In this episode of Photonics in Focus, Nathan Lin, AIM Photonics’ Director of Outreach, talks with Kevin McComber, Founder and Executive Director of the Spark Photonics Foundation. Dedicated to inspiring the next generation of innovators, the Foundation provides practical, hands-on STEM education and outreach that connects K-12 students with real...
The Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation ® (IACMI), also known as IACMI–The Composites Institute®, celebrates today a decade of revitalizing American manufacturing and strengthening the nation’s defense industrial base. Established by the Department of Energy (DOE), IACMI was announced as the fifth of now 17 Manufacturing USA...
Suzy Teele, ARM Institute Chief Strategy Officer, was recently nominated for and named to ARM Member A3 – the Association for Advancing Automation’s Robotics Technology Strategy Board . This board provides strategic direction to A3 and helps the organization stay on top of industry trends and needs. Directors on the board demonstrate expertise in...
PowerAmerica is a consortium emanating from the Manufacturing USA initiative, an affiliation of public-private stakeholders aimed to foster industry innovation in the US. It was founded in 2014 to achieve U.S. global leadership in high-end manufacturing by gathering people, connecting ideas, sharing knowledge, and investigating cutting-edge...
The Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) , has announced that it is slated to award approximately $44 million to ReGen Valley Tech Hub , a consortium led by the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute in New Hampshire, to implement five projects that will bolster...
LIFT , the Department of Defense-supported national advanced materials manufacturing innovation institute, operated by the American Lightweight Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute (ALMMII), will introduce its new state-of-the-art Advanced Metallic Production and Processing Center (AMPP) in the new year, solving a critical gap in...
Women in the workforce can succeed by finding the right connections and celebrating one another. That’s what the five women leaders featured at NH Business Review’s recent Powered by Women forum say when they reflect on their careers.
Nothing conveyed that message more than an impromptu exercise from speaker Jennifer Desrosiers of Altitude...
Manufacturing keeps evolving—and the facilities that house manufacturing in the U.S. are also changing and innovating. Given that 54% of domestic R&D occurred in manufacturing in 2021, according to the National Science Foundation, it makes sense for industrial facilities to be the places that enable experimentation and encourage product development...
Purdue University is taking manufacturers somewhere they have never been: inside a blast furnace.
The university’s physics-based, data-driven, next-generation Integrated Virtual Blast Furnace (IVBF) mirrors a blast furnace, enabling an unprecedented interior view and providing an example of how manufacturing is embracing digital twin technology...
Let me start by saying I’m not much of a fan of predictions. Especially when it comes to technology. It’s too easy for prognosticators to throw out ideas of what may or may not come to pass only to plead mea culpa when those predictions prove to be wildly off base.
On the other hand, I do appreciate insights from experts working in the field who...
Fibers and textiles date back to the beginning of civilization itself, yet remarkably, the fundamental properties of these materials have remained largely unchanged for millennia. By and large, natural fibers such as cotton and wool, and synthetic fibers such as nylon and polyester form the foundation for the vast majority of textile products, yet...
America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) are pleased to announce the winners of a recent project call awarded through the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering’s Manufacturing Technology Office (OSD(R&E)), totaling $2.1M in funding. The project call, released in June 2024...
Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that CHIPS for America awarded the Semiconductor Research Corporation Manufacturing Consortium Corporation (SRC) $285 million to establish and operate a CHIPS Manufacturing USA institute headquartered in Durham, North Carolina. This follows the previously announced intent to enter negotiations on...
Working in the manufacturing industry often requires problem-solving, ingenuity and curiosity – the same qualities needed to successfully build and race a Cub Scouts Pinewood Derby car.
“There’s so much engineering,” says Michael Gomez. “It’s got to fit inside a box and weigh a certain amount and be competitive.”
Gomez, the principal engineer in...
Ten years ago today, Congress enacted the Revitalizing American Manufacturing and Innovation Act , establishing Manufacturing USA.
We are especially grateful for the people in the advanced manufacturing network and the countless milestones and achievements since the program’s inception, particularly this past year.
In honor of our 10 th...
