Gov. Dannel Malloy joined Dr. Mun Choi, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at UConn, Dr. David Parekh, vice president, of research and director of the United Technologies Research Center, Dr. Michael McQuade, senior vice president of science and technology at UTC, U.S. Rep. John Larson and East Hartford Mayor Marcia Leclerc break ground on a new research and development facility at the United Technologies Research Center in East Hartford Monday.