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Features: May 20, 2002
Rensselaer Joins Effort To Form Connecticut
Center for Advanced Technology
Rensselaer is part of a combined effort
to create a national center of excellence in science and
technology research and development in Connecticut. The
state of Connecticut will receive a $1.5 million grant from
the U.S. Air Force to form the Connecticut Center for Advanced
Technology (CCAT). CCAT will provide a national focus for
innovation, collaboration, and education that will lead
and support the growth of the region's technology industry.
Rensselaer is part of a combined effort
to create a national center of excellence in science
and technology research and development in Connecticut.
The state of Connecticut will receive a $1.5 million
grant from the U.S. Air Force to form the Connecticut
Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT).
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The two-year initiative is a partnership
among government, private industry, and academic institutions
including Rensselaer, the University of Connecticut, and
Yale University. It will focus on the development of the
next generation of technological systems for both military
and civilian applications, as well as assisting other organizations
in technology advances.
"Rensselaer, through its campus in
Hartford, Conn., is proud to be a collaborator in this endeavor,"
said President Shirley Ann Jackson. "This center will
be another catalyst for Rensselaer to further expand its
Connecticut-based engineering and research programs, to
drive economic development, and to further the goals of
creating a thriving hub for science and technology in the
Hartford region."
The grant will be administered through the
UConn Business and Law Schools.
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