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Bioengineering, Biomanufacturing

Friday’s presentation at ARMI BiofabUSA was as symbolic as it was tangible. Founder and father of reinvention Dean Kamen carried a shovel and a sledgehammer on stage with him.

The shovel, to represent the groundbreaking of a new workforce training center for the regenerative manufacturing hub in the Millyard. The sledgehammer, equally good for...

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Additive Manufacturing, Announcement

ASTM International’s Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence ( AM CoE ) today announced three key milestones advancing the reliability and adoption of additive manufacturing (AM):

Leadership of the Industry Transition Team (ITT) under the America Makes  Quality Test and Inspection Methods Expediency (QTIME) program; The launch of WATCHLIST—a...

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Specialty Fabrics Review
Fabrics, Workforce

Advanced Functional Fabrics of America ( AFFOA) and The Textile Gateway by the FabricLink Network (FLN) have partnered to advance careers and technical education in the textile industry.

“Fueling interest among the next generation is essential to preserving and advancing this industry,” says Robert Finnegan, head of education and workforce...

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FirstWord Pharma
Announcement, Biomanufacturing

NurExone Biologic Inc. (TSXV: NRX) (OTCQB: NRXBF) (FSE: J90) (“ NurExone” or the “ Company”) announced today that it has been accepted to the BioFab Startup Lab, part of the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI) and its BioFabUSA program.

The federally-supported program, launched through a grant from the U.S. Economic Development...

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Super Intelligence, Flexible Hybrid Electronics

At the recent NextFlex AI for Hybrid Electronics Workshop in Boston, leaders from across the industrial base came together to explore how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are transforming design, materials, process control, and system intelligence in hybrid electronics and how they will continue to revolutionize the value...

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University of Florida
Photonics

In a groundbreaking milestone for space-enabled semiconductor research, the University of Florida, in collaboration with NASA, MIT, Vanguard Automation, AIM Photonics and Germany’s Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, launched a suite of photonic AI chips to the International Space Station aboard JAXA’s HTV-XI spacecraft this weekend.

The mission...

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AdvancedManufacturing.org
Photonics

It’s hard to imagine a world without photonic integrated circuit (PIC) technology. It enables the high-speed, high-bandwidth data communications that power the internet, data centers and 5G networks we rely on every day.

Because PICs transmit data using photons instead of electrons—light versus electricity—they are efficient, reliable and fast...

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Announcement, Biopharmaceutical

Today, NIIMBL (the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals) announced that a NIIMBL-led team will receive $10.5 Million in funding through the Gates Grand Challenges Program to advance exceptionally low-cost monoclonal antibody (mAb) manufacturing. Over the three-year award, key partners including Sartorius, Rensselaer...

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Digital Twins, Semi-Conductor

SMART USA has officially completed its Phase 1 startup—and what a launch it’s been. In just nine months, we’ve welcomed 100+ committed members, hosted a 350-person summit, and issued our first $50+ million project solicitation, which drew an exceptionally strong collaborative response from academics and industry across the country. These...

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Funding Opportunity, Re-manufacturing

The REMADE Institute® , a 150+ member public-private partnership funded in part by the United States Department of Energy, today issued its seventh Request for Proposals, representing up to a $6 million investment in supplemental funding for technologies that support the nation's manufacturing competitiveness and supply chain resilience goals.

The...

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Announcement, Biopharmaceutical

The National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals ( NIIMBL) is pleased to announce awards for two projects to support Big Data Program initiatives on modeling and simulation. The awards stem from two Requests for Applications (RFAs) NIIMBL released in May 2025.

The 12-month projects are scheduled to begin in December.

The...

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Lightweight Materials

On this episode, Joe Steele of LIFT joins the podcast to share some recent news. Their organization has been awarded a contract to accelerate the development of ceramic-based materials for use in industrial and defense applications.

This new four-year, $9 million “Critical Materials Processing” program will advance the state of technology and...