Cat Kutay is descended from seafarers of Celtic and Pacific origin. Cat is a Lecturer in the College of Engineering, IT and Environment at Charles Darwin University. She works with Aboriginal communities for online language learning and story sharing as a way for Aboriginal culture and knowledge to be acknowledged and integrated into Australian engineering approaches.

She is a Computer and Electrical Engineer. She manages projects developing software for web services for Indigenous Knowledge sharing including Aboriginal language learning and embed Indigenous Knowledge in university teaching. In particular she develops online and blended learning resources using narrative techniques, simulations, games and multimedia to provide more immersive techniques and practice-based learning. For online or workshop classes, she has researched agent support for online group learning based on student interaction patterns and improvements in learning based on social constructivist pedagogy.

Cat Kutay's research is in the areas of: Indigenous knowledge management, particularly through online and mobile systems; Human Computer Interaction, in particular the presentation of information for exploration and pattern matching; Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL); and Artificial agents for emergent narrative in games.

Specific research domains include:

• Data Management and Visualisation through web interfaces
• Web Services for online sharing and integration of multimedia-based knowledge using in cross-cultural training
• Languge processing for supporting learning by teachers and students in Indigenous languages
• Indigenous Technology – ICT for Knowledge Management and new approach for development of Engineering Solutions
• Indigenous Knowledge online – language, teaching and storytelling
• Sustainable Engineering in management and technology
• Simulation Games using Artificial Agents for Emergent Narratives
• Group Learning Technologies 
• Engineering and Design Process