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Butler Manufacturing™ is a division of BlueScope Buildings North America, Inc. 2155 East Main Street • Torrington, Connecticut 06790 Wittmann Battenfeld, Torrington, CT Napoli Retail, Southington, CT Nufern, East Granby, CT Windsor Marketing Group (WMG), Suffield, CT The Belknap White Group, Hartford, CT Since 1942, The Single Source Construction Firm Since 1942, our goal has been simple: To provide our clients with complete design, planning and construction services for commercial, industrial and retail buildings. Based on years of experience, we're price competitive and offer high quality. When the strictest attention to detail is critical to your success, you can always count on Borghesi to deliver. From concept to occupancy, Borghesi is your single source. Contact us at 860-482-7613 or visit us on the web. 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Ad- vanced materials science — research into composites, shape-memory alloys, ceramics and superconductors — will also get new faculty. School of Engineering Dean Jeff Brock has already hired some top-rank- ing researchers, according to Geballe of Yale Ventures. "He's basically got the green light to go fast," Geballe said. At the engineering school, construc- tion as part of $2 billion in recent infra- structure investment has given students both the cutting-edge Center for Engi- neering Innovation and Design and the new standalone Tsai Center for Innova- tive inking at Yale (Tsai CITY). A 12,500-square-foot, steel-and-glass structure abutting computer science hub the Becton Center, Tsai CITY is not even two years old but has already helped launch companies including Aspecta.ai, a recruiting startup that aims to disrupt hiring using artificial intelligence. Aspecta raised $2 million in a capital raise earlier this year led by ZhenFund, a Beijing-based firm that dominates China's early-stage venture capital scene. Multidisciplinary innovation e interdisciplinary focus of many of Yale's recent initiatives reflects the breakdown of traditional walls as artificial intelligence and data science are increasingly used in fields across departments. Interdisciplinary efforts also play a key role in "greentech," a catchall term that incorporates any effort to address environmental issues through science and engineering. Among the university's recent efforts in that regard are the Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture and its Planetary Solutions Project, a larger initiative to address climate change. Creating a greentech cluster in New Haven is one goal for those seeking the "next big thing" for the region, said Matt McCooe, CEO of Connecticut Innova- tions, the state's quasi-public venture capital arm. Work is underway to create a greentech accelerator in New Haven modeled aer one in Boston, he said. Yale's materials science work relating to energy storage could play a key role in forming a greentech cluster, McCooe said, along with research in AI, quan- tum computing and alternative energy. CI plans to launch a dedicated greentech fund in the coming months that will focus on sustainability, water recycling, carbon sequestration, clean air and energy storage, McCooe said. "We're going to really try to make a push to capitalize on some of Connecti- cut's strengths in those areas," he said. Beyond greentech, Yale's recent investments in engineering and applied science will soon generate dividends in new startups, McCooe predicted. "We've got an influx of talent and the research will follow," McCooe said. "ey will win grants from the Depart- ment of Defense and National Science Foundation and you'll see more funding coming in, which brings more students, which brings more innovation and in- tellectual property for Yale to spin out." Geballe of Yale Ventures said the uni- versity still has a ways to go to catch up to its peers in terms of the ratio of research dollars to commercialization, especially outside of the life sciences. Initiatives like the Roberts Fund at the School of Engineering — and new efforts likely to be announced in coming months — will help bridge the gap, he said. "All of this should result in more of the groundbreaking research that we're doing here being translated into more new startups and partnerships that will bring those innovations to market, create jobs and opportunity here in Connecticut, and continue to establish this region as one of the top innovation ecosystems in the world," Geballe said. n FILE PHOTO Matt McCooe, CEO of Connecticut Innovations, says that Yale's materials science work relating to energy storage could play a key role in forming a greentech cluster. PHOTO | CONTRIBUTED The Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale has already helped launch a successful tech startup.

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