Education, Lightweight Materials, Materials, Workforce

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy publicly announced its decision to renew funding for its Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI), one of DOE’s six existing Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institutes. IACMI will be receiving federal funding across five fiscal...

Education, Lightweight Materials, Materials, Workforce

The United States is facing a severe manufacturing workforce shortage. To tackle the nation’s skills gap, IACMI and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville are bringing the technology and training directly to the people who need it.

Teachers and instructors in East Tennessee and beyond are learning essential machining skills at the University of...

Composites, Workforce

IACMI hosted its Summer 2022 Members Meeting in Salt Lake City June 28-30 in partnership with the Utah Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Initiative (UAMMI), as well as sponsors American Chemistry Council Plastics Division, Dassault Systèmes, TPI Composites, Composites One, Berndorf, Vartega and the Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity...

Composites, Workforce

You could say that women are breaking the mold in the composites industry. In companies, plants, labs and universities across the country, they are making an impact as leaders, engineers, researchers and plant managers. IACMI recently talked to three dynamic women in the composites and advanced materials industry and here’s what they had to say.

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Collaboration, COVID-19, Emerging Technologies, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Sustainability, Workforce

This past year brought the country and our world unprecedented challenges, which now present opportunities to innovate and build a new path forward. Using lessons from this year, the manufacturing industry is poised to undergo a transformation.

Supporting this work are the institutes that are part of Manufacturing USA®, a national network of public...