The American Institute of Manufacturing Integrated Photonics ( AIM Photonics ) has appointed Nicholas Fahrenkopf as executive director. Fahrenkopf has more than 13 years of experience in the semiconductor, microelectronics, and integrated photonics fields. He will officially join the institute on May 18.

Fahrenkopf has served as the technical...

BioMADE ’s latest project round suggests the U.S. bioindustrial manufacturing sector is moving beyond early-stage promise and toward more commercially focused priorities.

The organization announced $21.4 million in funding across 14 projects, supported by federal defense funding, the National Science Foundation and non-federal cost share. The...

America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) announce two new project calls worth a combined $25.6M.

The first project call, Maturation Initiative for Additive Metals Interchangeability (MIAMI), is worth $12.4M and is funded through the Office of the Under Secretary of War, Acquisition and Sustainment...

BioMADE announced 14 cutting-edge new projects that will support the growth and development of the U.S. bioindustrial manufacturing industry. These projects will support the manufacture of innovative bio-based products like a lithium biosorbent for biomining; plastics for 3D printing; proteins for wound healing and chemical defense; biosensors for...

Burns & McDonnell (Kansas City, Mo.) has been selected as the engineer-procure-construct (EPC) provider for BioMADE’s first demonstration-scale facility within its Pilot Plant Network. The facility, in Maple Grove, Minnesota, is designed to help move biotechnology from the laboratory to reliable U.S. manufacturing, a step toward bringing production...