{"337181":{"#nid":"337181","#data":{"type":"news","title":"White House Releases Georgia Tech Influenced National Manufacturing Roadmap","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EToday in Washington, D.C., leaders from Georgia Tech are participating in the release of the President\u0027s Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP 2.0) final report, a one-year endeavor to outline a roadmap to secure U.S. manufacturing competitiveness. Georgia Tech President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson served on the 19-person AMP 2.0 Steering Committee and numerous faculty and staff put in many hours serving on various workstreams that focused on different aspects of manufacturing competitiveness.\u0026nbsp; This effort builds on the original AMP which kicked off in 2011 and ended in 2012 and also included Georgia Tech as one of a select few universities invited by the White House to participate.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBoth President Obama and Commerce Secretary Pritzker are scheduled to attend the out-brief from the AMP Steering Committee today in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, and Georgia Tech Provost Rafael Bras will represent Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u201cThe Georgia Tech community should be proud of the role that our team played in influencing this important report,\u201d said Georgia Tech President Peterson. \u201cManufacturing has been central to Georgia Tech\u2019s mission\u0026nbsp;since its founding and we\u2019re honored to add our collective\u0026nbsp;experience and\u0026nbsp;expertise to help grow the manufacturing economy in our country.\u201d \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EBuilding upon the report, Obama announced today a series of executive actions to strengthen U.S. advanced manufacturing, including a $300 million investment\u0026nbsp;in the emerging\u0026nbsp;technologies of advanced materials including composites and bio-based materials, advanced sensors for manufacturing and digital manufacturing. \u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2014\/10\/27\/fact-sheet-president-obama-announces-new-actions-further-strengthen-us-m\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ERead about the multi-agency and private sector effort \u0026gt;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFollowing the White House meeting, Georgia Tech researchers are invited panelists at a briefing hosted by the Innovation Policy Forum of The National Academies to discuss the report\u2019s recommendations for enabling innovation, securing the talent pipeline and improving the business climate for manufacturing. Georgia Tech\u2019s Tom Kurfess, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, will address the report\u2019s findings for enabling innovation, specifically on developing technologies to build a National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI). Jennifer Clark, Director of the Center for Urban Innovation at Georgia Tech, will speak on Improving the Business Climate and recommendations related to Scale-up Policy. The U.S. has been the leading producer of manufactured goods for more than 100 years, but strengths in manufacturing innovation and technologies that have sustained American leadership in manufacturing are under threat from new and growing competition abroad.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe AMP 2.0 report identifies the role of the Executive Office of the President in coordinating the federal government\u2019s advanced manufacturing activities and defines responsibilities for Federal agencies and other Federal bodies in implementation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFrom our evolving research partnerships with major international manufacturers and our federal government partners to assisting small manufacturers and providing a consistent pipeline of well-trained talent from our student body, Georgia Tech continues to impact the direction of manufacturing in our country,\u201d said Ben Wang, the Executive Director of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute and Chief Manufacturing Officer. \u201cWe are proud to take a leadership role through the President\u2019s AMP initiative and we will continue to work closely with our local, state and national partners to bolster manufacturing jobs and strengthen our competitiveness.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe President\u0027s Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP 2.0) final report is a one-year endeavor to outline a roadmap to secure U.S. manufacturing competitiveness. Georgia Tech President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson served on the 19-person AMP 2.0 Steering Committee and numerous faculty and staff put in many hours serving on various workstreams that focused on different aspects of manufacturing competitiveness.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Leaders from Georgia Tech are participating in the release of the President\u0027s Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP 2.0) final report."}],"uid":"27213","created_gmt":"2014-10-27 08:52:27","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:19","author":"Teri Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-10-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-10-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"337201":{"id":"337201","type":"image","title":"President of the United States Seal","body":null,"created":"1449245201","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:06:41","changed":"1475895051","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:51","alt":"President of the United States Seal","file":{"fid":"200546","name":"seal.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/seal_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/seal_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":392686,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/seal_0.jpg?itok=0P7G_nBa"}}},"media_ids":["337201"],"groups":[{"id":"47398","name":"GCR (Office of Government and Community Relations)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"815","name":"economic development"},{"id":"67621","name":"federal relations"},{"id":"81901","name":"GTMI"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"id":"167090","name":"SPP"},{"id":"817","name":"White House"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tnagel@gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ETeri Nagel\u003C\/a\u003E, Georgia Tech Office of Government and Community Relations\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404.385-7656\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}