Education, Lightweight Materials, Materials, Workforce

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy publicly announced its decision to renew funding for its Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI), one of DOE’s six existing Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institutes. IACMI will be receiving federal funding across five fiscal...

Lightweight Materials, Materials

Beginning tomorrow, April 1, Chad Duty officially steps into the role of IACMI Chief Executive Officer. As CEO, Chad becomes responsible for the full scale of day-to-day operations of the institute. He was named CEO Elect in October.

“It is an incredibly exciting time to become IACMI CEO,” says Chad. “IACMI has built a strong foundation and a...

Additive Manufacturing

America Makes is proud to announce a new directed project call focusing on Methods for AM Cross-Platform Consistency (AM-CPC) with a $250K funding opportunity provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). One award is anticipated.

The AM-CPC Project Call is a collaboration between NIST, the Air Force Research Laboratory...

Power Electronics

PowerAmerica conducted yet another productive Annual Meeting, in Raleigh, North Carolina, which drew 450 in-person and virtual attendees. Tutorials were given by Eric Persson of Infineon and Hrishikesh Das of onsemi; Philip Chesley of Qorvo and Manish Dalal of GE Aerospace gave insightful perspectives in their keynote presentations; and Cengiz...

Materials, Modular Chemical Processing, Workforce

Sophia Gumina a 4th-year undergraduate student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, is working on a research project, "Flow Characteristics" utilizing advanced-flow reactors to optimize and scale up a continuous manufacturing process. Her specific focus is to stress test the current process and identify potential pitfalls.

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