Katie Stebbins, meanwhile, was seeking someone who understood high-tech manufacturing inside and out. Stebbins, the state’s assistant secretary of tech and innovation, needed an expert to help shepherd the state’s involvement in the federally funded initiative known as Manufacturing USA.
I was reminded of this value over the past couple of months as the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI, Knoxville, TN, US) was developing a prototype wind turbine blade with several new resins and techniques, to use as a demonstration of some advanced ideas.
Representatives from Humtown of Leetonia, America Makes and Youngstown State University’s President Jim Tressel cut the ribbon on a nearly $1 million 3-D sand printer that will further advance additive manufacturing in the Mahoning Valley.
The National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals, or NIIMBL, will unite more than 150 universities, private companies, and nonprofits from across the country. The group announced Friday that UD will lead the effort and house its headquarters.
The University of Delaware has been awarded a $70 million grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce for the formation of a new Manufacturing USA Institute for biopharmaceutical research and advancements.
