attendance Limit: 40

Visit the most technologically advanced primary origination, production, post-production, and digital compression facilities you'll ever see, all in one state-of-the-art complex. Learn about "streaming"- the digital compression of data, audio, and video for optimum delivery over the World Wide Web, and interactive services for emerging ITV. For additional information, go to www.attcenters.com.

Denver International Airport (DIA)

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Cost: $25 Attendance Limit: 18

At 53 square miles, Denver International Airport is the largest and newest airport in the United States. DIA blends modern technology, first-class customer service, and breathtaking architecture into one world-class airport. This tour includes general orientation, the Great Hall of the Terminal, the Operations and Maintenance Control Centers, the Automated Ground Transportation System (AGTS), a first-hand look at the Automated Baggage System, and a visit to the FAA Control Tower, the highest in North America. Portions of this tour may not be wheelchair accessible.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27

National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

7:30 am - 12:00 pm Cost: $20 Attendance Limit: 40

View a video about the research at NIST. See a cryogenics demonstration (the study of extremely low temperatures and their effects on various materials). Visit the atomic clock (the timekeeping system for the U.S.). Go to www.nist.gov for more information.

Learn about NOAA's research involving atmospheric sciences including climate, weather forecasting, and space weather (physical events on the sun). NOAA collects actual climate lab samples from around the world and is the National Weather Service Office. Go to www.ngdc.noaa.gov for additional information.

Fort Collins Water Treatment Facility CANCELLED
and Horsetooth Reservoir

8:15 am - 5:00 pm Cost: $50 Attendance Limit: 40

Tour the 87 MGD Conventional Water Treatment Facility in Fort Collins, Colorado. This facility utilizes state-of-the-art equipment to treat surface water from two sources, including Horsetooth Reservoir. The tour will emphasize the importance of unit processes designed to ensure public health protection for water treatment. Go to www.ci.fort-collins.co.us/utilities for more information. Hazardous chemicals are stored on the premises.

The tour will include the history, purpose, and associated water project of Horsetooth Reservoir. View the construction underway to modernize one of the four earthen dams. Portions of this tour may not be wheelchair accessible.

Caroba Plastics, Inc. and Unicircuit, Inc.

8:30 am - 12:00 pm Cost: $25 Attendance Limit: 15

At Caroba Plastics, see how molds are made and watch the injection molding process of products ranging from

medical tools that aid in bone marrow transplants to CD cases to hard drive cartridge clips. Go to www.caroba.com for additional information. Portions of this tour may not be wheelchair accessible.

Unicircuit is a multilayer printed circuit board manufacturer specializing in Controlled and Differential Impedance, BGA, Fine Line, Blind and Buried Vias, Laser Ablated Vias, Metal Core, and others. The tour includes an explanation of their environmental resource reduction and recycling program that eliminates the creation of hazardous sludge and generates a fully recyclable metal. Visit www.unicircuit.com for additional information. Hazardous chemicals are stored on the premises.

United States Air Force Academy

8:30 am - 4:30 pm Cost: $55 Attendance Limit: 22

Experience "real world" research opportunities for the cadets. This tour will include an overview of all the facilities and visits to the Aeronautics and Astronautics Laboratories, the Chapel, and the gift store. The Aeronautics Laboratory houses nine major wind tunnels from Mach 4.3 to low speeds, three jet engine test cells, a rocket/internal combustion engine test cell, and two Genesis 2000 flight simulators. The Astronautics Laboratory houses the Small Satellite Research Center and the Hybrid Rocket Research Program. For additional information, visit www.usafa.af.mil.

New Belgium Brewery and Xcel Energy Ponnequin Wind Farm

9:15 am - 5:00 pm Cost: $70 Attendance Limit: 20

Enjoy this microbrewery tour to Fort Collins, learning about company history and philosophy including their environmentally conscious vision. See the brewery processes from brewhouse through fermentation, QA, and packaging. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary tasting complete with chocolates made especially for New Belgium beers. The brewery is one of the largest wind power customers in Colorado. Go to www.newbelgium.com for more information.

At the next stop, experience the successful blending of cattle and buffalo ranching with electric power generation at Xcel Energy's Ponnequin Wind Farm at the Colorado-Wyoming border. Participants will learn about the history

of Colorado's first commercial 20-megawatt wind farm in operation since 1998, including climate and environmental considerations for selecting this location, and the wind turbine generation technology at the site. For additional information, visit www.ueplaza.com/proj27.htm.

Coors Brewing Company

12:30 pm - 4:30 pm Cost: $25 Attendance Limit: 20

This VIP tour includes all stages of beer making, including malting, brewing, blending/finishing, and packaging.

Participants will actually step out into the steeping area and get a close-up view of the germination and kilning compartments. Next is a trip onto the floor where the grain is cooked in giant copper kettles. At filtration, one can fill a glass from a sample port in the transfer line. A trip out to the packaging area to see the high speed filling operation is next, and the last stop is the hospitality lounge and gift shop. Go to www.alabev.com/coors.htm for more information.

Metro Wastewater Reclamation District (MWRD)

2:00 pm - 4:30 pm Cost: $20 Attendance Limit: 12

MWRD is the largest wastewater treatment facility between the Mississippi River and the West Coast and has been recognized for its outstanding performance by several Federal agencies and public works associations. Learn about the three recyclable products of water clean enough to be designated as drinking water, a fertilizer product containing organic matter and micronutrients, and methane to generate electricity. Go to www.metrowastewater.com for more information.

THURSDAY, JUNE 28

Optoelectronic Computing Systems Center at University of Colorado at Boulder

12:30 pm - 4:30 pm Cost: $20 Attendance Limit: 22

This tour will introduce the visitors to several labs that are performing research into the use of light to process informa- tion. Research includes the use of arrays of micron-size lasers that can replace the bulky wires inside computers, the use of unique optics that can extend the depth of field of microscopes by a factor of 10 or more, the use of advanced multimedia modules for enhancing engineering education, the microfabrication of electronic and optoelectronic devices, and a display system technique that optimizes the human interface to maximize the transfer of information.

National Ice Core Laboratory and U.S. Geological Survey Core Laboratory

12:30 pm - 4:30 pm Cost: $20 Attendance Limit: 40

One of only four ice core facilities in the world, the lab is housed in this 53,000 cubic foot freezer. You'll need your warm jacket (no sandals) for this tour. The lab stores miles of ice cores, some up to 460,000 years old. The ice cores from as far away as Antarctica are considered a pristine record of environmental history. For additional information, http://www.nicl-smo.sr.unh.edu.

The tour also includes the Geologic Core Laboratory with rock cores from around the world. The rock cores give a record of climate changes in mud, sand, and other materials that have changed through time. Fossils found in the rock cores give clues to our geologic history. Permission slip (parent signature for minors under 18) is required. Go to http://geology.cr.usgs.gov/crc/index.html for additional information.

Coors Brewing Company

12:30 pm - 4:30 pm Cost: $25 Attendance Limit: 20

This VIP tour includes all stages of beer making, including malting, brewing, blending/finishing, and packaging.

Participants will actually step out into the steeping area and get a close-up view of the germination and kilning compartments. Next is a trip onto the floor where the grain is cooked in giant copper kettles. At filtration, one can fill a glass from a sample port in the transfer line. A trip out to the packaging area to see the high speed filling operation is next, and the last stop is the hospitality lounge and gift shop. Go to www.alabev.com/coors.htm for more information.

Denver International Airport (DIA)

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Cost: $25 Attendance Limit: 18

At 53 square miles, Denver International Airport is the largest and newest airport in the United States. DIA blends modern technology, first-class customer service, and breathtaking architecture into one world-class airport. This tour includes general orientation, the Great Hall of the Terminal, the Operations and Maintenance Control Centers, the Automated Ground Transportation System (AGTS), a first-hand look at the Automated Baggage System, and a visit to the FAA Control Tower, the highest in North America. Portions of this tour may not be wheelchair accessible.

Lockheed Martin

1:15 pm - 4:30 pm Cost: $20 Attendance Limit: 40

See all elements of the propulsion final assembly process line for the Titan and Atlas Missiles, which are responsible for placing payloads in geosynchronous transfer orbit. Also, see the assembly of a Centaur 2nd-State Booster in a clean room. Learn both the historical and geographical perspectives of these missiles and boosters. Go to www.ast.lmco.com for more information on the launch vehicles. Must be a U.S. Citizen.

No cameras, recording devices, nor weapons.

FRIDAY, JUNE 29

Coors Brewing Company

12:30 pm - 4:30 pm Cost: $25 Attendance Limit: 20

This VIP tour includes all stages of beer making, including malting, brewing, blending/finishing, and packaging.

Participants will actually step out into the steeping area and get a close-up view of the germination and kilning compartments. Next is a trip onto the floor where the grain is cooked in giant copper kettles. At filtration, one can fill a glass from a sample port in the transfer line. A trip out to the packaging area to see the high speed filling operation is next, and the last stop is the hospitality lounge and gift shop. Go to www.alabev.com/coors.htm for more information.

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
National Wind Technology Center

12:30 pm - 5:00 pm Cost: $30 Attendance Limit: 20

Standing in a rocky field just north of Golden, Colorado, you can feel the raw power of the wind that can occasionally reach speeds of up to 120 miles per hour. At the nation's largest center for wind turbine research and development, the tour will include the various lab and test facilities including drive train testing, blade test stand, and the Hybrid Power Test Facility, as well as an overview of NREL's activities and the different types of wind turbine generators under test at the site. Depending on the size of the group, a trip to the top of the 600-kilowatt wind turbine via elevator and a short ladder climb may be included. Visit www.nrel.gov for additional information. Must be a U.S. Citizen.

AT&T National Digital Television Center CANCELLED

1:00 pm - 4:30 pm Cost: $20 Attendance Limit: 40

Visit the most technologically advanced primary origination, production, post-production, and digital compression facilities you'll ever see, all in one state-of-the-art complex. Learn about "streaming"- the digital compression of data, audio, and video for optimum delivery over the World Wide Web, and interactive services for emerging ITV. For additional information, go to www.attcenters.com.