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Additive Manufacturing, COVID-19

America Makes, in collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), announced the top designs of the Fit to Face—Mask Design Challenge, a rapid response challenge to support the ongoing shortage of safe and effective personal protective equipment (PPE) for COVID-19 frontline workers.

“Through our ongoing collaborations with VA, FDA, and...

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COVID-19, Lightweight Materials

LIFT, the Detroit-based national manufacturing innovation institute, announced today that it is distributing kits to local students to keep them learning and engaged in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) activities as schools remain closed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The kits, made available with the support of the United Way for...

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COVID-19

As the COVID-19 crisis began to exacerbate in the US, Cambridge, MA based Advanced Functional Fabrics of America, Inc. (“AFFOA”), a Manufacturing USA Innovation Institute, quickly mobilized to respond, specifically by securing a domestic supply of 45,000 N95 respirators which it will be distributing to local hospitals this week.

AFFOA’s response to...

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HuffPost
Biopharmaceutical, COVID-19

As of the end of April, the World Health Organization was tracking 71 coronavirus vaccines in preclinical trials, with five additional candidates already in clinical trials. Given how recently the COVID-19 pandemic began spreading, it might seem promising that there’s already a lot of activity on the immunization front.

With so many potential...

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Manufacturing USA
COVID-19, Manufacturing

Yesterday afternoon, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology’s Subcommittee on Research & Technology held a bipartisan teleconference with Mr. Mike Molnar, Director of the Office of Advanced Manufacturing at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Ms. Carroll Thomas, Director of the Manufacturing Extension...

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Photonics

Photonics technology, harnessing light particles called photons, are in an increasing number of high-tech applications — from lidar in driverless cars to sensors, data centers, and high-speed communication. Now, three professional societies that have a strong focus on photonics — Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Photonics...

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IBTimes
Biopharmaceutical, COVID-19

Epidemiologists or "disease detectives" will say it takes at least 10 years, on average, to develop, test and produce a new anti-viral vaccine.

Given this tedious timescale, news that biotech and pharmaceutical firms worldwide are aiming to have a new vaccine against COVID-19 available in as little as only 18 months is historic and unheard of.

The...

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Process Intensification

Leaders of the Rapid Advancement in Process Intensification Deployment (RAPID) Manufacturing Institute — a subsidiary of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and one of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Manufacturing USA Institutes — have identified five new projects that align with RAPID’s research focus areas. The...

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Additive Manufacturing, COVID-19

As part of its continued effort to garner the innovation of the additive manufacturing (AM) industry to deliver safe and effective solutions to front line workers across the country, America Makes is announcing two challenges – the Fit to Face – Mask Design Challenge in collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs ; and the COVID-19...

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IEEE Spectrum
COVID-19, Flexible Hybrid Electronics

Just a few months ago (what seems like an eon in the time of COVID-19), executives at the startup Epicore Biosystems expected the first consumer market for the company’s sweat-sensing microfluidics patch would be athletes. The so-called Gx, developed in partnership with Gatorade, has been in beta testing since early this year and Gatorade parent...

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COVID-19, Flexible Hybrid Electronics

The Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship recently released a guide that contains important Small Business Assistance provisions in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act that was passed by Congress and signed into Law. These programs and initiatives are intended to assist business owners with urgent needs...

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MxD
COVID-19, Digital Manufacturing

The COVID-19 pandemic is killing tens of thousands of people, changing social norms, and rattling markets.

It also has exposed weaknesses in the global supply chain and has demonstrated why the industry’s move toward digital manufacturing is more crucial now than ever.

MxD’s Vice President of Strategy & Engagement Jennifer Pilat discusses the...

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COVID-19, Education, Smart Manufacturing, Workforce

Dear CESMII Colleagues,

We are in unprecedented times. At CESMII, we recognize the very real impact and disruption that concerns over the COVID-19 virus have on lives – within our ecosystem and all around the world. We take these concerns seriously and are taking steps to keep our employees, members and partners safe, including instituting a work...

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Composites, COVID-19

The expertise embodied in IACMI’s 150+ members span technologies in advanced composites, additive manufacturing machine tools, robotics & automation, biomaterials and hybrid materials that have high relevance to the health care sector. There is broad-serving impact to a range of sectors that benefit from the core competencies, facilities/assets and...