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The Massachusetts Biotechnology Education Foundation (MassBioEd) today announced that it has been awarded a $300,000 grant to establish a Life Sciences Career Hub for Biomanufacturing in Central Massachusetts in partnership with the Massachusetts Biomedical Initiative (MBI). Combining the biomanufacturing career awareness and access initiatives of MassBioEd and MBI, the project aims to ensure that Massachusetts and, through applying this model, the U.S. have the strongest biopharmaceutical workforce globally by developing the industry’s talent pipeline and rising to meet its evolving workforce
The National Institutes of Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 10 pharmaceutical companies and five non-profit organizations have partnered to accelerate development of gene therapies for the 30 million Americans who suffer from a rare disease. While there are approximately 7,000 rare diseases, only two heritable diseases currently have FDA-approved gene therapies. The newly launched Bespoke Gene Therapy Consortium (BGTC) , part of the NIH Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP) program and project-managed by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), aims to optimize
MIT is stepping in to train technicians in the advanced manufacturing field of integrated photonics. Integrated photonics installs light technology on chips. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's AIM Photonics is one of 14 institutions across the country that were part of the Obama administration's initiative to develop new technologies and build the little-known industry's workforce. In a country with high demand for bandwidth, data centers need more and more power to run, and photonics moves information much faster and efficiently than electronics because it generates less heat. Fiber
… 09/24/2024 - 13:00 education [at] cesmii.org CESMII Smart & Digital Manufacturing Visit website Certification or credential Audience : Incumbent workforce, K-12, Undergraduate, Underserved community Format : Virtual Fundamentals of Smart Manufacturing – eLearning Package Skills Taught: … is related to Business Strategy, the convergence of IT and OT, IIoT, Big Data, Digital Thread, Digital Twin, Analytics, AI/Machine Learning, Workforce Augmentation, Digital Lean, Continuous Improvement and Digital Supply Chain. Target Audience: Professionals with a general background in …
On January 15, 2013, the Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office released the report titled “ National Network for Manufacturing Innovation: A Preliminary Design Document .” This report describes the initial proposed design for Manufacturing USA (officially known as the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation), an initiative to accelerate U.S. advanced manufacturing by catalyzing the development of new technologies, educational competencies, production processes, and products via shared contributions from the public and private sectors and academia. The federal investment in the
… , a manufacturing innovation institute in Detroit, Michigan, that’s driving American manufacturing into the future through technology and talent development. “I think as Americans, we have this desire, this love of things made in America,” she says. “The words ‘Made in America’ fosters a … I think LIFT and our work in advanced manufacturing is fostering that love of country.” Fatima is passionate about empowering today’s young workforce with advanced manufacturing skills that can help them find great paying jobs, including learning how to work with advanced robotics. She …
… where the state’s investments are going both in terms of the collaboration, which we match with NIH and NSF money, as well as our higher ed development fund,” Carney said, referring to the federal National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation, along with the state’s Higher Education Economic Development Investment Fund. “I want to fund that again and add more money than I proposed last time. I think that opportunity might present …
… by an additional $173 million in commitments from more than 100 members and partners in industry, academia, technology, government and economic development groups. We discuss how ARM is deploying its capital, the challenges associated with bringing more manufacturing jobs back to America, … the limitations of modern robotics technologies. Listen here ... … Going Deep … Education … Human & Machine Behavior … Manufacturing … Robotics … Workforce …
… collaboration and co-investment to nurture manufacturing innovation; accelerating commercialization; and fostering a skilled manufacturing workforce.” Summaries of the discussion centered around the following themes: 1. increasing U.S. competitiveness by improving knowledge creation and technology diffusion; 2. developing an advanced manufacturing workforce; and 3. supporting supply chains and small and medium-sized manufacturers. Key points made by multiple presenters and discussants …
… on Wed, 08/28/2024 - 21:14 ewd [at] americamakes.us America Makes Smart & Digital Manufacturing Visit website Training Audience : Incumbent workforce, K-12, Veterans Format : In-person America Makes is supporting the Virginia Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program to strengthen the Virginia Defense Manufacturing Community through educational outreach to inspire and widen the workforce funnel and create two new training courses to support IALR and their AM curriculum. Deployment of America Makes Educational Outreach …