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BioFabUSA, BioMADE, NIIMBL
America 250, Bioengineering, Biofabrication, Biomanufacturing, Biopharmaceutical
America at 250: From Washington's Field Hospitals to Biomanufacturing

Here's a fact that tends to get lost in the pageantry of the American Revolution: smallpox killed more Continental soldiers than British muskets did. By the time Washington took command at Cambridge in 1775, the disease was already a strategic liability, ravaging the northern campaign into Canada, sweeping through Boston, and hollowing out...

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REMADE
America 250, Circular Economy, Manufacturing, Re-manufacturing, Recycling, Reuse
America at 250: Resourcefulness and America's First Circular Economy

On the evening of July 9, 1776, a crowd in lower Manhattan listened to the Declaration of Independence read aloud by order of General Washington. Then they did something practical. They walked to Bowling Green, threw ropes around the gilded lead equestrian statue of King George III, and pulled it down.

The statue wasn't left in pieces on the...

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CyManII, MxD
America 250, Cybersecurity, Manufacturing
America at 250: From Secret Journals to Secure Networks

America was born in secrecy. Long before there were classification markings or national security directives, a small group of colonial legislators understood something essential: the survival of a revolution depended on keeping the right information out of the wrong hands.

Building the Architecture

George Washington didn't wait for formal policy...

NextFlex Established 2015
NextFlex
Flexible Hybrid Electronics, Institute Spotlight, Workforce
NextFlex Pioneers the Next Generation of Electronics
Driving Change and Delivering Impact at Scale

NextFlex is helping lead the future of electronics innovation as the nation’s hub for hybrid electronics and manufacturing readiness. As a public–private partnership and manufacturing innovation institute, NextFlex bridges the divide between the lab and the production line for hybrid electronics...

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IACMI
Composites, Institute Spotlight, Workforce
IACMI Blends the Best in Composites
Leading the Charge in Composites Manufacturing Innovation

Convene, connect, catalyze. Those three simple yet powerful words have become the credo of the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation ( IACMI ) over the past 10 years. Since the Department of Energy announced its launch in 2015, IACMI has convened people and...