Education, Workforce

The Biden-Harris Administration submitted to Congress the Presidents Budget for fiscal year 2024. President Bidens 2024 Budget for the Department of Commerce makes historic investments to drive U.S. innovation and global competitiveness, foster inclusive capitalism and equitable economic growth, address the climate crisis, and expand opportunity...

Industry Week
Photonics, Workforce

American factories are about as they were three decades ago. Cutting-edge Industry 4.0 technologies such as artificial intelligence, advanced robotics, data analytics, and the Internet of Things have bolstered productivity. Theyve also automated many low-skill factory jobs and created new, high-skill jobs requiring...

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Education, Photonics, Workforce

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...

Media Planet
Education, Manufacturing, Workforce

An advanced manufacturing workforce requires a higher level of preparation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Over the next decade millions of jobs are expected to open in manufacturing, with the majority of them projected to go unfilled. To achieve sustained economic growth, we must start educating tomorrows manufacturing...

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Optics, Photonics, Workforce

The photonics and optics industries are growing exponentially with continually advancing research and technologies. Such development further motivates advancement, but one glaring challenge remains: The and workforces are struggling to keep pace.

Lionel Kimerling. Courtesy of Aim Photonics.

Industry players, from university...