[3] Politician and businessman Tom Bruggere was one of the people credited with founding the center,[4] and served as chairman of the group in the early 2000s.
Most of the courses are project-based and provide an opportunity to meet other engineers with similar interests working in related areas.
Sufficient courses are offered to meet the degree requirements for our masters program without having to take time off from work during the day or having to travel to downtown Portland.
OCATE’s mission statement was to “act as a facilitator, coordinator, and promoter of cooperative, world-class, graduate-level, advanced technology education.
OCATE will bring together the best faculty from Oregon's public and private higher education institutions, leading industrial researchers, and out-of-state experts to provide state-of-the-art technological and business education to the advanced technology industries in Oregon.”[12] The center was located at the Capitol Center in Hillsboro, though it had a Beaverton address.