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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.

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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...

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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...

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Fabrics, Flexbile Hybrid Electronics, Photonics, Robotics
Massachusetts’ M2I2 Initiative Helps Develop Flexible Electronics

Governments worldwide are partnering with industry and academia to boost research into the field of printed and flexible electronics. For example, the European Union (EU) has put considerable financial resources into a host of projects. In the US, the most notable project is NextFlex, which is helping to advance manufacturing capabilities for...

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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...

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