InternalUniversity News10/22/2021Ravi Gorthala, Ph.D., will serve as director of the center, which is supported by a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy and is part of a collaboration with the University of Connecticut. The center will help small and medium-sized regional manufacturers reduce their carbon footprint and improve their productivity, and it will provide students with hands-on learning opportunities.Renee Chmiel, Office of Marketing and CommunicationsOctober 22, 2021A student oversees a pre-pandemic outreach event that included energy consultants and engineers from United Illuminating and Eversource.Newsnews-allnews-releasesyear-2021