{"253771":{"#nid":"253771","#data":{"type":"news","title":"National Reserach Council releases report on the national Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe National Research Council released a report on the Department of Commerce\u2019s National Institute of Standards and Technology\u2019s (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program.\u0026nbsp; The report highlights successes, achievements, and remaining challenges of the program, which aims to strengthen U.S. manufacturing through a national network of manufacturing extension centers.\u0026nbsp; Georgia Tech is home to Georgia\u2019s MEP center, the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership.\u0026nbsp; Georgia Tech\u2019s Philip Shapira of the School of Public Policy served as Chair of this study panel.\u0026nbsp; The report, titled \u003Cem\u003E21st Century Manufacturing: The Role of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program\u003C\/em\u003E, is available at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.us2.list-manage2.com\/track\/click?u=c30e7de81d261aa39c8080bdc\u0026amp;id=3da0434a15\u0026amp;e=f103c55ede\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/nap.edu\/catalog.php?record_id=18448\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgai Tech\u0027s Dr. Philip Shapira chairs the study that highlights the successes, achievements and challenges facing the National Institute of Standards MEP program.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgai Tech\u0027s Dr. Philip Shapira chairs the study that highlights the successes, achievements and challenges facing the National Institute of Standards MEP program."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-11-11 17:27:07","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:22","author":"Tracy Heath","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-11-11T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-11-11T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"id":"79661","name":"MEP"},{"id":"10598","name":"NIST"},{"id":"3687","name":"Philip Shapira"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}