(Hartford Business Journal, 3/23/17) Danbury’s FuelCell Energy executives traveled to South Korea this week where its manufacturing partner and minority owner, POSCO Energy, unveiled a 20-megawatt fuel cell park in the capital city of Seoul. POSCO, which has a licensing agreement with FuelCell to build and sell its power plants…
On This Day: March 30
(Encyclopedia Britannica) Arthur William Sidney Herrington, was born on this day, March 30, in 1891, in Coddenham, East Suffolk, Eng. and died Sept. 6, 1970, Indianapolis, Ind., U.S.. He was an American engineer and manufacturer who developed a series of military vehicles, the best known of which was the World…
These 2 Women Quit Corporate America to Tackle STEM Education
(Greenwich Time, 3/24/17) On any given day, Camilla Gazal and Flavia Naslausky head to work at one of their three Zaniac STEM after-school education locations, all of them splashed in bright colors, littered with toys and games – chess sets, bingo boards, and Jenga blocks, for example – and brimming…
CT needs to incentivize growing defense workforce
(Hartford Business Journal, 3/29/17) – Incentivizing training and retention of workers in Connecticut’s defense industry are just two of the steps recommended to help the state maintain a competitive edge, according to a new policy brief released Wednesday. With Electric Boat in Groton and Pratt & Whitney in East Hartford…
A Stanford engineer is making stretchable, flexible skin that’s straight out of Westworld
(Greenwich Time, 3/25/17) Ask Zhenan Bao why she went from designing batteries to creating synthetic, human-like skin and she’ll give you a simple answer. “I decided it was time to start helping people,” Bao, a chemical engineering professor at Stanford, tells Business Insider. Bao’s 17-member Stanford team is developing is flexible, stretchable skin that…
Siemens gives CT community colleges $315M worth of manufacturing software
(Hartford Courant, 3/27/17) — Siemens, a German manufacturing and electronics company, is giving the state’s community colleges manufacturing and product design software with a commercial value of $315 million. “This is great news for our system but especially for our students,” said Mark Ojakian, president of Connecticut State Colleges &…
The Digital Automotive Factory Arrives
(AutomationWorld, 2/7/17) Sometimes it’s hard to remember that the digitalization of manufacturing has only been discussed in earnest for the past five years or so. With all the surrounding technological developments—from the Internet of Things to virtualization to augmented reality to edge computing—it seems like we’ve been talking about this…
Energize CT announces eesmarts student contest
(Southington Observer, 3/19/17) Energize Connecticut, in partnership with Eversource and AVANGRID, Inc. subsidiaries United Illuminating, Southern Connecticut Gas and Connecticut Natural Gas, is accepting entries for its 13th annual eesmarts student contest, a competition encouraging students to create projects about energy efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainability. The contest is open…
On This Day: March 23
March 23, 1903: The Wright brothers filed for “Flying Machine” patent (Live Science) The long-missing patent paperwork filed by aviation pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright on March 23,1903, included a diagram of their invention, their petition for patent approval, the patent registry form, and their patent oath, affirming that “they verily…
CT Energy Services Available to South Windsor Businesses
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — The Connecticut Office of Energy Efficient Businesses (OEEB) is expanding its services to businesses in the town of South Windsor beginning March 23. OEEB’s energy outreach specialists will meet with businesses to reduce energy consumption and identify cost savings from energy efficiency work, energy procurement, fuel…