(Hartford Courant, 10/17/17) Working Cities Challenge EAST HARTFORD — East Hartford has been selected to participate, competing with nine other towns and cities across Connecticut, in the Working Cities Challenge. Developed by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, this Challenge is a multiyear, multistate funding initiative that is designed to…
(The Hour, 10/13/17) WILTON — Anderson Campbell worked on his Chromebook inside the library at Middlebrook School, as did his classmates beside him. They were learning how to use Google Docs, Sheets and other apps in their new digital citizenship class for sixth-graders. The class is meant to teach responsible…
(CT Space Grant, 10/5/17) During this past summer, Ms. Thienly Nguyen, an undergraduate biomedical engineering student enrolled in the University of Hartford, was an intern at the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT) in their Education and Workforce Development (EWD) department. CCAT is a non-profit organization that, at its start, focused on supporting and…
(Hartford Business Journal, 10/9/17) Of the 5,565 electric vehicles (EV) registered in Connecticut, three are powered by fuel cells — which convert compressed hydrogen gas into electricity. Fuel cell vehicles, or FCEVs, could help Connecticut’s EV ambitions, but it will require the state to adopt hydrogen fueling stations to become…
(Hartford Business Journal, 10/9/17) Two constants exist for U.S. manufacturers: One is that technology is forever on the march; the other is that there will always be someone eager for a shortcut or backdoor into cutting-edge production processes or equipment. Thankfully, perhaps, the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology Inc. —…
(The Day, 10/6/17) Groton — More than 50 middle schoolers had been working on a K’Nex swing ride project for over 10 minutes when Bruce Karasik told them he didn’t like the way it was turning out, and they would have to partially start over with a new design. Paxton Montieth, an eighth-grade student…
(Hartford Business Journal, 9/27/17) For the sixth consecutive year, Connecticut is celebrating October as manufacturing month, and coordinating activities with a nationwide campaign to draw more talent to the industry. Licensed and led by East Hartford’s Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology Inc. (CCAT) and financed by the Department of Economic…
(MetroHartford Alliance Investor News, 9/6/2017) United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut 2017 Community Campaign Chairs Announced Hartford, Conn. (September 5, 2017) — For the second time in its history, United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut is pleased to announce Tri-Chairs for its annual United Way Community Campaign with…
Manufacturing jobs are becoming available in Connecticut, but schools and businesses are straining as they find and train just hundreds of new workers ready to be hired. Read about what CCAT is doing to engage our future workforce and play a leadership role in Education & Workforce Development.
(Hartford Courant, 7/26/17) LED strips and twinkle lights flash constantly in the office of University of Connecticut professor Ed Large, just waiting for a beat to latch onto. They’re controlled by a brain, an intelligent listening system designed by Large, who himself is partial to jazz and funk. He thinks…
