UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER

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United Technologies Research Center (UTRC) serves as the innovation hub of United Technologies (UTC) — developing new technologies and facilitating the transfer of technology and capabilities across the company.

UTRC takes curiosity to another level — not just questioning what’s possible, but actually making it happen.

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We ensure UTC’s technological advantage in the market and solve the toughest scientific challenges for our business unit customers.

STRATEGIC FOCUS UTRC’s current strategic focus areas include autonomous systems, advanced manufacturing technologies and processes, and exploring a suite of disciplines supporting the services industries. Some of these disciplines include advanced control and predictive algorithms, embedded intelligence, analytics, human-machine interaction and cyber-physical security.

PARTNERING WITH UTC BUSINESSES United Technologies Research Center supports UTC’s businesses by addressing the challenges of increasing levels of urbanization and global-ization — such as the need for greater efficiency, integration, and performance in modern technologies.

Our researchers focus on the big picture, inves-tigating the “what ifs” of advanced propulsion and power, energy storage, building efficiency, autonomy and human-machine interaction, and revolutionary aircraft systems. Working with the business units of UTC — as well as with leading universities, national laboratories and other international organizations — our ideas are designed for application, culminating in products, technologies and systems that impact the world.

ABOUT UNITED TECHNOLOGIESUnited Technologies is a global leader in the building systems and aerospace industries. Guided by consistent values, United Technologies combines perfor-mance with innovation to create smart, sustainable solutions that help make cities greener, people more secure and travel more efficient.

UTRC OVERVIEWUTRC's diverse staff includes some of the world's best scientific and engineering talent.

LOCATIONSUTRC leverages a global network of innovation at five locations.

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1. BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA Established in 2009, focuses on service technologies, and autonomous and security systems.

2. EAST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS Founded in 1929, focuses on a broad range of thermal, fluid, material and system integration sciences.

3. CORK, IRELAND Established in 2010, focuses on building energy and security, and aerospace systems.

4. ROME, ITALY Joined UTC in 2012, focuses on embedded and model-based systems engineering.

5. SHANGHAI, CHINA Established in 1997, focuses on integrated buildings, fluid and mechanical systems.

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AEROSPACEUTC’s aerospace businesses, which include Pratt & Whitney and UTC Aerospace Systems, are among the world’s largest suppliers of advanced aerospace systems and services.

Experts at the Research Center leverage a network of expertise throughout UTC and around the globe to develop integrated technologies for a new generation of safe, reliable and efficient flight.

This history of innovation has impacted a variety of propulsion and power technologies for commercial and military engines, including advanced combustors, auxiliary power units, compressors and turbines, as well as key technologies for next generation turbofan gearboxes. UTRC is also pioneering improvements in data analytics and prognostic approaches to ensure optimal performance throughout product life.

COMMERCIAL BUILDINGSUTC commercial businesses, which include Otis, and the brands of UTC Climate, Controls & Security — Carrier, Kidde, Chubb—are the world’s largest providers of building technologies.

UTRC takes a systems engineering approach to technology development for the commercial building market, exploring physics-based solutions that effectively integrate and optimize HVAC, security and other systems to ensure occupant comfort and owner/operator satisfaction.

Innovating for new construction as well as existing structures, UTRC is optimizing how buildings function — from commissioning through end-use — while ensuring environmental stewardship.

Through improved design modeling and advanced algorithms that enable diagnostics as well as predictive decision making, UTRC is developing a new generation of integrated building technologies to deliver new standards in comfort and efficiency, and enhance user experience.

TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVESUTRC’s primary technology initiatives are autonomous and intelligent systems, advanced manufacturing and service technologies.

Researchers, engineers and scientists partner with a global network of innovation to advance the leading edge of technology. UTRC’s current strategic focus areas include autonomous systems, novel manufacturing technologies and processes, and exploring a suite of disciplines supporting the services industries. Some of these disciplines include advanced control and predictive algorithms, embedded intelligence, analytics, human-machine interaction and cyber-physical security.

UTRC plays a critical role to the success of the company by developing core capabili-ties to address common needs across the businesses; providing a shared infrastructure with the most advanced tools, equipment and expertise; and coordinating the evaluation and adoption of new technologies across the portfolio.

Detailed simulation and testing of advanced jet engine components and systems

Research, development, and demonstration testing of integrated energy systems for the built environment, including storage technologies and microgrids

Evaluation of advanced materials for sensors used in a multitude of applications

UTRC researchers use augmented reality to enable improved maintenance and service of a wide variety of UTC products

Flight control algorithms, simulations, and systems for autonomous rotorcraft

Next generation of building diagnostic and prognostic algorithms on UTRC’s “living lab” test bed

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