While the promise of smaller, better, faster, lighter devices enabled by integrated photonics technologies is indeed the ultimate goal for the work being done at AIM Photonics, the actual path to high-volume manufacturing isn’t necessarily a smooth ride for photonic integrated circuit (PIC) designers, developers and engineers.
While many college and university students are beginning to wrap up their long summer breaks spent relaxing at the beach, hiking the mountains, or even touring overseas, seven dedicated PhD, graduate and undergraduate students from SUNY Poly, RPI, University of Rochester, Siena College, and WPI were all busy catching their collective breath last...
AIM Photonics has announced the release of a new electronic interposer process design kit (PDK) developed to help designers create more packaging design options for advanced photonic integrated photonic circuits (PICs) that can be manufactured and packaged at the institute’s facilities in Albany and Rochester, NY.
“This new offering is in response...
The ARM (Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing) Institute has selected eight new short-cycle technology projects for funding from its 23-01 Technology Project Call released earlier this year. The ARM Institute plans to award nearly $1.56M in project funding from various sources, for a total contribution of approximately $3.26M across these eight...
As Beijing has become Washington’s overriding challenge of the twenty-first century, the Chinese leadership has made clear that it aims to displace the United States as the world’s technological and economic superpower. This form of competition has no historic precedent. China has a much larger and more technologically advanced economy than did the...
The Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office held its annual Manufacturing USA Network Meeting on May 25 in Washington, DC. There were over 100 participants with representatives from each of the institutes and funding agencies attending nine unique sessions throughout the day.
Dr. Monica Gorman, Special Assistant to the President for...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity for Manufacturing USA Workforce, Education and Vibrant Ecosystems (WEAVE) public serve awards to the 17 Manufacturing USA institutes for proposals in the following topic areas:
Partnerships amongst two or more institutes to build vibrant and...
Continued investment in wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductor technologies helps accelerate more powerful, energy efficient power electronics that drive electrification and emissions reductions across the economy
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO) announced renewed funding for PowerAme...
The National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) and America Makes have announced two new open project calls funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Research and Engineering Manufacturing Technology Office (OSD (R&E)), and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) worth a total of $11.75M. This is the largest...
One year ago, President Biden signed into law the CHIPS and Science Act (CHIPS), which makes a nearly $53 billion investment in U.S. semiconductor manufacturing, research and development, and workforce. The law also creates a 25 percent tax credit for capital investments in semiconductor manufacturing, and is helping to keep America at the...
Md Masud is a 1 st year Ph.D. student at West Virginia University, working on a research project, "Machine Learning Aided Process Design for Microwave Assisted Ammonia Production", utilizing advanced-flow reactors to optimize and scale up a continuous manufacturing process. To develop machine learning models that can capture the experimental trend...
MxD has established the MxD Learn Advisory Committee. The committee will drive the execution of the MxD Learn Curriculum and Pathways Integrating Technology and Learning (CAPITAL) strategy and outcomes as well as overall MxD workforce strategy. The Learn Advisory Committee will be tasked with supporting role prioritization for course development...
SolaBlock, an innovative startup in the renewable energy space, has joined as the newest member of CESMII, the Smart Manufacturing Institute.
Selected as one of “10 Startups to Watch in 2021” by Construction Global Magazine, SolaBlock uses photovoltaic-embedded solar masonry units (SMUs) to transform buildings – traditionally massive consumers of...
LIFT, the Detroit-based Department of Defense national manufacturing innovation institute today announced it, along with its ecosystem partners, has kicked off the next phase of its Hypersonics Thermal Management and Hypersonics Material Acceleration programs.
The new program phases follow on LIFT’s original work on those two topics, both of which...
IACMI welcomed more than 300 industry leaders and technical experts from 36 states and 7 countries to Knoxville, Tenn., for our annual members meeting June 20-22, 2023. The three-day event brought some of the best minds and companies to Tennessee focused on composites and advanced materials to share success stories, join research and development...
