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The RAPID Manufacturing Institute ® has released its Fall 2021 Institute Report. Currently in year five of operation, RAPID has built strong partnerships with its members to rethink how process development and manufacturing happen in the process industries. RAPID and its members continue to develop new PI-enabled and modular process operations that increase yield, reduce energy use and waste generation, and minimize capital and operating costs.
… Robots and Education Will Help Address Manufacturing Labor Shortage … Robots and Education Will Help Address Manufacturing Labor Shortage An important question circling around manufacturing right now is how job shops and other producers will address the skills gap that is expected to hit the industry with a shortage of two million workers in the next ten years. …
LIFT, the Detroit-based, Department of Defense-supported national manufacturing innovation institute in the Manufacturing USA network, together with LIFT Platinum Members Siemens and Kearney as well as LIFT partner SME, today released the results of a survey of U.S. manufacturers gauging their preparedness and location on the journey toward a smarter manufacturing future. The comprehensive survey of 500 top leaders from small- and medium-sized across several large U.S. manufacturing sectors, was conducted in September 2021 and was presented and discussed during a roundtable discussion with
The Departments of Commerce, Defense (DOD), and Energy (DOE) have established a network of innovation institutes—known as Manufacturing USA institutes—to promote research, development, and commercialization of advanced manufacturing technologies. Manufacturing USA institutes reported making progress toward achieving their technology goals. Progress on institute projects is often tracked using technology readiness levels (TRL), a standardized scale for assessing maturity and risk. GAO's analysis of institute information found that projects moved through a range of TRLs (see figure). Many moved
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NextFlex, America’s Flexible Hybrid Electronics (FHE) Manufacturing Institute, today released Project Call 7.0 (PC 7.0), the latest call for proposals that seek to fund projects that further the development and adoption of FHE while addressing key challenges in advanced manufacturing while supporting Department of Defense priorities.
The total PC 7.0 project value is expected to exceed $11.5 million (project value/investment figures include cost-sharing), bringing the total anticipated investment in advancing FHE since NextFlex’s formation to $128 million.
Building from the success and
The total PC 7.0 project value is expected to exceed $11.5 million (project value/investment figures include cost-sharing), bringing the total anticipated investment in advancing FHE since NextFlex’s formation to $128 million.
Building from the success and
… Stevenson Science Teacher Reviews Materials at Workshop … Stevenson Science Teacher Reviews Materials at Workshop A Stevenson High School science teacher took some summer school of his own this month at a Detroit workshop to guarantee that he has the right stuff to teach lessons about materials science. Stevenson’s Curtis Davis joined other metro Detroit educators at a July 9-13 ASM Materials Science Camp for Teachers at Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow’s lab in Detroit. …
… South Texas to MIT: STCC Student Earns High-Level Internship … South Texas to MIT: STCC Student Earns High-Level Internship Gerald Gagnon has come a long way from his South Texas upbringing. His ambition for higher education brought him to the Northeast about three years ago, where he discovered better educational …
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… (FHE) Manufacturing Institute, today released Project Call 4.0 (PC 4.0) — the latest call for proposals to fund projects that seek to further the development and adoption of FHE. Response to the first three project calls was staggering, with 178 initial proposals received resulting in over …