New CSU center takes aim at tech-worker shortage

FORT COLLINS — Colorado State University is making a bid for regional leadership in the field of technology management with its Product Realization Institute for Strategic Technologies, now under development.
An interdisciplinary program, the institute will focus on preparing engineers and managers in the computer and electronics industries to facilitate the product-development process.
The idea for the institute came about when executives from Storage Technology Corp. of Louisville approached CSU officials, said CSU engineering dean Steve Bolander. The data-storage and retrieval industry needs to move products rapidly from research to delivery, he explained.
"Product life cycles are so…