Additive Manufacturing, Electronics, Manufacturing, Robotics, Supply Chain

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded a total of $2.08 million to seven organizations in six states to develop manufacturing technology roadmaps to strengthen U.S. innovation and productivity across entire industry sectors. This is the second round of grants awarded to universities...

Electronics, Manufacturing, Metals, Recycling, Reuse

Investment of $5.9M aimed at improving competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing

Today, the REMADE Institute announced the selection of 12 projects dedicated to improving the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing. Magdi Azer, REMADE’s Chief Technology Officer, stated, “The selection process was highly competitive. We received many comprehensive...

Design, Electronics, Photonics

The American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics) and Analog Photonics (AP) today announced the release of the AP SUNY Process Design Kit v2.5a (APSUNY_PDKv2.5a). This latest release expands the comprehensive set of Silicon Photonics Integrated Circuit (PIC) component libraries within SUNY Poly’s process capabilities to...

Education, Electronics, Flexible Hybrid Electronics, Workforce

Recently, 400 members, educators, government partners and supporters participated in Innovation Day at NextFlex (a Manufacturing USA institute for flexible hybrid electronics).

They got to see the latest and greatest in FHE-enabled applications, and to collaboratively reaffirm our community’s optimism about how these technologies will transform...

Defense, Education, Electronics, Workforce

Wearables and medical devices, logistics and infrastructure monitoring, and soft robotics for advanced prosthetics and augmented warfighter performance stand to be revolutionized by Flexible Hybrid Electronics (FHE). In each of these spaces there are specific civilian, military, and dual-use applications. To explore and refine these applications...