An engineer with 25 years of experience in the aerospace, power and propulsion industry has been hired as chief technology officer for the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing. Bob Fagan, who previously was a chief engineer with aerospace company Pratt & Whitney, started work for CCAM last week. The research center in Prince George County is a collaborative venture between the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, Virginia State University, NASA Langley Research Center, and 15 manufacturing companies that so far have joined the consortium.