The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, launched a multimillion-dollar, multiyear program with BioMADE, Farmed Materials and The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in 2022 to develop a domestic source of natural rubber from a specific species of dandelion.
Natural rubber is a crucial element in the Department of the Air Force’s production of...
AIM Photonics has announced that Dr. William W. (Wade) Cook has been appointed Executive Director of the Institute.
“After an extensive search, we know that Wade is the right leader for AIM Photonics,” said Dr. Tod A. Laursen, Acting President at SUNY Polytechnic Institute and chairman of AIM Photonics’ Leadership Council. “His considerable...
The Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Thermoset Division (Bethel, Conn., U.S.) announces its first keynote speaker for the May 9-10, 2023 Topcon event, to be held at the Monona Terrace and Convention Center in Madison, Wis., U.S. “Opportunity Brings New Challenges: The Future of Thermosets” will be presented by Dale Brosius, chief...
For decades, young adults believed that the ticket to success was a college degree. As a result, interest in the skilled trades declined. We are now paying the price for that shift with a shortage of skilled workers at a time when they are more critical than ever.
While the need for these workers is widespread, American manufacturing in particular...
The now ubiquitous terms Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing are effectively synonyms capturing the convergence of technologies that have progressed at an exponential pace over the last several decades. Around 2011, Europe and its industrial base began releasing a strategy for the next industrial revolution, dubbed “Industry 4.0.”
At least five...
