AIM Photonics (American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics)

News

February 21, 2019

AIM Photonics

Education, Photonics, Workforce

MIT Leads AIM Photonics Academy’s Development of Technician-Training Apprenticeship Program

Headquartered at MIT, AIM Photonics Academy is embarking on an ambitious plan to develop a technician-training program in emerging technologies, attempting to answer the question of whether an institute known for educating world-leading scientists and engineers can play a role in helping train an outstanding technician workforce.

AIM Academy is...

November 2, 2018

AIM Photonics

Bioengineering, Manufacturing, Photonics

AIM Photonics Members Meeting Provides Key Updates on the Initiative’s Progress

The American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics), a Manufacturing USA institute, announced the successful conclusion of its Fall 2018 Members Meeting, which took place on Tuesday, October 23, alongside the Emerging Technology Showcase at the 2018 NYSTAR Annual Meeting in Syracuse, New York. The engagement was a unique...

October 9, 2018

AIM Photonics

Design, Electronics, Photonics

AIM Photonics Unveils Process Design Kit to Support Telecommunications and Data Applications

The American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics) and Analog Photonics (AP) today announced the release of the AP SUNY Process Design Kit v2.5a (APSUNY_PDKv2.5a). This latest release expands the comprehensive set of Silicon Photonics Integrated Circuit (PIC) component libraries within SUNY Poly’s process capabilities to...

External News

January 29, 2019

WGBH

Education, Photonics, Workforce

At MIT, Advanced Training For Community College Students

MIT is stepping in to train technicians in the advanced manufacturing field of integrated photonics.

Integrated photonics installs light technology on chips. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's AIM Photonics is one of 14 institutions across the country that were part of the Obama administration's initiative to develop new technologies and...

November 21, 2018

Optics.org

Innovation, Manufacturing, Photonics

AIM Photonics' test, assembly, and packaging site 'ready to roll'

A cutting-edge multi-project wafer (MPW) facility at AIM Photonics, a Manufacturing USA institute, in Rochester, New York, is nearly ready to roll.

Officials said last week that the delayed Test, Assembly, and Packaging (TAP) site will begin services for customers next month. The TAP facility is a core element of the $600 million-plus silicon...

Our Network @ Work

October 6, 2017

AIM Photonics

Education, Photonics, Workforce

AIM Photonics Puts Students on an Enlightened Path

As part of an AIM Photonics Academy Workforce Development Project, the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) piloted a two-unit undergraduate course called “Workforce and Internship Skills.” The class offered 28 STEM students training on topics that are essential to workplace success, but are rarely taught in college.

Credit: University of...

Opportunities

April 8, 2019 - May 31, 2019

AIM Photonics

Photonics

2020 AIM Photonics Call for Proposals

Welcome to the 5th annual AIM Photonics Call for Proposals for 2020 projects. As in prior years, the high level goals of AIM Photonics include: (1) providing an infrastructure for cooperative development of advanced integrated photonics manufacturing solutions in the United States; (2) catalyzing the maturation and stratification of the integrated...