Smart Industry
Biomanufacturing, Fabrics, Facilities, Manufacturing, Materials, Photonics, Workforce

Manufacturing keeps evolving—and the facilities that house manufacturing in the U.S. are also changing and innovating. Given that 54% of domestic R&D occurred in manufacturing in 2021, according to the National Science Foundation, it makes sense for industrial facilities to be the places that enable experimentation and encourage product development...

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AdvancedManufacturing.org
Modern Makers, Podcast, Workforce

Contributing Lead Editor for Smart Manufacturing magazine Amy Bryson is joined by two amazing members of 91¿´Æ¬â€™s Modern Makers program designed to promote careers in advanced manufacturing. Aeon Williams is a software application engineer for Spark Photonics, and Rachel Swamy is a research assistant for NIIMBL. While Aeon and Rachel...

Education, Photonics, Workforce

Rochester Institute of Technology recently acquired Vanguard Automation’s SONATA 1000 3D-nanoprinter, a next-generation technology for advanced photonic packaging and integration. The new equipment will advance how the university is solving the challenges of building and using photonic integrated circuit chips, lasers, and optical fibers...

Education, Photonics, Workforce

The Department of Defense’s (DoD) partnerships with leading companies like Raytheon Technologies, Lockheed Martin, and General Dynamics have replaced aging military vehicles and upgraded existing technology and collaborative tools. While these partnerships are critical to the safety and performance of military personnel, the DoD also has a long...