GRAND FORKS HERALD — Northland Community and Technical College has been awarded a $7 million National Science Foundation grant to form the National Center for Autonomous Technologies at NCTC’s Thief River Falls campus. The grant is the largest in Northland’s history.
Jonathan Beck, principal investigator NCAT and a Northland unmanned aerial systems instructor, said Northland and the center have a “remarkable opportunity” to be leading the educational development of autonomous technologies.
“It’s a really amazing opportunity to be able to receive an award like this from the National Science Foundation to stand up the National Center for Autonomous Technologies,” he said. “Autonomous technology is one of those technologies that I think is going to have significant impact and will probably be one of the most disruptive technologies that we’ll have over the next decade.”
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Northland will partner with St. Cloud State University, Marine Advanced Technology Education Inspiration for Innovation, the Center for Advanced Automotive Technology, the National Geospatial Technology Center of Excellence and the Minnesota State Transportation Center of Excellence to educate and promote autonomous technologies throughout the United States.
