Archived Meeting

Micro & Nano Manufacturing:

Could Tiny Technology
Mean Big Business in Vermont?

Main Speaker

Harry Stephanou, Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute In December, Senator Patrick Leahy and the Bennington County Industrial Corporation (BCIC) announced that the Bennington Microtechnology Center secured its first major client. Senator Leahy obtained the set aside of $3.5 million within the U.S. Office of Naval Research to develop high-tech microsystem technologies for Navy use. “This is a major pivot point for the Center,” said Senator Leahy. “A lot of work is going into developing this technology niche that will bring new jobs and economic growth to Southern Vermont.” The Center — planned for North Bennington, Vermont — will supply state-of-the-art space, equipment, and know-how to firms and entrepreneurs wishing to test and manufacture high performance micro-devices and machines. Dr. Stephanou, head of the Center for Automation Technologies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), will discuss the supporting role RPI will play in BCIC’s technology initiative.

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