During the week of October 15th and 22nd, Dr. Mark Tschopp (ARL-Central Regional Lead) and Dr. Mike Kweon (ARL VTD Propulsion Division Chief) held meetings with University researchers and research staff at Argonne National Laboratory to discuss future of propulsion research at ARL-Central as well as efforts to stand up CUP (Center for UAS Propulsion Systems). The Universities included University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Wisconsin Madison, University of Illinois Chicago, and Northwestern University. Meetings were held at the respective Universities and and at Argonne National Laboratory. ARL-Central already has over 20 faculty and student hires as part of ARL Central in diverse fields such as Propulsion, fuels, materials, and acoustics.