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Unleashing Innovation at the 2025 Manufacturing USA Network Meeting

Each year, the NIST Office of Advanced Manufacturing enjoys the unique privilege of convening the Manufacturing USA network for its annual meeting. The 2025 Manufacturing USA Network Meeting was an energizing gathering of over 80 representatives from the program’s 18 manufacturing innovation institutes and supporting federal agencies. Over a day...

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Facilities, Manufacturing, Photonics, Podcast
Photonics in Focus: Advanced Packaging Insights: Inside AIM Photonics’ TAP Facility

In this episode of Photonics in Focus , we delve into a critical aspect of integrated photonics manufacturing: Advanced Packaging Technology. Leah Scott, AIM Photonics ' Director of Communications and Information Management, leads a conversation with Chris Striemer, Director of Test, Assembly, and Packaging Operations, and Mark Wagner, Operations...

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Photonics
AIM Photonics marks 10 years of innovation in Rochester

AIM Photonics is celebrating its 10th anniversary as a leader in manufacturing photonic integrated circuits.

These circuits, produced in Rochester, are essential components in telecommunications systems, AI data centers, and more.

The institute collaborates with partners ranging from the University of Rochester to the Department of Defense.

An opening accessible photonic integrated circuit (PIC) foundry process targeting quantum system requirements must enable qubits to be implemented across various frequencies, from the UV to the infared. This packaged quantum photonic system features low-loss visible optical and electrical input/output. Photo Credit: AIM Photonics.
Photonics Spectra Magazine
Manufacturing, Photonics
An Openly Accessible Foundry Process Aims to Accelerate Quantum Commercial Realities
The Quantum Flex Platform will become the first accessible 300-mm platform developed for quantum systems.

Considerable advancements during the last decade have begun to reveal the critical role of integrated photonics for the successful construction and scaling of quantum systems. Broadly, these industry- and R&D-led efforts are defining the...

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Building the Manufacturing Talent Pipeline

“Nose presses” is not an official metric of workforce recruiting success for the Penn State Digital Foundry on 5th Avenue in New Kensington, PA, but it is hugely symbolic in the quest to expand the manufacturing talent pipeline in communities, according to Sherri McCleary, the Executive Director of the foundry.

A nose presser is a passerby who...

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Education, Manufacturing, Workforce
NSF 24-584: Advanced Technological Education (ATE)

With a focus on two-year Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs), the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program supports the education of technicians for the high-technology fields that drive our nation's economy. The program involves partnerships between academic institutions (grades 7-12, IHEs), industry, and economic development agencies to...