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“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.

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PowerAmerica celebrates its upcoming 10th anniversary as a 91��Ƭ institute having catalyzed super-efficient wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductor chips and power electronic systems. By fostering innovation, collaboration, and commercialization, PowerAmerica is strengthening...

America Makes, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, was the first manufacturing innovation institute in what would become the 91��Ƭ network. Since 2012, America Makes has been a driving force in the advancement of additive manufacturing (AM)...

“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...

“Remember Goldilocks—not too fast, not too slow, just right. You ready?” That’s Dr. Bob Voigt, a Materials Science and Engineering professor at , coaching me on my first casting experience.

I’m wearing a reflective silver suit from head to toe, high-temperature gloves, and a face shield. Minutes before, I’d been scooping sand...