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MxD
Digital Manufacturing, Institute Spotlight, Workforce
Institute Empowers Manufacturers in the Digital Age

MxD has been at the forefront of transforming how manufacturers operate in the digital age since it was founded in 2014. As the second institute in the Manufacturing USA network, MxD convenes the U.S. industrial base to solve critical manufacturing challenges by accelerating digital adoption...

Photo of former IACMI interns at the University of Tennessee stadium
Composites, Manufacturing Jobs, Workforce

“The students who have been involved with IACMI projects will have a ripple effect in manufacturing for decades to come.” That’s Vanderbilt University professor Doug Adams, talking about the exponential impact from IACMI’s internship program from 2016 - 2020. We agree and have a few great stories to back that up.

Brayden’s Story:

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Institute Spotlight, Wide Bandgap Technologies, Workforce
Advancing Manufacturing Technologies and Domestic Supply Chains

PowerAmerica celebrates its upcoming 10th anniversary as a Manufacturing USA institute having catalyzed super-efficient wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductor chips and power electronic systems. By fostering innovation, collaboration, and commercialization, PowerAmerica is strengthening...

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Additive Manufacturing, Institute Spotlight, Workforce
Network’s First Institute Is Poised to Help Transform Manufacturing

America Makes, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, was the first manufacturing innovation institute in what would become the Manufacturing USA network. Since 2012, America Makes has been a driving force in the advancement of additive manufacturing (AM)...

Students receiving ARM's certified robot training
Cybersecurity, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Jobs, Materials, Photonics, Robotics, Semi-Conductor, Smart Manufacturing, Workforce

“Nose presses” is not an official metric of workforce recruiting success for the Penn State Digital Foundry on 5th Avenue in New Kensington, PA, but it is hugely symbolic in the quest to expand the manufacturing talent pipeline in communities, according to Sherri McCleary, the Executive Director of the foundry.

A nose presser is a passerby who...