{"690916":{"#nid":"690916","#data":{"type":"news","title":"From Classroom to Manufacturing Floor: Teachers Build Real-World Manufacturing Skills at Georgia Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor three days in June, a dozen middle and high school teachers from rural Georgia traded their classrooms for Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/montgomery-machining-mall\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMontgomery Machining Mall\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, a machine shop where students and researchers design and build custom parts. Instead of grading papers, they cut metal on bandsaws, lathes, and milling machines while learning skills they\u2019ll take back to their students this fall.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe workshop is part of Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/feature\/advanced-manufacturing-program\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdvanced Manufacturing Pathways (AMP) program\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, a collaboration between the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gtmi.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (GTMI) and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gtri.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Institute\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (GTRI), which connects rural educators with hands-on manufacturing training. This particular training was delivered through a partnership between GTMI, STEM@GTRI \u2014 GTRI\u2019s K-12 outreach program \u2014 and the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, leveraging the facilities and expertise of the Montgomery Machining Mall to provide teachers with direct experience in modern manufacturing. Building on GTRI\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ceismc.gatech.edu\/rural-cs-initiative\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERural Computer Science Initiative\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, the program expands access to high-skill, high-wage career pathways across rural communities. The initiative is supported through state funding.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe workshop comes at a time when demand for skilled manufacturing workers continues to grow nationwide, particularly in roles requiring precision, technical expertise, and problem-solving.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERead the full story on the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/classroom-manufacturing-floor-teachers-build-real-world-manufacturing-skills-georgia-tech\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Research news site\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor three days in June, a dozen middle and high school teachers from rural Georgia traded their classrooms for Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/montgomery-machining-mall\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMontgomery Machining Mall\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, a machine shop where students and researchers design and build custom parts.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"For three days in June, a dozen middle and high school teachers from rural Georgia traded their classrooms for Georgia Tech\u2019s Montgomery Machining Mall, a machine shop where students and researchers design and build custom parts. "}],"uid":"36757","created_gmt":"2026-06-25 17:25:42","changed_gmt":"2026-06-25 17:25:42","author":"ychernet3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-06-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-06-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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: ychernet3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EYanet Chernet\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003ECommunications Officer\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"685207":{"#nid":"685207","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Advanced Manufacturing Takes Off in Georgia Classrooms","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESmart manufacturing, data-driven design, and artificial intelligence aren\u2019t just buzzwords \u2014 they are fields that are creating high-paying, high-tech careers across the country. In rural communities across Georgia, these advanced manufacturing roles are growing, but the talent pipeline isn\u2019t keeping pace.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s not just about creating jobs, it\u2019s about filling them,\u201d says \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.research.gatech.edu\/node\/11182\u0022\u003ETom Kurfess\u003C\/a\u003E, Regents\u2019 Professor in mechanical engineering and executive director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/manufacturing.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E (GTMI). \u201cTo do that, we need to show students how exciting and innovative manufacturing can be. Manufacturing has really changed over the past few years. Today, going from an idea to a physical part is much easier to do. It is fun and exciting to bring ideas to life and to actually hold the results in your hands.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGTMI is working to\u0026nbsp;reignite student interest in the art and science of making\u0026nbsp;through its new K\u201312 initiative: the\u0026nbsp;Advanced Manufacturing Pathways (AMP) Program. Modeled after Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ceismc.gatech.edu\/rural-cs-initiative\u0022\u003ERural CS Initiative\u003C\/a\u003E, AMP\u0026nbsp;empowers schools with faculty expertise, cutting-edge equipment, and a hands-on curriculum\u0026nbsp;to give students early exposure to the tools, technologies, and creativity behind modern manufacturing while building a pipeline of future talent ready to thrive in high-tech careers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFunded by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.swgrc.org\/\u0022\u003ESouthwest Georgia Regional Commission\u003C\/a\u003E (SWGRC), AMP is kicking off in three school districts this fall \u2014 Decatur County,\u0026nbsp;Thomas County, and\u0026nbsp;the city of Thomasville\u0026nbsp; \u2014 with plans to expand to additional schools in the spring of 2026. The program will start by engaging more than 200 students through hands-on learning, virtual instruction, and in-person lab experiences led by Georgia Tech researchers and faculty.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cHere in Southwest Georgia, we believe that opportunities like this are vital for integrated learning in schools and for growing our future workforce,\u201d says Beka Shiver, economic development and transportation planner for SWGRC. \u201cWorkforce development and K-12 integration are at the heart of our Southwest Georgia Ecosystem Building Project, and we are so pleased to be able to provide funding for this program.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe launch of the AMP Program is\u0026nbsp;centered around Design, Build, Race, a course putting a modern spin on the classic pinewood derby. Students will use digital design, 3D printing, and machining to build and race custom cars, while also learning how to collect and analyze performance data to improve their designs and predict outcomes. The course blends engineering with data science, sparking curiosity and showing students how modern manufacturing is powered by both technical skills and smart data.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis program delivers real-world industry experience to students while strengthening the talent pipeline that drives innovation, competitiveness, and resilience in advanced manufacturing\u201d, says \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.research.gatech.edu\/node\/21289\u0022\u003ESteven Ferguson\u003C\/a\u003E, interim director of operations at GTMI and one of the project\u2019s leaders. \u201cAfter more than 20 years of driving education and workforce development innovation, I\u2019m more energized than ever to help launch the AMP program to open doors for students and advance U.S. manufacturing leadership.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EBuilding the Blueprint\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBefore it evolved into the AMP Program, Design, Build, Race was a course developed by GTMI research engineer \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/people\/kyle-saleeby\u0022\u003EKyle Saleeby\u003C\/a\u003E in 2023. Originating in GTMI\u2019s Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility (AMPF), the course was designed to introduce Morehouse and Georgia Tech students to the possibilities of modern manufacturing through digital design, 3D printing, machining, and competitive creativity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cEven after the first week, it was powerful to watch students discover how exciting it is to design and manufacture a competition-ready car in a matter of hours,\u201d said Saleeby. \u201cThat\u2019s when I knew we were onto something special.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESaleeby teamed up with\u0026nbsp;Ferguson to transform the course into a broader initiative. The duo engaged colleagues from \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/outreach\/stem-at-gtri\u0022\u003ESTEM@GTRI\u003C\/a\u003E and\u0026nbsp;secured funding from SWGRC to modify the curriculum and scale the course for a high school audience.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are thrilled that we have been able to take the lessons learned during the development of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ceismc.gatech.edu\/rural-cs-initiative\u0022\u003ERural Computer Science Initiative\u003C\/a\u003E and expand opportunities for students in Southwest Georgia,\u201d says Sean Mulvanity, a senior research associate in the Georgia Tech Research Institute. Mulvanity is one of the founders of the initiative and has been a key contributor to the AMP Program. \u201cWe hope this program can grow and expose students across the state to the field of advanced manufacturing.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThough granted by the SWGRC, funds for the program were provided by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/georgiaaim.org\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing\u003C\/a\u003E, a statewide initiative founded by GTMI and Georgia Tech\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/innovate.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EEnterprise Innovation Institute\u003C\/a\u003E to advance AI-driven manufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo bring AMP into classrooms,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/southernregional.edu\/\u0022\u003ESouthern Regional Technical College\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;helped set up labs and provide technical support, ensuring schools were ready to launch.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAt all levels, the community has rallied around this program,\u201d says Saleeby. \u201cProviding students with a unique experience learning advanced manufacturing technologies will open countless career opportunities. 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But at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/manufacturing.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E (GTMI), which leads the nation in translating research into technologies that shape the future of U.S. manufacturing, that gap is being closed by design. This effort was on full display during AMPF Week, a two-day celebration marking the official opening of the newly renovated Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/manufacturing.gatech.edu\/ampf-week\u0022\u003EAdvanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility\u003C\/a\u003E (AMPF).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/node\/45675\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERead more \u00bb\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium is bridging the gap between research and real-world production by using AI, automation, and industry partnerships to accelerate advanced manufacturing. 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Stebner\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;as its new associate director, expanding the institute\u2019s leadership as it scales advanced manufacturing research, infrastructure, and industry engagement.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStebner is the Eugene C. Gwaltney Jr. Chair in Manufacturing\u0026nbsp;and a professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, with a joint appointment in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E. He also serves as a James R. and Sarah R. Borders Faculty Fellow, founding director of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/georgiaaim.org\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Artificial Intelligence Manufacturing\u003C\/a\u003E (Georgia AIM), and executive director of Georgia Tech\u2019s Professional Master\u2019s in Manufacturing Leadership\u0026nbsp;program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn his role as associate director, Stebner will lead operations, engagement and continued growth of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fampf.research.gatech.edu%2F\u0026amp;data=05%7C02%7Cychernet3%40gatech.edu%7C4c96a361c44540bd1a4808dea5f38848%7C482198bbae7b4b258b7a6d7f32faa083%7C1%7C0%7C639130662544443590%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C\u0026amp;sdata=GiDwnKgOmr8xhq%2BszJcr0OiPioj5O9GJAgOHGQqXC7U%3D\u0026amp;reserved=0\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fampf.research.gatech.edu%2F\u0026amp;data=05%7C02%7Cychernet3%40gatech.edu%7C4c96a361c44540bd1a4808dea5f38848%7C482198bbae7b4b258b7a6d7f32faa083%7C1%7C0%7C639130662544443590%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C\u0026amp;sdata=GiDwnKgOmr8xhq%2BszJcr0OiPioj5O9GJAgOHGQqXC7U%3D\u0026amp;reserved=0\u0022\u003EAdvanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility (AMPF)\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;a cornerstone of Georgia Tech\u2019s manufacturing ecosystem. The facility brings together artificial intelligence, automation, robotics, and digital manufacturing to accelerate materials discovery and manufacturing innovation at pilot scale.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe AMPF is evolving into what Georgia Tech leaders describe as a national first: a university-based, self-driving manufacturing facility\u0026nbsp;that allows new technologies to be invented, tested and de-risked before they reach full-scale production. Backed by more than $80 million in federal, state, and private investment, the facility serves as a shared-use platform for industry, startups, researchers, and government partners.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAMPF is a national user facility and a\u0026nbsp;blended industry-academia, human-AI environment where new manufacturing discoveries are made ready for industry adoption,\u201d Stebner said. \u201cBy integrating AI-enabled systems, real-time automation and pilot-scale validation, we\u2019re helping shorten the timeline from discovery to deployment.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStebner\u2019s research and leadership sit at the intersection of artificial intelligence, manufacturing, materials, and mechanics, with an emphasis on intelligent and adaptive manufacturing systems. His work spans advanced alloys, additive manufacturing, autonomous experimentation, and data-driven process design, with applications across aerospace, automotive, biomedical, energy and industrial sectors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUnder his leadership, the AMPF is expected to continue expanding as a national collaboration hub\u0026nbsp;for academia, industry, and government. The facility supports pilot-scale testing of emerging technologies, workforce development and applied research aimed at strengthening U.S. manufacturing competitiveness and economic resilience.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStebner\u2019s appointment also strengthens the alignment between GTMI, Georgia AIM and Georgia Tech\u2019s broader research enterprise, integrating AI-driven research, translational infrastructure, and industry partnerships into a cohesive model for manufacturing innovation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWith Aaron\u2019s experience building forward-looking manufacturing programs and leading large, interdisciplinary teams, GTMI is well positioned to accelerate the impact of the AMPF and related initiatives,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/people\/thomas-kurfess\u0022\u003ETom Kurfess\u003C\/a\u003E, executive director of GTMI.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI) has selected \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mse.gatech.edu%2Fpeople%2Faaron-stebner\u0026amp;data=05%7C02%7Cychernet3%40gatech.edu%7C4c96a361c44540bd1a4808dea5f38848%7C482198bbae7b4b258b7a6d7f32faa083%7C1%7C0%7C639130662544421095%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C\u0026amp;sdata=Ok7FfjOabmRUr7BCtE5k7T8ztKSo1Zg80AEnLrrPa9k%3D\u0026amp;reserved=0\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mse.gatech.edu%2Fpeople%2Faaron-stebner\u0026amp;data=05%7C02%7Cychernet3%40gatech.edu%7C4c96a361c44540bd1a4808dea5f38848%7C482198bbae7b4b258b7a6d7f32faa083%7C1%7C0%7C639130662544421095%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C\u0026amp;sdata=Ok7FfjOabmRUr7BCtE5k7T8ztKSo1Zg80AEnLrrPa9k%3D\u0026amp;reserved=0\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAaron P. Stebner\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;as its new associate director, expanding the institute\u2019s leadership as it scales advanced manufacturing research, infrastructure, and industry engagement.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI) has selected Aaron P. Stebner as its new associate director, expanding the institute\u2019s leadership as it scales advanced manufacturing research, infrastructure, and industry engagement."}],"uid":"36757","created_gmt":"2026-04-29 13:51:15","changed_gmt":"2026-04-29 14:48:02","author":"ychernet3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-04-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-04-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"680098":{"id":"680098","type":"image","title":"headshot-aaron-2.jpg","body":null,"created":"1777474057","gmt_created":"2026-04-29 14:47:37","changed":"1777474057","gmt_changed":"2026-04-29 14:47:37","alt":"Headshot of Aaron Stebner","file":{"fid":"264337","name":"headshot-aaron-2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/04\/29\/headshot-aaron-2_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/04\/29\/headshot-aaron-2_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":108578,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/04\/29\/headshot-aaron-2_0.jpg?itok=SWntWHvt"}}},"media_ids":["680098"],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ychernet3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EYanet Chernet\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ECommunications Officer\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"686876":{"#nid":"686876","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Manufacturing Consortium Helps Industry Close the Finish Gap","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFrom fighter jets to medical devices, today\u2019s most advanced machines depend on parts as intricate as their missions. These components aren\u2019t just geometrically complex \u2014 they\u2019re made from specialized metals engineered to withstand extreme heat, friction, and wear. But that strength comes with a challenge. How do you shape metals tough enough to survive the heat of a jet engine?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne solution is to start with a more moldable form of these super-metals: powder. In a specialized form of additive manufacturing (like 3D printing), manufacturers start with fine metal powders and fuse them, layer by layer, using focused energy. Known as powder bed fusion (PBF), this method enables highly complex shapes and reduces the amount of finishing work needed. Still, when a micron of extra material can make or break the final product, even near-perfect parts require precise finishing touches.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe introduction of new, exotic materials produced through additive manufacturing has brought unique challenges, especially for applications in space and missile systems,\u201d says David Antonuccio, business development director at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.halocarbon.com\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EHalocarbon\u003C\/a\u003E, a Georgia-based company producing advanced chemical solutions used in manufacturing and other fields. \u201cWhile these materials offer distinct properties, they are notoriously difficult to machine.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat\u2019s where the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/manufacturing.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E (GTMI) comes in. Through its Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium, GTMI connects industry manufacturers like Halocarbon with researchers and innovators to tackle real \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0007850625000319?via%3Dihub\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eproduction challenges\u003C\/a\u003E like this. Membership includes access to GTMI\u2019s Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility (AMPF), where companies can test ideas and collaborate on new solutions.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHalocarbon recently teamed up with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/freemelt.com\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EFreemelt\u003C\/a\u003E, a leader in producing PBF systems and a fellow consortium member, to address this bottleneck. Their goal: to determine whether Halocarbon\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.halocarbon.com\/machining-mission-critical-metals-the-halocarbon-advantage-in-aerospace-alloys\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Especialized metalworking fluids\u003C\/a\u003E could enhance the finishing process for PBF-manufactured parts made from tungsten and molybdenum, two high-temperature, hard-to-machine metals.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe future of manufacturing depends on how well we integrate talent, technology, and collaboration,\u201d says \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/manufacturing.gatech.edu\/people\/steven-ferguson\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESteven Ferguson\u003C\/a\u003E, interim director of Research Operations at GTMI and managing director of the consortium. \u201cBy bringing companies together around shared challenges, we\u2019re closing critical gaps and strengthening the nation\u2019s advanced manufacturing capability.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESolving the Post-Processing Bottleneck\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEven with advanced methods like electron beam powder bed fusion (E-PBF), which uses an electron beam to fuse metal powders inside a vacuum chamber, finishing remains a critical hurdle. \u201cSurface finish in powder bed fusion is fundamentally tied to the particle size of the metal powder,\u201d says Ian Crawford, a materials and application engineer at Freemelt. \u201cPost-processing will almost always be part of the equation for high-performance components.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn traditional machining, coolants and cutting fluids used in these finishing steps are often overlooked, and the methods haven\u2019t changed much in decades. Halocarbon\u2019s metalworking fluid aims to bring these fluids into a new era, using innovative polymer chemistry to extend tool life, improve surface quality, and boost efficiency when machining these challenging alloys.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe two companies initiated their joint project during their free AMPF equipment use time, which comes with the full level of consortium membership. From there, GTMI designed and executed controlled studies comparing the use of Halocarbon\u2019s fluids to two standard finishing methods, dry machining and EDM-based finishing. The results showed a 6% improvement in side milling and a 26% improvement in end milling versus dry machining, with even greater gains over EDM. These improvements translate into higher-quality parts, tighter specifications, lower scrap rates, extended tool life, and reduced downstream costs \u2014 exactly what aerospace and defense suppliers need to meet stringent requirements. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe findings were shared at the 2025 National Space \u0026amp; Missile Materials Symposium, reinforcing the value of industry-academic collaboration.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIndustry keeps pushing materials to handle more heat and stress, but that makes post-processing harder,\u201d says \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/manufacturing.gatech.edu\/people\/matthew-carroll\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMatt Carroll\u003C\/a\u003E, one of the GTMI researchers on the project. \u201cBy bringing equipment makers and chemistry innovators into the same experiment, we were able to prove where the gains really are and give manufacturers data they can act on.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cNo single manufacturing method solves every challenge,\u201d says Crawford. \u201cTo achieve the performance and cost targets that aerospace and defense applications demand, we need to bring together the right combination of technologies, and collaborations like this show what\u0027s possible when we do.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECollaborative research at GTMI is helping manufacturers overcome critical challenges in finishing advanced materials for aerospace and defense applications.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Collaborative research at GTMI is helping manufacturers overcome critical challenges in finishing advanced materials for aerospace and defense applications."}],"uid":"35575","created_gmt":"2025-12-11 18:59:54","changed_gmt":"2026-04-29 14:17:46","author":"adavidson38","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-12-15T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2025-12-15T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"680093":{"id":"680093","type":"image","title":"gap-1.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EHigh-performance parts used in aerospace and defense systems need to be precise and durable, even with complex geometries. Advanced manufacturing methods enable the production of complicated parts that traditional machining can\u0027t achieve, like those seen here at GTMI\u0027s Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility. 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The portfolio of awards honors achievements in research engagement, innovation, faculty advising, and impact.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia AIM is a statewide coalition led by the Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/innovate.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EEnterprise Innovation Institute\u003C\/a\u003E (EI2) and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/manufacturing.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E (GTMI) to develop and deploy AI talent and innovation in manufacturing. The Georgia AIM coalition includes dozens of universities, technical colleges, nonprofits, and economic development organizations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt is an incredible experience to collaborate with technology and economic development leaders around the state to lead the nation and the world in AI for manufacturing,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/stebner\u0022\u003EAaron Stebner\u003C\/a\u003E, Georgia AIM co-director and the Eugene C. Gwaltney Jr. Chair in Manufacturing at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are truly honored to receive this recognition from our peers at Georgia Tech,\u201d said Tom Kurfess, GTMI Executive Director and HUSCO\/Ramirez Distinguished Chair in Fluid Power and Motion Control.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia AIM was initiated in 2021 by Stebner, EI2\u0026nbsp;Vice President David Bridges, Kurfess, Georgia AIM managing director and GTMI deputy director Steven Ferguson, and Georgia Tech executive director for strategic partnerships George White. The coalition received an initial $500,000 planning grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA), which was followed by $65 million in additional grants from EDA and with additional federal, state, and private sector support now totals more than $100 million to enact projects across the state.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia AIM coalition counts many achievements on and off campus, including:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESupporting collaborations for more than thirty-five faculty, fifty research faculty and professionals, ten post docs, eighty graduate research assistants, one hundred and fifty undergraduate research assistants, and dozens of staff at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ETransforming the Georgia Tech\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ampf.research.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EAdvanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility\u003C\/a\u003E into a national user facility for research and development to invent, test, derisk, and mature AI manufacturing and materials technologies.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBuilding a manufacturing commercialization pipeline that links faculty research, student innovation, startups, and corporate partners to introduce AI manufacturing innovations to regional and national economies.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ELaunching workforce development programs that provide new opportunities and career paths thousands of students spanning K-12 engagement, technical apprenticeships and credentials, and professional education.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EProviding STEM experiences including AI coding camps, robotics competitions, and advanced manufacturing competitions to thousands of students across Georgia.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E21 peer reviewed journal articles, 5 peer reviewed conference proceedings, 5 National Academies workshop presentations,\u0026nbsp;5 keynote\/plenary presentations, more than 200 conference presentations and posters, 13 invention disclosures, 7 provisional patents, 2 full patents filed to date with dozens more in process.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia AIM proves that innovation scales when built alongside workforce,\u201d said Ferguson. \u201cWe built a seamless pipeline from education to industry, ensuring talent is ready to deploy AI in real manufacturing environments on day one.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe impact of Georgia AIM is grounded in collaboration \u2014 universities, industry, nonprofits and communities working together to shape the future of advanced manufacturing in Georgia,\u201d said Bridges. \u201cThis recognition underscores what a coordinated statewide effort can accomplish.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBecause research covers a range of activities \u2014 from research and development to commercialization and public impacts \u2014 the annual awards recognize the many facets of work in this area. The peer-driven nomination process emphasizes measurable contributions and leadership across disciplines.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe strength of Georgia Tech\u2019s research enterprise begins with the talented people who push discovery forward every day,\u201d said\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.research.gatech.edu\/node\/2852\u0022\u003ETim Lieuwen\u003C\/a\u003E, executive vice president for Research. \u201cCongratulations to this year\u2019s honorees, who demonstrate what it means to turn bold ideas into real-world impact, advancing knowledge from fundamental science to commercial and community applications. 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Through a series of online talks, Georgia Tech researchers shared a glimpse of the technologies shaping the future. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA national initiative held February 23\u201327, the event highlighted research spanning cybersecurity, aerospace engineering, robotics, infrastructure, and advanced manufacturing. The program virtually brought engineers into classrooms statewide, who offered online learning experiences centered on inquiry, problem solving, and design.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is a great collaborative effort between the College of Engineering, the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI), and the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI),\u201d said Sean Mulvanity, program lead at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/outreach\/stem-at-gtri\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESTEM@GTRI.\u003C\/a\u003E \u201cWe provided students from across the state the opportunity to interact with leaders in a variety of engineering fields.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEach day featured a different engineer discussing the real-world challenges driving their work. Cybersecurity professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.research.gatech.edu\/node\/17433\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESaman Zonouz\u003C\/a\u003E began the week with a talk on protecting critical digital systems that power modern life. Aerospace engineer professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/directory\/person\/adam-m-steinberg\u0022\u003EAdam Steinberg\u003C\/a\u003E followed with insights into developing faster, cleaner engines for next-generation supersonic aircraft. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/directory\/person\/juergen-rauleder\u0022\u003EJuergen Rauleder\u003C\/a\u003E, also an aerospace engineer professor, then introduced students to aerodynamics research conducted in Georgia Tech\u0027s wind tunnel \u2014 one of the largest in the United States.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELater sessions expanded the conversation across disciplines. Civil and environmental engineering professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/directory\/person\/lauren-stewart\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ELauren Stewart\u003C\/a\u003E discussed designing buildings and infrastructure capable of withstanding extreme loads, while mechanical engineer professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/people\/aaron-stebner\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAaron Stebner\u003C\/a\u003E closed the week with his talk, \u003Cem\u003E\u201c3D Printing Titanium: Realizing the Superhero Powers of Ironman,\u201d\u003C\/em\u003E exploring advances in additive manufacturing.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese talks show engineering isn\u2019t just theory,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/people\/steven-ferguson\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESteven Ferguson\u003C\/a\u003E, GTMI principal research scientist. \u201cStudents are hearing directly about the kinds of problems people are working on right now.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne session featured \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Faparna-srinidhi-jagannathan-10655823b%2F\u0026amp;data=05%7C02%7Cychernet3%40gatech.edu%7C5b33de3205984ef8f05408de7aeea5b4%7C482198bbae7b4b258b7a6d7f32faa083%7C1%7C0%7C639083362547434014%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C\u0026amp;sdata=MvM%2F5DS3783hgYAvqDD3Uj00PvsQot9Q1afZ3ldx1s0%3D\u0026amp;reserved=0\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAparna Srinidhi Jagannathan\u003C\/a\u003E, a third-year biomedical engineering student and undergraduate researcher at Georgia Tech, who spoke about her research in the Exoskeleton and Prosthetic Intelligent Controls (EPIC) Lab. Jagannathan is developing a wearable biofeedback system designed to help patients with gait disorders\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003Eimprove balance and coordination while walking. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOne of the things I value about being an engineer is the ability to turn abstract ideas and theories into tangible devices and technologies through research and design,\u201d Jagannathan said. \u201cEngineers Week empowers students with the knowledge that they, too, can meaningfully contribute to engineering. It reminds them that they can lead projects that benefit the communities around them.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEngineers Week at Georgia Tech was presented by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECollege of Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/manufacturing.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E, and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Institute\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"A week of virtual talks opened a window into the research shaping everything from supersonic flight to wearable biofeedback devices."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMore than 6,200 high school students across Georgia tuned in for Engineers Week 2026, joining a series of online talks hosted by Georgia Tech that offered a glimpse into the technologies shaping the future.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"More than 6,200 high school students across Georgia tuned in for Engineers Week 2026, joining a series of online talks hosted by Georgia Tech that offered a glimpse into the technologies shaping the future. 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This designation underscores Georgia Tech\u2019s leadership in research that solves global challenges.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cInterdisciplinary research is at the heart of Georgia Tech\u2019s mission,\u201d said Tim Lieuwen, executive vice president for Research. \u201cOur faculty, students, and research teams work across disciplines to create transformative solutions in areas such as healthcare, energy, advanced manufacturing, and artificial intelligence. This ranking reflects the strength of our collaborative culture and the impact of our research on society.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs a top R1 research university, Georgia Tech is shaping the future of basic and applied research by pursuing inventive solutions to the world\u2019s most pressing problems. Whether discovering cancer treatments or developing new methods to power our communities, work at the Institute focuses on improving the human condition.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETeams from all seven Georgia Tech colleges, 11 interdisciplinary research institutes, the Georgia Tech Research Institute, Enterprise Innovation Institute, and hundreds of research labs and centers work together to transform ideas into \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/real-life\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ereal results\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"The recognition highlights Tech\u2019s leadership in cross-disciplinary research that solves complex challenges."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology has been ranked 7th in the world in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.timeshighereducation.com\/world-university-rankings\/interdisciplinary-science-rankings\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E2026 Times Higher Education Interdisciplinary Science Rankings\u003C\/a\u003E, in association with Schmidt Science Fellows. 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Lukas Berg, a retiring U.S. Army officer, will be working with GTMI to support new education and training programs aimed at preparing Georgians for careers in advanced manufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cLukas Berg brings a unique blend of operational experience, academic insight, and a deep commitment to service,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.research.gatech.edu\/node\/11182\u0022\u003EThomas Kurfess\u003C\/a\u003E, executive director of GTMI. \u201cHis perspective will be invaluable as we work to build stronger connections between Georgia\u2019s communities and the advanced manufacturing sector.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hiringourheroes.org\/career-services\/fellowships\/\u0022\u003EHiring Our Heroes\u003C\/a\u003E is a nationwide initiative led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation that helps veterans and military spouses transition into civilian careers through short-term fellowships. Since 2021, Georgia Tech has hosted more than two dozen HOH fellows, beginning with U.S. Army veteran \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/people\/erik-andersen\u0022\u003EErik Andersen\u003C\/a\u003E, who now serves as interim deputy director for the Research, Electronics, Optics, and Systems Directorate at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), where he also helps lead the HOH program.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBerg is the first fellow to be placed outside of GTRI, a sign of the program\u2019s growing reach across campus and its potential to support a broader range of workforce development efforts.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s been exciting to see how the Hiring Our Heroes program has grown at Georgia Tech,\u201d said Andersen. \u201cBerg\u2019s placement at GTMI reflects the Institute\u2019s commitment to connecting military talent with real-world innovation and workforce development. Veterans bring a unique perspective and skill set to these challenges, and I\u2019m proud to see the program expanding to new parts of campus.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBerg\u2019s military career includes aviation command roles, teaching positions at West Point and the Joint Special Operations University, and deployments across multiple regions. At GTMI, he will be contributing to a new initiative that partners with rural school districts to introduce students to hands-on learning in advanced manufacturing, an effort designed to spark interest in high-potential career paths and support long-term workforce readiness.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith personal ties to Georgia Tech and a strong sense of purpose, Berg sees this fellowship as a meaningful next step. We spoke with him to learn more about what brought him to GTMI and how he views the role of manufacturing and workforce development in shaping the country\u2019s future.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat inspired you to pursue a fellowship at the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute after your military service?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELast year, I visited Georgia Tech with many of the junior officers and pilots assigned to my helicopter battalion in Savannah. Our agenda included stops at the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute and the Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility, both of which struck me as being absolutely vital to maintaining the technological edge required to fight and win on the modern battlefield. Pursuing a fellowship at GTMI felt like a natural extension of my military service, and I suspected that it would put me back at the intersection of thinkers and doers (where I have always felt most at home).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EYou mentioned your grandmother taught at Georgia Tech for over 30 years \u2014 how has her legacy influenced your academic and professional journey?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMy grandmother, Maria Venable, was the first woman to serve as a full-time faculty member in Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Modern Languages. She poured herself into both her family and her students, and I was lucky to count myself in both populations, as she agreed to tutor me for the AP German exam in high school (but only if I behaved as well as her students at Tech). Her example inspired me to pursue a teaching assignment at West Point halfway through my Army career, and I experienced the same joy in teaching that she did. It\u2019s something that I will continue to do for the rest of my life, whether in a formal or informal capacity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECan you share more about the specific initiatives you\u0027ll be working on at GTMI related to advanced manufacturing education?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMost immediately, I am joining a new GTMI initiative that partners with rural school districts to deliver several weeks\u2019 worth of curriculum and hands-on practice in advanced manufacturing. We just kicked off a pilot program with Bainbridge High School in Decatur, and it\u2019s exciting to see their students leveraging sophisticated systems to design and build Pinewood Derby cars that would make Cub Scouts across the country green with envy. Beyond this initiative, I hope to contribute to other efforts that get young people excited about careers in manufacturing and that assist adult learners in re-skilling and up-skilling for this high-potential industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat are you most looking forward to as you begin your fellowship at GTMI?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech feels like a physical and intellectual crossroads of modern civilization. I\u2019m excited to not only contribute as a member of GTMI but also to learn about the countless other departments, institutes, and programs that are convening talent to solve the world\u2019s thorniest problems.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat skills or insights are you hoping to gain during your time at GTMI that will support your next career chapter?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs an Army officer, I\u2019ve been stationed across the country and deployed around the world, but Georgia has always been home. (Gladys Knight\u2019s \u201cMidnight Train to Georgia\u201d has been a fixture on my playlist since I left for West Point at the age of 17.) Now back with my family, I look forward to using my time at GTMI to learn about my home state and identify ways that I can contribute to its near and long-term prosperity, whether through roles in academia, government, or private industry. I also look forward to expanding my network in all these communities, as no single one has a monopoly on problem-solving.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhy do you believe rebuilding America\u2019s industrial base and manufacturing workforce is critical to national security today?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs a career aviator, much of my professional life was spent agonizing over the availability of parts to repair my helicopters. It seemed like there were never enough, and they always took too long to get to me. This experience, coupled with lessons learned from our support of Ukraine\u2019s self-defense, contrasted starkly with my recent study of America\u2019s 20th-century role as the \u201carsenal of democracy.\u201d I\u2019m convinced that we need to regain that reputation, and I would like to see Georgia at the forefront of associated design, manufacturing, and education initiatives.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow do you see veterans playing a unique role in strengthening the U.S. manufacturing workforce?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI think veterans are the most natural candidates in the world for roles in the manufacturing workforce. They possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities to be successful in most endeavors, but most are looking for ways to extend their service beyond their time in uniform. What better way than to contribute to a field that is so vital to our national security and prosperity?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat does \u201cProgress and Service\u201d mean to you, and what does it mean to you personally to be contributing to that mission?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI love Tech\u2019s motto. I grew up in a family and community that reinforced at every turn the idea that our highest potential as human beings is realized when we serve others. This motivated my choice to serve in the military for the past 20 years, and it remains my North Star for this next chapter. I also love the idea of technological progress being the vehicle by which Georgia Tech collectively serves others, and I hope to accelerate this progress during my time at GTMI.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIf you could give one piece of advice to other service members considering a fellowship like this, what would it be?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInventory your passions and define your purpose. Then start reaching out to people in related fields. 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This collaboration not only enabled larger scale success and a feature in \u003Cem\u003EForbes\u003C\/em\u003E, but vividly illustrated how applied research can turn cultural legacy into commercial opportunities.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/impact\/workforce\/chai-box?utm_source=research_home_page\u0026amp;utm_medium=banner\u0026amp;utm_id=chai_box\u0026amp;utm_content=chai_box_research_home_page_banner\u0022\u003ELearn more.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s expertise helped The Chai Box transform a family ritual into a successful product featured in Costco and on the pages of Forbes magazine. 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It was created by researchers at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ai4opt.org\/\u0022\u003ENSF AI Institute for Advances in Optimization\u003C\/a\u003E, or AI4OPT, based at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E under \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ai.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ETech AI\u003C\/a\u003E (the AI Hub at Georgia Tech).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe technology is already being tested on real-world supply chain data provided by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.kinaxis.com\/\u0022\u003EKinaxis\u003C\/a\u003E, a Canada-based company that supplies planning software to global manufacturers in industries ranging from automotive to consumer goods.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/vahid-eghbal-akhlaghi-961854344\u0022\u003EVahid Eghbal Akhlaghi\u003C\/a\u003E, senior research scientist at Kinaxis and former postdoctoral fellow at AI4OPT and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EH. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (ISyE) at Georgia Tech, said, \u201cOur industry partner has been instrumental in shaping PROPEL\u2019s capabilities. By validating the approach with real operational data, we ensured it addresses true bottlenecks in supply chain planning.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022PROPEL represents a leap forward in how we tackle massive, complex planning problems,\u0022 said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ai.gatech.edu\/node\/21324\u0022\u003EPascal Van Hentenryck\u003C\/a\u003E, lead researcher, the director of Tech AI and the NSF AI4OPT Institute, and the A. Russell Chandler III Chair and Professor at Georgia Tech with appointments in the colleges of engineering and computing. \u0022By combining supervised and reinforcement learning, we can make near-optimal industrial-scale decisions, an order of magnitude faster.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETraditional supply chain planning problems are typically solved using mathematical models that require immense computing power\u2014often too much to meet real-time business needs. PROPEL, short for Predict-Relax-Optimize using LEarning, reduces this burden by teaching the AI model to first eliminate irrelevant decisions and then fine-tune the solution to meet quality standards.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/reza-zandehshahvar\u0022\u003EReza\u0026nbsp;Zandehshahvar\u003C\/a\u003E, one of the paper\u2019s co-authors and postdoctoral fellow with the NSF AI4OPT and the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) at Georgia Tech, said the breakthrough lies not just in the AI algorithms but in how they\u0027re trained and deployed at scale.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMany AI models struggle when applied to problems with millions of variables. PROPEL was built from the ground up to handle industrial complexity, not just academic examples,\u201d Zandehshahvar said. \u201cWe\u2019re seeing real improvements in both solution speed and quality.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;In trials using Kinaxis\u2019 historical industrial data, PROPEL achieved an 88% reduction in the time needed to find a high-quality plan and improved solution accuracy by more than 60% compared to conventional methods.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile many AI methods in supply chain rely on simulated data or simplified models, PROPEL\u2019s performance has been validated using real-world scenarios, ensuring its reliability in high-stakes operational settings.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech team says PROPEL could benefit industries that manage large, multi-tiered production networks, including pharmaceuticals, electronics, and heavy manufacturing. 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But \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/southernregional.edu\/srtc-leadership\u0022\u003EMason Miller\u003C\/a\u003E could tell there was something missing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe didn\u0027t have any training for advanced manufacturing in our area,\u201d said Miller, vice president of Academic Affairs at Southern Regional Technical College (SRTC), which offers education and training programs in technical and manufacturing fields. \u201cCompanies had to go out and recruit people from Michigan to run their machines. That\u0027s when we said, \u2018We don\u2019t want that to happen \u2014 we need to be doing that right here.\u2019\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat\u2019s where the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/manufacturing\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E (GTMI) stepped in. Working with partner program \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/georgiaaim.org\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing\u003C\/a\u003E (Georgia AIM), GTMI helped connect SRTC with the resources and expertise needed to develop a robust training program tailored to the needs of local manufacturers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMiller said at first, he was skeptical. \u201cWhen GTMI said they wanted to be partners, I thought, \u2018OK, this is another situation where we\u0027re going to talk for a minute, everybody says things and then goes away \u2014 and that\u2019s it,\u2019\u201d said Miller. \u201cThat\u0027s not how it\u0027s been at all.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERather, it\u2019s been a true partnership driven by SRTC, with curriculum focused on automation and robotics developed by the Technical College System of Georgia and GTMI. The curriculum is also shaped by local industry input to directly address workforce gaps in the region\u2019s manufacturing sector.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs a state institution, we\u0027re here to serve you,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/people\/steven-sheffield\u0022\u003ESteven Sheffield\u003C\/a\u003E, senior assistant director of Research Operations at GTMI and a point person of the partnership.\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u201cTell us the problem, and we will work hard to try to solve it with you.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFilling the Workforce Gap\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMiller was committed to giving SRTC students the advanced manufacturing skills needed to stand out in the workforce. Yet the evolving manufacturing landscape and the needs of local manufacturers revealed gaps in SRTC\u2019s curriculum, particularly in AI, automation, and robotics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith GTMI and Georgia AIM researchers contributing key expertise to the expanded smart manufacturing curriculum, Miller noted the partnership is \u201copening our eyes to what we can do with AI. We\u0027re going to start integrating that into our programs.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeyond AI and robotics, SRTC leadership identified a crucial gap in their program: training in precision machining, a skill that local manufacturers like \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/checkmateindustries.com\/\u0022\u003ECheck-Mate Industries\u003C\/a\u003E sorely needed.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIf we want to attract new business and industry to Georgia, we need to be able to show them we can provide a skilled workforce,\u201d said Miller.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo address this missing piece, GTMI and Georgia AIM helped procure funding to acquire and refurbish precision-machining equipment from longtime partner \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.makino.com\/\u0022\u003EMakino\u003C\/a\u003E. Georgia AIM also supported the renovation and outfitting of two SRTC lab spaces with additional updated equipment.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELast fall, SRTC launched its new Precision Manufacturing \u0026amp; Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering Technology programs, with instructors trained by GTMI faculty in precision manufacturing. The new program at SRTC is one example of the ways GTMI experts are working with communities across the state to expand access to training and new technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cNot a lot of technical colleges have this type of machinery,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/southernregional.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/marvin-bannister\u0022\u003EMarvin Bannister\u003C\/a\u003E, SRTC precision machining and manufacturing program chair. Instructors like Bannister received specialized training at GTMI\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ampf.research.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EAdvanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility\u003C\/a\u003E to ensure they felt confident teaching students how to operate the machinery. \u201cNot only is it something else to add to my skill set, but the most important thing is that I\u0027ll be able to train other students who desire to learn on a machine like this.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBecause of SRTC\u2019s expanded offerings, the technical college has strengthened partnerships and developed new internship programs with local manufacturers. \u201cWe all want the same thing,\u201d said Miller, \u201cwhich is to grow industry partnerships and to create a talent pipeline for our state.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGTMI and Georgia AIM also support STEM programs with Thomasville area schools and internship programs for K-12 teachers with local manufacturers such as Check-Mate. These efforts deepen the connections between students and manufacturers, opening doors to future careers in the sector.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019re here to connect the dots and enable these types of partnerships,\u201d says \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/people\/steven-ferguson\u0022\u003ESteven Ferguson\u003C\/a\u003E, a principal research scientist with GTMI and co-director of Georgia AIM. \u201cWhen teams and their networks come together to solve a challenge for just one manufacturer, the impact can reach across an entire region.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe programs are working with Southern Regional Technical College to equip students with advanced skills in smart manufacturing and robotics.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The programs are working with Southern Regional Technical College to equip students with advanced skills in smart manufacturing and robotics."}],"uid":"35575","created_gmt":"2025-05-28 19:42:06","changed_gmt":"2025-05-29 15:04:57","author":"adavidson38","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-05-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-05-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"677151":{"id":"677151","type":"image","title":"Marvin-Training-AMPF.png","body":"\u003Cp\u003EAs part of the partnership, Southern Regional Technical College Instructor Marvin Bannister (center) received hands-on training on advanced machining equipment to prepare for teaching Georgia\u2019s next generation of manufacturers. 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Bryan, Jr. Professor for\u0026nbsp;Advanced Manufacturing Systems, will serve as interim chair of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E beginning May 15.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EHe will assume the temporary role after \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2025\/02\/devesh-ranjan-named-engineering-dean-university-wisconsin-madison\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDevesh Ranjan departs Georgia Tech to become dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am deeply appreciative of Shreyes\u2019 willingness to step into this role during our search process,\u0022 said Raheem Beyah, dean of the College of Engineering and Southern Company Chair. \u0022This appointment reflects his exceptional leadership on campus. Shreyes\u2019 achievements and dedication to Georgia Tech make him the ideal person to guide us through this transition period, and I look forward to continuing our collaboration in this new capacity.\u0022\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EMelkote has been a Woodruff School faculty member since in 1995. His\u0026nbsp;research focuses on subtractive and hybrid manufacturing, industrial robotics for manufacturing, and application of artificial intelligence and machine learning methods for automated manufacturing process planning.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe was awarded Georgia Tech\u2019s\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Eoutstanding achievement in research engagement and outreach award in 2024. The annual honor is presented by the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMelkote is the associate director for the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/manufacturing\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(GTMI), Georgia Tech\u0027s interdisciplinary research institute tackling the challenges facing manufacturers and helping to insure future global competitiveness.\u0026nbsp;He also serves as executive director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/novelis\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENovelis Innovation Hub\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am honored to serve the Woodruff School in an interim capacity. It is an opportunity to give back to the School and the Institute that have supported me in my professional growth during the past 30 years,\u201d Melkote said. \u201cI look forward to working with faculty, staff, and students until the next school chair is chosen to lead it.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMelkote has published nearly 300 peer-reviewed papers in leading journals and conference proceedings. His honors include the American Society of Mechanical Engineers\u2019 (ASME)\u0026nbsp;Milton C. Shaw Manufacturing Research Medal and the Blackall Machine Tool and Gage Award. He also was awarded the Society of Manufacturing Engineer\u2019s (SME) Gold Medal and Dell K. 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Then, she stumbled upon a job opportunity that brought both into one path forward: A fellowship focused on artificial intelligence in manufacturing through the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pingeorgia.org\u0022\u003EPartnership for Inclusive Innovation\u003C\/a\u003E, or PIN.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI happened upon this fellowship and the vertical I landed on was AI in manufacturing, which was a good marriage of the two disciplines,\u201d said Cook, who began the one-year paid position over the summer. The PIN fellowship, part of Georgia Institute of Technology\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/innovate.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EEnterprise Innovation Institute\u003C\/a\u003E, places early career professionals into public and private opportunities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe fellowship is made possible through support from Georgia Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing, or \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/georgiaaim.org\u0022\u003EGeorgia AIM\u003C\/a\u003E. Georgia AIM supports several PIN fellows each year through the AI in Manufacturing vertical. Participants spend six months working on a research project through the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/manufacturing\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E (GTMI) and then six months with a partner company where they focus on a project that enhances the use of smart technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECook recently completed her first six-month rotation as a researcher with the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/manufacturing\u0022\u003EMelkote Advanced Manufacturing Research Group\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech, working with GTMI Associate Director \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/people\/shreyes-melkote\u0022\u003EShreyes Melkote\u003C\/a\u003E. She is now in her next role at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/carbice.com\u0022\u003ECarbice\u003C\/a\u003E, an Atlanta semiconductor manufacturer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat\u2019s the interesting part of the PIN fellowship: those accepted into the program gain experience in both the public and private sectors. Upon completing the program, fellows enter the workforce with a unique, innovative skillset that contributes to the emerging roles AI is creating in manufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe PIN program also helps address a gap in the workforce. There is a growing need for professionals who understand AI and smart technologies, and the program\u2019s public\/private partnership provides useful training and experience to early career professionals who are eager to solve these challenges.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn Cook\u2019s case, her first job after college was with a small manufacturer doing engineering design and CAD work. Her role expanded a bit to accommodate her data analytics background while working on her master\u2019s degree practicum project. But due to the size of the company, her work returned to strictly engineering after she graduated. In contrast, through the PIN fellowship, Cook is working on developing machine learning models that can be used to search for parts in a database of CAD designs. This would allow manufacturers looking for CAD drawings or 3D models to find similar parts with designs already created, saving time by giving engineers a starting point. This research allows her to leverage both her analytics and engineering knowledge.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I feel like I am learning a lot,\u201d said Cook. The research position allows her to apply theoretical knowledge from her master\u2019s degree in a research environment. \u201cThat\u2019s been very interesting and eye-opening. I\u2019m still early in my career and my only experience is fairly traditional corporate jobs, so working in the realm of the unknown is a different situation. With research, you\u2019re just exploring and have no assurances that what you\u2019re doing is going to work.\u0026nbsp;\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMoving to Carbice for the second half of her fellowship adds another layer of learning, she added, because it\u2019s one thing to test out a theory in a lab; it\u2019s different when you are working for a company that needs to see results.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWorking in the private sector allows you to identify and reality-check the needs of actual workplaces,\u201d she added. \u201cBecause sometimes you have a compelling idea and interesting research, but in a corporate setting, first, is it useful, and second, if it is useful, is it even something the industry wants or is willing to adopt?\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis is a paradox Cook will face not only during the second half of her fellowship, but also going forward in her career. The foundational experiences attained through the PIN fellowship will give Cook an edge as she moves into her next role. Many manufacturers are interested in adopting AI and smart technologies, but the challenge is in identifying problems to solve.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECook said she is confident the fellowship will give her new insights that can be beneficial to future employers. The program also offers networking opportunities and connections with respected professionals that will be beneficial in years to come, she added.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s really good to have both the public and private perspectives. And because I\u2019ve worked in a couple different manufacturing environments, I\u2019m interested in how different my manufacturing rotation will be and if I can identify patterns, similar issues, or inefficiencies. And all that is useful knowledge to have,\u201d she said. \u201cFor me specifically, the content of this work is going to be very helpful in tying my whole resume together.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFor more details on the AI and Manufacturing-focused PIN fellowship supported by Georgia AIM, \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pingeorgia.org\/pin-fellowship\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003Evisit the PIN website.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EReagan Cook\u0027s fellowship with the Partnership for Inclusive Innovation merges her mechanical engineering background with her passion for data analytics, offering unique insights into AI in manufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Reagan Cook\u0027s fellowship with the Partnership for Inclusive Innovation merges her mechanical engineering background with her passion for data analytics, offering unique insights into AI in manufacturing."}],"uid":"35575","created_gmt":"2025-04-22 19:43:29","changed_gmt":"2025-04-22 19:50:04","author":"adavidson38","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-03-08T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2025-03-08T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"676908":{"id":"676908","type":"image","title":"reagan-cook-headshot.jpeg","body":"\u003Cp\u003ERaegan Cook\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1745351036","gmt_created":"2025-04-22 19:43:56","changed":"1745351036","gmt_changed":"2025-04-22 19:43:56","alt":"Raegan Cook","file":{"fid":"260757","name":"reagan-cook-headshot.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/04\/22\/reagan-cook-headshot.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/04\/22\/reagan-cook-headshot.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":90179,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/04\/22\/reagan-cook-headshot.jpeg?itok=F1voCwtW"}}},"media_ids":["676908"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/georgia-aim-wins-tech-good-award-technology-association-georgia","title":"Georgia AIM Wins Tech for Good Award from the Technology Association of Georgia"},{"url":"https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/georgia-tech-and-georgia-quick-start-partner-improve-manufacturing-training","title":"Georgia Tech and Georgia Quick Start Partner to Improve Manufacturing Training"},{"url":"https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/manufacturing-workforce-future","title":"Manufacturing the Workforce of the Future"}],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"186857","name":"go-gtmi"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"193654","name":"Enterprise Innovation Institute"},{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kristen.morales@innovate.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKristen Morales\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["kristen.morales@innovate.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"681713":{"#nid":"681713","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech and Georgia Quick Start Partner to Improve Manufacturing Training","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn a significant move to bolster Georgia\u0027s workforce, Georgia Tech has partnered with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.georgiaquickstart.org\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Quick Start\u003C\/a\u003E to advance manufacturing training and skill development. This collaboration, formalized by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on April 8, aims to elevate the quality and efficiency of manufacturing workforce training across the state.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAt Georgia Tech, innovation isn\u2019t just about discovery \u2014 it\u2019s about solving real-world challenges,\u201d said Executive Vice President for Research \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/people\/timothy-charles-lieuwen\u0022\u003ETim Lieuwen\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cGeorgia Quick Start ensures that cutting-edge research in advanced manufacturing translates into practical training solutions. Together, we are equipping Georgia\u2019s workforce with the skills needed to drive economic growth and industry advancement.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs manufacturing technologies and artificial intelligence continue to evolve, U.S. manufacturers increasingly require skilled workers experienced in advanced manufacturing. For decades, Georgia Quick Start, administered by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.tcsg.edu\/\u0022\u003ETechnical College System of Georgia\u003C\/a\u003E, has been addressing this need and has been recognized as the country\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.georgiaquickstart.org\/press-release\/\u0022\u003Etop workforce training program\u003C\/a\u003E for 15 years.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENow, researchers at Georgia Tech will collaborate with Georgia Quick Start to enhance these efforts by developing Extended Reality (XR) training programs, providing a scalable and experiential solution to meet the growing demand for training.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe have been so successful for so many years because we stay focused on relevance, flexibility, and responsiveness,\u201d said Scott McMurray, deputy commissioner for Georgia Quick Start. \u201cThis partnership is an example of how Quick Start is able to develop and deliver effective training even for companies working on the leading edge of advanced manufacturing technologies.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EExtended Reality, Scaled Training\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EXR technologies use a combination of virtual and augmented reality to create immersive, interactive experiences. By simulating real-world manufacturing environments and processes, XR has the potential to allow trainees to practice and refine their skills in a controlled, risk-free setting through standardized training experiences. This not only enhances the learning experience but also ensures consistency in training quality across a large workforce.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cVirtual reality scales training by gamifying complex tasks and removing the need for costly or hazardous physical equipment. Augmented reality scales on-the-job training by providing adaptive, context-aware guidance exactly when and where it\u2019s needed, reducing the need for expert supervision,\u201d said manufacturing XR researcher \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/mohsen-moghaddam\u0022\u003EMohsen Moghaddam\u003C\/a\u003E, Gary C. Butler Family associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EH. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cTogether, they make training more consistent, up-to-date, accessible, and safe, especially for workers who may hesitate to ask for assistance from peers or supervisors out of fear of judgment.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe collaboration will leverage Moghaddam\u2019s research and the AR\/VR training space within the expanded \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ampf.research.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EAdvanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility\u003C\/a\u003E, providing a state-of-the-art environment for developing and deploying XR training technologies. Researchers from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/manufacturing\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E (GTMI) and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/georgiaaim.org\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia AIM\u003C\/a\u003E(Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing) will also play pivotal roles in the development of these training programs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cPartnerships like these highlight the power of the integrated University of Georgia and Technical College System of Georgia\u2019s workforce development ecosystem,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.research.gatech.edu\/node\/11182\u0022\u003EThomas Kurfess\u003C\/a\u003E, Regents\u2019 Professor and GTMI executive director. \u201cOur country not only needs the creation of new jobs but also the skilled workforce to fill them. At Georgia Tech and GTMI, we are serving as an enabler of innovation in that workforce development.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn a bid to support job creation and retention, the new partnership will work to develop scalable extended reality training programs for Georgia\u0027s manufacturing sector.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"In a bid to support job creation and retention, the new partnership will work to develop scalable extended reality training programs for Georgia\u0027s manufacturing sector."}],"uid":"35575","created_gmt":"2025-04-10 13:59:12","changed_gmt":"2025-04-14 14:59:02","author":"adavidson38","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, 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This collaboration aligns with Georgia Tech\u0027s commitment to fostering innovation and driving economic growth through cutting-edge research and development.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Joining the NSTC is a significant milestone for Georgia Tech,\u0022 said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.research.gatech.edu\/node\/4186\u0022\u003EGeorge White\u003C\/a\u003E, senior director for strategic partnerships. \u0022This partnership will enable us to collaborate with leading experts in the semiconductor field, drive groundbreaking research, and contribute to the advancement of semiconductor technology in the U.S.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe NSTC is operated by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/natcast.org\/\u0022\u003ENatcast (National Center for the Advancement of Semiconductor Technology)\u003C\/a\u003E and supported by the Department of Commerce through the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nist.gov\/chips\/research-development-programs\/national-semiconductor-technology-center\u0022\u003ECHIPS and Science Act\u003C\/a\u003E. NSTC brings together key stakeholders from academia, industry, and government to create a robust semiconductor ecosystem. As a member, Georgia Tech will have access to a wide range of benefits, including research grant opportunities, participation in NSTC-led research projects, and access to state-of-the-art facilities and resources.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s involvement in the NSTC will focus on several key areas, including workforce development, research and development initiatives, and fostering collaboration between academia and industry. By participating in the NSTC, Georgia Tech aims to enhance its research capabilities, support the growth of the semiconductor industry, and contribute to national economic and security goals.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELearn more about CHIPS initiatives at Georgia Tech:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.research.gatech.edu\/100m-investment-will-propel-absolics-inc-georgia-techs-advanced-packaging-research\u0022\u003E$100M Investment Will Propel Absolics Inc., Georgia Tech\u2019s Advanced Packaging Research\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.research.gatech.edu\/georgia-tech-joins-840m-dod-project-develop-and-manufacture-next-gen-semiconductor-microsystems\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Joins $840M DoD Project to Develop and Manufacture Next-gen Semiconductor Microsystems\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.research.gatech.edu\/semiconductor-research-corp-and-georgia-tech-secure-285m-smart-usa-institute\u0022\u003ESemiconductor Research Corp. and Georgia Tech Secure $285M SMART USA Institute\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech recently joined the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC), a public-private consortium dedicated to supporting and extending U.S. leadership in semiconductor research, design, engineering, and advanced manufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech recently joined the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC), a public-private consortium dedicated to supporting and extending U.S. leadership in semiconductor research, design, engineering, and advanced manufacturing."}],"uid":"35272","created_gmt":"2025-03-19 15:02:38","changed_gmt":"2025-03-21 15:55:28","author":"aneumeister3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-03-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-03-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"676603":{"id":"676603","type":"image","title":"14C10042-P1-005-Web-Use---1-000px-Wide.jpg","body":null,"created":"1742396567","gmt_created":"2025-03-19 15:02:47","changed":"1742396567","gmt_changed":"2025-03-19 15:02:47","alt":"Semiconductor manufacturing","file":{"fid":"260410","name":"14C10042-P1-005-Web-Use---1-000px-Wide.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/03\/19\/14C10042-P1-005-Web-Use---1-000px-Wide.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/03\/19\/14C10042-P1-005-Web-Use---1-000px-Wide.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":200297,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/03\/19\/14C10042-P1-005-Web-Use---1-000px-Wide.jpg?itok=Cdr73sAY"}}},"media_ids":["676603"],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"},{"id":"660369","name":"Matter and Systems"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"186857","name":"go-gtmi"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"},{"id":"193652","name":"Matter and Systems"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:amelia.neumeister@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAmelia Neumeister\u003C\/a\u003E | Research Communications Program Manager\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["amelia.neumeister@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"657968":{"#nid":"657968","#data":{"type":"news","title":"GTMI Executive Director Finalists: Vision Presentations","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFinalists for the position of executive director of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)\u0026nbsp;will be delivering vision presentations during the week of May 9. The candidates have been asked to present their vision for GTMI, perspectives on how to build a strong GTMI community that supports and develops its staff and researchers from across the Institute, and to take questions from the Georgia Tech community. The schedule for these sessions is shown below along with the in-person location, Microsoft Teams link for the virtual option. Biographical information for the candidates is provided below. A post-presentation survey link was sent internally via email to portions of the GT\u0026nbsp;community.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWednesday, May 11 at 12:00p\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETom Kurfess\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;-\u0026nbsp;Callaway building, 813 Ferst Drive, NW, Room 114 or\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/primetime.bluejeans.com\/a2m\/live-event\/ubkkfhhv\u0022\u003Elink here\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;for virtual participation\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThursday, May 12 at 2:00p\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EChuck Zhang\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u2013\u0026nbsp;Callaway building, 813 Ferst Drive, NW, Room 114 or\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/primetime.bluejeans.com\/a2m\/live-event\/uchkpewz\u0022\u003Elink here\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;for virtual participation\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E- - - - - - Short Bios - - - - -\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETom Kurfess\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWednesday, May 11 at 12:00p\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECallaway building, 813 Ferst Drive, NW, Room 114\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVirtual option - link\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/primetime.bluejeans.com\/a2m\/live-event\/ubkkfhhv\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Ehere\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThomas R. Kurfess is the HUSCO\/Ramirez Distinguished Chair in Fluid Power and Motion Control and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech. He received his S.B., S.M. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from M.I.T. in 1986, 1987 and 1989, respectively. He also received an S.M. degree from M.I.T. in electrical engineering and computer science in 1988. During 2019-2021 he was on leave serving as the Chief Manufacturing Officer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), where he was responsible for strategic planning for ORNL in advanced manufacturing. He was also and was the Founding Director for the Manufacturing Science Division at ORNL. During 2012-2013 he served as the Assistant Director for Advanced Manufacturing at the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President of the United States of America, where he was responsible for coordinating Federal advanced manufacturing R\u0026amp;D. He was President of SME in 2018, and currently serves on the Board of Governors of the ASME. His research focuses on the design and development of advanced manufacturing systems targeting secure digital manufacturing, additive and subtractive processes, and large-scale production enterprises. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and is a Fellow of ASME, AAAS, and SME.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EChuck Zhang\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThursday, May 12 at 2:00p\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECallaway building, 813 Ferst Drive, NW, Room 114\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVirtual option link\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/primetime.bluejeans.com\/a2m\/live-event\/uchkpewz\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/primetime.bluejeans.com\/a2m\/live-event\/uchkpewz\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Ehere\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Chuck Zhang is a Harold E. Smalley Professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech. He is also an affiliated faculty member with Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI). He serves as the Director of the newly established Center for Composite and Hybrid Materials Interfacing (CHMI) which is a three-university NSF Industry\/University Cooperative Research Center (IUCRC) headquartered in GTMI. Dr. Zhang\u2019s current research interests include advanced composite\/nanocomposite structures manufacturing and maintenance, additive manufacturing, bio-manufacturing, and manufacturing cybersecurity. As PI and Co-PI, he has led or conducted over 50 research projects sponsored by numerous federal agencies including Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, Food and Drug Administration, National Institute of Standards and Technology and National Science Foundation, as well as industrial companies such as ATK, Cummins, Delta Air Lines, and Lockheed Martin. He currently serves as a Co-lead of the \u201cSoft Robotics Technology Working Group\u201d for NextFlex, one of the Manufacturing USA Network Institutes. 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Internet of Things (IoT) is a key pillar of that process, enabling seamless communication and data exchange across the manufacturing process by connecting sensors, equipment, and applications through internet protocols.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/manufacturing\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E (GTMI) recently hosted the 10th annual \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iotfm2024.fis.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EInternet of Things for Manufacturing (IoTfM) Symposium\u003C\/a\u003E, a flagship event that continues to set the standard for innovation and collaboration in the manufacturing sector. Held on Nov. 13, the symposium brought together industry leaders, researchers, and practitioners to explore the latest advancements and applications of IoT in manufacturing.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The purpose is to bring the voice of manufacturers directly to the university community,\u0022 explained \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.research.gatech.edu\/node\/3981\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAndrew Dugenske,\u003C\/a\u003E a principal research engineer and director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.fis.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EFactory Information Systems Center\u003C\/a\u003E at GTMI. \u0022It\u0027s about learning from industry to guide our research, education, and knowledge base, which is inherent to Georgia Tech.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInitiated over a decade ago, the IoTfM Symposium has grown into a premier event that highlights Georgia Tech\u0027s commitment to advancing manufacturing technologies.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This symposium provides a unique platform to share and learn from cutting-edge advancements in IoT and now AI for manufacturing,\u201d said Dago Mata, regional director of business development at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and one of the event\u2019s speakers. \u201cThe opportunity to engage with industry leaders and showcase practical, real-world implementations was highly motivating.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u2019s symposium welcomed over 100 attendees from across the country. Speakers from TCS, Amazon Web Services, Southwire, and more shared insights on the latest advancements, use cases, current challenges, and future directions for IoT in manufacturing processes.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMy favorite aspect was the case studies presented by major manufacturers, highlighting successful IoT and AI implementations,\u0022 said Mata, who has attended the symposium since 2018. \u0022These provided actionable takeaways and inspiration for driving similar innovation in my projects \u2014 the blend of exclusive learning from real-world applications and the presence of diverse experts made it a truly practical and inspiring event.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA distinctive feature of the IoTfM Symposium is its commitment to providing a platform for industry partners to voice their perspectives on powerful manufacturing research, says Dugenske. \u0022We ask our industry partners to tell us about their experiences, challenges, and future predictions. This way, we can guide our research with the real-world needs of the manufacturing sector to form stronger collaborations and better prepare our students.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis unique format not only enhances the relevance of the symposium but also fosters a collaborative environment where industry leaders can learn from each other and from Georgia Tech\u0027s academic community.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs GTMI looks to the future, the symposium will continue to evolve, incorporating new elements and expanding its reach. Dugenske envisions even greater integration with other GTMI initiatives and broader industry engagement.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our goal is to create an event that highlights our capabilities and builds deeper connections within the manufacturing community.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe event brought together industry leaders to explore IoT advancements in manufacturing, providing a platform for industry partners to share their perspectives and guide important research.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The event brought together industry leaders to explore IoT advancements in manufacturing, providing a platform for industry partners to share their perspectives and guide important research."}],"uid":"35575","created_gmt":"2025-01-06 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But the celebration wasn\u2019t before a football or basketball game \u2014 instead, the cheers marked the official launch of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/georgiaaim.org\/georgia-aim-week\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia AIM Week\u003C\/a\u003E, a series of events and a new mobile lab designed to bring technology to all parts of Georgia\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOrganized by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/georgiaaim.org\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing (Georgia AIM)\u003C\/a\u003E, Georgia AIM Week kicked off September 30 with a celebration on the Georgia Institute of Technology campus and culminated with another celebration on Friday at the University of Georgia in Athens and aligned with National Manufacturing Day.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn between, the Georgia AIM Mobile Studio made stops at schools and community organizations to showcase a range of technology rooted in AI and smart technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia AIM Week was a statewide opportunity for us to celebrate Manufacturing Day and to launch our Georgia AIM Mobile Studio,\u201d said Donna Ennis, associate vice president, community-based engagement, for Georgia Tech\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/innovate.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEnterprise Innovation Institute\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and Georgia AIM co-director. \u201cGeorgia AIM projects planned events in cities around the state, starting here in Atlanta. Then we headed to Warner Robins, Southwest Georgia, and Athens. We\u2019re excited about the opportunity to bring this technology to our communities and increase access and ideas related to smart technology.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia AIM is a collaboration across the state to provide the tools and knowledge to empower all communities, particularly those that have been underserved and overlooked in manufacturing. This includes rural communities, women, people of color, and veterans. Georgia AIM projects are located across the state and work within communities to create a diverse AI manufacturing workforce. The federally funded program is a collaborative project administered through Georgia Tech\u2019s Enterprise Innovation Institute and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/manufacturing\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA cornerstone of Georgia AIM Week was the debut of the Georgia AIM Mobile Studio, a 53-foot custom trailer outfitted with technology that can be used in manufacturing \u2014 but also by anyone with an interest in learning about AI and smart technology. Visitors to the mobile studio can experience virtual reality, 3-D printing, drones, robots, sensors, computer vision, and circuits essential to running this new tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThere\u2019s even a dog \u2014 albeit a robotic one \u2014\u0026nbsp;named Nova.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe studio was designed to introduce students to the possibilities of careers in manufacturing and show small businesses some of the cost-effective ways they can incorporate 21st\u0026nbsp;century technology into their manufacturing operations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe were awarded about $7.5 million to build this wonderful studio here,\u201d said Kenya Asbill, who works at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/russellcenter.org\/\u0022\u003ERussell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs\u003C\/a\u003E (RICE) as the Economic Development Administration project manager for Georgia AIM. \u201cWe will be traveling around the state of Georgia to introduce artificial intelligence in manufacturing to our targeted communities, including underserved rural and urban residents.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESome technology on the Georgia AIM Mobile Studio was designed in consultation with project partners \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.kittlabs.io\/\u0022\u003EKitt Labs\u003C\/a\u003E and Technologists of Color. An additional suite of \u201ctechnology vignettes\u201d were developed by students at the University of Georgia College of Engineering. RICE and UGA served as project leads for the mobile studio development, and RICE will oversee its deployment across the state in the coming months.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo request a mobile studio visit, please visit the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/georgiaaim.org\/georgia-aim-week\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia AIM website\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring Monday\u2019s kickoff, the Georgia Tech cheerleaders and Buzz fired up the crowd before an event that featured remarks by Acting Assistant Secretary of the U.S. EDA Christina Killingsworth; Jay Bailey, president and CEO of RICE; Beshoy Morkos, associate professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Georgia; Aaron Stebner, co-director of Georgia AIM; David Bridges, vice president of Georgia Tech\u2019s Enterprise Innovation Institute; and lightning presentations by Georgia AIM project leads from around the state.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFollowing the presentations, mobile studio tours were led by Jon Exume, president and executive director, and Mark Lawson, director of technology, for\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/techsofcolor.org\/\u0022\u003ETechnologists of Color\u003C\/a\u003E. The organization works to create a cohesive and thriving community of African Americans in tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019m particularly excited to witness the launch of the Georgia AIM Mobile Studio. It really will help demystify AI and bring its promise to underserved rural areas across the state,\u201d Killingsworth said. \u201cAI is the defining technology of our generation. It\u2019s transforming the global economy, and it will continue to have tremendous impact on the global workforce. And while AI has the potential to democratize access to information, enhance efficiency, and allow humans to focus on the more complex, creative, and meaningful aspects of work, it also has the power to exacerbate economic disparity. As such, we must work together to embrace the promise of AI while mitigating its risks.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther events during Georgia AIM week included the Middle Georgia Innovation Corridor Manufacturing Expo in Warner Robins, West Georgia Manufacturing Day \u2013 Student Career Expo in LaGrange, and a visit to Colquitt County High School in Moultrie. The week wrapped on Friday, Oct. 4, at the University of Georgia in Athens with a National Manufacturing Day celebration.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019re focused on growing our manufacturing economy,\u201d Ennis said. \u201cWe\u2019re also focused on the development and deployment of innovation and talent in the manufacturing industry as it relates to AI and other technologies. Manufacturing is cool. It is a changing industry. We want our students and younger people to understand that this is a career.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia AIM Week launched with events and a mobile lab to bring AI and smart technology to Georgia communities. 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Georgia Tech recently took another step toward ensuring those innovations make it from lab to market with the launch of a Modular Pilot Scale Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing Facility.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs researchers develop new materials, one of the key aspects we\u2019re missing is how to make them at scale. This is a major oversight because if we can\u2019t make them at scale, we can\u2019t transition from basic research to commercialization,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/harris\u0022\u003ETequila Harris\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cWith this new facility, we can prove our discoveries beyond lab-scale studies \u2014 and can go from materials innovation to product development at scale.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELed by Harris, the new facility is the result of a partnership between the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/manufacturing\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E(GTMI), the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/energy\u0022\u003EStrategic Energy Institute\u003C\/a\u003E, and the Woodruff School. As a pilot facility, it will serve as a testbed for scaling up manufacturing research open for Georgia Tech researchers as well as academic, government, and industry partners around the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe larger vision I see at Georgia Tech involves innovation in manufacturing for large-scale industries,\u201d said Georgia Tech\u2019s Interim Executive Vice President for Research \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/people\/timothy-charles-lieuwen\u0022\u003ETim Lieuwen\u003C\/a\u003E at the facility\u2019s unveiling event on Sept. 19. \u201cIt\u2019s crucial that we\u2019re innovating in basic science and technology, but we also need to be innovating in large-scale manufacturing.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERoll-to-roll (R2R) manufacturing transforms flexible rolls of substrate materials, such as paper, metal foils, and plastics, into more complex, transportable rolls upon coating the surface with one or more fluids, such as inks, suspensions, and solutions, which are subsequently dried or cured on the base substrate. Its high yield and efficiency make R2R an ideal method for the sustainable, large-scale production of components for solar cells, batteries, flexible electronics, and separations \u2014 all industries that have expanded in Georgia in recent years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs a state institution, we\u2019re ultimately here to serve our state,\u201d said Lieuwen, who is also Regents\u2019 Professor and David S. Lewis Jr. Chair in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EDaniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cWe\u2019re seeing Georgia emerge as the national leader in terms of recruiting corporate investments in this space and in industries that will be served by this facility.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERoll-to-Roll Innovations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe R2R process is similar to the production of newspapers, where a large roll of blank paper goes through a series of rollers printing text and photos. \u201cThe roll-to-roll aspect is the process of using a specialized tool to force fluid onto a moving surface,\u201d says Harris. It\u2019s one of the fastest-growing methods for producing thin film materials \u2014 photovoltaics used in solar cells, transistors in flexible electronics, and micro-batteries, for example \u2014 at a large scale.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHarris\u2019s group works to develop novel manufacturing tools, with a particular focus on understanding and improving the dynamics of thin film manufacturing to increase efficiency and minimize waste. Her group is particularly interested in slot die coating, an R2R technique where a liquid material is precisely deposited onto a substrate through a narrow slot. With the new pilot facility, researchers like Harris will be able to take their work to the next level.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSlot die coating on a roll-to-roll can handle the broadest viscosity range of most coating methods. Therefore, you can process a lot of different materials very quickly and easily,\u201d says Harris. \u201cIt\u2019s one of the fastest-growing technologies in the U.S. \u2014 and currently, this is the most advanced modular pilot scale facility at an academic university in the United States.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech is way ahead of the curve in terms of our facilities,\u201d says GTMI Executive Director and Regents\u2019 Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/people\/thomas-kurfess\u0022\u003EThomas Kurfess\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cThis will grow our capability in the battery area, membranes, flexible electronics, and more to allow us to support the development of new technologies.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs technologies around cleantech continue to advance at an unprecedented pace,\u0026nbsp;pilot manufacturing facilities provide a critical bridge between innovative benchtop research and commercial-scale production and manufacturing,\u201d says \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/people\/christine-conwell\u0022\u003EChristine Conwell\u003C\/a\u003E, interim executive director of the Strategic Energy Institute. \u201cWe are excited about the opportunities this R2R facility will provide to the Georgia Tech energy community and our industry partners.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOpen for use by academic, government, and industry partners alike, the facility will serve as a test bed for scaling up manufacturing innovations in areas like clean water, flexible electronics, and solar cell and battery production, bringing discoveries one step closer to market viability.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The facility will serve as a test bed for scaling up manufacturing innovations in areas like clean water, flexible electronics, and solar cell and battery production, bringing discoveries one step closer to market viability."}],"uid":"35575","created_gmt":"2024-10-01 20:44:10","changed_gmt":"2024-12-09 17:36:57","author":"adavidson38","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-10-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-10-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"675207":{"id":"675207","type":"image","title":"R2R-ribbon-cutting-large.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EPartners of the facility gathered for an official ribbon cutting ceremony. 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The TAG Technology Awards promote inclusive technology throughout Georgia, and any state company, organization, or leader is eligible to apply.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETech for Good, one of TAG\u2019s five award categories, honors a program or project that uses technology to promote inclusiveness and equity by serving Georgia communities and individuals who are underrepresented in the tech space.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia AIM is comprised of 16 projects across the state that connect smart technology to manufacturing through K-12 education, workforce development, and manufacturer outreach. The federally funded program is a collaborative project administered through Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/innovate.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EEnterprise Innovation Institute\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/manufacturing\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETAG is a Georgia AIM partner and provides workforce development programs that train people and assist them in making successful transitions into tech careers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDonna Ennis, Georgia AIM\u2019s co-director, accepted the award on behalf of the organization.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia AIM\u2019s mission is to equitably develop and deploy talent and innovation for AI in manufacturing, and the Tech for Good Award reinforces our focus on revolutionizing the manufacturing economy for Georgia and the entire country,\u201d Ennis said in her acceptance speech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe cited the organization\u2019s many coalition members across the state: the Technical College System of Georgia; Spelman College; the Georgia AIM Mobile Studio team at the Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs and the University of Georgia; the Southwest Georgia Regional Commission; the Georgia Cyber Innovation \u0026amp; Training Center; and TAG and Georgia AIM\u2019s partners in the Middle Georgia Innovation corridor, including 21st Century Partnership and the Houston Development Authority.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEnnis also acknowledged the U.S. Economic Development Administration for funding the project and helping to bring it to fruition. \u201cBut most of all,\u201d she said, \u201cI want to thank our manufacturers and communities across Georgia who are at the forefront of creating a new economy through AI in manufacturing. It is a privilege to assist you on this journey of technology and discovery.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe award honors a program or project that uses technology to promote inclusiveness and equity by serving Georgia communities and individuals who are underrepresented in the tech space.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The award honors a program or project that uses technology to promote inclusiveness and equity by serving Georgia communities and individuals who are underrepresented in the tech space."}],"uid":"35575","created_gmt":"2024-11-14 21:19:37","changed_gmt":"2024-12-09 17:36:57","author":"adavidson38","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2024-11-07T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-11-07T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"675644":{"id":"675644","type":"image","title":"1730989292913.jpeg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EMembers of Georgia AIM\u2019s governance team stand for a photo with Cassia Baker, a cybersecurity expert with the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership (left), and David Bridges, executive vice president of Georgia Tech\u2019s Enterprise Innovation Institute (second from right), which oversees the projects.\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1731619463","gmt_created":"2024-11-14 21:24:23","changed":"1731619463","gmt_changed":"2024-11-14 21:24:23","alt":"Members of Georgia AIM\u2019s governance team stand for a photo with Cassia Baker, a cybersecurity expert with the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership (left), and David Bridges, executive vice president of Georgia Tech\u2019s Enterprise Innovation Institute (second from right), which oversees the projects.","file":{"fid":"259291","name":"1730989292913.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/11\/14\/1730989292913.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/11\/14\/1730989292913.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":525640,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/11\/14\/1730989292913.jpeg?itok=S7c7QtJm"}}},"media_ids":["675644"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/georgia-aim-week-kicks-mobile-studio-launch","title":"Georgia AIM Week Kicks Off with Mobile Studio Launch"},{"url":"https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/georgia-aim-showcased-vice-presidents-economic-development-tour","title":"Georgia AIM Showcased on Vice President\u2019s Economic Development Tour"}],"groups":[{"id":"236531","name":"Enterprise Innovation Institute"},{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"},{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"139","name":"Business"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"},{"id":"186857","name":"go-gtmi"},{"id":"170301","name":"Donna Ennis"},{"id":"2556","name":"artificial intelligence"},{"id":"3671","name":"Enterprise Innovation Institute"},{"id":"815","name":"economic development"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"193654","name":"Enterprise Innovation Institute"},{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:eve.tolpa@innovate.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EEve Tolpa\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["eve.tolpa@innovate.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"678769":{"#nid":"678769","#data":{"type":"news","title":"US Secretary of the Navy Visits Georgia Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gtri.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Institute\u003C\/a\u003E (GTRI) proudly hosted U.S. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro during his recent campus visit. Del Toro\u0027s visit underscored the critical role of innovation and technology in national security and highlighted Georgia Tech\u0027s significant contributions to this effort.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u201cOur Navy-Marine Corps Team remains at the center of global and national security \u2014 maintaining freedom of the seas, international security, and global stability,\u201d he explained in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.navy.mil\/Press-Office\/Speeches\/display-speeches\/Article\/3944140\/secretary-del-toro-as-written-remarks-at-the-georgia-tech-research-institute\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehis remarks\u003C\/a\u003E at the John Lewis Student Center. \u201cTo win the fight of the future, we must embrace and implement emerging technologies.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Secretary provided an update on science and technology research to the Atlanta Region Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps unit, comprised of midshipmen from Georgia Tech, Georgia State University, Kennesaw State University, Morehouse College, Spelman College, and Clark Atlanta University. Del Toro has worked to establish a new Naval Science and Technology Strategy to address current and future challenges faced by the Navy and Marine Corps. The strategy serves as a global call to service and innovation for stakeholders in academia, industry, and government. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u201cThe Georgia Tech Research Institute has answered this call,\u201d he said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA key pillar of the new strategy, says Del Toro,\u202fwas the establishment of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.navy.mil\/Press-Office\/Press-Releases\/display-pressreleases\/Article\/3526542\/secnav-establishes-don-science-and-technology-board\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EDepartment of the Navy\u2019s Science and Technology Board\u003C\/a\u003E in 2023, \u201cwith the intent that the board provide independent advice and counsel to the department on matters and policies relating to scientific, technical, manufacturing, acquisition, logistics, medicine, and business management functions.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;The board, which includes \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/manufacturing\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E (GTMI) Executive Director Thomas Kurfess, has conducted six studies in its inaugural year to identify new technologies for rapid adoption and provide near-term, practical recommendations for quick implementation by the Navy. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u201cI recently led the team for developing a strategy for integrating additive manufacturing into the Navy\u2019s overall shipbuilding and repair strategy,\u201d says Kurfess. \u201cWe just had final approval of our recommendations \u2014 we are making a significant impact on the Navy with respect to additive manufacturing.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;Del Toro\u0027s visit to Georgia Tech reaffirms the Institute\u0027s role as a leader in research and innovation, particularly in areas critical to national security. The collaboration between Georgia Tech and the Department of the Navy continues to drive advancements that ensure the safety and effectiveness of the nation\u0027s naval forces.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cInnovation is at the heart of our efforts at Georgia Tech and GTMI,\u201d says Kurfess. \u201cIt is an honor to put that effort toward ensuring our country\u2019s safety and national security in partnership with the U.S. Navy.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u201cAs our department continues to reimagine and refocus our innovation efforts,\u201d said Del Toro, \u201cI encourage all of you \u2014 our nation\u2019s scientists, engineers, researchers, and inventors \u2014 to join us.\u201d \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EU.S. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro\u0027s visit to Georgia Tech highlighted the Institute\u0027s pivotal role in advancing innovation and technology crucial for national security.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"U.S. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro\u0027s visit to Georgia Tech highlighted the Institute\u0027s pivotal role in advancing innovation and technology crucial for national security."}],"uid":"35575","created_gmt":"2024-12-05 20:03:30","changed_gmt":"2024-12-05 20:10:05","author":"adavidson38","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2024-12-02T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-12-02T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"675780":{"id":"675780","type":"image","title":"1729781446073-2.jpeg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EU.S. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro during his remarks at the John Lewis Student Center.\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1733429016","gmt_created":"2024-12-05 20:03:36","changed":"1733429016","gmt_changed":"2024-12-05 20:03:36","alt":"U.S. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro during his remarks at the John Lewis Student Center.","file":{"fid":"259445","name":"1729781446073-2.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/12\/05\/1729781446073-2.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/12\/05\/1729781446073-2.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":267328,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/12\/05\/1729781446073-2.jpeg?itok=sgplhFF4"}},"675781":{"id":"675781","type":"image","title":"1729781445808-2.jpeg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Secretary provided an update on science and technology research to the Atlanta Region Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps unit, comprised of midshipmen from Georgia Tech, Georgia State University, Kennesaw State University, Morehouse College, Spelman College, and Clark Atlanta University.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1733429053","gmt_created":"2024-12-05 20:04:13","changed":"1733429053","gmt_changed":"2024-12-05 20:04:13","alt":"The Secretary provided an update on science and technology research to the Atlanta Region Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps unit, comprised of midshipmen from Georgia Tech, Georgia State University, Kennesaw State University, Morehouse College, Spelman College, and Clark Atlanta University. 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By digitally designing products, controlling the machinery that builds them, and collecting precise data at each step, digital integration streamlines the entire manufacturing process \u2014 cutting down on waste materials, cost, and production time.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERecently, the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI) teamed up with OPEN MIND Technologies to host an immersive, weeklong training session on \u003Cem\u003Ehyper\u003C\/em\u003EMILL, an advanced manufacturing software enabling this digital integration. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOPEN MIND, the developer of \u003Cem\u003Ehyper\u003C\/em\u003EMILL, has been a longtime supporter of research operations in Georgia Tech\u2019s Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility (AMPF). \u201cOur adoption of their software solutions has allowed us to explore the full potential of machines and to make sure we keep forging new paths,\u201d said Steven Ferguson, a principal research scientist at GTMI.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESoftware like \u003Cem\u003Ehyper\u003C\/em\u003EMILL helps plan the most efficient and accurate way to cut, shape, or 3D print materials on different machines, making the process faster and easier. Hosted at the AMPF, the immersive training offered 10 staff members and students a hands-on platform to use the software while practicing machining and additive manufacturing techniques.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe number of new features and tricks that the software has every year makes it advantageous to stay current and get a refresher course,\u201d said Alan Burl, a Ph.D. student in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/me.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E who attended the training session. \u201cMore advanced users can learn new tips and tricks while simultaneously exposing new users to the power of a fully featured, computer-aided manufacturing software.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOPEN MIND Technologies has partnered with Georgia Tech for over five years to support digital manufacturing research, offering biannual training in their latest software to faculty and students.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMeeting the new graduate students each fall is something that I look forward to,\u201d said Brad Rooks, an application engineer at OPEN MIND and one of the co-leaders of the training session. \u201cThis particular group posed questions that were intuitive and challenging to me as a trainer \u2014 their inquisitive nature drove me to look at our software from fresh perspectives.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe company is also a member of GTMI\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ampf.research.gatech.edu\/how-engage\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EManufacturing 4.0 Consortium\u003C\/a\u003E, a membership-based group that unites industry, academia, and government to develop and implement advanced manufacturing technologies and train the workforce for the market.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe strong reputation of GTMI in the manufacturing industry, and more importantly, the reputation of the students, faculty, and researchers who support research within our facilities, enables us to forge strategic partnerships with companies like OPEN MIND,\u201d says Ferguson, who also serves as executive director of the consortium. \u201cThese relationships are what makes working with and within GTMI so special.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn partnership with the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, OPEN MIND Technologies recently hosted a weeklong training session on advanced manufacturing software that helps connect and streamline all steps of the manufacturing process.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"In partnership with the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, OPEN MIND Technologies recently hosted a weeklong training session on advanced manufacturing software that helps connect and streamline all steps of the manufacturing process. "}],"uid":"35575","created_gmt":"2024-12-05 19:56:59","changed_gmt":"2024-12-05 19:59:30","author":"adavidson38","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2024-12-05T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-12-05T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"675779":{"id":"675779","type":"image","title":"IMG_5810.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech students and staff members gathered at the Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility with members of OPEN MIND for the training.\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1733428626","gmt_created":"2024-12-05 19:57:06","changed":"1733428626","gmt_changed":"2024-12-05 19:57:06","alt":"Georgia Tech students and staff members gathered at the Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility with members of OPEN MIND for the training.","file":{"fid":"259444","name":"IMG_5810.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/12\/05\/IMG_5810.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/12\/05\/IMG_5810.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2279517,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/12\/05\/IMG_5810.jpg?itok=QGq87SzO"}}},"media_ids":["675779"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/ai-and-automation-converge-expansion-georgia-techs-advanced-manufacturing-pilot-facility","title":"AI and Automation Converge in Expansion of Georgia Tech\u2019s Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility"},{"url":"https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/fostering-industry-innovation-manufacturing-40-consortium-celebrates-first-year-operation","title":"Fostering Industry Innovation: Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium Celebrates First Year of Operation"},{"url":"https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/innovation-scale-georgia-tech-unveils-new-roll-roll-manufacturing-pilot-facility","title":"Innovation at Scale: Georgia Tech Unveils New Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing Pilot Facility"}],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"186857","name":"go-gtmi"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:audra.davidson@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAudra Davidson\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EResearch Communications Program Manager\u003Cbr\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["audra.davidson@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"678596":{"#nid":"678596","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Partners with Korean Institutes to Drive Manufacturing Innovation ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn a significant step towards fostering international collaboration and advancing cutting-edge technologies in manufacturing, Georgia Tech recently signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH) and the Korea Automotive Technology Institute (KATECH). Facilitated by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/manufacturing\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E (GTMI), this landmark event underscores Georgia Tech\u2019s commitment to global partnerships and innovation in manufacturing and automotive technologies.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is a great fit for the institute, the state of Georgia, and the United States, enhancing international cooperation,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.research.gatech.edu\/node\/11182\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EThomas Kurfess\u003C\/a\u003E, GTMI executive director and Regents\u2019 Professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/me.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (ME). \u201cAn MoU like this really gives us an opportunity to bring together a larger team to tackle international problems.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAn MoU signing between Georgia Tech and entities like KITECH and KATECH signifies a formal agreement to pursue shared goals and explore collaborative opportunities, including joint research projects, academic exchanges, and technological advancements,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.research.gatech.edu\/node\/4180\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESeung-Kyum Choi\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in ME and a major contributor in facilitating both partnerships. \u201cPartnering with these influential institutions positions Georgia Tech to expand its global footprint and enhance its impact, particularly in areas like AI-driven manufacturing and automotive technologies.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe state of Georgia has seen significant growth in investments from Korean companies.\u202fOver the past decade, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gov.georgia.gov\/press-releases\/2023-09-20\/gov-kemp-accepts-james-van-fleet-award-korea-society\u0022\u003Eapproximately 140 Korean companies have committed around $23 billion to various projects in Georgia\u003C\/a\u003E, creating \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gov.georgia.gov\/press-releases\/2024-06-18\/readout-governor-kemps-meeting-president-yoon-suk-yeol-republic-korea#:~:text=In%20fiscal%20year%202023%2C%20alone,of%20the%20state\u0026amp;apos;s%20total%20trade.\u0022\u003Eover 12,000 new jobs in 2023 alone\u003C\/a\u003E. This influx of investment underscores the strong economic ties between Georgia and South Korea, further bolstered by partnerships like those with KITECH and KATECH.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese partnerships not only provide access to new resources and advanced technologies,\u201d says Choi, \u201cbut create opportunities for joint innovation, furthering GTMI\u2019s mission to drive transformative breakthroughs in manufacturing on a global scale.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe MoUs with KITECH and KATECH are expected to facilitate a wide range of collaborative activities, including joint research projects that leverage the strengths of both institutions, academic exchanges that enrich the educational experiences of students and faculty, and technological advancements that push the boundaries of current manufacturing and automotive technologies.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMy hopes for the future of Georgia Tech\u2019s partnerships with KITECH and KATECH are centered on fostering long-term, impactful collaborations that drive innovation in manufacturing and automotive technologies,\u201d Choi noted. \u201cThese partnerships do not just expand our reach; they solidify our leadership in shaping the future of manufacturing, keeping Georgia Tech at the forefront of industry breakthroughs worldwide.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has a history of successful collaborations with Korean companies, including a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/09\/19\/hyundai-georgia-tech-celebrate-partnership-memorandum-signing\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Emultidecade partnership with Hyundai\u003C\/a\u003E. Recently, the Institute joined forces with the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT) to establish the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/georgia-tech-joins-global-industrial-technology-cooperation-center-advance-semiconductor\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EKIAT-Georgia Tech Semiconductor Electronics Center\u003C\/a\u003E to advance semiconductor research, fostering sustainable partnerships between Korean companies and Georgia Tech researchers.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cPartnering with KATECH and KITECH goes beyond just technological innovation,\u201d said Kurfess, \u201cit really enhances international cooperation, strengthens local industry, drives job creation, and boosts Georgia\u2019s economy.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFacilitated by the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, Georgia Tech has signed Memorandums of Understanding with the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology and the Korea Automotive Technology Institute to foster international collaboration and advance innovative manufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech has signed Memorandums of Understanding with the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology and the Korea Automotive Technology Institute to foster international collaboration and advance innovative manufacturing."}],"uid":"35575","created_gmt":"2024-11-21 21:19:03","changed_gmt":"2024-11-21 21:32:44","author":"adavidson38","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2024-11-21T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-11-21T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"675720":{"id":"675720","type":"image","title":"MoU-Signing-KITECH.jpeg","body":"\u003Cp\u003ELeadership at the Memorandum of Understanding signing with the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH). 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A key focus of this resurgence lies in improving the resiliency of supply chains in the U.S., particularly in crucial sectors like defense.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIf we were to suddenly have a seismic shift in defense manufacturing needs,\u201d asks \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/stebner\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAaron Stebner\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, professor and Eugene C. Gwaltney Jr. Chair in Manufacturing in the\u202f\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, \u201cdo we have the supply chain and manufacturers who could meet that sudden increase in demand? How do we do that in a way that\u2019s sustainable for long periods of time as a nation if that need arises?\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/manufacturing\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E (GTMI) officially launched the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ampf.research.gatech.edu\/how-engage\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EManufacturing 4.0 Consortium\u003C\/a\u003E in 2023 to address that need. Designed to form a network of engaged manufacturers from across the country, the Consortium serves as a key connection point between Georgia Tech and industry partners \u2014 and as fertile ground for collaborative innovation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBy bringing us all together,\u201d says Stebner, who serves on the board of the Consortium, \u201cwe can do bigger, more meaningful things and find unique ways and opportunities to get money flowing back to the companies and Georgia Tech.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith over 25 founding company members, the Consortium celebrated its first official year of operation in August.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECreating a Resilient Network\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium originally grew out of an \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2021\/12\/16\/georgia-tech-leads-effort-strengthen-states-defense-manufacturing-industry\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E18-month pilot project\u003C\/a\u003E funded by the Department of Defense Office of Local Community Cooperation aiming to increase defense supply chain resilience, assist Georgia manufacturers in adopting new technologies, and foster collaboration by connecting manufacturers across Georgia.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThose goals and more are tackled by the Consortium\u2019s focus on \u201cnetworking, engagement, and collaboration,\u201d says Stebner. \u201cIt\u0027s not just a consortium for Georgia Tech to take money from industry and do stuff with their money \u2014 the goal is to create new resources that enable us to collaborate in bigger ways than we could otherwise.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo join the Consortium, industry members pay up to $10,000 annually to access its network, intellectual property, and facilities. With a 10% membership discount for Georgia businesses and a 75% discount for small businesses, the Consortium especially aims to promote growth for small Georgia manufacturers.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMemberships come with time at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ampf.research.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAdvanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility\u003C\/a\u003E, which we\u2019re \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/ai-and-automation-converge-expansion-georgia-techs-advanced-manufacturing-pilot-facility\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eexpanding\u003C\/a\u003E to be this test bed for autonomous maturation of research and development,\u201d says Stebner. \u201cThe fact that we have what\u2019s going to be an almost $60 million facility behind us as a mechanism and a playground for all these companies is unique.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cHaving a shared use facility that is fully equipped to solve manufacturing\u2019s most interesting challenges is not only a perk of Consortium memberships,\u201d said Executive Director \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/georgia-aim-welcomes-new-managing-director-industry-partnerships\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESteven Ferguson\u003C\/a\u003E, \u201cbut it also serves as a hub for innovation in manufacturing.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIndustry Innovation\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMany consortiums founded by academic institutions are primarily focused on academic research.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe Manufacturing 4.0 consortium has an industry focus,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/branden-kappes-839b4213\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EBranden Kappes\u003C\/a\u003E, founder and president of Consortium member company \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.contextualize.us.com\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EContextualize LLC\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cIt\u0027s more about how we take this capability that, at the moment, is trapped in a lab and transition from a wonderful concept into a wonderful product.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Consortium achieves that translation through shared intellectual property agreements, collaborative research initiatives, and an emphasis on creating an engaged and open network of members.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI see camaraderie inside the Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium,\u201d says Kappes. \u201cI see companies that overlap and compete in some areas, are complementary in others, and are willing to build a bridge to advance the capabilities of both sides and the community as a whole. That type of mentality is very exciting.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is one of the most highly engaged groups I have interacted with in a professional setting,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/john-f-b7460211\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EJohn Flynn\u003C\/a\u003E, vice president of Sales at Consortium member company \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/endeavor3d.com\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EEndeavor 3D\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cIt is an incredibly dynamic melting pot of all the different facets of industry 4.0 and digital manufacturing, bringing everyone together from that part of the supply chain to create what I know will be important and value-added projects, ultimately resulting in intellectual property.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are able to connect Consortium members with subject matter experts at Georgia Tech and within the Consortium who have \u2018been there and done that,\u2019\u201d said Ferguson. \u201cAt the same time, we are working with manufacturers to create novel solutions to complex problems through research engagements. Blending all of those activities into one organization is part of the magic that is the Consortium.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith over 25 founding member companies brought on in its first year, the Consortium serves as a key connection point between the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute and industry partners \u2014 and as fertile ground for collaborative innovation.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"With over 25 founding member companies brought on in its first year, the Consortium serves as a key connection point between the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute and industry partners \u2014 and as fertile ground for collaborative innovation. "}],"uid":"35575","created_gmt":"2024-08-29 15:22:50","changed_gmt":"2024-08-29 15:30:05","author":"adavidson38","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-08-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-08-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674762":{"id":"674762","type":"image","title":"Manufacturing-4.0-consortium-meeting-georgia-tech-manufacturing-institute.jpeg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EManufacturing 4.0 Consortium members gathered at the June quarterly meeting. Photo: Audra Davidson.\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1724945364","gmt_created":"2024-08-29 15:29:24","changed":"1724945364","gmt_changed":"2024-08-29 15:29:24","alt":"Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium members gathered at the June quarterly meeting. Photo: Audra Davidson.","file":{"fid":"258322","name":"Manufacturing-4.0-consortium-meeting-georgia-tech-manufacturing-institute.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/08\/29\/Manufacturing-4.0-consortium-meeting-georgia-tech-manufacturing-institute.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/08\/29\/Manufacturing-4.0-consortium-meeting-georgia-tech-manufacturing-institute.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2037819,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/08\/29\/Manufacturing-4.0-consortium-meeting-georgia-tech-manufacturing-institute.jpeg?itok=5kizVfVj"}}},"media_ids":["674762"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/ai-and-automation-converge-expansion-georgia-techs-advanced-manufacturing-pilot-facility","title":"AI and Automation Converge in Expansion of Georgia Tech\u2019s Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility"},{"url":"https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/georgia-techs-manufacturing-40-consortium-announces-new-board-members","title":"Georgia Tech\u2019s Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium Announces New Board Members"},{"url":"https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/georgia-aim-welcomes-new-managing-director-industry-partnerships","title":"Georgia AIM welcomes new managing director for industry partnerships"}],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"},{"id":"147","name":"Military Technology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"186857","name":"go-gtmi"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"193658","name":"Commercialization"},{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:audra.davidson@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAudra Davidson\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ECommunications Manager\u003Cbr\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["Audra.davidson@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"676292":{"#nid":"676292","#data":{"type":"news","title":"GTRI Developing AI-Powered Disaster Management Hub for Southwest Georgia","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs artificial intelligence continues to transform countless areas of society, the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Institute\u003C\/a\u003E (GTRI) is applying it to another critical area: disaster management.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGTRI is leading the development of an integrated artificial intelligence response hub for Southwest Georgia to help communities streamline disaster management and logistics. The hub aims to enhance resilience and response efficiency of these communities, potentially saving lives and reducing economic losses. GTRI is collaborating in this effort with the Southwest Georgia Regional Commission (SWGRC), a regional planning agency that serves 14 counties and 44 cities in Southwest Georgia. The SWGRC focuses on ecosystem building in the areas of manufacturing in food production, manufacturing start-ups, supply chain logistics and workforce development.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis will be a centralized platform that key stakeholders in Southwest Georgia can use to manage various disruption scenarios,\u201d said GTRI Senior Research Engineer Francisco Valdes, who is leading this project.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis project is one of several initiatives undertaken by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/georgiaaim.org\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (Georgia AIM), a $65 million federal grant awarded to Georgia Tech and a coalition of partners across the state, including the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/manufacturing\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gtri.gatech.edu\/newsroom\/gtri-developing-ai-powered-disaster-management-hub-southwest-georgia\u0022\u003ERead the full story on the GTRI website \u0026gt;\u0026gt;\u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn partnership with the Georgia Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing (AIM) \u2014 a project born out of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI) and co-led by affiliated faculty Aaron Stebner \u2014 GTRI is leading the development of an integrated artificial intelligence response hub for Southwest Georgia to help communities streamline disaster management and logistics.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"In partnership with the Georgia AIM project, GTRI is leading the development of an integrated artificial intelligence response hub for Southwest Georgia to help communities streamline disaster management and logistics."}],"uid":"35575","created_gmt":"2024-08-27 17:09:34","changed_gmt":"2024-08-27 17:13:34","author":"adavidson38","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-07-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-07-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674737":{"id":"674737","type":"image","title":"lightning.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EGTRI is leading the development of an integrated artificial intelligence response hub for Southwest Georgia to help communities streamline disaster management and logistics.\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1724778605","gmt_created":"2024-08-27 17:10:05","changed":"1724778605","gmt_changed":"2024-08-27 17:10:05","alt":"Lighting","file":{"fid":"258297","name":"lightning.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/08\/27\/lightning.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/08\/27\/lightning.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":358923,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/08\/27\/lightning.jpg?itok=SLbEIiMD"}}},"media_ids":["674737"],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"186857","name":"go-gtmi"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWriter: Anna Akins\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003EPhotos: Sean McNeil\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003EMedia Inquiries: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:michelle.gowdy@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emichelle.gowdy@gtri.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["michelle.gowdy@gtri.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"676283":{"#nid":"676283","#data":{"type":"news","title":"GTMI Hosting Visiting Manufacturing Scholar","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Horacio Ahuett Garza from the Tecnol\u00f3gico de Monterrey recently settled into the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI) community as a visiting scholar. Ahuett is a leading faculty member in the Mechanical Engineering and Advanced Materials Department at Tecnol\u00f3gico de Monterrey located in Monterrey, Mexico. He earned his mechanical engineering masters and doctorate from Ohio State University more than 25 years ago. Ahuett will be interacting with Georgia Tech faculty to explore research areas in Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMy home university has 30 campuses across Mexico with the main campus being in Monterrey\u2014where I was born. I\u2019ve known professor Tom Kurfess, executive director of GTMI, for more than 20 years. He has a faculty appointment at Tecnol\u00f3gico de Monterrey similar to a distinguished professor due to an agreement with Georgia Tech,\u201d said Ahuett. \u201cWe\u2019re both involved with advanced manufacturing but in different countries with similar processes. However, the facilities at Georgia Tech are far more advanced, such as the Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility (AMPF) operated by GTMI. Some of our graduate students periodically come to participate in research at Georgia Tech.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAhuett, who has ample manufacturing research experience, was extended an invitation to visit Georgia Tech this spring. He is using this visit as a sabbatical to further his understandings and learn more about new advanced manufacturing topic areas.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe recently attended The Hershey Company lecture at GTMI presented by Will Bonifant, vice president of the US and Canada supply chain, and Chris Myers, vice president of engineering at Hershey. The topic was modernizing a century-old, iconic snacks company leveraging Industry 4.0 digital and technology solutions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cToday, Hershey provided a good understanding of smart manufacturing and how Hershey uses its fast access to data to make quick decisions that are implemented inside the factory and its processes,\u201d said Ahuett. \u201cThey deployed smart manufacturing processes to use fewer resources, reduce waste, yet make factory equipment changes in a timely manner and safe manner to deliver targeted product quantities based on customer demand.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAhuett indicated that the proliferation of sensor technology and corresponding data can be used to benefit manufacturing by reducing waste, saving energy, and generally making companies more agile with better use of resources in factory settings. One example would be understanding performance parameters for tooling where you generally know the life cycle of a cutting tool and are able to measure the tool\u2019s degradation in real time so that you can make plans to replace the tool at the best time to minimize your downtime of that tool versus waiting for it to break unexpectedly and shut down the process.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis strongest research interest during his GTMI visit is the topic of digital twins.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe topic of digital twins is not new -- it has been around for at least 40 years. A good example is that during the Apollo moon missions NASA had digital twins. They had instruments on earth that replicated the instruments sent on the moon missions so they could simulate actions [using data] on earth that would occur on the actual spaceships,\u201d said Ahuett.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe concept of digital twins generates confusion. The first impulse is to think of a digital image as the twin of a physical entity. In principle, the digital twin simulates the behavior of the physical twin to model and make predictions. Not all processes can be modelled in real time, but some can which provides beneficial information in a timely manner given how fast computer processors are today. Today, we have more and better tools that use data to give us greater insights.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAhuett will be working with robots and co-robots in collaboration with Kyle Saleeby, research engineer at GTMI, to help automate accurate measuring during a manufacturing process. A piece of their research project will be building models so a part\u2019s characteristic data can be tracked and stored in a digital twin that represents a specific instance of each part manufactured and which will also include external data associated with the manufacturing of the part. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019m hoping my sabbatical at Georgia Tech will help me develop new competencies, new skills, and new knowledge on critical topics. I want to move research further in some areas and part of being here is to figure out some things that I didn\u2019t know before with the help of GTMI,\u201d said Ahuett.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGTMI Hosting Visiting Manufacturing Scholar\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"GTMI Hosting Visiting Manufacturing Scholar"}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2024-08-27 14:51:49","changed_gmt":"2024-08-27 14:52:16","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-04-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-04-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674731":{"id":"674731","type":"image","title":"Professor Horacio Ahuett Garza from the Tecnol\u00f3gico de Monterrey","body":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Horacio Ahuett Garza from the Tecnol\u00f3gico de Monterrey\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1724770227","gmt_created":"2024-08-27 14:50:27","changed":"1724770250","gmt_changed":"2024-08-27 14:50:50","alt":"Professor Horacio Ahuett Garza from the Tecnol\u00f3gico de Monterrey","file":{"fid":"258290","name":"52777738674_4274749e3d_o.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/08\/27\/52777738674_4274749e3d_o.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/08\/27\/52777738674_4274749e3d_o.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1240458,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/08\/27\/52777738674_4274749e3d_o.jpg?itok=j9oPzjhM"}}},"media_ids":["674731"],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"186857","name":"go-gtmi"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWalter Rich\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"676277":{"#nid":"676277","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Novelis\/Georgia Tech AI Applications Workshop","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Novelis Innovation Hub at Georgia Tech organized a \u0022AI Applications Workshop\u0022 on June 8, 2023. This hybrid event took place on the Georgia Tech campus and brought together a diverse group of participants, including over 50 scientists and engineers from Novelis, as well as faculty members, scholars, and administrators from Georgia Tech. The main purpose of the workshop was to identify synergies between the areas of interest and needs within Novelis and the research and capabilities of Georgia Tech faculty in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). The aim was to explore how the two organizations could collaborate effectively in leveraging AI\/ML technology. Through presentations and discussions, potential areas of interest aligned with Novelis\u0027s objectives were identified, focusing on machine learning for system modeling, diagnostics, and prognostics in manufacturing systems, materials informatics, digital engineering including digital twins, model-based system engineering, and the integration of AI\/ML. The open discussion session focused on collaboration opportunities to accelerate discovery, development, and optimization of materials and manufacturing processes of relevance to Novelis. The desired outcomes of the event were to define follow-up actions, specifically focusing on developing collaborative proposals and statements of work (SOWs) between Novelis and Georgia Tech. By facilitating this collaborative environment, the workshop aimed to foster meaningful partnerships and to enable the exchange of industry needs and academic research expertise, ultimately paving the way for future collaborations and advancements in AI applications. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/193714103@N03\/albums\/72177720308916247\u0022\u003EMore photos from the event \u0026gt;\u0026gt;.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/novelis\u0022\u003ENovelis Innovation Hub \u0026gt;\u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Novelis Innovation Hub at Georgia Tech organized a \u0022AI Applications Workshop\u0022 on June 8, 2023.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Novelis Innovation Hub at Georgia Tech organized a \u0022AI Applications Workshop\u0022 on June 8, 2023."}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2024-08-27 14:24:14","changed_gmt":"2024-08-27 14:26:12","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-06-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-06-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674726":{"id":"674726","type":"image","title":"Novelis scientists and engineers","body":"\u003Cp\u003ENovelis scientists and engineers in the GTMI Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility. 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Since 2019, Georgia Tech has partnered with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.novelis.com\/\u0022\u003ENovelis\u003C\/a\u003E, a global leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, through the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/novelis\u0022\u003ENovelis Innovation Hub\u003C\/a\u003E to advance research and business opportunities in aluminum manufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENovelis and the Georgia Institute of Technology recently co-hosted the 19th\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/icaa19.org\/\u0022\u003EInternational Conference on Aluminum Alloys (ICAA19)\u003C\/a\u003E. Held on Georgia Tech\u0027s campus, this event brought together the brightest minds in aluminum technology for four days of intensive learning and networking.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince its inception in 1986, ICAA has been the premier global forum for aluminum manufacturing innovations. This year, the conference attracted over 300 participants from 19 countries, including representatives from academia, research organizations, and industry leaders.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe diverse mix of attendees created a rich tapestry of knowledge and experience, fostering a robust exchange of ideas,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/people\/naresh-thadhani\u0022\u003ENaresh Thadhani\u003C\/a\u003E, conference co-chair and professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EICAA19 featured 12 symposia topics and over 250 technical presentations, delving into critical themes such as sustainability, future mobility, and next-generation manufacturing. Keynote addresses from leaders at the Aluminum Association, Airbus, and Coca-Cola set the stage for insightful discussions. Novelis Chief Technology Officer \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.novelis.com\/leadership\/philippe-meyer\/\u0022\u003EPhilippe Meyer\u003C\/a\u003E and Georgia Tech Executive Vice President for Research \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/chaouki-t-abdallah\u0022\u003EChaouki Abdallah\u003C\/a\u003E headlined the event, underscoring the importance of Novelis\u2019 partnership with Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMarking the fifth anniversary of the Novelis Innovation Hub at Georgia Tech, Hub Executive Director \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/melkote\u0022\u003EShreyes Melkote\u003C\/a\u003E says that \u201cICAA19 represents a prime example of the close collaboration between Novelis and the Institute, enabled by the Novelis Innovation Hub.\u201d Melkote, a professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorge W. 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Gwaltney Jr. Chair in Manufacturing in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cAt that point, the business case hasn\u0027t been made for the technology yet \u2014 there\u0027s no testing on an industrial system to know if it breaks or if it scales up. A lot of innovation and scientific discovery dies there.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/manufacturing\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E (GTMI) launched the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ampf.research.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAdvanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility\u003C\/a\u003E (AMPF) in 2017 to help bridge that gap.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENow, GTMI is breaking ground on an extensive expansion to bring new capabilities in automation, artificial intelligence, and data management to the facility.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis will be the first facility of this size that\u0027s being intentionally designed to enable AI to perform research and development in materials and manufacturing at the same time,\u201d said Stebner, \u201csetting up GTMI as not just a leader in Georgia, but a leader in automation and AI in manufacturing across the country.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAMPF: A Catalyst for Collaboration\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELocated just north of Georgia Tech\u2019s main campus, APMF is a 20,000-square-foot facility serving as a teaching laboratory, technology test bed, and workforce development space for manufacturing innovations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe pilot facility,\u201d says Stebner, \u201cis meant to be a place where stakeholders in academic research, government, industry, and workforce development can come together and develop both the workforce that is needed for future technologies, as well as mature, de-risk, and develop business cases for new technologies \u2014 proving them out to the point where it makes sense for industry to pick them up.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to serving as the flagship facility for GTMI research and the state\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/georgiaaim.org\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia AIM\u003C\/a\u003E (Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing) project, the AMPF is a user facility accessible to Georgia Tech\u2019s industry partners as well as the Institute\u2019s faculty, staff, and students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe have all kinds of great capabilities and technologies, plus staff that can train students, postdocs, and faculty on how to use them,\u201d said Stebner, who also serves as co-director of the GTMI-affiliated Georgia AIM project. \u201cIt creates a unique asset for Georgia Tech faculty, staff, and students.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBringing AI and Automation to the Forefront\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe renovation of APMF is a key component of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2022\/09\/02\/economic-development-administration-awards-georgia-tech-65-million-ai-manufacturing\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E$65 million grant\u003C\/a\u003E, awarded to Georgia Tech by the U.S. Department of Commerce\u2019s Economic Development Administration in 2022, which gave rise to the Georgia AIM project. With over $23 million in support from Georgia AIM, the improved facility will feature new workforce training programs, personnel, and equipment.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESet to complete in Spring 2026, the Institute\u2019s investment of $16 million supports construction that will roughly triple the size of the facility \u2014 and work to address a major roadblock for incorporating AI and automation into manufacturing practices: data.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of work going on across the world in using machine learning in engineering problems, including manufacturing, but it\u0027s limited in scale-up and commercial adoption,\u201d explained Stebner.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMachine learning algorithms have the potential to make manufacturing more efficient, but they need a lot of reliable, repeatable data about the processes and materials involved to be effective. Collecting that data manually is monotonous, costly, and time-consuming.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe idea is to automate those functions that we need to enable AI and machine learning\u201d in manufacturing, says Stebner. \u201cLet it be a facility where you can imagine new things and push new boundaries and not just be stuck in demonstrating concepts over and over again.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo make that possible, the expanded facility will couple AI and data management with robotic automation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u0027re going to be able to demonstrate automation from the very beginning of our process all the way through the entire ecosystem of manufacturing,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/steven-sheffield\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESteven Sheffield\u003C\/a\u003E, GTMI\u2019s senior assistant director of research operations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis expansion \u2014 no one else has done anything like it,\u201d added\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/georgia-aim-welcomes-new-managing-director-industry-partnerships\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESteven Ferguson\u003C\/a\u003E, principal research scientist with GTMI and managing director of Georgia AIM. \u201cWe will have the leading facility for demonstrating what a hyperconnected and AI-driven manufacturing enterprise looks like. 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Recently, these success stories framed another achievement: Helping to host Vice President Kamala Harris as she kicked off her Economic Opportunity Tour in Atlanta at the end of April.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe multi-state tour was designed to showcase ways the Biden-Harris administration has built economic opportunity, supported communities, and is investing in traditionally underserved areas. Georgia AIM is an example of this, as it helps to expand technology training, job opportunities and advances for manufacturing across the state. Along with Georgia AIM, the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/georgiambdabusinesscenter.org\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Minority Business Development Agency Business Center\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(Georgia MBC), and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/businessgrowthhub.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESoutheast Business Hub\u003C\/a\u003E, programs of Georgia Tech\u2019s Enterprise Innovation Institute, also attended the event at the Georgia International Convention Center, near Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis event was a great opportunity to introduce the vice president to the work of Georgia AIM,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/innovate.gatech.edu\/donna-ennis-named-ei2-director-diversity-engagement-program-development\/\u0022\u003EDonna Ennis\u003C\/a\u003E, co-director of Georgia AIM, which works to drive adoption of AI in U.S. manufacturing. \u201cWe were founded as part of the federal government\u2019s Build Back Better plan. It\u2019s important for her to see how we are putting the grant to work to deliver equity in artificial intelligence for manufacturing in Georgia.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPrior to the arrival of Vice President Harris, attendees could visit tables set up in the entry hall and learn about a number of organizations, from banks to nonprofits to governmental agencies, that are working to level the playing field for underserved Georgians. Attendees included representatives from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/\u0022\u003EEnvironmental Protection Agency\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/risefree.org\/\u0022\u003ERise\u003C\/a\u003E, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/brunswick.jobcorps.gov\/\u0022\u003EBrunswick Job Corps Center\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia AIM table, staffed by Ryan Scott, the community engagement manager, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/kyle-saleeby\u0022\u003EKyle Saleeby\u003C\/a\u003E, research engineer with\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/manufacturing\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E (GTMI), was a popular stop, thanks to the tabletop \u201ccobot\u201d showing how robotics can be used in manufacturing and an array of 3-D printed industrial materials.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe program featured a conversation with Harris and financial literacy and business advice podcasters Rashad Bilal and Troy Millings, from\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EEarn Your Leisure\u003C\/em\u003E. The podcast has an audience of about 2 million people, a majority of whom are Black. Harris spoke to the crowd of approximately 400 people about the administration\u2019s focus on access to capital for minority small businesses and entrepreneurs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOne of the compelling reasons for me to start this tour now,\u201d Harris said, \u201cis to ask all the leaders here for help in getting the word out about what is available to entrepreneurs and small businesses. Because we are in the process of putting a lot of money in the streets of America.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESome of those funds have gone to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/innovate.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EEnterprise Innovation Institute\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;programs, including \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2022\/09\/02\/economic-development-administration-awards-georgia-tech-65-million-ai-manufacturing\u0022\u003E$65 million for Georgia AIM\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock and Rep. Nikema Williams also spoke at the event. Prior to the event, they joined Harris at the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/russellcenter.org\/\u0022\u003ERussell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs\u003C\/a\u003E(RICE), a partner project with Georgia AIM. RICE is developing a mobile lab with researchers at the University of Georgia College of Engineering that will showcase AI-based technologies to communities across the state.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt was exciting to hear first-hand about the administration\u2019s commitment to equity in small businesses and entrepreneurship,\u201d Ennis said. \u201cIt dovetails perfectly with the commitment of the programs of the Enterprise Innovation Institute.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia AIM \u2014 a project born out of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute working to bring equitable AI to Georgia\u0027s manufacturers \u2014 recently hosted Vice President Kamala Harris as she kicked off her Economic Opportunity Tour.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia AIM \u2014 a project born out of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute working to 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16:56:40","changed":"1718989000","gmt_changed":"2024-06-21 16:56:40","alt":"Kyle Saleeby, a research engineer with the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, shows visitors how robotics can be used in manufacturing and an array of 3-D printed industrial materials.","file":{"fid":"257716","name":"VP-Visit-11-1024x683.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/06\/21\/VP-Visit-11-1024x683.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/06\/21\/VP-Visit-11-1024x683.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":138203,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/06\/21\/VP-Visit-11-1024x683.jpg?itok=fHimyHhM"}}},"media_ids":["674226"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/ai-focused-grant-enhances-program-veterans","title":"AI-Focused Grant Enhances Program for Veterans"},{"url":"https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/less-waste-more-ai-fellowship-offers-opportunity-test-sustainable-solutions","title":"Less Waste, More AI: Fellowship Offers Opportunity to Test Sustainable Solutions"},{"url":"https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2022\/09\/02\/economic-development-administration-awards-georgia-tech-65-million-ai-manufacturing","title":"Economic Development Administration Awards Georgia Tech $65 Million for AI Manufacturing Project"}],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"186857","name":"go-gtmi"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"193655","name":"Artificial Intelligence at Georgia Tech"},{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kristen.morales@innovate.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKristen Morales\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EMarketing Strategist\u003Cbr\u003EGeorgia AIM (Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing)\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["kristen.morales@innovate.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"675172":{"#nid":"675172","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Less Waste, More AI: Fellowship Offers Opportunity to Test Sustainable Solutions","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhether it\u2019s typing an email or guiding travel from one destination to the next, artificial intelligence (AI) already plays a role in simplifying daily tasks.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut what if it could also help people live more efficiently \u2014 that is, more sustainably, with less waste?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s a concept that often runs through the mind of Iesha Baldwin, the inaugural \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/georgiaaim.org\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia AIM\u003C\/a\u003E Fellow with the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pingeorgia.org\/\u0022\u003EPartnership for Inclusive Innovation\u003C\/a\u003E (PIN) at the Georgia Institute of Technology\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/innovate.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EEnterprise Innovation Institute\u003C\/a\u003E. Born out of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/manufacturing\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E, the Georgia AIM (Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing) project works with PIN fellows to advance the project\u0027s mission of equitably developing and deploying talent and innovation in AI for manufacturing throughout the state of Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen she accepted the PIN Fellowship for 2023, she saw an opportunity to learn more about the nexus of artificial intelligence, manufacturing, waste, and education. With a background in environmental studies and science, Baldwin studied methods for waste reduction, environmental protection, and science education.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI took an interest in AI technology because I wanted to learn how it can be harnessed to solve the waste problem and create better science education opportunities for K-12 and higher education students,\u201d said Baldwin.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis type of unique problem-solving is what defines the PIN Fellowship programs. Every year, a cohort of recent college graduates is selected, and each is paired with an industry that aligns with their expertise and career goals \u2014 specifically, cleantech, AI manufacturing, supply chain and logistics, and cybersecurity\/information technology. Fellowships are one year, with fellows spending six months with a private company and then six months with a public organization.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThrough the experience, fellows expand their professional network and drive connections between the public and private sectors. They also use the opportunity to work on special projects that involve using new technologies in their area of interest.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith a focus on artificial intelligence in manufacturing, Baldwin led an inventory management project at the Georgia manufacturer Freudenberg-NOK, where the objective was to create an inventory management system that reduced manufacturing downtime and, as a result, increased efficiency, and reduced waste.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe also worked in several capacities at Georgia Tech: supporting K-12 outreach programs at the Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility, assisting with energy research at the Marcus Nanotechnology Research Center, and auditing the infamous mechanical engineering course ME2110 to improve her design thinking and engineering skills.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cLearning about artificial intelligence is a process, and the knowledge gained was worth the academic adventure,\u201d she said. \u201cBecause of the wonderful support at Georgia Tech, Freudenberg NOK, PIN, and Georgia AIM, I feel confident about connecting environmental sustainability and technology in a way that makes communities more resilient and sustainable.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince leaving the PIN Fellowship, Baldwin connected her love for education, science, and environmental sustainability through her new role as the inaugural sustainability coordinator for Spelman College, her alma mater.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;In this role, she is responsible for supporting campus sustainability initiatives.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIesha Baldwin, the inaugural Georgia AIM Fellow with the Partnership for Inclusive Innovation, hopes to use artificial intelligence to cut down on manufacturing waste \u2014 and improve science education.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":" Iesha Baldwin, the inaugural Georgia AIM Fellow with the Partnership for Inclusive Innovation, hopes to use artificial intelligence to cut down on manufacturing waste \u2014 and improve science education."}],"uid":"35575","created_gmt":"2024-06-20 21:13:52","changed_gmt":"2024-06-20 22:41:10","author":"adavidson38","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-06-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-06-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674217":{"id":"674217","type":"image","title":"Using what she learned from her PIN fellowship, Iesha Baldwin now serves as the inaugural sustainability coordinator for Spelman College.","body":"\u003Cp\u003EUsing what she learned from her PIN fellowship, Iesha Baldwin now serves as the inaugural sustainability coordinator for Spelman College.\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1718918040","gmt_created":"2024-06-20 21:14:00","changed":"1718918040","gmt_changed":"2024-06-20 21:14:00","alt":"Using what she 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Salinas is one of a half-dozen students enrolled in the new AI Enhanced Robotic Manufacturing program at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gavectr.org\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Veterans Education Career Transition Resource (VECTR) Center\u003C\/a\u003E, which is setting a new standard for technology-focused careers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe set-up of the lab was intentional, said Stoops, who designed the course modules and worked with local industry to determine their manufacturing needs. Then, with funding from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/manufacturing\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u0027\u003C\/a\u003Es (GTMI) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/georgiaaim.org\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing (Georgia AIM)\u003C\/a\u003E project, Stoops worked with administrators at Central Georgia Technical College to purchase robotics and other cutting-edge manufacturing tools.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs a result, the VECTR Center\u2019s AI-Enhanced Robotic Manufacturing Studio trains veterans in industry-standard robotics, manufacturing modules, cameras, and network systems. This equipment gives students experience in a variety of robotics-based manufacturing applications. Graduates can also finish the 17-credit course with two certifications that carry some weight in the manufacturing world.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAfter getting the Georgia AIM grant, we pulled together a roundtable with industry. And then we did site visits to see how they pulled AI and robotics into the space,\u201d said Stoops. \u201cAll the equipment in here is the direct result of industry feedback.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EStatewide Strategic Effort\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFunded by a $65 million grant from the federal \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eda.gov\/funding\/programs\/american-rescue-plan\/build-back-better\/finalists\/georgia-tech-research-corporations\u0022\u003EEconomic Development Administration\u003C\/a\u003E, Georgia AIM is a network of projects across the state born out of GTMI and led by Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/innovate.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EEnterprise Innovation Institute\u003C\/a\u003E. These projects work to connect the manufacturing community with smart technologies and a ready workforce. Central Georgia received around $4 million as part of the initiative to advance innovation, workforce development and STEM education in support of local manufacturing and Robins Air Force Base.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia AIM pulls together a host of regional partners all working toward a common goal of increasing STEM education, access to technology and enhancing AI among local manufacturers. This partnership includes \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.fvsu.edu\/\u0022\u003EFort Valley State University\u003C\/a\u003E, the Middle Georgia Innovation Project led by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/houstoncountyga.net\/\u0022\u003EDevelopment Authority of Houston County\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.centralgatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECentral Georgia Technical College\u003C\/a\u003E, which administers the VECTR Center, and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.21stcenturypartnership.com\/\u0022\u003E21st Century Partnership\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis grant will help us turn our vision for both the Middle Georgia Innovation Project and the Middle Georgia STEM Alliance, along with our partners, into reality, advancing this region and supporting the future of Robins AFB,\u201d said Brig. Gen. John Kubinec, USAF (ret.), president and chief executive officer of the 21st Century Partnership.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia AIM funding for Central Georgia Technical College and Fort Valley State focused on enhancing technology and purchasing new components to assist in education. At Fort Valley State, a mobile lab will launch later this year to take AI-enhanced technologies to underserved parts of the state, while Central Georgia Tech invested in an AI-enhanced robotics manufacturing lab at the VECTR Center.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis funding will help bring emerging technology throughout our service area and beyond, to our students, economy, and Robins Air Force Base,\u201d said Dr. Ivan Allen, president of Central Georgia Technical College. \u201cThanks to the power of this partnership, our faculty and students will have the opportunity to work directly with modern manufacturing technology, giving our students the experience and education needed to transition from the classroom to the workforce in an in-demand industry.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENew Gateway for Vets\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe VECTR Center\u2019s AI-Enhanced Robotics Manufacturing Studio includes FANUC robotic systems, Rockwell Automation programmable logic controllers, Cognex AI-enabled machine vision systems, smart sensor networks, and a MiR autonomous mobile robot.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe studio graduated its first cohort of students in February and celebrated its ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 17 with a host of local officials and dignitaries. It was also an opportunity to celebrate the students, who are transitioning from a military career to civilian life.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe new technologies at the VECTR Center lab are opening new doors to a growing, cutting-edge field.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFrom being in this class, you really start to see how the world is going toward AI. Not just Chat GPT, but everything \u2014 the world is going toward AI for sure now,\u201d said Jordan Leonard, who worked in logistics and as a vehicle mechanic in the U.S. Army. Now, he\u2019s upskilling into robotics and looking forward to using his new skills in maintenance. \u201cWhat I want to do is go to school for instrumentation and electrical technician. 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Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E will receive achievement awards from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/melkote\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EShreyes Melkote\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, who holds the Morris M. Bryan, Jr. Professorship in Mechanical Engineering, will receive the 2024 Milton C. Shaw Manufacturing Research Medal, and Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/qi\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJerry Qi\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E will receive the 2024 Warner T. Koiter Medal.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Milton C. Shaw Manufacturing Research Medal, established in 2009, recognizes significant fundamental contributions to the science and technology of manufacturing processes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I am honored to receive this prestigious award. Milton C. Shaw was a giant in the manufacturing field, and to be recognized by an award named after him is very humbling,\u0022 said Melkote, who also serves as the associate director for the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/manufacturing\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Warner T. Koiter Medal was established in 1996 and recognizes distinguished contributions to the field of solid mechanics with special emphasis on the effective blending of theoretical and applied elements of the discipline, as well as leadership in the international solid mechanics community.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EQi expressed his appreciation for his team upon learning of the award. \u201cThis award is really for my current and former students and postdoctoral scholars. It recognizes their work and innovations in a very special way,\u0022 he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EQi\u0027s research is focused on the mechanics and 3D printing of soft active materials to enable 4D printing methods and the recycling of thermosetting polymers. He has developed several material models to describe the multiphysics and chemomechanical behaviors of soft active materials. He also pioneered several multimaterial 3D printing approaches that allow the integration of different polymers and functional materials into one system.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMelkote\u0027s primary area of research is manufacturing, and his secondary area of research is tribology, specifically in the science of precision material removal processes, new manufacturing process development including novel surface modification methods, the application of artificial intelligence and machine learning to solve complex problems in manufacturing, and advanced industrial robotics for precision manufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMelkote also credited the efforts and support of his students and colleagues. \u0022This recognition would not have been possible without the high level of creativity and outstanding efforts of my graduate students and postdoctoral scholars, the support of my colleagues and mentors at Georgia Tech and beyond, and the opportunities and resources provided to me by the Woodruff School. I am truly grateful to all of them.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBoth will be presented with their awards at upcoming ASME events. Melkote will receive his award at the ASME Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, June 17-21, in Knoxville, TN, and Qi will receive his at the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 17-21, in Portland, OR.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwo Georgia Tech researchers \u2014 including GTMI\u0027s Shreyes Melkote \u2014 were selected to receive achievement awards by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Two Georgia Tech researchers \u2014 including GTMI\u0027s Shreyes Melkote \u2014 were selected to receive achievement awards by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers."}],"uid":"35575","created_gmt":"2024-05-31 18:24:46","changed_gmt":"2024-05-31 18:28:51","author":"adavidson38","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-05-31T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-05-31T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674117":{"id":"674117","type":"image","title":"Mechanical Engineering Professors Shreyes Melkote (left) and Jerry Qi.","body":"\u003Cp\u003EMechanical Engineering Professors Shreyes Melkote (left) and Jerry Qi.\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1717179915","gmt_created":"2024-05-31 18:25:15","changed":"1717179915","gmt_changed":"2024-05-31 18:25:15","alt":"Mechanical Engineering Professors Shreyes Melkote (left) and Jerry Qi.","file":{"fid":"257591","name":"Melkote-Qi.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/05\/31\/Melkote-Qi.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/05\/31\/Melkote-Qi.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1031149,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/05\/31\/Melkote-Qi.jpg?itok=j9dj3XWd"}}},"media_ids":["674117"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/shreyes-melkote-wins-research-engagement-award","title":"Shreyes Melkote Wins Research Engagement Award"},{"url":"https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/novelisgeorgia-tech-ai-applications-workshop","title":"Novelis\/Georgia Tech AI Applications Workshop"},{"url":"https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/novelis","title":"Novelis Innovation Hub"}],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"186857","name":"go-gtmi"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:chloe.arrington@me.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EChloe Arrington\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ECommunications Officer II\u003Cbr\u003EGeorge W. 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Members have unique opportunities to conduct research, develop and pilot new manufacturing systems and collaborate with students and other consortium members.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMembers of the consortium\u2019s board, announced earlier this month, include:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EChuck Boyles (vice president, Factory Automation Systems)\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EBranden Kappes (founder and president, Contextualize)\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAdditionally, the board has formed an industry membership committee led by:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EJohn Flynn (vice president of sales at Endeavor 3D, serving as Industry Membership chair)\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EJohn Arroues (vice president of marketing at TRAK Machine Tools, serving as Industry Membership co-chair)\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EConsortium board members assist in fostering business relationships among the organization\u2019s members, develop short- and long-term plans to align projects with emerging industry needs, work to make connections across industries, and advocate for consortium members to ensure the organization is meeting their needs and aligning with industry trends.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe addition of these board members to the Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium cements this organization as a premier industry-academic partnership,\u201d said Steven Ferguson, managing director of Georgia Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing (Georgia AIM). Georgia AIM, a 4-year, $65 million federal grant program, serves as a catalyst for the consortium.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe grant is supporting an expansion of the Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility into a fully formed smart manufacturing space. As the facility expands to include new manufacturing technologies, members of the Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium will be able to access and test these systems for their own manufacturing needs.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is an exciting time at the facility. The expansion of the manufacturing space allows us to expand research into new projects that incorporate artificial intelligence and smart technologies,\u201d added Ferguson. \u201cAnd, with our consortium board members in place, it increases our ability to serve the manufacturing community.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELaunched in 2023, the Georgia Tech Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium aims to develop and deploy manufacturing technologies and workforce development opportunities. Consortium members gain the opportunity to accelerate product development, adopt and deploy industry 4.0 technologies, train the future workforce ad become global leaders using i4.0 solutions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information on memberships, research opportunities, and the smart technologies planned for Georgia Tech\u2019s Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facilities, visit\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ampf.research.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Eampf.research.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;or contact Ferguson at sferguson@gatech.edu.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFour industry leaders have been named to the new board of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ampf.research.gatech.edu\/how-engage\u0022\u003EManufacturing 4.0 Consortium\u003C\/a\u003E, cementing the first full year of the organization that works to build industry and research partnerships.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Four industry leaders have been named to the new board of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u2019s\u00a0Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium, cementing the first full year of the organization that works to build industry and research partnerships."}],"uid":"35575","created_gmt":"2024-05-14 19:50:16","changed_gmt":"2024-05-14 19:55:42","author":"adavidson38","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-05-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-05-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674006":{"id":"674006","type":"image","title":"Welcome-Event-For-Manufacturing-Consortium-Board.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EConsortium affiliates gathering at the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute building.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1715716248","gmt_created":"2024-05-14 19:50:48","changed":"1715716248","gmt_changed":"2024-05-14 19:50:48","alt":"Consortium affiliates gathering at the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute building.","file":{"fid":"257469","name":"Welcome-Event-For-Manufacturing-Consortium-Board.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/05\/14\/Welcome-Event-For-Manufacturing-Consortium-Board.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/05\/14\/Welcome-Event-For-Manufacturing-Consortium-Board.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":192701,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/05\/14\/Welcome-Event-For-Manufacturing-Consortium-Board.jpg?itok=SxGEJc-M"}}},"media_ids":["674006"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/open-mind-joins-georgia-tech-manufacturing-40-consortium","title":"OPEN MIND Joins Georgia Tech Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium"},{"url":"https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/georgia-aim-welcomes-new-managing-director-industry-partnerships","title":"Georgia AIM welcomes new managing director for industry partnerships"},{"url":"https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/georgia-congressman-tours-georgia-techs-advanced-manufacturing-pilot-facility","title":"Georgia Congressman Tours Georgia Tech\u2019s Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility"}],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"186857","name":"go-gtmi"},{"id":"174948","name":"AMPF"},{"id":"38351","name":"Advanced Manufacturing"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKristen Morales\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMarketing Strategist\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia AIM (Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["kristen.morales@innovate.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"674293":{"#nid":"674293","#data":{"type":"news","title":"USG Honors Thomas Kurfess with Regents\u0027 Title","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe University System of Georgia (USG) Board of Regents honored 12 Georgia Tech faculty members across campus with Regents\u2019 appointments at its April meeting.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAmong those recognized is \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/manufacturing\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(GTMI) Executive Director \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/thomas-kurfess\u0022\u003EThomas Kurfess\u003C\/a\u003E, who was named Regents\u0027 Professor. The highest distinction awarded by the USG, Regents\u0027 distinctions recognize faculty members for academic, innovation, and entrepreneurial excellence.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EAbout Kurfess\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4 id=\u0022thomas-kurfess\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/kurfess\u0022\u003EThomas Kurfess\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERegents\u2019 Professor,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/me.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EHUSCO\/Ramirez Distinguished Chair in Fluid Power and Motion Control\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKurfess researches advanced manufacturing systems, designing, developing, and optimizing new approaches for complex production systems. He helps lead a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2022\/09\/building-georgia-ai-and-manufacturing\u0022\u003E$65 million effort to use artificial intelligence in manufacturing and transform Georgia\u2019s industrial economy\u003C\/a\u003E. The Georgia AI Manufacturing (GA-AIM) Technology Corridor is creating and deploying new AI innovations across all manufacturing sectors while training the necessary talent and workforce.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to his role as executive director of GTMI, Kurfess\u0026nbsp;is the 2023-24 president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe served as chief manufacturing officer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory from 2019 to 2021, overseeing strategic planning in advanced manufacturing. Kurfess also previously led the advanced manufacturing team at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy during the Obama administration from 2012 to 2013.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKurfess is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a fellow of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, ASME, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute Executive Director Thomas Kurfess was recently named a Regents\u0027 Professor by the University System of Georgia Board of Regents.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute Executive Director Thomas Kurfess was recently named a Regents\u0027 Professor by the University System of Georgia Board of Regents."}],"uid":"35575","created_gmt":"2024-04-19 20:51:27","changed_gmt":"2024-04-19 20:55:15","author":"adavidson38","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-04-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-04-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"673790":{"id":"673790","type":"image","title":"Thomas Kurfess, executive director of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute.","body":"\u003Cp\u003EThomas Kurfess, executive director of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1713560038","gmt_created":"2024-04-19 20:53:58","changed":"1713560038","gmt_changed":"2024-04-19 20:53:58","alt":"Thomas Kurfess, executive director of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute.","file":{"fid":"257228","name":"Kurfess_Picture_2015 copy-2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/04\/19\/Kurfess_Picture_2015%20copy-2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/04\/19\/Kurfess_Picture_2015%20copy-2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2365991,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/04\/19\/Kurfess_Picture_2015%20copy-2.jpg?itok=TkPmFGLX"}}},"media_ids":["673790"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2024\/04\/usg-honors-5-regents-titles","title":"USG Honors 5 Engineering Professors with Regents\u2019 Titles"},{"url":"https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/thomas-kurfess-elected-asme-president?utm_source=coe_homepage\u0026utm_medium=web\u0026utm_campaign=newsfeed","title":"Thomas Kurfess Elected ASME President"},{"url":"https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2022\/09\/02\/economic-development-administration-awards-georgia-tech-65-million-ai-manufacturing","title":"Economic Development Administration Awards Georgia Tech $65 Million for AI Manufacturing Project"}],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"186857","name":"go-gtmi"},{"id":"19401","name":"Regents Professors"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:audra.davidson@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAudra Davidson\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nResearch Communications Program Manager\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["audra.davidson@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"674291":{"#nid":"674291","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Congressman Tours Georgia Tech\u2019s Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen U.S. Rep. Earl L. \u201cBuddy\u201d Carter from Georgia\u2019s 1st\u0026nbsp;District visited Atlanta recently, one of his top priorities was meeting with the experts at Georgia Tech\u2019s 20,000-square-foot\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ampf.research.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EAdvanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(AMPF).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECarter was recently named the House Energy and Commerce Committee\u2019s chair of the Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee, a group that concerns itself primarily with contamination of soil, air, noise, and water, as well as emergency environmental response, whether physical or cybersecurity.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBecause AMPF\u2019s focus dovetails with subcommittee interests, the facility was a fitting stop for Carter, who was welcomed for an afternoon tour and series of live demonstrations. Programs within Georgia Tech\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/innovate.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EEnterprise Innovation Institute\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u2014\u0026nbsp;specifically the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/georgiaaim.org\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(Georgia AIM) and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gamep.org\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(GaMEP) \u2014 were well represented.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cInnovation is extremely important,\u201d Carter said during his April 1 visit. \u201cIn order to handle some of our problems, we\u2019ve got to have adaptation, mitigation, and innovation. I\u2019ve always said that the greatest innovators, the greatest scientists in the world, are right here in the United States. I\u2019m so proud of Georgia Tech and what they do for our state and for our nation.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECarter\u2019s AMPF visit began with an introduction by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/thomas-kurfess\u0022\u003EThomas Kurfess\u003C\/a\u003E, Regents\u0027 Professor and HUSCO\/Ramirez Distinguished Chair in Fluid Power and Motion Control\u0026nbsp;in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and executive director of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/manufacturing\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E; Steven Ferguson, principal research scientist and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/georgia-aim-welcomes-new-managing-director-industry-partnerships\u0022\u003Emanaging director at Georgia AIM\u003C\/a\u003E; research engineer\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/kyle-saleeby\u0022\u003EKyle Saleeby\u003C\/a\u003E; and Donna Ennis, the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/innovate.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EEnterprise Innovation Institute\u003C\/a\u003E\u2019s director of community engagement and program development, and co-director of Georgia AIM.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEnnis provided an overview of Georgia AIM, while Ferguson spoke on the Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium and Kurfess detailed the AMPF origin story, before introducing four live demonstrations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe first of these featured\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/directory\/faculty\/easley\/index.html\u0022\u003EChuck Easley\u003C\/a\u003E, Professor of the Practice in the Scheller College of Business, who elaborated on supply chain issues. Afterward, Alan Burl of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/epics.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EEPICS: Enhanced Preparation for Intelligent Cybermanufacturing Systems\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and mechanical engineer Melissa Foley led a brief information session on hybrid turbine blade repair.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFinally, GaMEP project manager Michael Barker expounded on GaMEP\u2019s cybersecurity services, and Deryk Stoops of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.centralgatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECentral Georgia Technical College\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;detailed the Georgia AIM-sponsored AI robotics training program at the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gavectr.org\/index.html\u0022\u003EGeorgia Veterans Education Career Transition Resource\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(VECTR) Center, which offers training and assistance to those making the transition from military to civilian lif\u003Cem\u003Ee.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe topic of artificial intelligence, in all its subtlety and nuance, was of particular interest to Carter.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAI is the buzz in Washington, D.C.,\u201d he said. \u201cWhether it be healthcare, energy, [or] science, we on the Energy and Commerce Committee look at it from a sense [that there\u2019s] a very delicate balance, and we understand the responsibility. But we want to try to benefit from this as much as we can.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI heard something today I haven\u2019t heard before,\u0022 Carter continued, \u0022and that is instead of calling it artificial intelligence, we refer to it as \u2018augmented intelligence.\u2019 I think that\u2019s a great term, and certainly something I\u2019m going to take back to Washington with me.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt was a pleasure to host Rep. Carter for a firsthand look at AMPF,\u0022 shared Ennis, \u0022which is uniquely positioned to offer businesses the opportunity to collaborate with Georgia Tech researchers and students and to hear about Georgia AIM.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAt Georgia AIM, we\u2019re committed to making the state a leader in artificial intelligence-assisted manufacturing, and we\u2019re grateful for Congressman Carter\u2019s interest and support of our efforts.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Congressman\u0026nbsp;Earl L. \u201cBuddy\u201d Carter recently visited Georgia Tech\u0027s\u0026nbsp;Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility to hear the latest in cutting-edge manufacturing research, workforce development, and the incorporation of artificial 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\/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/innovate.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EEnterprise\u0026nbsp;Innovation Institute\u0026nbsp;(EI2)\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["eve.tolpa@innovate.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"673545":{"#nid":"673545","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia AIM welcomes new managing director for industry partnerships","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA new member of the Georgia Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/georgiaaim.org\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia AIM\u003C\/a\u003E) leadership team will serve as a key connector between industry and Georgia AIM innovations and workforce development programs.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESteven Ferguson, who begins March 16 as a principal research scientist with the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, comes to Georgia AIM from the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG). In his previous role, Ferguson served as chief information officer, where he led information technology, research, innovation, and data enterprises across Georgia\u2019s technical colleges.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ENow, Ferguson will leverage his experience working in technical education and workforce development to connect with Georgia companies. In this new role, he will also be the executive director of the\u003Cspan\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gamep.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Georgia-Tech-Manufacturing-4.0-Consortium-Announcement_-AMPF.pdf\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E. This new collaborative within Georgia AIM gives manufacturers exclusive access to emerging technologies at Georgia Tech\u2019s\u003Cspan\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ampf.research.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EAdvanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cI\u2019m excited to join the team at Georgia Tech as I will get to work extremely close with both manufacturers and the research community,\u201d said Ferguson. \u201cFor years, I\u2019ve helped translate knowledge gained through research into hands-on training for the workforce. Now, I get to dedicate my time to that \u2014 I\u2019m committed to working hand-in-hand to bridge the knowledge gap and get cutting-edge technology to Georgia\u2019s manufacturers.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFerguson said one of his passions is serving the incumbent workforce \u2014 specifically, employees who have significant on-the-job experience. This will be key in his new role with the Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium, Ferguson said, as he can work closely with manufacturers to better understand their current and future workforce needs.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAddressing gaps in the workforce is also a main goal for Georgia AIM, which is working to connect artificial intelligence to manufacturers across the state. Automation, collaborative robots, sensors, and data collection are all part of smart technologies revolutionizing manufacturing. But a trained workforce is essential in order to implement these changes.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter a long and successful career with TCSG, Ferguson said he is eager to tackle the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead with Georgia AIM.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTo truly integrate AI technology into manufacturing, we need to ensure that the incumbent workforce is not just familiar but comfortable with these advancements,\u201d he said. \u201cWhile manufacturing inherently focuses on production, our aim is to make technology a fundamental aspect of this sector\u2019s growth and evolution.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/georgiaaim.org\/georgia-aim-welcomes-new-managing-director-for-industry-partnerships\/\u0022\u003EView the story on Georgia AIM\u0027s website \u0026gt;\u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESteven Ferguson\u003C\/strong\u003E, principal research scientist with the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, named managing director of the Georgia Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing (Georgia AIM) leadership team.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Steven Ferguson, principal research scientist with the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, named managing director of the Georgia Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing (Georgia AIM) leadership team."}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2024-03-15 15:06:21","changed_gmt":"2024-03-15 15:39:08","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-03-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-03-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"673409":{"id":"673409","type":"image","title":"Steven Ferguson","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESteven Ferguson\u003C\/strong\u003E, principal research scientist with the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, named managing director of the Georgia Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing (Georgia AIM) leadership team.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1710515006","gmt_created":"2024-03-15 15:03:26","changed":"1710517408","gmt_changed":"2024-03-15 15:43:28","alt":"Steven Ferguson","file":{"fid":"256803","name":"TCSG_Steven_Ferguson-4-1024x683.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/03\/15\/TCSG_Steven_Ferguson-4-1024x683.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/03\/15\/TCSG_Steven_Ferguson-4-1024x683.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":107430,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/03\/15\/TCSG_Steven_Ferguson-4-1024x683.jpg?itok=VdknXqg7"}}},"media_ids":["673409"],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"186857","name":"go-gtmi"}],"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":""}},"673521":{"#nid":"673521","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Shreyes Melkote Wins Research Engagement Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EShreyes Melkote, who holds the Morris M. Bryan, Jr. Professorship in Mechanical Engineering in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, was recently honored with the Georgia Institute of Technology\u2019s outstanding achievement in research engagement and outreach award. The annual award is given by Georgia Tech\u2019s Office of the Executive Vice President for Research.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMelkote was nominated for his contributions to building and growing industry partnerships through the Georgia Tech-Boeing University Innovation Program and the Novelis Innovation Hub at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cShreyes has invested considerable time and effort to build enduring professional relationships with these industry partners which has ensured that the partnerships deliver long-term benefits to Georgia Tech faculty and students in their research and educational endeavors while enabling external partners to achieve their current and future technology and workforce development objectives,\u201d said Devesh Ranjan, Eugene C. Gwaltney, Jr. School Chair.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMore than 169 graduate students and 81 undergraduate students along with several post-doctoral students, visiting scholars, and research engineers have benefited from industry support in programs led and fostered by Melkote.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMelkote also serves as the associate director for the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/manufacturing\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E (GTMI). GTMI is Georgia Tech\u0027s interdisciplinary research institute tackling the challenges facing manufacturers and helping to insure future global competitiveness. Recently, Georgia Tech\u2019s advanced manufacturing pilot facility managed by GTMI is supporting a statewide initiative that combines artificial intelligence and manufacturing innovations with transformational workforce and outreach programs called \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/georgiaaim.org\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia AIM\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cShreyes has a passion for initiating collaborative industry and student partnerships that address strategic challenges faced by industry,\u201d said Thomas Kurfess, chief manufacturing officer of the Georgia Institute of Technology and the executive director of GTMI. \u201cHe is an important part of Georgia Tech\u2019s advanced manufacturing leadership helping to make the U.S. more globally competitive by engaging our best students and offering them valuable industry insight with world-class companies.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EShreyes Melkote, who holds the Morris M. 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Initial members have contributed funding, technology, and skilled resources supported by the staff at the Georgia Tech AI Manufacturing Pilot Facility located in Atlanta, Georgia. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cOPEN MIND\u2019s commitment to the Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium and support of manufacturing education enables students to leverage top-tier CAD\/CAM software for collaborative development of Hybrid AM\/CNC technologies. Together, we look forward to pushing the boundaries of precision manufacturing,\u201d said Kyle Saleeby, Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium\u2019s research program director and research engineer at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EConsortium research projects cover an extensive range of topics that seek cost effectiveness, piloting new manufacturing systems, accelerating product development cycles, and adopting Industry 4.0 technologies. In addition to technology development focused on additive manufacturing, participating Georgia Tech graduate students have continued to push forth research positions within the U.S. National laboratory system, such as Sandia, NIST, Oak Ridge, and Los Alamos National Labs, or have taken industrial roles in top engineering and manufacturing companies including Lockheed-Martin, Boeing, Caterpillar, Ford, Delta TechOps, and Georgia Pacific.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAlan Levine, managing director of OPEN MIND Technologies USA, notes that, \u201cWe are very pleased to join the Georgia Tech Consortium which provides a great opportunity to participate in leading research and connect with other members focused on advancing manufacturing. The Consortium offers a unique opportunity to expand OPEN MIND\u2019s collaboration with Georgia Tech to the full membership and their specialized projects.\u0022\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout OPEN MIND Technologies\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EOPEN MIND is one of the world\u2019s most sought-after developers of powerful and innovative CAD\/CAM solutions for machine and controller-independent NC programming. The company designs technologically optimized CAD\/CAM solutions that include a large number of unique features to deliver significantly higher performance in both programming and cutting machining processes. With its CAM software \u003Cem\u003Ehyper\u003C\/em\u003EMILL\u00ae, OPEN MIND offers a wide range of outstanding 2.5D, 3D, 5\u003Cspan\u003E\u2011\u003C\/span\u003Eaxis milling and turning strategies, as well as special applications. OPEN MIND is recognized worldwide as a pioneer in cutting-edge 5\u003Cspan\u003E\u2011\u003C\/span\u003Eaxis CAD\/CAM technologies.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ETo learn more visit: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.openmind-tech.com\u0022\u003Ewww.openmind-tech.com\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology, or Georgia Tech, is one of the top public research universities in the U.S., developing leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute offers\u202fbusiness, computing, design, engineering, liberal arts,\u202fand\u202fsciences degrees. Its more than 45,000 undergraduate and graduate students, representing 50 states and more than 148 countries, study at the main campus in Atlanta, at campuses in France and China, and through distance and online learning. As a leading technological university, Georgia Tech is an engine of economic development for Georgia, the Southeast, and the nation, conducting more than $1 billion in research annually for government, industry, and society.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EHosted by the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, the Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility (AMPF) is a 20,000 square foot reconfigurable research and development high bay manufacturing facility in Midtown Atlanta supporting industrial, academic, and government stakeholders that also serves as a teaching laboratory. Recently, Georgia Tech and the AMPF facility are supporting a statewide initiative that combines artificial intelligence and manufacturing innovations with transformational workforce and outreach programs. AMPF is where industry works alongside researchers and students to take early-stage concepts from idea to reality. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.openmind-tech.com\/en\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EOPEN MIND Technologies\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, developer of leading \u003Cem\u003Ehyper\u003C\/em\u003EMILL\u00ae CAD\/CAM software solutions, announced it has joined the Georgia Tech Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"OPEN MIND Technologies, developer of leading hyperMILL\u00ae CAD\/CAM software solutions, announced it has joined the Georgia Tech Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium. 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","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIntegrating artificial intelligence in a manufacturing process requires planning and small steps, say experts with Georgia AIM\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe flat, wheeled robot gingerly moved across the floor, aiming for a taped square in the far corner. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESuddenly, someone stepped into its path. The robot stopped, blinked its lights, then carefully turned to a slightly different path. Its goal remained the same, but it adjusted the route on the fly. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThis is an autonomous mobile robot,\u201d explained Sean Madhavaraman, project manager specializing in industry 4.0 strategy and leadership development for the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership (GaMEP) at the Georgia Institute of Technology\u2019s Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI2). \u201cNo programming experience is necessary, and it can map a room by itself. It\u2019s also very safe \u2014 you can step in front of it, and it will reroute.\u201d \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThat demonstration was one of several on display at a recent event hosted by EI2\u2019s Georgia Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing (Georgia AIM) and the Georgia MBDA Business Center. The program of speakers, a tour and a panel discussion took place at Georgia Tech\u2019s Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility and served as an introduction into the world of artificial intelligence.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWith about 50 manufacturers and engineers in attendance, the goal of the event was twofold, said Donna Ennis, Georgia AIM co-director. First, it served as an introduction to the Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility, which conducts research on new manufacturing technologies through its public-private partnerships. But also, it was an opportunity for manufacturers of all sizes to learn about the roles AI can play in their processes. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cArtificial intelligence has the power to bring transformative change to our manufacturers and our workforce, but it can seem overwhelming \u2014 where do you start?\u201d Ennis said. \u201cWe wanted to create an opportunity to show manufacturers that you don\u2019t need a large investment or a large time commitment to begin to implement AI. Think about your process, explore your options, and use the resources we have available to you.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA Statewide Initiative \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EGeorgia AIM was created through a $65 million Build Back Better Regional Challenge grant awarded through the U.S. Economic Development Administration. The grant funds 17 projects\/ subprojects throughout the state that work in education, manufacturing, workforce development and new technologies. At its core, Ennis said, Georgia AIM is working to reach all Georgia residents \u2014 specifically residents in communities underrepresented in manufacturing spaces, including veterans; women; Black, indigenous and people of color; rural residents; and older workers \u2014 and empower them to fully participate in a diverse AI manufacturing workforce. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIn the area of workforce development, the grant supports programs that upskill adults in the workforce, as well as programs that reach K-12 students, technical college students and those attending four-year universities. For example, Georgia AIM is supporting the construction of a new lab at South Georgia Regional Technical College that will train students and area residents on new technologies in food processing\u2014a key industry in that region. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAnother project partner, Georgia Tech\u2019s Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing (CEISMC) is developing curricula and educational materials for K-12 students and hosts regional STEM-based competitions to promote science and technology.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EOther projects are connecting with communities to help train the workforce on AI technologies. A partnership between the University of Georgia and the Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs is developing a mobile lab stocked with technology \u201cvignettes\u201d \u2014 self-contained examples of real-world AI applications. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThis mobile lab, as well as two others developed by Middle Georgia\u2019s 21st Century Partnership, will travel across the state to work with schools and community organizations. The goal is to introduce underserved communities to AI technologies and open new doors to employees\u2014and employers. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cWe recognize that not every community across the state has had equal access to these new technologies. We want to break down those barriers,\u201d added Ennis. \u201cBy taking these smart technologies to traditionally underserved communities, we aim to inspire and encourage Georgia\u2019s workforce. This technology has the power to be transformative for our manufacturing community.\u201d \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EOther programs offered by Georgia AIM focus on manufacturers and adoption of new technologies. And that was part of the presentation offered by Ennis and project co-director Aaron Stebner, associate professor of mechanical engineering and materials science engineering at Georgia Tech. In addition to workforce development and deployment, Georgia AIM also offers cybersecurity assessments and assistance with technology development and deployment for manufacturers.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EFor example, the GaMEP project provides a range of assistance, including cyber assessments, gap assessments and automation training. Another partner, EI2\u2019s Advanced Technology Development Center, assists new tech startups and can help connect them with manufacturers that could use the technology. And Georgia Tech\u2019s Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility provides a space for companies to try new technologies without losing time on their own manufacturing line. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cWe\u2019re really a proving ground for new technology adoption,\u201d Stebner said. The Georgia AIM grant is funding an expansion of the facility, which will allow for more smart technologies in the space. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cOur plan is to integrate autonomous robots and build out the manufacturing units to provide even more examples of manufacturing integrating with smart technologies.\u201d \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe facility\u2019s new Georgia Tech Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium is a member-based group that connects industry with academic and government research resources. Consortium members gain access to facility equipment, workforce training programs, new manufacturing systems and networking opportunities with other members. (For details, visit ampf.research.gatech. edu\/how-engage.)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAI: More than \u2018the spice\u2019 \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EBut first, Ennis and Stebner told the manufacturers and business owners gathered at the manufacturing pilot facility, it was important to take stock of their current processes and think of where automation might occur. Start small and identify repetitive motions or places where human-machine collaborations might occur. Perhaps adding some sensors could help predict a mechanical failure, or a small automation might make a process more streamlined. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EDuring a tour of the Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility, attendees met graduate students who specialize in metals, 3-D printing technologies and other areas and got first-hand looks at new innovations in action. Some stations at the facility represented old practices merged with updated technology \u2014 such as a welder merged with a computer numerical control (CNC) device to automate its movements. In other places, entirely new technologies, such as large-format 3-D scanners, helped attendees think about new production methods that might incorporate smart technology.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMadhavaraman and other GaMEP representatives demonstrated the use of sensors, collaborative robots and autonomous mobile robots in the manufacturing process. Attendees were intrigued, especially as Madhavaraman explained how the robots could be integrated into a manufacturing process to work alongside a person. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThat\u2019s why we call them \u2018co-bots,\u2019 not robots,\u201d he said. \u201cCollaborative robots are great for packaging and palleting products. No programming experience is necessary \u2014 you can use a tablet to tell the robot what to do or point the robot in the direction you want it to go.\u201d \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EBefore the event closed, a panel of three experts fielded questions from Madhavaraman on AI adoption and making the leap into smart technologies. The panel included Mitchell Tartar, project engineer with CJB Industries; Sentil Ramamurthy, senior engineer with Novelis; and Subbu Vishnubhatia, director of project management for Hexagon Management Intelligence. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIn addition to addressing workforce needs, the panel stressed that manufacturers walk \u2014 not run \u2014 toward embracing smart technologies. Find the pinch points, start collecting data and think about small, holistic changes, they said.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cAI is not the spice in the dish that makes it very tasty,\u201d said Vishnubhatia. He and the other panel members agreed it is best to start small. Incorporating smart technologies doesn\u2019t need to be overly expensive or time-consuming \u2014 but it does require managers and employees to think outside the box. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAnd, getting buy-in from those who work with manufacturing. Not only is training imperative, added Tartar, but it\u2019s important to have everyone on board with adopting new technology. Change is hard, but it doesn\u2019t have to be difficult.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cInvolve your people\u2014they are going to know when the data is wrong,\u201d she said. \u201cYou don\u2019t need to do it all at once; if you want to get involved with AI, you can really break those costs down and do it a little piece at a time.\u201d \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EFor more information on Georgia AIM and the opportunities provided through its partner projects, visit: georgiaaim.org\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis article was originally published by Georgia Pathways Magazine, Feb. 2024, a publication of the Technology Association of Georgia.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIntegrating artificial intelligence in a manufacturing process requires planning and small steps, say experts with Georgia AIM\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Integrating artificial intelligence in a manufacturing process requires planning and small steps, say experts with Georgia AIM"}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2024-02-16 20:15:50","changed_gmt":"2024-02-16 20:20:44","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-02-16T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-02-16T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"673129":{"id":"673129","type":"image","title":"AMPF Tour - Feb, 2024","body":"\u003Cp\u003EManufacturers and other business owners tour the Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility at Georgia Tech, which serves as a proving ground for new technologies in the manufacturing process. The facility is a partner on the Georgia AIM project. 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The collaboration between the institutions will bring students to Georgia Tech\u2019s Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility for internships and apprenticeships that prepare them for careers using advanced manufacturing technologies such as robotics, AI and metals 3-D printers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWith this experience, students will help pave the way for advancing Georgia\u2019s manufacturing economy.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are establishing workforce training programs that are at the frontier of technology. Students will train on the latest equipment and software and then be ready to enter companies as these new technologies are adopted instead of the traditional mode of waiting for the technology to arrive, and then training the workforce,\u201d said Aaron Stebner, the Eugene C. Gwaltney Jr. Chair in Manufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStebner initiated the workforce program through the Georgia Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing (Georgia-AIM) project, a collection of $65 million in federal grants aimed at enhancing Georgia\u2019s AI manufacturing technology and workforce. \u201cThese jobs are coming, and we want the workforce to be ready at the same time the need arises.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFaculty and students from Georgia Tech and TCSG recently met to discuss details and next steps for the program. This included discussing formats that would work for students, and how the opportunities at the Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility dovetailed with training students receive from their technical college programs.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe larger goal, said Stebner, is to leverage the developing technologies at the manufacturing facility to give TCSG students in-depth experience with a new technology before starting their own careers. For example, technical college students often have access to tooling and cutting machines as part of their training. But at Georgia Tech\u2019s manufacturing facility, these machines are augmented with robotics or \u201cdigital twins\u201d\u2014advanced computer models that can be used to increase performance efficiencies and maintenance schedules of the machines.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBy gaining experience with these new technologies, students can enter the workforce better prepared to take on advanced manufacturing solutions. This also translates to a higher-skilled workforce and better-paying jobs, added Stebner.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo drive this message home, the meeting also included several representatives from manufacturers who expressed a need for this kind of training. \u201cWe\u2019re always looking for people who are willing to work with their hands,\u201d said Chuck Boyles, president of Factory Automation Systems, a Georgia-based robotics company. \u201cWe\u2019re always looking for good technical talent.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe program can help bridge a \u201cmiddle ground\u201d between technical college training and the research and development taking place at Georgia Tech, said Steven Sheffield, senior assistant director of research at the Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe have a lot of applications for these skills, like machine operators. But we want to advance that to, for example, robotic operators,\u201d said Sheffield, who spoke with the 25 students in attendance about what they would like to get out of the program. \u201cSo, they would be more qualified to do other things as well and have a deeper understanding. And when we have employers who say they are interested in a latest technology, we can partner with them to provide that training.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe students were receptive, noticing the robotics and artificial intelligence-infused technology during a tour of the facility. \u201cI\u2019ve seen a lot of equipment out there that I\u2019ve never seen before,\u201d said Javaski Dewberry, a Georgia Northwest Technical College student studying machining who also works at a manufacturing facility. \u201cIt would be a real good experience for me to see how it works.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOther students were studying mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, robotics and industrial systems. These programs and more could find a place in the program, said Scott McWhorter, interim executive director of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium. The consortium, which is based at the manufacturing facility, works to connect industry, academia and government to advance manufacturing technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe next steps, he added, include ironing out opportunities that work with students\u2019 schedules and training for TCSG faculty on the emerging technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019re spending the next few months getting the program outlined, getting things formalized and working with instructors,\u201d he said. \u201cSo, we\u2019re working right now to collect a little more feedback to right-size the program and move forward from there.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EStory by: Kristen Morales, Georgia Tech\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ETo gain an edge in manufacturing, it helps to have experience with new and emerging technologies.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"To gain an edge in manufacturing, it helps to have experience with new and emerging technologies."}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2023-12-08 21:24:33","changed_gmt":"2023-12-11 15:17:44","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-11-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-11-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"672535":{"id":"672535","type":"image","title":"Technical College System of Georgia Day","body":"\u003Cp\u003EA TCSG group viewed the making of metal powder alloys.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1702070427","gmt_created":"2023-12-08 21:20:27","changed":"1702308225","gmt_changed":"2023-12-11 15:23:45","alt":"Technical College System of Georgia Day","file":{"fid":"255787","name":"TCSG-DAY-Nov-2023.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/12\/08\/TCSG-DAY-Nov-2023.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/12\/08\/TCSG-DAY-Nov-2023.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":829789,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/12\/08\/TCSG-DAY-Nov-2023.jpg?itok=R7oAl0UR"}}},"media_ids":["672535"],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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:walter.rich@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EWalter Rich\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"671014":{"#nid":"671014","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Internet of Things for Manufacturing Symposium 2023","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/manufacturing\u0022\u003EGTMI\u003C\/a\u003E) recently hosted its ninth Internet of Things for Manufacturing (IoTfM) Symposium (November 8, 2023) focused on emerging IoT technologies in the manufacturing sector. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe yearly event is led by Andrew Dugenske, director of the Factory Information Systems (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.fis.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EFIS\u003C\/a\u003E) Center and principal research engineer at Georgia Tech. Dugenske\u2019s FIS Center focuses on advances in factory architectures, machine communication, cloud computing, edge devices, machine learning, artificial intelligence, overall equipment effectiveness, and cybersecurity. Over the past 25 years, the FIS Center has undertaken projects with dozens of companies on a wide array of technological topics.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThis year, the symposium event featured 17 industry leaders as presenters. Presenters included: GTMI, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.renishaw.com\/\u0022\u003ERenishaw\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.att.com\/\u0022\u003EAT\u0026amp;T\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.siemens.com\/global\/en.html\u0022\u003ESiemens\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/stefanini.com\/en\u0022\u003EStephanini Group\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cirrus-link.com\/\u0022\u003ECirrus Link Solutions\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.teradyne.com\/\u0022\u003ETeradyne\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hivemq.com\/\u0022\u003EHive MQ\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mriiot.com\/\u0022\u003EMr. IIOT\u003C\/a\u003E. Expert industry consultants also made presentations such as from Russ Waddell, who gave an entertaining, educational, and eye-opening presentation titled \u201cThe Six-figure Work from Home Machinist.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EComments from 2023 IoTfM symposium attendees:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThis has been a fantastic event,\u201d said Chris Bentivegna, principal architect (advanced wireless) with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.att.com\/\u0022\u003EAT\u0026amp;T\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cI really appreciate the opportunity to come in, talk about 5G with Georgia Tech, and look forward to AT\u0026amp;T and Georgia Tech partnering on some new technologies and advancing manufacturing. It\u2019s been a joy to be here.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cWe are an MQTT platform. What that means is that we help provide the platform on which machines can talk to each other, and also plug into enterprise IT systems on a global level,\u201d said Gaurav Suman, director of product marketing for \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hivemq.com\/\u0022\u003EHiveMQ\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cHere at the symposium, I\u0027m finding it great that I\u0027m getting an understanding of where challenges and solutions to those challenges are born. I can see us and many other technology providers coming together to talk about those issues, how they\u0027re adopted across industries. It\u0027s quite fantastic to be here.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cIt\u0027s been great to present my research and show industry attendees some of our capabilities and some of the machines we have and what they can do,\u201d said Robert Caraway, doctoral student in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EWoodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cWhat I\u0027m doing is making metal powders out of nickel titanium alloys, trying to do some recycling and other things. I\u0027m currently working with my lab team members on creating new metal alloys.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cIt\u0027s great to be at Georgia Tech sharing insights into manufacturing with a lot of industry professionals and some really great graduate students,\u201d said Dan Skulan, general manager of industrial metrology for \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.renishaw.com\/\u0022\u003ERenishaw Inc.\u003C\/a\u003E \u201cWe\u0027re talking about creating good, traceable processes and using the power of the internet and computing to make really good advancements in the efficiency of manufacturing, reduction in manpower, and sustainable practices.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIt\u0027s very exciting to be here today with the amazing audience that we have here,\u201d said Dago Mata, head of business development Americas for the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/stefanini.com\/en\u0022\u003EStefanini Group\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026nbsp;\u201cIt\u0027s my fourth time participating, and we have great ideas to share for the manufacturing industry.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cI think this is one of the best events at Georgia Tech connecting academia and industry,\u201d said Kaveh Berenji, a postdoctoral fellow at GTMI. \u201cThis event fills the gap between what academia needs in terms of support from industry, and what industry needs in terms of scientific support from academia.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMissed the symposium? You can download and view all presentations by visiting the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iotfm2023.fis.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E2023 IoTfM symposium\u003C\/a\u003E webpage. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe event was sponsored by the state of Georgia\u2019s innovation and manufacturing group, the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, the Georgia Tech Factory Information Systems Center, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.americamakes.us\/\u0022\u003EAmerica Makes\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ETo learn more or to join next year\u2019s invitation list, contact Andrew Dugenske at dugenske@gatech.edu.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Internet of Things for Manufacturing Symposium 2023"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/manufacturing\u0022\u003EGTMI\u003C\/a\u003E) recently hosted its ninth Internet of Things for Manufacturing (IoTfM) Symposium focused on emerging IoT technologies in the manufacturing sector. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI) recently hosted its ninth Internet of Things for Manufacturing (IoTfM) Symposium focused on emerging IoT technologies in the manufacturing sector. 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This year, the event was held in Atlanta at the Georgia World Congress Center. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EA record number (500+) of exhibitors displayed their material, processing equipment and latest innovations at the annual industry event. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESeveral thousand engineers, technical professionals, sales, marketing and business development experts from all corners of the world took advantage of the CAMX expo and conference programming to increase their manufacturing and process knowledge, meet their supply chain, build new networks and collaborate on sustainable industry solutions in the aerospace, automotive, wind power and other markets.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAs part of the event, the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI) hosted an onsite tour of its \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ampf.research.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAdvanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E (AMPF) to a select group of industry expo attendees.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAMPF is a 20,000 square foot research and development high bay manufacturing facility located on the Georgia Tech campus supporting industrial, academic, and government stakeholders related to manufacturing research and also serves as a teaching laboratory to train the next generation of engineers, scientists and manufacturing experts. Made possible by a $3 million gift from the Delta Air Lines Foundation, this facility enables manufacturing innovation projects of almost all shapes from additive\/hybrid manufacturing to composites, digital manufacturing, Industry 4.0, industrial robotics, and artificial intelligence.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ERecently, Georgia Tech and the AMPF facility are supporting a\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2022\/09\/02\/economic-development-administration-awards-georgia-tech-65-million-ai-manufacturing\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Estatewide initiative\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E that combines artificial intelligence and manufacturing innovations with transformational workforce and outreach programs.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe AMPF tour was led by Kyle Saleeby, research engineer in GTMI, who tailored the tour to feature manufacturing technologies related to metal composites and advanced manufacturing capabilities for 3D printed metals. This included additive, subtractive, and hybrid manufacturing technologies along with metal powder\/alloy making capabilities that AMPF utilizes.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cCAMX is grateful to Kyle for presenting an informative tour of the impressive AMPF facility, said Raj Manchanda, chief technology officer of the \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nasampe.org\/\u0022\u003ESociety for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E (SAMPE\u00ae). \u201cNearly 25 CAMX attendees who participated in the tour provided positive feedback not only on the state-of-the-art hybrid manufacturing equipment that AMPF houses from leading OEMs, but also the capability of the Georgia Tech AMPF faculty and brilliant graduate students who are developing adaptable manufacturing solutions integrating proven machining technologies with advances in robotics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, additive manufacturing, and more.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAt the expo, GTMI was invited to host and lead a panel discussion of current digital manufacturing trends on day two of the CAMX show. Three industry experts from GTMI\u2019s partner network participated in a discussion moderated by Kyle Saleeby. The panelists were Elaine Winchester from \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.plyable.com\/\u0022\u003EPlyable\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, Andre Wegner from \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.authentise.com\/\u0022\u003EAuthentise\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E and Rodney Elmore from \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/\u0022\u003EMicrosoft\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cAt the advanced manufacturing pilot facility, we are always proud host so many great organizations, institutions and industry colleagues to share our advanced manufacturing research,\u201d said Saleeby.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI) hosted an onsite tour of its \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ampf.research.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAdvanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E (AMPF) to a select group of industry expo attendees.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI) hosted an onsite tour of its Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility (AMPF) to industry expo attendees."}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2023-11-07 13:55:30","changed_gmt":"2023-11-07 14:31:55","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-11-07T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-11-07T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"672286":{"id":"672286","type":"image","title":"CAMX Tour of AMPF-Nov-2023","body":"\u003Cp\u003ECAMX industry tour of AMPF (Nov-2023)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1699365139","gmt_created":"2023-11-07 13:52:19","changed":"1699365205","gmt_changed":"2023-11-07 13:53:25","alt":"CAMX Tour of AMPF-Nov-2023","file":{"fid":"255501","name":"53305942749_d570ada4f0_k.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/11\/07\/53305942749_d570ada4f0_k.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/11\/07\/53305942749_d570ada4f0_k.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":804351,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/11\/07\/53305942749_d570ada4f0_k.jpg?itok=YKVeR1ZS"}}},"media_ids":["672286"],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"186857","name":"go-gtmi"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:walter.rich@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EWalter Rich\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["walter.rich@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"669172":{"#nid":"669172","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Thomas Kurfess Appointed to Navy Science and Technology Board","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThomas Kurfess, Ph.D., P.E., has been appointed to the Department of the Navy Science and Technology Board (DoN S\u0026amp;T Board). Kurfess is the chief manufacturing officer of the Georgia Institute of Technology and the executive director of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute. He is the HUSCO\/Ramirez Distinguished Chair in Fluid Power and Motion Control and professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe DoN S\u0026amp;T Board is a discretionary federal advisory committee that provides independent recommendations on matters relating to the Department of the Navy\u0027s scientific, technical, manufacturing, acquisition, logistics, medicine, and business management functions. These matters include, but are not limited to, the pressing and complex scientific and technological problems facing the Department of Defense in such areas as research, engineering, organizational structure and process, business and functional concepts, and manufacturing. The board will help to identify new technologies and new applications of technology in those areas to strengthen national security. Membership on the board consists of private and public leaders, with a diversity of background, experience, and thought in support of the DoN S\u0026amp;T Board mission.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EKurfess\u2019 appointment to the board was confirmed by the secretary of defense in August.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThomas Kurfess, Ph.D., P.E., has been appointed to the Department of the Navy Science and Technology Board (DoN S\u0026amp;T Board). Kurfess is the chief manufacturing officer of the Georgia Institute of Technology and the executive director of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute. He is the HUSCO\/Ramirez Distinguished Chair in Fluid Power and Motion Control and professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Thomas Kurfess, Ph.D., P.E., has been appointed to the Department of the Navy Science and Technology Board (DoN S\u0026T Board). "}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2023-08-25 13:27:57","changed_gmt":"2023-08-25 13:39:25","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-08-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-08-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"658806":{"id":"658806","type":"image","title":"Tom Kurfess","body":null,"created":"1654892794","gmt_created":"2022-06-10 20:26:34","changed":"1654892794","gmt_changed":"2022-06-10 20:26:34","alt":"Tom Kurfess","file":{"fid":"249721","name":"TomKurfess.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/TomKurfess.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/TomKurfess.png","mime":"image\/png","size":235363,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/TomKurfess.png?itok=wJfsFP_n"}}},"media_ids":["658806"],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"186857","name":"go-gtmi"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"668184":{"#nid":"668184","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Thomas Kurfess Elected ASME President","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThomas Kurfess, Ph.D., P.E., was elected president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)--he will be the 142nd president.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EKurfess is the chief manufacturing officer of the Georgia Institute of Technology, and the executive director of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute. He is the HUSCO\/Ramirez Distinguished Chair in Fluid Power and Motion Control and professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EHe also serves as the chief technology officer at the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences. He served as the chief manufacturing officer and founding director for the manufacturing science division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory from 2019 to 2021. He served as the assistant director for advanced manufacturing at the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President of the United States of America in 2012 and 2013, coordinating advanced manufacturing research and development.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.asme.org\/about-asme\/media-inquiries\/press-releases\/thomas-kurfess-begins-term-as-asmes-142nd-president,-one-new-member-and-four-nominees-to-the-board-of-governors-announced\u0022\u003EAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (news release) \u0026gt;\u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThomas Kurfess, Ph.D., P.E., was elected the 142nd\u0026nbsp;president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Society announced during its annual meeting June 6. 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The 2023 SME International Awards Gala was held on June 5 at the Royal Park Hotel in Rochester, Michigan. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMelkote also serves as executive director of the Novelis Innovation Hub at Georgia Tech and as associate director of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute. Melkote\u2019s research focuses on the science and technology of manufacturing processes, industrial robotics for manufacturing, and data-driven methods for cyber manufacturing. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EFor over six decades, SME\u2019s International Honor Awards have identified professionals whose bodies of work have led to critical breakthroughs and advancements in manufacturing technologies, processes, and education as well as honored members for their volunteerism.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThese seven professionals are among the most accomplished thought leaders in manufacturing, and I\u2019m proud to acknowledge they also hold membership in SME,\u201d said Bob Willig, executive director and CEO of SME. \u201cThough their backgrounds are varied, all share a penchant for continuous improvement where status quo just doesn\u2019t cut it.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMelkote has published over 280 technical papers on these topics, has one U.S. patent and has successfully transitioned technology to industry. Melkote is a recipient of the SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, the ASME Blackall Machine Tool and Gage Award and several best paper awards. He served as president of SME\u0027s North American Manufacturing Research Institution (NAMRI) from 2014-15, and as ASME Swanson fellow and assistant director for Technology at the Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office at NIST from 2015-16. Melkote is a fellow of SME, ASME and CIRP and has been a SME member since 1994.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESME 2023 International Honor Award Recipients:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESME Gold Medal\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2014 Shreyes N. Melkote, Ph.D., FSME, Morris M. Bryan, Jr. Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEli Whitney Productivity Award\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u2014 Lonnie Love, Ph.D., FSME, Fellow, National Security Programs, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJoseph A. Siegel Service Award\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u2014 Sandra Bouckley, FSME, P.Eng., Executive Director \u0026amp; CEO (retired), 2017 President, SME, Southfield, Michigan\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDonald C. Burnham Manufacturing Management Award\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u2014 Vaughn M. Hall Jr., International Vice President and General Manager, Corning Precision Materials, Corning Inc., Asan, South Korea\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESME Frederick W. Taylor Research Medal\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u2014 Shaochen Chen, Ph.D., Chair and Zable Endowed Chair Professor, NanoEngineering Department, University of California, San Diego, San Diego\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESME Albert M. Sargent Progress Award \u2013\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003ESubir Chowdhury, FSME, Chairman and CEO, ASI Consulting Group, Bingham Farms, Michigan\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESME Education Award\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u2014 Laine Mears, Ph.D., FSME, CMfgE, PE, BMW SmartState Endowed Chair of Automotive Manufacturing, University Centennial Professor and Department Chair, Automotive Engineering Department, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EShreyes N. Melkote, who holds the Morris M. Bryan, Jr. Professorship in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, won the 2023 SME Gold Medal award which recognizes outstanding service to the manufacturing engineering profession in technical communications through published literature, technical writings, or lectures.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Shreyes N. Melkote won the 2023 SME Gold Medal award."}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2023-06-13 18:54:39","changed_gmt":"2023-06-13 18:56:12","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-06-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-06-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"670977":{"id":"670977","type":"image","title":"1686089878741.jpeg","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EShreyes N. Melkote won the 2023 SME Gold Medal award which recognizes outstanding service to the manufacturing engineering profession in technical communications through published literature, technical writings, or lectures.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1686682490","gmt_created":"2023-06-13 18:54:50","changed":"1686682490","gmt_changed":"2023-06-13 18:54:50","alt":"Shreyes N. Melkote won the 2023 SME Gold Medal award which recognizes outstanding service to the manufacturing engineering profession in technical communications through published literature, technical writings, or lectures.","file":{"fid":"253953","name":"1686089878741.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/06\/13\/1686089878741.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/06\/13\/1686089878741.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":208941,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/06\/13\/1686089878741.jpeg?itok=fyGppdZ7"}}},"media_ids":["670977"],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:walter.rich@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EWalter Rich\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["walter.rich@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"667927":{"#nid":"667927","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Examining U.S. Industrial Innovation Policy with Cambridge","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI) recently hosted a Cambridge University Babbage Forum examining industrial innovation strategy among leading global nations. The forum gathering held on May 25 in Atlanta at Georgia Tech specifically examined the United States and southeastern regional industrial innovation policies. The Babbage Forum was founded at Cambridge University by Professor Sir Michael Gregory, former head of the Institute for Manufacturing, to develop a compendium of industrial innovation policies across 10 Innovation-leading nations. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIndustrial innovation policy can be defined as involving governmental interventions at the post-research stages (including development, prototyping, testing, demonstration, pilot production, production, and market creation) to enable scale-up and implementation of new technologies. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMeetings such as this one held at Georgia Tech attempt to develop an understanding of emerging U.S. and global industrial innovation policies and identify remaining gaps. Thomas Kurfess, executive director of GTMI and the HUSCO\/Ramirez Distinguished Chair in Fluid Power and Motion Control, are helping to strategize future manufacturing policies in the U.S.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThe Babbage team was enthusiastic to learn about all that we have happening in the U.S., Georgia and the Metro-Atlanta area,\u201d said Kurfess. \u201cOver the past several decades, we have been growing our manufacturing capabilities here and creating a substantial amount of high paying and high tech manufacturing jobs for a broad spectrum of our population. This has not only been wonderful for the State of Georgia, but also our efforts and successes have helped to boost the national economy and support national security.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EForum participants examined regional industrial capabilities with a secondary focus on national industrial capabilities addressing both the innovation and industrial scale-up issues. Processes for moving from policy objective to implementation were reviewed including opportunities for experimentation, evaluation, and policy learning. Organizational structures across academia, government and think tanks as well as ecosystems and small-to-medium-sized enterprise engagement were analyzed. The group conducted an analysis of successful (and unsuccessful) industrial innovation policy interventions to identify effective practices and mechanisms in the southeast, Georgia, and the Atlanta area that ensure opportunities for a diverse set of workers, while fully engaging local communities. Such practices result in sustainable and equitable opportunities throughout the region.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThere\u0027s some pretty dramatic changes going on, in technology, in society, and indeed geopolitically,\u201d said Sir Michael Gregory who attended the GTMI meeting. \u201cAnd whereas a few years ago, industrial innovation policy was seen by some people not to be very relevant, now almost everybody thinks it matters.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI) recently hosted a Cambridge University Babbage Forum examining industrial innovation strategy among leading global nations. The forum gathering held on May 25 in Atlanta at Georgia Tech specifically examined the United States and southeastern regional industrial innovation policies. The Babbage Forum was founded at Cambridge University by Professor Sir Michael Gregory, former head of the Institute for Manufacturing, to develop a compendium of industrial innovation policies across 10 Innovation-leading nations. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI) recently hosted a Cambridge University Babbage Forum examining industrial innovation strategy among leading global nations."}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2023-05-30 15:19:17","changed_gmt":"2023-05-30 15:23:15","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-05-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-05-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"670886":{"id":"670886","type":"image","title":"Babbage_Group_GTMI_03 copy-cropped.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EAttendees of the Babbage Forum held at GTMI\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1685459965","gmt_created":"2023-05-30 15:19:25","changed":"1685459965","gmt_changed":"2023-05-30 15:19:25","alt":"Attendees of the Babbage Forum held at GTMI","file":{"fid":"253850","name":"Babbage_Group_GTMI_03 copy-cropped.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/05\/30\/Babbage_Group_GTMI_03%20copy-cropped.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/05\/30\/Babbage_Group_GTMI_03%20copy-cropped.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1064596,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/05\/30\/Babbage_Group_GTMI_03%20copy-cropped.jpg?itok=o6FOwzKA"}}},"media_ids":["670886"],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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:walter.rich@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EWalter Rich\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["walter.rich@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"667800":{"#nid":"667800","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Chuck Zhang Selected as Cyber Security Fellow","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EChuck Zhang\u003C\/strong\u003E, GTMI faculty member and the Harold E. Smalley Professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, is one of five faculty members will help grow the College of Engineering\u2019s work in high-impact cyber-physical systems security (CPSS) as new Cybersecurity Fellows.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFellows represent expertise in a variety of areas of CPSS, which addresses risks where cyber and physical worlds intersect. That includes the Internet of Things (IoT), industrial systems, smart grids, medical devices, autonomous vehicles, robotics, and more.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs devices, systems, and the world continue to become more connected, cyber-related threats that were traditionally limited to the digital domain have made their way to physical systems,\u201d said Raheem Beyah, dean of the College, Southern Company Chair, and a cybersecurity expert. \u201cThe College of Engineering has world-renowned cybersecurity and artificial intelligence\u0026nbsp;researchers. This new cohort will continue to expand the College\u2019s breadth of expertise and leadership in CPSS.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe three-year fellowship was made possible by a gift from Kyle Seymour, a 1982 mechanical engineering graduate who retired as president and CEO of S\u0026amp;C Electric Company in 2020. Seymour wanted to help increase cybersecurity-related research and instruction within the College.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchool chairs nominated potential fellows, who were evaluated and selected by a\u0026nbsp;committee of senior cybersecurity\u0026nbsp;researchers and College leaders.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFive faculty members will help grow the College of Engineering\u2019s work in high-impact cyber-physical systems security (CPSS) as new Cybersecurity Fellows.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFellows represent expertise in a variety of areas of CPSS, which addresses risks where cyber and physical worlds intersect. That includes the Internet of Things (IoT), industrial systems, smart grids, medical devices, autonomous vehicles, robotics, and more.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs devices, systems, and the world continue to become more connected, cyber-related threats that were traditionally limited to the digital domain have made their way to physical systems,\u201d said Raheem Beyah, dean of the College, Southern Company Chair, and a cybersecurity expert. \u201cThe College of Engineering has world-renowned cybersecurity and artificial intelligence\u0026nbsp;researchers. This new cohort will continue to expand the College\u2019s breadth of expertise and leadership in CPSS.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe three-year fellowship was made possible by a gift from Kyle Seymour, a 1982 mechanical engineering graduate who retired as president and CEO of S\u0026amp;C Electric Company in 2020. Seymour wanted to help increase cybersecurity-related research and instruction within the College.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchool chairs nominated potential fellows, who were evaluated and selected by a\u0026nbsp;committee of senior cybersecurity\u0026nbsp;researchers and College leaders.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/new-fellowships-support-high-impact-cybersecurity-research\u0022\u003EView the new Cybersecurity Fellows \u0026gt;\u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EChuck Zhang\u003C\/strong\u003E, GTMI faculty member and the Harold E. Smalley Professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, is one of five faculty members will help grow the College of Engineering\u2019s work in high-impact cyber-physical systems security (CPSS) as new Cybersecurity Fellows.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Five faculty members will help grow the College of Engineering\u2019s work in high-impact cyber-physical systems security (CPSS) as new Cybersecurity Fellows."}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2023-05-17 19:03:23","changed_gmt":"2023-05-17 19:05:20","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-05-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-05-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"657950":{"id":"657950","type":"image","title":"Chuck Zhang","body":null,"created":"1651676734","gmt_created":"2022-05-04 15:05:34","changed":"1651676734","gmt_changed":"2022-05-04 15:05:34","alt":"Chuck Zhang","file":{"fid":"249396","name":"ChuckZhang.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ChuckZhang.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ChuckZhang.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":12638,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ChuckZhang.jpg?itok=4i2Z0XGP"}}},"media_ids":["657950"],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"186857","name":"go-gtmi"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWalter Rich\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["walter.rich@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"654088":{"#nid":"654088","#data":{"type":"news","title":"From the Pit to the Factory Floor: A Georgia Tech Alumnus Charts a New Path at Boeing","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhile deciding on career paths as an undergraduate, Boeing engineer Toni Cvitanic sampled courses in biology, chemistry, engineering, and computer science. But it wasn\u2019t until joining an intercollegiate car-building competition\u2014where he and other college students worked to design and fabricate formula-style racing cars and competed against other clubs\u2014 that his aspirations came into focus.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe son of a mathematics professor, Cvitanic marveled at how his math and science skills could steadily improve a race car\u2019s performance. And yet, over time, he realized that the engineering question at hand was not audacious enough. The basic facts of each car\u2014that it would have four wheels, an engine, a suspension\u2014would not change from one model to the next, and any improvement would have to be incremental.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u201cI realized I wanted to work on new problems that haven\u2019t been figured out,\u201d he recalled. \u201cProblems where you don\u2019t necessarily know the solution or even how one might work.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nInstead of following in his father\u2019s footstep, Cvitanic set his sights on engineering and began pursuing a Ph.D. in robotics from Georgia Tech.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nIn 2016, Cvitanic joined the Technology Transition Laboratory (TTL), \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/news\/2018\/11\/boeing-georgia-tech-collaboration-still-strong-after-10-years\u0022\u003Eborn out of a longstanding university partnership\u003C\/a\u003E between Boeing and Georgia Tech. For Cvitanic, joining the TTL meant working on projects with a much higher TRL, or technology readiness level, than most academic research\u2014making the ideas much more likely to become applied on the factory floor at Boeing.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCvitanic helped lead the TTL\u2019s research into \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.boeing.com\/features\/innovation-quarterly\/nov2017\/feature-technical-georgia.page\u0022\u003Edual robotic machining\u003C\/a\u003E, which could one day be used for automated precision machining and fabrication. The aim was to improve the accuracy of industrial robots\u2014commonly used in automotive manufacturing\u2014so they could meet more stringent aerospace tolerance requirements.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nTo meet tolerances within five-thousandths of an inch, or slightly wider than a human hair, Cvitanic\u2019s team needed a new approach.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nWorking alongside three Boeing engineers who oversaw the work, they added sensors and a laser tracker to a pair of off-the-shelf Kuka industrial robots. While one robot held an aluminum work piece, the other would begin an assigned machining activity: either milling or drilling holes. As the Georgia Tech team observed the robots, they received real-time performance data and control feedback.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe significant process forces from both kinds of operations caused the arms of the robots to vibrate and flex, which in turn affected the final achievable tolerance of the work. With the data they gathered, the researchers began to model how specific robotic arm configurations, or poses, could counter resisting forces and improve precision. This led to improvements in the robots\u2019 arm stiffness, and it also eliminated bending, both vital to offsetting the effects of high-force manufacturing. Ultimately, the team configured the robots to manufacture parts to aerospace tolerances, and they were able to meet the accuracy requirements achieved with machine tools and gantry-style crane systems, which are used in today\u2019s manufacturing processes.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe Georgia Tech researchers made enough progress to host a successful live demonstration in front of a Boeing audience. The results furthered the Boeing-Georgia Tech university partnership and led to the creation of the Accurate Robotic Machining (ARM) project \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2017\/06\/22\/boeing-georgia-tech-unveil-new-research-center\u0022\u003Eand the Boeing Manufacturing Development Center (BMDC)\u003C\/a\u003E in 2017.\u0026nbsp; The center gives future students opportunities to work on projects from the concept stage to application.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAfter earning his doctorate, Cvitanic joined Boeing in October 2021. He parlayed the experience he gained and the relationships he built as a graduate student into a new role. As a manufacturing and simulation engineer based in Charleston, South Carolina, he works in Boeing\u2019s Research and Technology organization. He regularly partners with the very engineers who helped guide his project work at Georgia Tech, and together, they explore scenarios in which advanced production systems can be implemented.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u201cUltimately, I know I will see the impact of what I\u2019m working on,\u201d Cvitanic says of his role at Boeing. \u201cThat impact is gratifying.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMEDIA CONTACTS:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nWalter Rich\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Tech Research Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nwalter.rich@research.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EInstead of following in his father\u2019s footstep, Cvitanic set his sights on engineering and began pursuing a Ph.D. in robotics from Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Instead of following in his father\u2019s footstep, Cvitanic set his sights on engineering and began pursuing a Ph.D. in robotics from Georgia Tech. 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The program aims to enhance the interaction across the Institute\u0026rsquo;s teaching and research activities. It offers research faculty the opportunity to become first-time instructors, and for those who have taught in the past, the ability to turn their cutting-edge research programs into instructional programs that enhance the teaching missions in the academic units.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWang proposed a new course, \u003Cem\u003EResilience of Biomanufacturing Supply Chains\u003C\/em\u003E, which won his placement into the program.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This Research Faculty Teaching Fellows Program will allow me to introduce important research topics in my research area to more Industrial Systems and Engineering (ISyE) students,\u0026rdquo; said Wang. \u0026ldquo;Case studies developed in my research projects and presented in the course will show students how to apply the knowledge learned from this course in actual industrial scenarios.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWang is also hoping that this teaching opportunity could help him better organize his own knowledge and research ideas in this area, and lead to new ideas that may develop into new collaborations between him and ISyE faculty. These collaborations could result in new research proposals and\/or peer-reviewed papers. Plus, students taking his course would be provided opportunities to join new research projects in his lab.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Wang, cell therapy manufacturing is a nascent industry that will have critical workforce needs in five to ten years. 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The full-day hybrid event was held on the Georgia Tech campus and was attended by over 50 Novelis scientists and engineers and Georgia Tech faculty, students, and administrators. The primary focus of the event was to review accomplishments of ongoing and completed basic and applied research projects funded by Novelis in 2022. The review included presentations by Georgia Tech faculty working on projects in the areas of advanced battery materials, sustainable engineering including modeling of energy and water losses in ingot casting processes, energy management of critical production processes through data analytics, new alloy development, high throughput materials testing, as well as new project launches on fundamental aspects of casting, and aluminum surface functionalization for new applications. The event also included announcement and introduction of the 2022-2023 Novelis Graduate and Undergraduate Scholars supported by the Novelis Innovation Hub.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/193714103@N03\/albums\/72177720305708436\u0022\u003EPictures from the event can be found here\u003C\/a\u003E. 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This is the second year of the Novelis scholars program.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/novelis\u0022\u003ENovelis Innovation Hub\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech launched the Novelis Scholars program in 2021. The program seeks to recognize and cultivate top graduate students conducting research in various aspects of sustainability, high-throughput materials discovery, surface functionalization, and artificial intelligence (AI)\/data science applications in materials, manufacturing, and supply chain technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.novelis.com\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENovelis\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;has partnered with Georgia Tech to collaborate on research and development, and promote the education of the next generation of engineers dedicated to making better products that lead to a more sustainable world. Novelis is headquartered in Atlanta with a global footprint, over 12,500 employees, and recorded $17.1 billion in net sales for its 2022 fiscal year. Novelis expanded its\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/now\/novelis-expands-research-partnership-georgia-195200403.html\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Eresearch partnership\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;with Georgia Tech in 2021.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 2022-2023 Novelis Scholars are:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGraduate\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBettina Arkhurst\u003C\/strong\u003E - Ph.D. candidate in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJuanita Hidalgo\u003C\/strong\u003E - Ph.D. candidate in the School of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EConlain Kelly\u003C\/strong\u003E \u0026ndash; Ph.D. candidate in Computational Science and Engineering Undergraduate\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWalter Parker\u003C\/strong\u003E - Ph.D. candidate in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESushree Jagriti Sahoo\u003C\/strong\u003E - Ph.D. candidate in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAlexandra (Lexie) Schueller\u003C\/strong\u003E - Ph.D. candidate in the George W. 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Melkote\u003C\/a\u003E, who holds the Morris M. Bryan, Jr. Professorship in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, has been awarded a $3 million Future Manufacturing Research Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Melkote, who is also the Associate Director of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/manufacturing\/about-gtmi\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and Executive Director of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.research.gatech.edu\/novelis\u0022\u003ENovelis Innovation Hub\u003C\/a\u003E, will act as principal investigator alongside four other researchers, including Woodruff School Professor Emeritus\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/rosen\u0022\u003EDavid Rosen\u003C\/a\u003E, and will explore a data-driven approach to cyber manufacturing. The grant will also support Melkote\u0026rsquo;s efforts to work with academic and industry partners to develop educational tools to train a future manufacturing workforce from diverse backgrounds.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We are excited to have the resources that the NSF has provided,\u0026rdquo; Melkote said. \u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s the best type of resource because it allows us to do basic research.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECyber manufacturing looks to leverage recent advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning, cloud technology and the expanding reach of the Internet-of-Things to reduce the cost and time of producing discrete parts. Presently, the manufacturing process is compartmentalized, with design, fabrication, and distribution heavily reliant on direct communication between the parties, and often involves multiple iterations of a design before the customer\u0026rsquo;s needs are met.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn a future cyber manufacturing ecosystem, the process is digitally unified across the supply chain and potential issues in fabrication can be flagged automatically and early in the design process, minimizing the need for multiple prototypes. The final design can then swiftly be routed to those best equipped to produce the product based on the specifications.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis vision of a fully automated, interconnected process has long been sought after and is considered the \u0026lsquo;holy grail\u0026rsquo; of discrete parts manufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It\u0026#39;s an old problem,\u0026rdquo; Melkote said. \u0026ldquo;But we have new ways of potentially trying to solve it, and we have a critical mass of people and resources to help solve, or at least make a significant dent, in solving the problem.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA crucial step in solving the problem requires digitizing and automating the complex series of decisions that begin when a new design for a product is completed. What are the manufacturing processes (and machines) required to produce the design? What processes create the most durable build, or the most cost-efficient? Can the design be altered for manufacturability without compromising functionality and quality?\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor mass-produced discrete products or parts built to universal standards, these are questions to which suitable answers have been found through trial-and-error, but bespoke or new designs often require specialized knowledge about manufacturing processes and their capabilities. A company or individual will use their current level of understanding to discern how to move forward with a brand-new design.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Fundamentally they are harnessing the knowledge derived from data they have tucked away somewhere and then using that to actually take a shot at figuring out how to make it,\u0026rdquo; Melkote explained. \u0026ldquo;But it would be great if they had all of these capabilities in an automated way.\u0026nbsp;This grant is focused on how you generate the complex knowledge that individuals have acquired through experience.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMelkote\u0026rsquo;s interdisciplinary approach will use generative machine learning and other artificial intelligence techniques to help automate this complex decision-making process. If a computer can infer the capabilities and limitations of an industrial manufacturing process and associated machines, then it should be able to make intelligent deductions about the entire manufacturing process, at least in theory. Extracting the data necessary to make this happen requires new methods that Melkote and his co-investigators will research.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;If I can teach a computer to be able to learn these things, the more data from successfully produced parts I can provide it, then its learning will improve and its ability to get close to telling me what all the types of things I can produce using a given process on a given machine will improve.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe models and algorithms that would run this process could then be embedded in an automated cyber manufacturing service, which can analyze an uploaded design and provide a customer with instant feedback regarding recommended modifications, and projected costs, or even generate instructions and send them to the right machine. The work could see sweeping changes made to several manufacturing industries and democratize the way products are designed and made.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAlongside Rosen, Melkote will work closely with three other researchers, two of which have ties to Georgia Tech, including\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ic.gatech.edu\/people\/matthew-gombolay\u0022\u003EMatthew Gombolay\u003C\/a\u003E, an assistant professor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ic.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Interactive Computing\u003C\/a\u003E, and Mahmoud Dinar, a former postdoctoral fellow at the Woodruff School and current Assistant Professor at California State University-Sacramento. 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Dugenske\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/fis.gatech.edu\/what-we-do\/\u0022\u003EFIS Center\u003C\/a\u003E focuses on advances in factory architectures, machine communication, cloud computing, edge devices, machine learning, artificial intelligence, overall equipment effectiveness and cybersecurity.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe event delivered fresh insights from more than 20 industry leaders. Speakers shared exclusive learnings from actual IoTfM implementations. Industry thought leaders, major manufacturers and respected experts participated in this year\u0026rsquo;s eighth annual symposium.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPresenters this year included representatives from Ford Motor Company, Kimberly-Clark, Autodesk, McKinsey \u0026amp; Company, Capgemini, ACS, QCells, Intuitus, Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, Georgia Department of Economic Development, University of New Hampshire, and researchers across Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJohn Morehouse, director of manufacturing for the Georgia Center for Innovation commented, \u0026ldquo;Having companies present their use cases is so valuable to other manufacturers and the resources that want to support them.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMissed the symposium? 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This National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine-appointed ad hoc committee is tasked with developing options for a national plan for smart manufacturing technology development and deployment.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe committee\u0026#39;s final report will examine technical frameworks and processes, identify possible timelines and necessary resources, and explore policies and general roles for government, industry, and academia to address near-, medium-, and long-term challenges to improve the productivity and energy efficiency of the manufacturing sector of the United States and ensure U.S. competitiveness.\u0026nbsp;A particular focus will be given to system integration issues, including incorporating manufacturing science, materials science, energy science, and other critical domains.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor information gathering and community engagement, the committee will plan and organize three workshops on the following topics: (1) state of the art smart manufacturing and future directions and needs; (2) potential broader impacts of smart manufacturing; and (3) education, training, and workforce needs for smart manufacturing. Videos and materials from these public workshops will be posted online. The input received during these workshops will serve as input for the final consensus study report.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECommittee members include:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECHAIR\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EThomas R. Kurfess\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThomas R. Kurfess is the HUSCO\/Ramirez Distinguished Chair in Fluid Power and Motion Control and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech. During 2019-2021 he served as the Chief Manufacturing Officer, and the Founding Director for the Manufacturing Science Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. During 2012-2013 served as the Assistant Director for Advanced Manufacturing at the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President of the United States of America, where he was responsible for coordinating Federal advanced manufacturing R\u0026amp;D. He was President of SME in 2018, and currently serves on the Board of Governors of the ASME. His research focuses on the design and development of advanced manufacturing systems targeting secure digital manufacturing, additive and subtractive processes, and large-scale production enterprises. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and is a Fellow of ASME, AAAS, and SME.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe received his S.B., S.M. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from M.I.T. in 1986, 1987 and 1989, respectively. He also received an S.M. degree from M.I.T. in electrical engineering and computer science in 1988.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMEMBER\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ERichard D. Braatz\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nRichard D. Braatz is the Edwin R. Gilliland Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he is affiliated with the MIT Energy Initiative, the Department of Chemical Engineering, the Center for Biomedical Innovation, the Center for Computational Science and Engineering, and Machine Intelligence for Manufacturing \u0026amp; Operations. He was the Millennium Chair and Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University before moving to MIT. His primary research expertise is in applied mathematics and control theory and their application to the smart manufacturing of complex chemical and biological products including lithium-ion batteries, advanced polymers, vaccines, and monoclonal antibodies. Honors include the IEEE Control Systems Society Transition to Practice Award, the Technical Innovation Award from the International Society of Automation, the Engineering Research Council\u0026rsquo;s Curtis W. McGraw Research Award, and the American Automatic Control Council\u0026rsquo;s Donald P. Eckman Award. He is a Fellow of AIChE, AAAS, IEEE, and IFAC, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He received the B.S. from Oregon State University and the M.S. and Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology \u0026ndash; all in chemical engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMEMBER\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EJian Cao\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nJIAN CAO is the Cardiss Collins Professor and the founding Director of NIMSI, the university research center on manufacturing science and innovation at Northwestern University. Cao considers manufacturing as an integration platform and specializes in innovative manufacturing processes and systems, particularly dieless incremental forming process and laser processes. Cao received her Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from M.I.T. Cao is a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), ASME, CIRP, and SME. Her major research awards include the ASME Milton C. Shaw Manufacturing Research Medal, SME Gold Medal, DoD Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship, ASME and Pi Tau Sigma Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award, and SME Frederick W. Taylor Research Medal. Prof. Cao is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Materials Processing Technology. She served as Associate Vice President for Research at Northwestern University, President of the SME North America Manufacturing Research Institute, and a program director at NSF. Dr. Cao is a board member of SME Board of Directors, and of mHUB, Chicago\u0026#39;s first innovation center focused on physical product development and smart manufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMEMBER\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EKrystel K. Castillo-Villar\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nKrystel Castillo is an expert in building an intellectual bridge between modeling and optimization of complex smart manufacturing supply chains, integrating energy efficiency and cybersecurity. As Energy VP for DOE\u0026rsquo;s Cyber Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CyManII, $130M), she leads development of Cybersecure Energy \u0026amp; Emissions Quantification (CEEQ), which captures embodied energy and emissions at the product level throughout the digital supply chain. CEEQ optimizes energy consumption and emissions in advanced manufacturing contributing to saving 1 quadrillion BTUs. These discoveries can revolutionize smart manufacturing and enable secure automated processes and supply chain networks. As professor she has executed 39 grants ($11M). She is the Director of the Texas Sustainable Energy Research Institute (since 2017) managing a ~$4.28M\/yr. portfolio and a $50M Alliance with CPS Energy. She was inducted to the UTSA Academy of Distinguished Researchers (2021), received the GreenStar Endowed Professorship in Energy (2015), and selected to participate in the National Academy of Engineering\u0026rsquo;s 2015 U.S. FOE and 2019 E.U.-U.S. FOE symposiums.She has taught manufacturing courses for more than 12 years and mentored 24 graduate students. She has served as principal investigator in 5 training grants. She is actively recruiting and mentoring next-generation minority leaders and educators in advanced manufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMEMBER\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ELili Cheng\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nLili Cheng is a Corporate Vice President at Microsoft, and manages the Emerging Technology Group at Microsoft, is responsible for Conversational AI and the Industrial Metaverse in Microsoft\u0026rsquo;s Cloud and AI division. She partners with start-ups to large-scale enterprises, to identify areas of collaboration, drive innovation and deliver AI driven products and experiences. Cheng has a long history of research and AI with Microsoft. Cheng founded the Social Computing Group and Future Social Experiences (\u0026ldquo;FUSE\u0026rdquo;) Labs in Microsoft Research and works with top universities, and researcher around the world to help develop design and social science curriculum via the Microsoft Design Expo and the Social Computing Symposium. She was the Director of User Experience for Microsoft Windows and has innovated on technical infrastructure in the areas of real time data, search, and AI tools for Microsoft Azure. Prior to Microsoft, Cheng worked in Apple Computer\u0026rsquo;s Advanced Technology Group on the User Interface research team, where she developed QuickTime Conferencing and QuickTime VR. Lili serves on the advisory board for AI4All, which partners with top universities to amplify diverse AI talent, and is on the board of Connected Camps, a learning organization focused on online learning, governance, and online social interaction. She has been recognized by Time Magazine (\u0026ldquo;Future of AI\u0026rdquo;), Forbes (\u0026ldquo;Women@Forbes 2018\u0026rdquo;), Fast Company (\u0026ldquo;Most Creative People 2016\u0026rdquo;), New York University (\u0026ldquo;Tisch 50th Anniversary Creativity Award\u0026rdquo;). She has given numerous keynotes and interviews including Wired, Forbes, O\u0026rsquo;Reilly Media, SXSW. Cheng was born in Tokyo, grew up in Omaha Nebraska, and lives in the Seattle area with her husband, and has three sons.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMEMBER\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EJames F. Davis\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAs Vice Provost IT, Jim has broad responsibilities for data and technology solutions in support of UCLA\u0026rsquo;s digital research and scholarship mission. Within UCLA, Jim co-sponsors the Institute for Digital Research and Education (IDRE). He also has oversight of the Office of the Chief Privacy Officer and the campus Disabilities Computing Program. Nationally, Jim has program oversight and is vice chair of the Governance Board for DOE\u0026rsquo;s Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII) and was a co-founder of the original Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition. He is currently on the Board of Governors of the Manufacturing Leadership Council. In Southern California he is program sponsor of Innovate@UCLA, a partnership with companies engaged in research exchanges and professional development programs in IT leadership. Jim is a Professor in UCLA\u0026rsquo;s Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering where he does research and consults on AI, machine learning, intelligent systems, monitoring\/control, and data\/modeling systems across manufacturing industries. Jim was formerly the CIO at UCLA and The Ohio State University and was Board Chair of the Corporation of Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC). He has past work experience with Amoco Chemicals and is a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMEMBER\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ERobert X. Gao\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nRobert Gao is the Cady Staley Professor and Department Chair of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He was the Pratt \u0026amp; Whitney Chair Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Connecticut during 2008-2014. His research expertise includes signal transduction mechanisms, multi-resolution signal analysis, and artificial intelligence\/machine learning for improving the observability of manufacturing processes and equipment to enhance product quality control. His work has led to the invention of multi-physics sensors and advanced signal processing methods for the in-situ monitoring of manufacturing processes such as plastic injection molding, sheet metal stamping, microrolling, etc. He has published 3 books, over 400 technical papers, including 190 journal articles, and received 13 patents. He is a Fellow of ASME, SME, IEEE, and CIRP, and received several awards from professional societies, including the ASME Blackall Machine Tool and Gage Award, SME Eli Whitney Productivity Award, IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society Technical Award, IEEE Best Application in Instrumentation and Measurement Award, etc. In 2020, he was named by SME as one of \u0026ldquo;The 20 Most Influential Professors in Smart Manufacturing\u0026rdquo;. Currently he is serving as Chair of the CIRP Collaborative Working Group on AI in Manufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMEMBER\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ESatyandra K. 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Representative examples include a Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research, CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation, Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, Invention of the Year Award from the University of Maryland, Kos Ishii-Toshiba Award from ASME, Excellence in Research Award from ASME Computers and Information in Engineering Division, and Design Automation Award from ASME. He has also received ten best paper awards at international conferences. He earned a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland. He is a member of National Materials and Manufacturing Board.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMEMBER\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ESusan N. Houseman\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nSusan Houseman is Vice-President and Director of Research at the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. She is a labor economist whose recent research focuses on contract employment arrangements, domestic outsourcing, offshoring, manufacturing, and measurement issues in economic statistics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShe co-directs the Outsourcing Research Network, chairs the Technical Advisory Committee to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; co-directs the Labor Statistics Program at the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) in Bonn, Germany; and chaired the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Consensus Study on Measuring Alternative Work Arrangements for Research and Policy.. She received her PhD in economics from Harvard University.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMEMBER\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EJeannine Kunz\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nJeannine Kunz is the Chief Workforce Development Officer for the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. A recognized expert in the field of learning and development for over 20 years, Kunz is at the forefront of workforce management issues, providing forward-thinking learning and development solutions for companies, academia, and individuals. Kunz served on the executive committee of America Makes and is a board member for the National Coalition of Career Development, Chair for National Defense Industrial Association\u0026rsquo;s Manufacturing Workforce Committee, and sits on CESMII, the Smart Manufacturing Institute, and Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing\u0026rsquo;s (ARM) Workforce Committees. In 2020, she joined the industry advisory committee for Clemson University\u0026rsquo;s THINKER graduate program, and in 2022, she was appointed as Board of Director for the Manufacturing Technology Deployment Group. \u0026ldquo;Crain\u0026#39;s Detroit Business\u0026rdquo; recognized Kunz\u0026rsquo;s work when the publication selected her as one of its 2018 Notable Women in Manufacturing \u0026ndash; in Michigan, as well as one of its 2019 Notable Women in Education. Kunz earned a bachelor\u0026rsquo;s degree in business and marketing with a concentration in economics from Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan. She has served on EMU\u0026#39;s Alumni Board and the Pittsburgh State University College of Technology Board of Directors.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMEMBER\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EChinedum E. Okwudire\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nChinedum Okwudire is an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan. Prior to joining Michigan, he was the mechatronic systems optimization team leader at DMG Mori USA. He received a PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of British Columbia in 2009. His research is in smart manufacturing, where he exploits fundamental methods from machine design, control, and computing to boost the performance of manufacturing automation systems at low cost. His research has found applications in 3D printing, machining and nanopositioning. He has received a number of awards and recognitions including the CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation; the Young Investigator Award from the International Symposium on Flexible Automation; the Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award from the SME (formerly, Society of Manufacturing Engineers); the Ralph Teetor Educational Award from SAE International; and the Russell Severance Springer Visiting Professorship from UC Berkeley. He has co-authored a number of best paper award winning papers on topics related to control, mechatronics and manufacturing. He participated in the 2014 Frontiers of Engineering Education Symposium and has recently served on a NASEM committee for Infusing Advanced Manufacturing in Engineering Education.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMEMBER\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EMelissa Orme\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMelissa Orme, PhD, Vice President, The Boeing Company, oversees Additive Manufacturing activity across the three Boeing business units: Boeing Commercial Airplanes; Boeing Defense, Space and Security; and Boeing Global Services; including metal and polymer flight hardware, as well as research and factory aids to enable product development and increase factory efficiency. Orme is also responsible for guiding the development of the digital thread across the Additive Manufacturing value chain, and the implementation of data driven models from extracted and archived data from the digital thread, utilizing machine learning and artificial intelligence to drive efficiency, quality, and scale within the Additive Manufacturing end-to-end value stream. Other key responsibilities include the development of initiatives geared towards quantifying the positive sustainability trades associated with Additive Manufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOrme has a diverse professional background and began her career in academia, where she rose to the rank of Full Professor at the University of California, Irvine. In that capacity she developed her internationally renowned research program on net-form manufacturing, where her research resulted in numerous peer reviewed journal articles and 15 U.S. patents. Later, she transitioned to small business, where she served as Chief Technology Officer of Morf3D, a qualified supplier of Additively Manufactured flight hardware to Boeing and other Aerospace and Defense companies. Hence, she has deep experience in technology development through the diverse frameworks of academia, small business, and large corporations. Orme received her PhD, M.S., and B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Southern California.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMEMBER\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ENancy R. Sottos\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nNancy Sottos is the Maybelle Leland Swanlund Endowed Chair and Head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. She is leader of the Autonomous Materials Systems (AMS) group at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology and holds appointments in the Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Science and Engineering at Illinois. Her research group develops polymers with biologically inspired autonomous functions such self-healing and regeneration, self-reporting, and self-protection to improve reliability and extend material lifetime. Current research focuses on new energy efficient methods to manufacture polymers and composites with sustainable end-of-life strategies. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the National Academy of Sciences. She joined the Illinois faculty in 1991 after receiving her B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Delaware.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMEMBER\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EWilliam F. Spriggs\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nWilliam Spriggs is a professor in, and former Chair of, the Department of Economics at Howard University and serves as Chief Economist to the AFL-CIO. In his role with the AFL-CIO he chairs the Economic Policy Working Group for the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and serves on the board of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is currently, the president-elect of the Labor Employment Research Association, and serves as the Vice Chair of the Board of MDC Inc (Durham, NC). He serves on the Advisory Boards of WorkRise (of the Urban Institute) and the Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. From 2009 to 2012, Bill was appointed by President Obama, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate, to serve as Assistant Secretary for the Office of Policy at the United States Department of Labor. Some of Bill\u0026rsquo;s previous work experience includes serving as an Economist for the Democratic staff of the Joint Economic Committee of Congress; and, as staff director for the independent, federal National Commission for Employment Policy. He is a member of the National Academy of Public Administration and the National Academy of Social Insurance; and the 2016 recipient of NASI\u0026rsquo;s Robert M. Ball Award for Outstanding Achievement in Social Insurance\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMEMBER\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EJohn W. Sutherland\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nJohn W. Sutherland is Professor and Fehsenfeld Family Head of Environmental and Ecological Engineering at Purdue University. Prior to assuming his present position in 2009, he was the Henes Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Sustainable Futures Institute at Michigan Technological University. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is one of the world\u0026rsquo;s leading authorities on the application of sustainability principles to design, manufacturing, and other industrial issues. He has contributed pioneering research and education achievements, and provided leadership to advancing the field of environmentally responsible design and manufacturing. He has served as an investigator on numerous government and industry research projects and has mentored more than one hundred students to the completion of their graduate degrees. He has published over 400 papers in various journals and conference proceedings. Sutherland is a Fellow of SME, ASME, CIRP, and AAAS. His honors and recognitions include the SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, SME Education Award, SAE International John Connor Environmental Award, ASME William T. Ennor Manufacturing Technology Award, SME Gold Medal, and AEESP Frederick George Pohland Medal.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMEMBER\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EKaren A. Thole\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nKaren A. Thole holds the title of University Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University where she directs the Steady Thermal Aero Research Turbine (START) Lab, which focuses on advancing gas turbines for power generation and for sustainable aviation propulsion. Her research is aimed at increasing turbine efficiencies through improving turbine cooling technologies. She uses additive manufacturing to more rapidly advance cooling technologies as well as integrate instrumentation to make measurements not previously possible. Dr. Thole formerly served as the Department Head of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State in which she led the initiation of an online Masters degree in Additive Manufacturing and Design. She is a Fellow of ASME and AIAA. ASME has recognized her impacts with the Heat Transfer Memorial Award and George Westinghouse Gold Medal. In addition, AIAA has recognized her with the Air Breathing Propulsion Award and Thermophysics Award. Dr. Thole holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. She has served on NASA\u0026rsquo;s National Aerospace Committee and has been a member of two National Academy of Engineering studies including one on low carbon aviation and the other on identifying research needs to advance gas turbines.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Thomas Kurfess, executive director of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute and professor in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, has been selected to chair options for a national plan for smart manufacturing. 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Nick Lappos (AE \u0026rsquo;73), was also elected to the NAE Class of 2022. Lappos is a senior technical fellow (emeritus) of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp and serves on the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/about\/advisory-board\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Aerospace Engineering School Advisory Council (AESAC)\u003C\/a\u003E. He was honored for \u0026ldquo;improving rotary wing flight performance and serving as test pilot, engineer, inventor, technologist, and business leader.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENathan Meehan (Phys \u0026#39;75), a member of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/about\/advisory-board\u0022\u003ECollege of Sciences Advisory Board\u003C\/a\u003E, was also elected. He is president of CMG Petroleum Consulting Ltd. and was recognized for \u0026quot;technical and business innovation in the application of horizontal well technology for oil and gas production.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThey are among this year\u0026rsquo;s 133 new members (including international selections).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;On behalf of Georgia Tech, I extend my sincere congratulations to Chris, Sandy, and Nick for this incredible honor, which highlights a lifetime of achievement,\u0026rdquo; said Raheem Beyah, dean of the College of Engineering and Southern Company Chair. \u0026ldquo;Chris and Nick\u0026rsquo;s research have advanced their respective fields and left an indelible mark on their peers at Georgia Tech and around the world. Sandy, in addition to her service with NASA, is a tireless advocate of raising awareness of STEM and diversity within the aerospace industry in an effort to grow the next generation of the AE workforce. The College of Engineering is tremendously proud of this trio.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJones is the John F. Brock III School Chair in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chbe.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. He has been a faculty member at Georgia Tech since 2000, leading a ChBE research group that works in catalysis and adsorption, with a strong emphasis in materials chemistry. The NAE is honoring him for \u0026ldquo;contributions to the design and synthesis of catalytic materials and for advancing technologies related to carbon capture and sequestration.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJones is known in the field for his pioneering work on materials that extract carbon dioxide from ultra-dilute mixtures such as ambient air, which are key components of direct air capture technologies that have the potential to reverse climate change.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMagnus (MSE, 1996) is a professor of the practice with joint appointments in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EDaniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE\u003C\/a\u003E), and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/inta.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003C\/a\u003E. She is currently a principal at\u0026nbsp; AstroPlanetview LLC and is being recognized by the NAE for \u0026ldquo;national accomplishments in the U.S. civil space program and in Department of Defense engineering and technology integration.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs a NASA astronaut, Magnus flew to space three times and spent 157 days in orbit. Before joining NASA, Magnus worked for McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Company as a stealth engineer. After retiring as an astronaut, she served as executive director of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). She is now one of three Georgia Tech women in the NAE, joining Marilyn Brown and Susan Margulies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESahinidis is the inaugural\u0026nbsp;Gary C. Butler Family Chair\u0026nbsp;in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EH. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, with a joint appointment in ChBE. In the NAE announcement, Sahinidis was selected for \u0026ldquo;his contributions to global optimization and the development of widely used software for optimization and machine learning.\u0026rdquo; His research activities are at the interface between computer science\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;operations research, with applications in various engineering and scientific areas.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring his career, Sahinidis developed\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sahinidis.coe.gatech.edu\/software?q=baron\u0022\u003EBARON\u0026nbsp;(Branch-and-Reduce Optimization Navigator)\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;a\u0026nbsp;global optimization software system that solves\u0026nbsp;challenging,\u0026nbsp;nonconvex optimization\u0026nbsp;problems, including continuous, integer, and mixed-integer nonlinear problems. Sahinidis also\u0026nbsp;created\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sahinidis.coe.gatech.edu\/software?q=alamo\u0022\u003EALAMO (Automated Learning of Algebraic Models)\u003C\/a\u003E, a black-box\u0026nbsp;modeling tool that generates simple, yet accurate, algebraic\u0026nbsp;models\u0026nbsp;from data.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Academy annual inducts new members, recognizing \u0026ldquo;engineering research, practice, or education, including, where appropriate, significant contributions to the engineering literature.\u0026rdquo; The Academy also honors engineers for being instrumental in \u0026quot;the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of engineering, or developing\/implementing innovative approaches to engineering education.\u0026quot;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech now has 45\u0026nbsp;NAE members. 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Kurfess as the new executive director of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI). Kurfess is the HUSCO\/Ramirez Distinguished Chair in Fluid Power and Motion Control and professor of mechanical engineering at Georgia Tech. He received his S.B., S.M., and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and received an S.M. degree from MIT in electrical engineering and computer science.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Chaouki Abdallah, executive vice president for research, and I are very excited about Tom taking on this role. Advanced manufacturing is a top federal priority as an \u0026lsquo;industry of the future.\u0026rsquo; Tom\u0026rsquo;s experience and international reputation from his history in academia, industry, and the government will be a great complement to our existing vibrant community of students, staff, and faculty committed to manufacturing research and education\u0026mdash;positioning Georgia Tech to meet regional, national, and global needs,\u0026rdquo; said Julia Kubanek, vice president for interdisciplinary research at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We\u0026rsquo;re grateful for the efforts of the search committee led by Professor Meisha Shofner and to the leadership of Professor Ben Wang as executive director of GTMI for 11 years until he stepped down at the end of May. We also appreciate Professor Shreyes Melkote for serving as interim director this month while we finalized Tom\u0026rsquo;s appointment.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKurfess first joined the faculty at Georgia Tech in 1994, and has taken on a variety of special assignments in addition to his teaching and research.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHis research focuses on the design and development of advanced manufacturing systems targeting secure digital manufacturing, additive and subtractive processes, and large-scale production enterprises. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the American Society of Mechanical\u0026nbsp;Engineers (ASME) and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME). He was president of SME in 2018, and currently serves on the Board of Governors of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring 2019-2021, Kurfess was on leave serving as the chief manufacturing officer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) where he was responsible for strategic planning for ORNL in advanced manufacturing. He was also the founding director for the Manufacturing Science Division at ORNL.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe served as the assistant director for advanced manufacturing at the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the executive office of the President of the United States of America from 2012-2013, where he was responsible for coordinating federal advanced manufacturing research and development.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;For decades, Georgia Tech has led the Nation\u0026rsquo;s academic institutions in the advanced manufacturing sector. It is an honor for me to be tapped to continue our efforts in this area. I am excited to take the helm at the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI) in continuing its role as a technology leader in advanced manufacturing for the State of Georgia, the United States, and the world. We will be a conduit enabling the Georgia Tech community in their efforts to accelerate and develop manufacturing technologies and workforce capabilities, providing a forum in which they can openly collaborate, and facilities that are world-class for their efforts. I look forward to engaging a wide range of traditional and nontraditional teams integrating technical areas with business, economic, and policy areas to provide a manufacturing basis for the U.S. and the world that will ensure a strong, just, secure and equitable future for society,\u0026rdquo; said Kurfess.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Given that GTMI is one of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Interdisciplinary Research Institutes, I look forward to engaging a wide range of traditional and nontraditional teams integrating technical areas with business, economic, and policy areas to provide a manufacturing basis for the U.S. and the world that will ensure a strong, just, secure and equitable future for society.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI) is one of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s 10 interdisciplinary research institutes, and an integral part of the broader Georgia Tech research enterprise. 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Consider that the parts holding rockets together as they blast into space are made in Dodge County. Carbice in Atlanta produces thermal tape for satellites. And Saft America in Valdosta makes advanced batteries that power airplanes, satellites and race cars.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EManufacturing of all types is soaring in the state, with over 11,000 companies employing an estimated 393,500 workers in 2021 \u0026ndash; about 9% of Georgia\u0026rsquo;s workforce. Approximately three-quarters are production workers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EToday\u0026rsquo;s manufacturing is clearly not the old assembly line. Software and robots operated by highly trained technicians are driving America\u0026rsquo;s \u0026ndash; and Georgia\u0026rsquo;s \u0026ndash; maker resurgence. Even traditionally low-tech operations such as poultry plants are incorporating technology and robotics to automate dirty or dangerous jobs that are hard to fill.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECompanies employing these advanced manufacturing practices had a total output of nearly $62 billion in 2019, representing approximately 10% of Georgia\u0026rsquo;s Gross State Product, according to National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) data.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia has a lot going for it as a rising star in advanced manufacturing. Its reputation as the best state to do business is the result of a host of assets for companies looking to relocate and grow, according to John Morehouse, director of the Georgia Center of Innovation for Manufacturing at the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD). These assets include a pro-business climate, a trained workforce and a strategic location that allows companies to reach 80% of the U.S. market via truck, rail or plane. And the Port of Savannah is a gateway to (and from) the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of the biggest draws is Georgia Quick Start, the nation\u0026rsquo;s No. 1 workforce training program that has provided customized training for more than 1 million workers. Another is the increasing flow of venture capital to the region.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EManufacturers are \u0026ldquo;recognizing this is where there\u0026rsquo;s a lot of value, and value is what they\u0026rsquo;re seeking,\u0026rdquo; says John Avery, director of the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EProcess Control\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMaintaining a technological edge doesn\u0026rsquo;t come cheap. Southwire Company, a maker of wire and cable, is in the midst of a $1 billion investment that is \u0026ldquo;putting a lot of money into our factories, making a difference for our customers and adding capacity,\u0026rdquo; says CEO Rich Stinson.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile the process of making wire and cable has changed little over the years, the technology has advanced.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;What has changed is the equipment and the control of the process to make wire and cable,\u0026rdquo; explains Southwire Senior Vice President William Berry. \u0026ldquo;We\u0026rsquo;ve developed better control of motors, better products such as servo motors [that rotate machine parts with high efficiency].\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo grow manufacturing, the state is channeling resources into helping companies get started and improve their processes and technology. GDEcD\u0026rsquo;s innovation center has \u0026ldquo;teams that work in agricultural technology, energy technology, information technology, logistics, manufacturing, in aerospace,\u0026rdquo; says Morehouse. \u0026ldquo;We talk to them about what their challenges are to growth, and then connect them to the right resources in the state, whether that be an expert in academia, or other companies, or government agencies.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe center can gear up to assist an entrepreneur with a new product idea or a large company with a production-line challenge.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003ENew Industrial Revolution\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe state, along with its agencies and educational institutions, has been pushing adoption of Manufacturing 4.0 (or Industry 4.0), which is dramatically changing the ways companies improve, manufacture and distribute products. New technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) are being integrated into operations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology has been at the forefront of research and development in this area. Its Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility (AMPF) is a 20,000-square-foot, reconfigurable R\u0026amp;D facility in Midtown Atlanta that provides space for industrial, academic and government agencies to develop innovative manufacturing projects. It also serves as a teaching laboratory for Tech graduate students.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMade possible by a $3 million donation from the Delta Air Lines Foundation, AMPF is a flexible facility that can house all kinds of advanced manufacturing innovation projects, including industrial robotics and additive, hybrid, composite and digital manufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECompanies use the space to test new designs and get feedback about new ways of producing products, according to Aaron Stebner, associate professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech, who is working on research integrating data informatics and machine learning for development of new manufacturing processes.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe state is committed to helping Georgia companies acquire and develop such advanced technologies to increase efficiency and competitiveness. As part of this effort, Georgia Tech launched the Georgia Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium to work with businesses in defense and related industries. The Georgia Manufacturing 4.0 initiative \u0026ldquo;is about helping Georgia manufacturers adopt Industry 4.0 technologies. There\u0026rsquo;s a special emphasis on small manufacturers who may be overwhelmed about the latest software they should buy, or don\u0026rsquo;t even have time to think about how to put a sensor on a machine to help with uptime,\u0026rdquo; says Stebner. \u0026ldquo;Through those programs, we can actually provide them assistance with workforce training, as well as innovate with them.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGulfstream, for example, equips workers with wearable devices to provide remote step-by-step instructions in situations where a supervisor is not on hand, says Stebner. Augmented intelligence can provide that supervision and continuous reminders to the employee.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The human workforce is going to move to higher value-added activities, as they always have, whether it\u0026rsquo;s in agriculture, whether it\u0026rsquo;s in manufacturing today, and mechanization or automation back in the day,\u0026rdquo; explains Shreyes Melkote, a mechanical engineering professor who is executive director of the Novelis Innovation Hub at Georgia Tech. The partnership between Tech and the aluminum manufacturer and recycler focuses on basic and applied research related to sustainable processes.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003ELeading-edge Applications\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EData is a key to adding efficiency to manufacturing operations. When ProcessMiner opened for business in 2014, its original goal was to optimize manufacturing processes for the pulp and paper industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EToday, its platform predicts problems in real time using AI within the manufacturing process for companies in the pulp, paper and plastics industries. Pilot projects are underway for water treatment and energy sectors.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We decided to go ahead and take on the challenge of solving this problem, not for one specific industry, but for manufacturing,\u0026rdquo; says Kamran Paynabar, co-founder and chief science officer at ProcessMiner.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe company\u0026rsquo;s focus is \u0026ldquo;leveraging AI, data science, machine learning, as well as domain knowledge for improving continuous manufacturing systems,\u0026rdquo; explains Paynabar. It can predict the quality of the product coming off the assembly line by collecting and processing data using machine learning and other technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Another thing that we really wanted to include in our offering and platform was the combined integration of domain knowledge and process experience plus data analysis to make sure that the solution that we provide actually works for the manufacturing system,\u0026rdquo; says co-founder and CEO Karim Pourak.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELumber might seem like a simple business, but Rayonier Advanced Materials is developing decidedly high-tech applications for wood and its byproducts, such as purified cellulose. These substances are used in products that require absorbent materials like baby diapers and adult incontinence products. They\u0026rsquo;re also used in plastics, run-flat tires, sausage casings, timed-release pharmaceuticals and even LCD screens, according to Larissa Fenn, director of research and development into new high-purity cellulose (HPC) products at Rayonier\u0026rsquo;s Marketing and Research Center.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne recent project involved the use of wood byproducts to create prebiotics, or the food that fosters the growth of good bacteria in animals. Rayonier partnered with the University of Georgia\u0026rsquo;s poultry science department to test a product in chicken that was derived from wood extraction processes. \u0026ldquo;We wanted to see how it would perform in increasing their gut health and helping them to be resistant to disease,\u0026rdquo; Fenn says.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EFrom Lab to Factory\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe state is also a good place for new companies to get up and running.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECarbice is an Atlanta-based start-up company dedicated to designing, developing and producing a unique thermal material to remove heat from electronic devices. It produces thermal tape that can be used in satellites, and the growing company needed assistance to take its manufacturing operations to scale.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECarbice spun out of a lab at Georgia Tech to address a long-standing problem within the space industry of how to control heat generated by satellite circuit boards. It is a prime example of academic research that has evolved into a growing company with a valuable product.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s one thing to be able to do lab-scale demonstrations of technology, but I focused on how do you make the material so that it can be scaled up for manufacturing,\u0026rdquo; says CEO Baratunde Cola. \u0026ldquo;Each of these satellites has about 50,000 square inches of thermal glue that they use to put on all the different electronic boxes. And the problem with it is that that glue is a very challenging manufacturing process.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe company created a first-of-its-kind Space Pad that can adhere to the heat source on a satellite or other device. \u0026ldquo;Then you can easily take it off and stick it on. It takes a process that used to take three weeks and turns it into a three-minute process,\u0026rdquo; says Cola.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis is a material that will \u0026ldquo;replace things like thermal grease and thermal paste or graphite pads and ultimately simplify manufacturing,\u0026rdquo; says Cola. \u0026ldquo;It will improve performance across space, power trains in electric vehicles, semiconductor manufacturing, data centers and cloud computing, graphics cards and high-performance gaming.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETechnologies such as 3D printing enable companies to produce products that can be geared to customers in ways that were not possible in the past.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Atlanta Drone Group is using advanced manufacturing processes to build its unmanned aircraft for \u0026ldquo;public safety from the ground up,\u0026rdquo; says CEO Matt Sloane. The company just released a new drone that can be configured to carry different kinds of payloads depending on the need of the individual agency, he says.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We\u0026rsquo;ve done a lot of 3D printing of prototype parts, and in some cases, production parts are going to be 3D-printed,\u0026rdquo; says Sloane. \u0026ldquo;We\u0026rsquo;ve done a lot of 3D scanning, looking at the various sensors and scanning them so that we can integrate them into the design. And then we\u0026rsquo;re using cutting-edge carbon fiber lay-up [lamination] methods, that you typically see in [Formula One] racing rather than traditional drone manufacturing.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EFinding a Better Way\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of the biggest advanced manufacturing sectors is machining. This precision prototyping and manufacturing process creates parts that go into a wide range of products from farm equipment to airplanes.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEastman\u0026rsquo;s Kencoa Aerospace, a supplier of multi-axis precision-machined and sheet metal-fabricated components, serves a customer list that includes Lockheed Martin, Gulfstream Aerospace and Boeing, which is constructing NASA\u0026rsquo;s Space Launch System \u0026ndash; the most powerful rocket ever built.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAerotech Machining is part of a growing manufacturing sector springing up in Chatham County near the Port of Savannah. The firm opened decades ago to serve the aerospace, agricultural, power generation and rail industries. With the aid of CNC (computer numerical control) machine tools, the company designs and produces parts using preprogrammed software and code to control the movement of production equipment. Aerotech can fashion parts using detailed specs as well as create designs to meet a specific use.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;They may come to us with a need, not quite knowing what the part should look like, and we would design and give them a 3D rendering of the part for their approval,\u0026rdquo; says Aerotech President Joey Jones. \u0026ldquo;We would make them a prototype. If they accept the prototype, then we will send the part off into production and make them however many pieces they need \u0026ndash; from two to 200, or a lot more than that.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAdvanced manufacturing companies like these are driven by the need for efficiency and the elimination of waste from production methods. Many companies have turned to production methods such as lean manufacturing to reduce process inefficiencies. Automation and other technologies are now also decreasing process times and costs.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We started our lean journey in 2003 and so we\u0026rsquo;re working to eliminate waste in all areas of the business,\u0026rdquo; says Brandyn Chapman, CEO of PHX Holdings, which owns Phoenix Stamping Group. The company makes sheet metal and rod component parts. \u0026ldquo;We\u0026rsquo;ve utilized technology as another tool to assist to that end. It\u0026rsquo;s one way we\u0026rsquo;ve implemented an ERP [enterprise resource planning] system and then utilized that to streamline and automate specific functions through the use of information technology.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENew battery and electric-vehicle parts makers have gotten a lot of press lately in Georgia but one long-time corporate citizen is Saft America. A wholly owned subsidiary of France\u0026rsquo;s TotalEnergies, the company specializes in advanced technology battery solutions for industry. Its products are in everything from satellites to airplanes where reliability is a must. More than 500 batteries are in space \u0026ldquo;and we\u0026rsquo;ve been there since 1966, which I think makes a pretty big statement,\u0026rdquo; says Kirk Rosenlund, general manager at Saft America.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAcross the state, advanced manufacturing is growing as the national economy expands and increasingly companies realize that the best place to make things is right here in Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThis article originally appeared\u0026nbsp;in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.georgiatrend.com\/issue\/georgia-trend\/june-2022\/\u0022\u003EJune 2022\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;issue of Georgia Trend.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nWritten by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.georgiatrend.com\/author\/randy-southerland\/\u0022\u003ERANDY SOUTHERLAND\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Georgia excels in advanced manufacturing for industries from aerospace to agriculture."}],"field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia excels in advanced manufacturing for industries from aerospace to agriculture."}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2022-06-01 13:04:06","changed_gmt":"2022-06-01 13:14:24","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-05-31T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-05-31T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"658628":{"id":"658628","type":"image","title":"John Morehouse","body":null,"created":"1654088789","gmt_created":"2022-06-01 13:06:29","changed":"1654088789","gmt_changed":"2022-06-01 13:06:29","alt":"Harnessing Automation: John Morehouse, director of the Georgia Center of Innovation for Manufacturing at the Georgia Department of Economic Development, with a laser cutter at Georgia Tech that produced a variety of parts Photo: Kevin Garrett","file":{"fid":"249661","name":"screenshot_916.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/screenshot_916.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/screenshot_916.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1089782,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/screenshot_916.png?itok=c2njfO4r"}}},"media_ids":["658628"],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"186857","name":"go-gtmi"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWalter Rich\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["walter.rich@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"657621":{"#nid":"657621","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility Hosts Open House Celebrating Launch of the Georgia Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/manufacturing\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E (GTMI) hosted an open house to celebrate the launch of the Georgia Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium. The event took place inside Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/manufacturing\/ampf\u0022\u003EAdvanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility (AMPF)\u003C\/a\u003E on April 14, 2022. The 20,000 square foot research and development facility is located on Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAMPF open house activities included an informational session, tour, equipment demos, and networking reception. Attendees from more than 45 companies learned how to engage with the Georgia manufacturing community through workforce development programs, technology pilot programs, and research activities to innovate and accelerate secure integration of Industry 4.0 technologies into Georgia manufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe newly created Georgia 4.0 Manufacturing Consortium is an industry-academia-government consortium that advances and deploys manufacturing technologies into the market. By leveraging the latest in manufacturing developments and technologies, consortium members have unique opportunities to compete more effectively to become global leaders.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s AMPF provides a world-leading proving grounds for developing, de-risking, and piloting new manufacturing technologies to make them ready for commercial adoption,\u0026rdquo; said Aaron Stebner, associate professor in the Woodruff School and Mechanical Engineering, and School of Materials Science and Engineering. \u0026ldquo;AMPF was enabled through Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s manufacturing research partnerships with Boeing and Delta. In it\u0026rsquo;s first two years, the mission has expanded to include collaboration with more than a dozen companies. Establishing the Georgia Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium provides a vehicle to include dozens more companies in each of the future years, with emphasis on growing the participation of small businesses supported through grant subsidies.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe consortium will conduct research, offer workforce training, provide small manufacturers with the ability to use advanced manufacturing tools, gain information to drive product and material changeovers, innovate new products, provide economic diversification, accelerate product development cycles, and adopt Industry 4.0 technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s AMPF was created by a $3 million gift from the Delta Air Lines Foundation and was intentionally designed as a flexible space that can house future manufacturing innovation projects of almost all types, from additive\/hybrid manufacturing to composites, digital manufacturing\/industry 4.0, and industrial robotics. Current AMPF industry partners range from aerospace and automotive companies to materials manufacturing companies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe AMPF is a flagship component of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute and is a special, reconfigurable R\u0026amp;D high bay manufacturing facility where companies work alongside researchers and students to take early-stage concepts from idea to reality. With each new project and innovation, AMPF is where the factory of the future is being envisioned and created.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia 4.0 Manufacturing Consortium was created with funding from the Department of Defense (DOD) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/oldcc.gov\/\u0022\u003EOffice of Local Defense Community Cooperation\u003C\/a\u003E. This DOD office helps states and communities strengthen critical relationships with Department of Defense\u0026rsquo;s assets and installations. Small businesses (less than 100 employees) will be able to receive discounted consortium membership rates as a result of this DOD grant funding. While DOD funded the consortium, companies outside of the defense industry are also welcome to be part of the consortium.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Creating a valuable advanced manufacturing pilot facility and holding this industry-focused open house has been a long-term key goal. Our new governance structure is allowing AMPF to incorporate industry partners as members of AMPF along with the establishment of this new consortium for small and medium companies to join at a discounted rate,\u0026rdquo; said George White, director for strategic partnerships in the Office of the Vice President for Interdisciplinary Research.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I also want to thank Ben Wang, executive director of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, for his strong, unwavering support to build AMPF. With Ben\u0026rsquo;s support, we\u0026rsquo;ve been able to build a world-class R\u0026amp;D pilot facility to advance manufacturing technology and solve problems for a variety of industry partners over many years\u0026mdash;and will continue to do so for many other industry partners.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECompanies interested in joining the Georgia 4.0 Manufacturing Consortium can contact \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:George.White@oic.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGeorge White\u003C\/a\u003E or \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:aaron.stebner@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAaron Stebner\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI) hosted an open house to celebrate the launch of the Georgia Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium. 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This framework will allow small and medium-sized manufacturers (SMMs) to systemically evaluate the cost-to-benefit ratio of integrating robotics and automation for aiding the response to supply chain disruptions due to public health crises like COVID-19 and additional economic threats.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The RADAR end-to-end supply chain framework encompasses macro-scale and micro-scale modeling, along with physical demonstration, by bringing together interdisciplinary capabilities of elite partners from SAI and ARM \u0026mdash; including the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center, Georgia Institute of Technology, General Electric, Deloitte, and Morgan State University \u0026mdash; to serve the requirements set by NIST,\u0026rdquo; said Eleftherios Lakovou, Ph.D., SAI\u0026rsquo;s manufacturing supply chain director and principal investigator on the project.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe sees the award as an exciting and potent validation of the unique footprint SAI has established and a way for the institute to provide innovative solutions to national priorities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The project is particularly valuable because it empowers SMMs, who form the backbone of the nation\u0026rsquo;s industrial base,\u0026rdquo; Lakovou continued. \u0026ldquo;Small manufacturers often lack the scale and human capital needed to increase their use of automation and robotics to position themselves favorably in the sophisticated, next-generation, cost-competitive, agile and resilient supply chains of America\u0026rsquo;s future.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We are delighted to work with the team at the SecureAmerica Institute on this important project,\u0026rdquo; said Arnie Kravitz, chief innovation officer at the ARM Institute. \u0026ldquo;Our work will help smaller manufacturers make better decisions in the face of the current and future pandemics.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech team will contribute to this initiative by providing already developed and validated supply chain simulation software and extending it to stress test supply chains so that small manufacturers can be better informed of what risks their supply chains might face, how these risks can be mitigated, and what role robotics and automation can play as a source of supply chain productivity and risk mitigation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERADAR\u0026rsquo;s funding is provided by the American Rescue Act and is part of a larger $54 million initiative by NIST to award high-impact projects for pandemic response research and development across eight manufacturing institutes in the Manufacturing USA network.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The SecureAmerica Institute (SAI) and the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute are partnering with Georgia Tech to investigate how robotics and automation in manufacturing can enhance the resiliency, flexibility, and competitiveness of U.S."}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2022-04-07 14:27:08","changed_gmt":"2022-04-07 14:27:08","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-04-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-04-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"657060":{"id":"657060","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech Aiding in the National Response to Supply Chain Disruptions ","body":null,"created":"1649341514","gmt_created":"2022-04-07 14:25:14","changed":"1649341514","gmt_changed":"2022-04-07 14:25:14","alt":"Georgia Tech Aiding in the National Response to Supply Chain Disruptions. 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Understanding the impact on performance of each disruption can lead to supply chain design and operations changes that will produce improved levels of supply chain performance when disruptions occur.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Although this project is initially focused on supply chain productivity at the product or firm level, it is also intended to provide insight into how investments in the bioindustrial ecosystem can improve bioindustrial supply chain supply chain performance while ensuring the Nation\u0026rsquo;s public health, defense, and economic security,\u0026rdquo; said White.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUnderstanding how performance at the product- and firm-level throughout the industry contributes to industry ecosystem performance, and vice versa, will help to inform both future product- and firm-level supply chain design and the development of the Nation\u0026rsquo;s bioindustrial ecosystem.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EChip White holds the Schneider National Chair of Transportation and Logistics and is a professor in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering. 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Ben Wang is executive director of GTMI, holds the Gwaltney Chair in Manufacturing Systems and is a professor in both the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering and the School of Materials Science and Engineering.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"BioMADE, a Manufacturing Innovation Institute sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense, has recently funded a research project at Georgia Tech entitled \u2018Stress Testing Supply Chains and their Ecosystems for Levels of Trust, Security, Resilience, Agilit"}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2022-03-03 14:50:45","changed_gmt":"2022-03-03 14:52:30","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-03-03T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2022-03-03T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"655989":{"id":"655989","type":"image","title":"BioMADE Supports Georgia Tech Researchers to Strengthen American Competitiveness in the Bioindustrial Manufacturing Industry  ","body":null,"created":"1646318885","gmt_created":"2022-03-03 14:48:05","changed":"1646318959","gmt_changed":"2022-03-03 14:49:19","alt":"BioMADE Supports Georgia Tech Researchers to Strengthen American Competitiveness in the Bioindustrial Manufacturing Industry.\u00a0","file":{"fid":"248689","name":"BioMADE-photo-PREFERRED copy2-smaller.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/BioMADE-photo-PREFERRED%20copy2-smaller.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/BioMADE-photo-PREFERRED%20copy2-smaller.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":442000,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/BioMADE-photo-PREFERRED%20copy2-smaller.jpg?itok=oUAj4j8h"}}},"media_ids":["655989"],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"186857","name":"go-gtmi"},{"id":"188020","name":"go-rbi"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWalter Rich\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["walter.rich@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"655716":{"#nid":"655716","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Aaron Stebner Seminar Named\u00a0Top 5 3D Printing Videos by AM Chronicle","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAaron Stebner\u003C\/strong\u003E, associate professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering\u0026nbsp;at Georgia Tech, was named one of the top 5 3D printing videos by the \u003Cem\u003EAM Chronicle\u003C\/em\u003E due to his recorded seminar focused on\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mXr49peOnPo\u0022\u003E\u0026quot;Machine Learning for Metals Additive Manufacturing\u0026quot;.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis seminar was sponsored by the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)\u0026nbsp;and was presented live on March 8, 2021. Stebner is also a faculty member of GTMI.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBelow is \u003Cem\u003EAM Chronicle\u0026#39;s\u003C\/em\u003E short article with link to the original posting:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAM Chronicle\u0026nbsp;content team brings to you the top 5 trending and informative\u0026nbsp;videos on metal 3D printing.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMetal Additive manufacturing is one of the most trending sectors in the additive manufacturing industry. The technology was initially considered impossible due to the complex material science behind the melting and solidification of metals and its integration with the 3D printing layer-by-layer approach. But today, metal additive manufacturing is widely accepted in the industry and considered to be an essential part of Industry 4.0. Go through some of the interesting content presented by \u003Cem\u003EAM Chronicle\u003C\/em\u003E on metal 3D printing videos.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELink to the full \u003Cem\u003EAM Chronicle\u003C\/em\u003E article with the top 5 3D\u0026nbsp;printing videos:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.amchronicle.com\/insights\/top-5-informative-videos-on-metal-3d-printing\/\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.amchronicle.com\/insights\/top-5-informative-videos-on-metal-3d-printing\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPast Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute seminars can be found here:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/manufacturing\/pastlectures\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/manufacturing\/pastlectures\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAaron Stebner Seminar Named\u0026nbsp;Top 5 3D Printing Videos by AM Chronicle\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Recording of the Machine Learning for Metals Additive Manufacturing seminar named one of the top 5 3D printing videos by the AM Chronicle."}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2022-02-23 15:49:53","changed_gmt":"2022-02-23 16:02:20","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-02-23T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2022-02-23T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"655713":{"id":"655713","type":"image","title":"Webinar recording given by Aaron Stebner, Ph.D. Associate Professor,\u00a0Georgia Tech","body":null,"created":"1645630680","gmt_created":"2022-02-23 15:38:00","changed":"1645630680","gmt_changed":"2022-02-23 15:38:00","alt":"Webinar recording given by Aaron Stebner, Ph.D. Associate Professor,\u00a0Georgia Tech","file":{"fid":"248593","name":"screenshot_778 copy.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/screenshot_778%20copy.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/screenshot_778%20copy.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":127997,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/screenshot_778%20copy.jpg?itok=py1deQaK"}}},"media_ids":["655713"],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"186857","name":"go-gtmi"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWalter Rich\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["walter.rich@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"654842":{"#nid":"654842","#data":{"type":"news","title":"The Nanotechnology Revolution Is Here\u2014We Just Haven\u2019t Noticed Yet","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003EBefore there was a \u0026ldquo;metaverse,\u0026rdquo; before there were crypto millionaires, before\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003Enearly every kid in America wanted to be an influencer, the most-hyped thing in\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003Etech was \u0026ldquo;nanotechnology.\u0026rdquo; \u0026ldquo;Nano-,\u0026rdquo; for those who could use a refresher, means\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026ldquo;one billionth,\u0026rdquo; and nanotechnology generally refers to materials manipulated at\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003Ean atomic or molecular scale.\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nFor decades, computer scientists and physicists speculated that, any minute now,\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003Enanotechnology was going to completely reshape our lives, unleashing a wave of humanity-saving inventions. 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The winning scholars are:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAndr\u0026eacute;s Felipe Castro M\u0026eacute;ndez\u003C\/strong\u003E, a third-year Ph.D. student in the School of Materials Science and Engineering. His research focuses on understanding the formation thermodynamics of lead halide perovskites deposited by thermal co-evaporation.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECarlos Fern\u0026aacute;ndez\u003C\/strong\u003E, a Ph.D. student in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests are in reactor design and computational methods for efficient electrochemical CO2 conversion to high-value fuels.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERupesh Kumar Mahendran\u003C\/strong\u003E, a second year Ph.D. student in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering. His research is focused on physics-based and data-driven model development for shape-memory alloy (SMA) alloy, manufacturing, and part design, including developing high throughput methodology and surrogate models to accelerate SMA developments.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERupesh Rajendran\u003C\/strong\u003E, a Ph.D. student in the School of Materials Science \u0026amp; Engineering. His research is focused on understanding the effects of post-processing treatments and microstructure on corrosion, stress corrosion cracking, and mechanical behavior of additively manufactured (AM) 7xxx series aluminum alloys for aerospace applications.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETingli Xie\u003C\/strong\u003E, a Ph.D. student in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering. Her research areas of interest are deep learning, uncertainty quantification and fault diagnosis. The goal of her research is to develop intelligent computational methods to provide accurate diagnosis of key faults by fusing multiple sensor resources in manufacturing systems.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWei Yang\u003C\/strong\u003E, who is pursuing a Ph.D. degree in machine learning and a M.S. degree in statistics in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering. His research interest is on high dimensional data analysis for process monitoring and diagnosis using functional profiles, images and videos with applications in manufacturing and energy sectors.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Novelis Innovation Hub at Georgia Tech announced the launch of the Novelis Scholars Program during fall 2021. The program seeks to recognize and cultivate top graduate students conducting research in various aspects of sustainability, high-throughput materials discovery, surface functionalization, and artificial intelligence (AI)\/data science applications in materials, manufacturing, and supply chain technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.novelis.com\/\u0022\u003ENovelis\u003C\/a\u003E has partnered with Georgia Tech to collaborate on research and development, and promote the education of the next generation of engineers dedicated to making better products that lead to a more sustainable world. Novelis is headquartered in Atlanta with a global footprint, over 12,500 employees, and recorded $12.3 billion in revenue for its 2020 fiscal year. Novelis recently expanded its \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/now\/novelis-expands-research-partnership-georgia-195200403.html\u0022\u003Eresearch partnership\u003C\/a\u003E with Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Novelis Innovation Hub expects to issue its next call for Novelis Scholars for the 2022\u20102023 Academic Year in Spring\/early Summer 2022.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Six graduate students selected as the inaugural group of Novelis Scholars "}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2021-12-16 16:41:07","changed_gmt":"2021-12-16 16:42:51","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-12-16T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2021-12-16T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"653752":{"id":"653752","type":"image","title":"Novelis Scholars 2021-2022","body":null,"created":"1639672756","gmt_created":"2021-12-16 16:39:16","changed":"1639672756","gmt_changed":"2021-12-16 16:39:16","alt":"The 2021-2022 Novelis Scholars pictured are: first row, left-to-right, Andr\u00e9s Felipe Castro M\u00e9ndez, Carlos Fern\u00e1ndez, Rupesh Kumar Mahendran; second row, left-to-right, Rupesh Rajendran, Tingli Xie, Wei Yang.","file":{"fid":"247988","name":"novelis-winners-copy.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/novelis-winners-copy.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/novelis-winners-copy.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":106796,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/novelis-winners-copy.jpg?itok=IUfi9a_l"}}},"media_ids":["653752"],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"186857","name":"go-gtmi"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWalter Rich\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["walter.rich@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"653422":{"#nid":"653422","#data":{"type":"news","title":"GTMI Celebrates its 30th Anniversary","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn October 28, 2021, the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI) celebrated its 30\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E anniversary. The celebration event opened with a warm welcome from Ben Wang, executive director of GTMI, and concluded with GTMI\u0026rsquo;s annual distinguished lecture presented by Naveed Hussain, chief technology officer, vice president and general manager of Boeing research and technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWang is the Eugene C. Gwaltney Jr. Chair in Manufacturing Systems, professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, and professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWang became the executive director of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Research Center in January, 2012. Wang replaced Steven Danyluk, professor emeritus and Morris M. Bryan, Jr. Chair in Mechanical Engineering for Advanced Manufacturing Systems. Danyluk started his tenure as the director of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Research Center in 1995.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAt the 30\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E anniversary, Wang recalled the creation of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s manufacturing center as a great example of a public-private partnership that started in 1991 when Georgia Tech, the Department of Defense, AT\u0026amp;T, Ford, Intel and Motorola helped to create a world-class research organization that started life known as the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Research Center who later became the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAt the event, Wang stressed the need for building a strong manufacturing base in the United States. \u0026ldquo;Technology-based innovation is the dominant driver of economic growth in the 21\u003Csup\u003Est\u003C\/sup\u003E century,\u0026rdquo; said Wang. \u0026ldquo;Our national security, high standard of living, and the rebuilding of the middle class all depend on a maintaining a strong manufacturing base.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring his introductory remarks, Wang presented a short GTMI 30\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E anniversary video which can be \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/youtu.be\/XFuZ2yHywwE\u0022\u003Eviewed here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen Wang became the executive director, his vision focused on what he called big \u0026ldquo;M\u0026rdquo; manufacturing. According to Wang, this included not only the creation of new materials, advanced composites, and biomaterials, but also included manufacturing processes as well as factory automation. It also incorporates supply chain management and enterprise transformation. Materials and manufacturing complement each other according to Wang. He emphasized manufacturing adds value and transforms raw materials into products we use daily.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 30\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E anniversary event briefly highlighted the research being done in GTMI\u0026rsquo;s Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility (AMPF). Both Boeing and Delta Airlines have made significant investments to be part of AMPF. This innovative facility allows faculty, students, and industry partners to work with emerging technologies to research new ideas and solve industry problems, and the facility is designed to be flexible with the ability to evolve as new technologies become available.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAn introduction to the AMPF facility can be \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/youtu.be\/h8uD6d6NIz4\u0022\u003Eviewed here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECapping off the 30\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E celebration event was GTMI\u0026rsquo;s annual distinguished lecture which was delivered by Naveed Hussain, chief technology officer, vice president and general manager of Boeing research and technology. Hussain presented an overview of the Boeing company, emphasized the value of the Georgia Tech-Boeing partnership, and discussed the future of manufacturing at Boeing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA full recording of GTMI\u0026rsquo;s 30\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E anniversary event, a more in-depth look at AMPF, and the distinguished lecture delivered by Naveed Hussain can be \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GLDDLatzTn0\u0022\u003Efound here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESpeakers during the 30\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E anniversary AMPF presentations included: Christopher Saldana, Ring Family Professor and associate professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering; Andrew Dugenske, director of the Factory Information Systems Center and principal research engineer at GTMI; Shreyes Melkote, who holds the Morris M. Bryan, Jr. Professorship in Mechanical Engineering and is the associate director of GTMI; Chuck Zhang, Harold E. Smalley Professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering; and George White, interim vice president in the Office of Industry Collaboration at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 30\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E anniversary event was organized by Paige Shee, strategic partners officer in GTMI.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"On October 28, 2021, the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI) celebrated its 30th anniversary. 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Companies must also maximize the materials they use, minimize a wide range of costs, and reduce or eliminate factory floor time delays\u0026mdash;while running many factories with a just in time inventory approach. So, when Moog, Inc., the well-known maker of motion control components for aircraft, entertainment, industry, defense, and the medical industries, wanted to keep their factories running at peak condition, they knew the engineers at the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI) were the ones to call on.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Tech brings a strong expertise in applying their research knowledge to areas that are important to us, like vibration research, telemetry, and they know how to apply that knowledge to manufacturing,\u0026rdquo; said Lance Johnson, advanced manufacturing engineering manager at Moog. \u0026ldquo;What\u0026rsquo;s more, they know how we think, and they know what we need.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHaving partnered for nearly a decade, lately, the two institutions have been collaborating in the arena of the Internet of Things for Manufacturing to help Moog keep abreast of the health, performance, and utilization of its assembly lines.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;GTMI\u0026rsquo;s work allows us to really understand the health and productivity of our machines, and more fundamentally, it allows us to optimize our processes, no matter what component we\u0026rsquo;re assembling at the time,\u0026rdquo; said Johnson.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor example, a company may want to run its machines at a high pace, but if they don\u0026rsquo;t understand how that would wear on the parts, they may cycle through them too quickly, or even worse, must shut the line down for maintenance at an inopportune time. If they go the opposite route and play it safe, they can minimize parts fatigue but not produce enough. They lose money in either scenario.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;You don\u0026rsquo;t want to have to shut down the line for repairs while you\u0026rsquo;re in the middle of creating parts that are critical to the consumer, nor do you want to push too hard and make bad parts,\u0026rdquo; explained Johnson.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUsing its expertise and software to analyze the machines\u0026#39; vibrations and physical stress, GTMI helps Moog operate its lines at peak efficiency. This helps Moog keep its assembly lines healthy and maintains the quality of their wares.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe project involves using GTMI\u0026rsquo;s architecture as a universal translator to convert all of the assembly lines\u0026rsquo; various protocols to a standard one. This ensures that all areas of the factory can talk to each other, which helps them cut costs.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Integration costs to implement factory information systems are often underestimated, yet unexpected costs are a real pain point for companies,\u0026rdquo; said Andrew Dugenske, director of the Factory Information Systems Center and principal research engineer at GTMI. \u0026ldquo;Our decoupled digital architecture provides a clear advantage by reducing integration costs.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen it comes to understanding the most complex issues in today\u0026rsquo;s manufacturing world, GTMI is on top.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We\u0026rsquo;re an advanced company in terms of our manufacturing capabilities,\u0026rdquo; said Johnson. \u0026ldquo;Their work is invaluable in helping us bridge the divide between the classical core research and the new research being done on vibration. They can contextualize it to the areas that are important to us.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne thing that distinguishes GTMI from other centers, said Johnson, is that they\u0026rsquo;re approachable. \u0026ldquo;They\u0026#39;re easy to talk to and understand how to contextualize the research into solutions that work on the issues that we face,\u0026rdquo; said Johnson.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnother distinction is the insightful interns GTMI provides. \u0026quot;It\u0026#39;s really amazing. The interns who come out of Georgia Tech already understand the problems we\u0026rsquo;re working on because they already understand manufacturing. So, when they arrive, they\u0026#39;re able to hit the ground running,\u0026rdquo; he explained.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENathan Devol was working at Hubble Lighting when he decided he was missing the research aspect of his career, so he decided to go back to school to get his Ph.D. at Tech. He\u0026rsquo;s been working with Moog since he arrived on campus two years ago.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;One of the things I\u0026#39;ve liked about working with Moog is that the problems we\u0026rsquo;re working on are continually evolving,\u0026rdquo; said Devol. \u0026ldquo;Another thing is that we\u0026rsquo;re not just working on tightly controlled projects, like one often does in a research environment. The solutions we deliver have to be able to scale up to work at the factory level.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDevol experienced this when he was monitoring the vibrations of manufacturing equipment. The trouble came when they were collecting vibration data and sending it up to the cloud to process and observe it.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We had this problem where we\u0026rsquo;re sampling the vibration data at around 10,000 samples per second, and the cloud just couldn\u0026rsquo;t handle it, so there were huge latencies,\u0026rdquo; said Devol. \u0026ldquo;I started looking and found that if we compressed the data before sending it to the cloud, we would be able to work with it without the backlog.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIt worked beautifully.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;They\u0026rsquo;re doing a great job,\u0026rdquo; said Johnson. \u0026ldquo;I really like how they can get up to speed quickly with what we\u0026rsquo;re doing and apply the research and problems they\u0026rsquo;re working on at Tech to our problems in manufacturing.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0026rsquo;s a win-win relationship that promises to deliver benefits to both institutions for years to come.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAbout Moog Inc.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMoog Inc. is a worldwide designer, manufacturer, and integrator of precision control components and systems. 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This veteran-focused program is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and hosted each summer by the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)--officially serving as a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site for NSF.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe coordinator of this education and work force development (EWD) program is \u003Cstrong\u003EBillyde Brown\u003C\/strong\u003E, Ph.D., a senior research faculty and EWD director at GTMI. Brown\u0026#39;s role is\u0026nbsp;to create strong partnerships among industry, government, and academia in manufacturing research, development, and deployment, while acquiring and managing sponsored research programs.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECurrent and past students have performed fundamental research projects in advanced manufacturing topic areas such as additive and hybrid manufacturing, composite joining and repair, cell therapy manufacturing, robotic machining, integrated computational materials engineering, Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, and data analytics for adaptive manufacturing, and nanoscale 3D printing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EREVAMP\u0026rsquo;s major program activities include a seminar series on a broad array of manufacturing-related topics by Georgia Tech faculty and graduate students, external manufacturing plant tours (e.g. Kia Motors, Hyundai Mobis, Lockheed Martin, Textron Specialized Vehicles), experiential learning classes on the fundamentals of evidence-based entrepreneurship provided by Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s VentureLab and Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC), a panel discussion from successful minority business enterprise clients of the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) Center in Atlanta, and three oral presentations delivered by students to demonstrate their research progress.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA new program element started in 2019 that offered a student veteran orientation, panel discussions, luncheon events,\u0026nbsp;and tours of Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) facilities both on the main campus and Marietta locations that were facilitated together with GTRI veteran faculty and the Georgia Tech Veterans Resource Center director. REVAMP is one of the premier REU programs in the nation for advanced manufacturing research and entrepreneurship training for undergraduate student veterans.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u0026rsquo;s REVAMP-REU 10-week summer program was held from May 18 \u0026ndash; July 24 at GTMI located on the Georgia Tech main campus. Students worked under the supervision of different faculty mentors to complete a research project centered on cutting-edge manufacturing science and technology. They also received entrepreneurship training by conducting customer discovery interviews to support a hypothetical product related to their research. As a bonus, eligible students received on-campus housing, $500 towards travel, and a $5,000 stipend.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECongratulations to these student graduates (in bold text) of the summer 2021 REVAMP-REU program and their faculty mentors:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EElizabeth Spahn\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nFaculty mentor: Tequila Harris, associate professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nProject: \u0026ldquo;Formation of Gradient Thin Film using Scalable Coating Method\u0026rdquo;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EJabari Acre\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nFaculty mentor: Sourabh Saha, assistant professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nProject: \u0026ldquo;Two Photon Additive Manufacturing\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAnthony Whylie\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nFaculty mentor: Aaron Stebner, associate professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nProject: \u0026ldquo;Optimization of Process Parameters for Additively Manufacturing Nickel Titanium (NiTi)\u0026rdquo;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EPedro Alcolea\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nFaculty mentor: Krishnendu Roy, professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nProject: \u0026ldquo;Advanced Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Manufacturing\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAllison Jung\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nFaculty mentor: Yan Wang, professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nProject: \u0026ldquo;Optimization of 3D Printing Head\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJacob Totri\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nFaculty mentors: Keat Ghee Ong \u0026amp; Bob Guldberg, professors at the University of Oregon\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nProject 1: \u0026ldquo;Magnetoelastic Sensors for Real-Time Tracking of Cell Growth\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFaculty mentor: Chuck Zhang, professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nProject 2: \u0026ldquo;Printed Sensors for In-situ Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Aircraft Structures\u0026rdquo;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ENathan Janda\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nFaculty mentor: Shreyes Melkote, professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nProject: \u0026ldquo;Robotics and Hybrid Manufacturing\u0026rdquo;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EDevon Phelps\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nFaculty mentor: Raghu Pucha, Ph.D., principal lecturer in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nProject: \u0026ldquo;Modeling of Hybrid Composites with Nanofillers\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMore information about the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/manufacturing\/workforce-development\/revamp-reu-program\u0022\u003EResearch Experience for Student Veterans in Advanced Manufacturing and Entrepreneurship (REVAMP) summer program\u003C\/a\u003E can be found here.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A total of eight students, primarily military veterans, graduated from the Research Experience for Student Veterans in Advanced Manufacturing and Entrepreneurship (REVAMP) 2021 summer program."}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2021-09-17 17:35:16","changed_gmt":"2021-09-22 13:44:59","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-09-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-09-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"650884":{"id":"650884","type":"image","title":"REU Group Photo-Summer 2021","body":null,"created":"1631899559","gmt_created":"2021-09-17 17:25:59","changed":"1631899559","gmt_changed":"2021-09-17 17:25:59","alt":"REU Group Graduation\u00a0Photo - Summer 2021","file":{"fid":"246976","name":"REVAMP Group Photo Front of GTMI.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/REVAMP%20Group%20Photo%20Front%20of%20GTMI.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/REVAMP%20Group%20Photo%20Front%20of%20GTMI.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":268207,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/REVAMP%20Group%20Photo%20Front%20of%20GTMI.jpg?itok=Ano554OT"}}},"media_ids":["650884"],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"186857","name":"go-gtmi"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWalter Rich\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["walter.rich@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"650136":{"#nid":"650136","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Shreyes Melkote Appointed Novelis Innovation Hub Executive Director at Georgia Tech ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology and Novelis, Inc., the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, announced that Shreyes Melkote will serve as the new executive director of the Novelis Innovation Hub at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs Melkote assumes his appointment, Georgia Tech commends George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering Regents Professor Surya Kalidindi\u0026rsquo;s service as the inaugural interim executive director during the Novelis Innovation Hub\u0026rsquo;s first two years.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESince its establishment in 2019, the Novelis Innovation Hub has set a bold vision to foster world-class partnerships and collaborated with the Institute on battery research, electronics, robotics, high-throughput research, and additive manufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdvancing Mobility and Sustainability Goals\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWith additional investment and a permanent leadership appointment to guide the Innovation Hub, Novelis hopes to further advance its position in the aluminum industry through innovation in new technology and application domains, including sustainable mobility, electronics, advanced manufacturing, and supply chain.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Sustainability is an important element of what Novelis wants to accomplish,\u0026rdquo; said Melkote, noting Novelis\u0026rsquo;s target to reduce its carbon footprint by 30% by 2026 and to be net carbon neutral by 2050. \u0026ldquo;Georgia Tech is focused on a lot of basic science, technologies, and business practices relevant to enabling a more sustainable enterprise.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMelkote is uniquely qualified for the role, having led the Georgia Tech-Boeing Strategic University Partnership for the last eight years while serving as associate director of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/manufacturing\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)\u003C\/a\u003E. He facilitated the establishment of the Boeing Manufacturing Development Center, an on-campus lab where students and faculty regularly collaborate with a resident Boeing engineer.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I see this as an opportunity to leverage my experience and knowledge from the Boeing partnership and to expand it. Novelis is engaged in the entire lifecycle of innovation, from early-stage basic research, to applied research and commercialization that will impact society at large,\u0026rdquo; said Melkote, who also holds the Morris M. Bryan, Jr. Professorship in Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech. He will work closely with Dr. Raj Gopalaswamy, Novelis\u0026rsquo; global technology director for new domains, who will lead Novelis\u0026rsquo; engagement with Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;To keep advancing the aluminum industry toward the circular economy, we must increase the pace of innovation and develop new solutions that demonstrate aluminum\u0026rsquo;s superior sustainability benefits,\u0026rdquo; said Gopalaswamy. \u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;Through research partnerships with world-leading institutions like Georgia Tech, we can fulfill the growing needs for aluminum applications that help our customers meet their sustainability goals faster and more efficiently.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMelkote agreed, adding, \u0026ldquo;What\u0026rsquo;s exciting is that \u0026nbsp;Novelis wants to look at the cutting edge of research and see how they can leverage that knowledge to innovate and develop new products.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We\u0026rsquo;re thrilled to have Professor Melkote take on this leadership position in our growing collaboration with Novelis,\u0026rdquo; said Julia Kubanek, vice president for Interdisciplinary Research at Georgia Tech. \u0026ldquo;He brings substantial experience to this new role, having built Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s partnership with Boeing and served as associate director of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute for several years.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKubanek added that Melkote is well positioned to help Novelis broaden its relationship with Georgia Tech faculty and students, while engaging in key research areas to accelerate Novelis\u0026rsquo;s product innovation. Additionally, the Innovation Hub intends to not only fund research, but also establish a Scholars Program to fund research fellowships for Georgia Tech graduate and undergraduate students.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Novelis\u0026rsquo;s philanthropy commitment allows us to innovate on the educational front, where we can make investments that benefit both Georgia Tech and our educational mission,\u0026rdquo; said Melkote. \u0026ldquo;In doing so, we help train the next generation of engineers who will go on to work for companies like Novelis that are committed to sustainability.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E***\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Georgia Tech \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology, or Georgia Tech, is a top 10 public research university developing leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute offers business, computing, design, engineering, liberal arts, and sciences degrees. Its nearly 40,000 students representing 50 states and 149 countries, study at the main campus in Atlanta, at campuses in France and China, and through distance and online learning. As a leading technological university, Georgia Tech is an engine of economic development for Georgia, the Southeast, and the nation, conducting more than $1 billion in research annually for government, industry, and society.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Melkote to help Novelis achieve sustainability, mobility, and future workforce goals "}],"uid":"34602","created_gmt":"2021-08-26 18:14:15","changed_gmt":"2021-08-26 18:14:15","author":"Georgia Parmelee","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-08-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-08-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"650134":{"id":"650134","type":"image","title":"Melkote headshot","body":null,"created":"1630001280","gmt_created":"2021-08-26 18:08:00","changed":"1630001280","gmt_changed":"2021-08-26 18:08:00","alt":"Shreyes Melkote headshot","file":{"fid":"246762","name":"Screen Shot 2021-08-26 at 2.07.22 PM.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202021-08-26%20at%202.07.22%20PM.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202021-08-26%20at%202.07.22%20PM.png","mime":"image\/png","size":5592309,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202021-08-26%20at%202.07.22%20PM.png?itok=Mc-JqwyY"}}},"media_ids":["650134"],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"},{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"186857","name":"go-gtmi"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"},{"id":"39521","name":"Robotics"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"},{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: Anne Wainscott-Sargent\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["asargent7@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"650099":{"#nid":"650099","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Leads Effort to Tackle the Composite and Hybrid Materials Challenge","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBased at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta), the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=2ahUKEwiUxO67g7vyAhXfAZ0JHSXBAxkQtwJ6BAgOEAM\u0026amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DjRH7vIYlWcc\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw1tIvHobKrTdZXz2Frbv5SN\u0022\u003ECenter for Composite and Hybrid Materials Interfacing\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(CHMI) intends to dramatically improve how composite and hybrid structures are joined and repaired. The Center is one of four active National Science Foundation (NSF) Industry\/University Cooperative Research Centers (IUCRCs) at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;Funded for five years with an NSF IUCRC grant, the Center will reportedly work closely with an industry consortium of leading manufacturers and government organizations that will underwrite research projects.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHoused in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/manufacturing\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(GTMI), the Center incorporates three university research teams from Georgia Tech, Oakland University (Detroit, Mich., U.S.)\u0026nbsp;and University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT). Each research and development partner are said to bring\u0026nbsp;decades of composite and hybrid materials research focus in specific industries: Georgia Tech in aerospace, Oakland University in automotive composite systems\u0026nbsp;and UT in infrastructure and medical devices.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The study of the interface between composite, metallic and other electronic materials is really the future of manufacturing,\u0026rdquo; says\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EBen Wang\u003C\/strong\u003E, executive director of GTMI. \u0026ldquo;The Center amplifies the thought leadership of Georgia Tech advancement in composites. It also puts us in the nexus of three areas:\u0026nbsp;advanced manufacturing, innovative materials and data analytics.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECenter director \u003Cstrong\u003EChuck Zhang\u003C\/strong\u003E, Harold E. Smalley Professor in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE), will drive CHMI\u0026rsquo;s vision to transform the current labor-intensive, experience-based joining and repair practice into fast, automated and reliable processes.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Using advanced computation, experimental, data analytics and digital techniques and tools, we hope to reduce by 50% the overall cost, cycle time and variation of these processes in the next 10 years,\u0026rdquo; Zhang says.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.compositesworld.com\/news\/georgia-tech-leads-effort-to-tackle-the-composite-and-hybrid-materials-challenge\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ERead the full article in CompositesWorld, August 2021.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/georgia-tech-leads-industry-effort-tackle-composite-and-hybrid-materials-challenge\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EComplete article also posted at Georgia Tech\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;- written by Anne Sargent\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENew National Science Foundation (NSF) center combines industry and academia, uses analytics, AI to modernize how manufacturers repair composites.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"New National Science Foundation (NSF) center combines industry and academia, uses analytics, AI to modernize how manufacturers repair composites."}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2021-08-25 20:31:58","changed_gmt":"2021-08-26 14:09:24","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-08-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-08-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"650097":{"id":"650097","type":"image","title":"Jarod Weber, CHMI project manager, and Chuck Zhang, CHMI director","body":null,"created":"1629923237","gmt_created":"2021-08-25 20:27:17","changed":"1629923237","gmt_changed":"2021-08-25 20:27:17","alt":"Jarod Weber, CHMI project manager, and Chuck Zhang, CHMI director,","file":{"fid":"246751","name":"0821-cw-news-georgia-tech2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/0821-cw-news-georgia-tech2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/0821-cw-news-georgia-tech2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":102675,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/0821-cw-news-georgia-tech2.jpg?itok=m2fFGhXn"}}},"media_ids":["650097"],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"186857","name":"go-gtmi"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWalter Rich\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["walter.rich@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"649155":{"#nid":"649155","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Brookings Institution Spotlights Improving the Manufacturing Sector","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFrom Washington D.C., the Brookings Institute recently convened a virtual panel of manufacturing experts that included \u003Cstrong\u003EBen Wang\u003C\/strong\u003E, executive director of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute. Wang holds the Gwaltney Chair in Manufacturing Systems and is a professor both in the Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering, and School of Materials Science and Engineering. He served as the previous chair of the National Materials and Manufacturing Board.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe panel\u0026rsquo;s topic: \u0026ldquo;\u003Cem\u003ECan the Biden Administration Improve the Manufacturing Sector?\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOther panelists included: \u003Cstrong\u003EDavid Cicilline\u003C\/strong\u003E, member of the U.S. House of Representatives; \u003Cstrong\u003EMonica Gorman\u003C\/strong\u003E, deputy assistant secretary, manufacturing industry \u0026amp; analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce; \u003Cstrong\u003EElisabeth Reynolds\u003C\/strong\u003E, special assistant to the President for manufacturing and economic development, National Economic Council, the White House; \u003Cstrong\u003EDarrell West\u003C\/strong\u003E, vice president and director governance studies, the Brookings Institution; and \u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Hazen White, Jr\u003C\/strong\u003E., executive chairman, Taco Family of Companies Trustee, the Brookings Institution.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring the panel\u0026rsquo;s second session, Wang emphasized, \u0026ldquo;advanced manufacturing is foundational to our [nation\u0026rsquo;s] economic prosperity, resilience and the national security.\u0026rdquo; He was previously involved with President Obama administration\u0026rsquo;s advanced manufacturing partnership from 2011 to 2013.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Building a strong manufacturing base in the U.S. is a national imperative,\u0026rdquo; said Wang. \u0026ldquo;We know that technology-based innovation is the dominant driver of economic growth in the 21st century. Our national security, standard of living, and rebuilding the middle class in our society all depends on a strong globally competitive manufacturing base.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWang stressed the need to have a vibrant innovation value chain tightly coupled with a strong manufacturing ecosystem. \u0026ldquo;We cannot separate innovation from manufacturing,\u0026rdquo; said Wang.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026ldquo;Some policymakers believed that we could continue to innovate and leave manufacturing to other nations. As it turned out, not only did we lose our ability to produce high tech products, we began to lose our ability to innovate.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;If we want to compete well globally, we must maintain both the technological innovation leadership and advance manufacturing leadership [in the United States],\u0026rdquo; said Wang.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe need was also stressed to support small and medium-sized manufacturers who contribute to the nation\u0026rsquo;s supply chain and overall GDP in a significant way, but lack resources to evaluate and adopt new, state of the art manufacturing technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENational and state Manufacturing Extension Partnerships (MEP) can play a critical role in helping these smaller entities with technology adoption.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Wang, regional ecosystem actors must work together to identify common manufacturing challenges and common opportunities. And then co-innovate around those common challenges and opportunities. This type of regional approach will push local companies to rethink how they should interact with one another and help ensure that benefits are shared by all.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBen Wang\u0026rsquo;s entire presentation and the full panel discussion which was sponsored and moderated by the Brookings Institution can be \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/events\/can-the-biden-administration-improve-the-manufacturing-sector\/\u0022\u003Efound here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Brookings Institute recently convened a virtual panel of manufacturing experts that included Ben Wang"}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2021-07-30 18:44:36","changed_gmt":"2021-07-30 18:44:36","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-07-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-07-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"649154":{"id":"649154","type":"image","title":"Ben Wang - Brookings Institute Panelist","body":null,"created":"1627670437","gmt_created":"2021-07-30 18:40:37","changed":"1628604675","gmt_changed":"2021-08-10 14:11:15","alt":"Ben Wang - Brookings Institute Panelist","file":{"fid":"246532","name":"Ben-Brookingsv2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Ben-Brookingsv2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Ben-Brookingsv2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":70423,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Ben-Brookingsv2.jpg?itok=NBKDLCRc"}}},"media_ids":["649154"],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"}],"keywords":[{"id":"186857","name":"go-gtmi"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWalter Rich\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["walter.rich@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"648874":{"#nid":"648874","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Supply Chain Crisis Forcing Shoppers to Buy Early","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAccording to \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/chelsea-white\u0022\u003EChelsea White\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E, professor in the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, \u0026ldquo;supply chains don\u0026rsquo;t like disruptions\u0026mdash;especially low-cost supply chains\u0026mdash;and they\u0026rsquo;re all low cost.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhite is the Schneider National Chair in Transportation and Logistics, and professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech\u200b.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;When demand is smooth and supply is balanced with demand, supply chains run well and inexpensively,\u0026rdquo; said White.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHowever, covid has caused dramatic drops and increases in demand, thus adding to supply disruptions. A rapid recovery in the United States has helped spike that dramatic increase.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn\u0026nbsp;addition to dramatic demand flucuation, the supply side of this was also interrupted with shipping workers in China contracting covid, reducing the capacity to move goods out of major Chinese ports. With the dramatic rise in demand, congestion has been causing further delays even though the supply chains have plenty of capacity according to White.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhite says some of this lack of smooth supply and demand is self-inflicted, \u0026ldquo;container ships have gotten much bigger, naturally causing surges all over the freight transportation system \u0026ndash; ocean carriers, rail, and trucks. The tariffs kicking in caused \u0026lsquo;front loading,\u0026rsquo; which we\u0026rsquo;re seeing now to ensure shelves will be stocked during the holidays at the end of the calendar year.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We\u0026rsquo;re finding out that the global freight transportation system is less resilient than originally thought,\u0026rdquo; said White. \u0026ldquo;My prediction for 2021 is there will be toys on the shelves for the Christmas holidays, but perhaps not as many toys and their prices may be higher.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EChelsea White, along with other experts, were recently interviewed by CBS News in Atlanta, Georgia. 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A truly successful enterprise needs to be able to make quick adaptations to its manufacturing lines so it can respond as the market changes. It\u0026rsquo;s a tricky process requiring a deep understanding of the data and the organization\u0026rsquo;s systems and culture, which is why firms seek the guidance of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u0026nbsp;(GTMI).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We help companies overcome barriers by applying researched technology and Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s expertise to the problem,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Cstrong\u003EAndrew Dugenske\u003C\/strong\u003E, director of the Factory Information Systems Center and principal research engineer at GTMI. He just completed a major effort with Steelcase, a century-plus-old company that designs workspaces around the people who use them.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We like to say we are students of the workplace,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Cstrong\u003EPaul Noll\u003C\/strong\u003E, senior researcher at Steelcase. \u0026ldquo;We watch how people work. We study their behaviors. We study the activity. We learn, and then we build our products and services to support what we see.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESteelcase approached GTMI, Noll said, not only because of the Institute\u0026rsquo;s superior reputation in manufacturing but also because they\u0026rsquo;ve found everyone at Tech has a natural curiosity for both the task and the culture of their partners.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It was very much the professional work environment at Tech as well as the expertise,\u0026rdquo; added \u003Cstrong\u003EEdward Vander Bilt\u003C\/strong\u003E, who leads the partnership at Steelcase.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EMerging Expertise with Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFundamental to their relationship is the Industrial Internet of Things, a term for using the information from the various sensors, computers, and robotic devices a company uses in manufacturing, to refine, even redefine the way the assembly line operates.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGTMI worked with Steelcase on an array of projects designed to improve the intelligence, responsiveness, and adaptability of their manufacturing lines. In one endeavor, they improved assembly lines by embedding them with Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s digital architecture. The digital systems move information from the lines into the cloud, where it can be processed. Then Steelcase uses the data to decide how to alter manufacturing processes.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;One of the big challenges of manufacturing is that some companies have legacy equipment, so it can\u0026#39;t easily transfer the information about its activities into the cloud,\u0026quot; said GTMI\u0026rsquo;s Dugenske. \u0026ldquo;We have developed a method to retrofit these lines so companies can use the Industrial Internet of Things to their advantage.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow the company has expanded this capability to all its lines throughout North America.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We\u0026rsquo;ve been using our digital architecture with several companies, and it\u0026rsquo;s worked really well for them,\u0026rdquo; added Dugenske.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ECollaboration is the Name of the Game\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHelping a firm improve elements as indelible as production processes isn\u0026rsquo;t something that can be accomplished after just a few high-level meetings. It\u0026rsquo;s a mission that requires understanding the wisdom of employees working on the lines.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It was extremely collaborative,\u0026rdquo; said Vander Bilt. \u0026ldquo;Andrew Dugenske visited all of our factories in North America, observing and talking with the plant managers and leaders in a whole variety of disciplines to better understand how we operate as a company.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd when it came time to implement the findings, Dugenske headed back on the road to help put those recommendations into practice.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It was quite intense,\u0026rdquo; added Vander Bilt, who said that one of the most valuable elements came from working with the graduate and undergraduate students.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStudents built and installed prototypes in the factories and worked with Steelcase\u0026rsquo;s engineers to adjust to the conditions of each location. Vander Bilt said this gave the company high confidence that the solutions were the right ones.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EWorking at the Intersection of People and Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESteelcase and Georgia Tech have been working together since 2005 on projects around working environments and merging the physical and digital worlds.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;From the beginning of our relationship, they\u0026#39;ve described themselves as designing the future of how people interact with each other,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Cstrong\u003EBeth Mynatt\u003C\/strong\u003E, executive director of Tech\u0026rsquo;s Institute for People and Technology (IPaT).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow, at the tail end of the COVID-19 pandemic, that future looks a little different than it did at the start of 2020, and remote working looks like it will be part of everyday life, added Mynatt.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESiva Jayaraman\u003C\/strong\u003E, IPaT\u0026rsquo;s strategic partnerships director, introduced Steelcase to GTMI. He has been working with the company for years on combining the physical and digital worlds through projects like telemedicine booths and spaces fostering collaboration and anonymity to help workers avoid the sometimes stultifying norms of business hierarchies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;They\u0026rsquo;re trying to understand the evolving needs of workers and the new modalities, whether that\u0026rsquo;s remote, in the office, or both,\u0026quot; said Jayaraman. \u0026ldquo;Nobody knows clearly what that is going to look like, but we are helping them to understand it.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENoll said he values the opportunity to explore the emerging thinking around human-centered technology that happens at GTMI, IPaT, and elsewhere at the Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Technology is integral to the work, but at the end of the day, we\u0026#39;re still human, and we want to be sure the decisions we make about bringing technology into our work are smart, responsible, and human-centered,\u0026rdquo; said Noll. \u0026ldquo;That\u0026rsquo;s why we like working with Tech.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd when Noll says he likes working with Tech, he means it. Steelcase is also collaborating with the Scheller School of Business, the Supply Chain and Logistics Institute, the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines, the School of Materials Science and Engineering, and the School of Aerospace Engineering, to name a few.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIt may be the Institute\u0026rsquo;s exceptional reputation that brings some companies to engage. Still, in the end, it\u0026#39;s the quality of the people that solidifies those relationships for years to come.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We\u0026rsquo;ve found the more we invest in our relationships, the collaboration, the cooperation, the energy, expertise, and engagement, the more we value that partnership,\u0026rdquo; said Vander Bilt.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn this case, Steelcase had a hunch their manufacturing lines held information that would help them become more agile and efficient. And from their history working with Georgia Tech, they had a hunch that GTMI had the best people to do it. They were right.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nWriter: David Terraso\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Contact:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nWalter Rich\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nResearch Communications, Georgia Tech\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nwalter.rich@research.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESteelcase and Georgia Tech work to improve both manufacturing and office environments.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Steelcase and Georgia Tech work to improve both manufacturing and office environments."}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2021-06-02 20:52:27","changed_gmt":"2021-06-03 14:00:54","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-06-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-06-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"647898":{"id":"647898","type":"image","title":"Steelcase Office","body":null,"created":"1622666511","gmt_created":"2021-06-02 20:41:51","changed":"1622666511","gmt_changed":"2021-06-02 20:41:51","alt":"A furnished office environment with furniture designed by Steelcase.","file":{"fid":"245944","name":"20-0140879-for NewsletterIMG.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/20-0140879-for%20NewsletterIMG.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/20-0140879-for%20NewsletterIMG.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":355937,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/20-0140879-for%20NewsletterIMG.jpg?itok=EfM23pPL"}}},"media_ids":["647898"],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"},{"id":"69599","name":"IPaT"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"186857","name":"go-gtmi"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:walter.rich@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EWalter Rich\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["walter.rich@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"645727":{"#nid":"645727","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech and the University of California Collaborate to Create a New Crush-Resistant Tensegrity Metamaterial","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECatastrophic collapse of materials and structures is the inevitable consequence of a chain reaction of locally confined damage \u0026ndash; from solid ceramics that snap after the development of a small crack to metal space trusses that give way after the warping of a single strut.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn a study published this week in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/adma.202005647\u0022\u003EAdvanced Materials\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of California, Irvine (UCI) describe the creation of a new class of mechanical metamaterials that delocalize deformations to prevent failure.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team turned to tensegrity, a century-old design principle in which isolated rigid bars are integrated into a flexible mesh of tethers to produce very lightweight, self-tensioning truss structures.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProfessor\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EJulian Rimoli\u003C\/strong\u003E, faculty member in the School fo Aerospace Enginering and the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute,\u0026nbsp;and his team were developing structural configurations for planetary landers when they discovered that tensegrity-based vehicles could withstand severe deformation \u0026ndash; or buckling \u0026ndash; of its individual components without collapsing, something never observed in other structural solutions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This gave us the idea of creating metamaterials that exploit the same principle, which led us to the discovery of the first-ever 3D tensegrity metamaterial,\u0026rdquo; explained Rimoli, aerospace engineering professor and co-author of the study.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStarting with 950 nanometer-diameter members, the team used a sophisticated direct laser writing technique to generate elementary cells sized between 10 and 20 microns. These were built up into eight-unit supercells that could be assembled with others to make a continuous structure.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers then conducted computational modeling and laboratory experiments and observed that the constructs exhibited uniquely homogenous deformation behavior free from localized overstress or underuse.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team showed that the new metamaterials feature a 25-fold enhancement in deformability and an orders-of-magnitude increase in energy absorption over state-of-the-art lattice arrangements.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Tensegrity structures have been studied for decades, particularly in the context of architectural design, and they have recently been found in a number of biological systems,\u0026rdquo; said senior co-author\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ELorenzo Valdevit\u003C\/strong\u003E, a UCI professor of materials science and engineering who directs the Architected Materials Group.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Proper periodic tensegrity lattices were theoretically conceptualized only a few years ago by our co-author Julian Rimoli, but through this project we have achieved the first physical implementation and performance demonstration of these metamaterials.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMade possible by novel additive manufacturing techniques, extremely lightweight yet strong and rigid conventional structures based on micrometer-scale trusses and lattices have been of keen interest to engineers for their potential to replace heavier, solid substances in aircraft, wind turbine blades and a host of other applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThough possessing many desirable qualities, these advanced materials can \u0026ndash; like any load-bearing structure \u0026ndash; still be susceptible to catastrophic destruction if overloaded.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;In familiar nano-architected materials, failure usually starts with a highly localized deformation,\u0026rdquo; said first author\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EJens Bauer,\u003C\/strong\u003E a UCI research scientist in mechanical and aerospace engineering. \u0026ldquo;Shear bands, surface cracks, and buckling of walls and struts in one area can cause a chain reaction leading to the collapse of an entire structure.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe explained that truss lattices begin to collapse when compressive members buckle, since those in tension cannot. Typically, these parts are interconnected at common nodes, meaning that once one fails, damage can quickly spread throughout the entire structure.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn contrast, the compressive members of tensegrity architectures form closed loops, isolated from one another and only connected by tensile members. Therefore, instability of compressive members can only propagate through tensile load paths, which \u0026ndash; provided they do not rupture \u0026ndash; cannot experience instability. Push down on a tensegrity system and the whole structure compresses uniformly, preventing localized damage that would otherwise cause catastrophic failure.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETensegrity Metamaterial\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Valdevit, who\u0026rsquo;s also a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at UCI, tensegrity metamaterials demonstrate an unprecedented combination of failure resistance, extreme energy absorption, deformability and strength, outperforming all other types of state-of-the-art lightweight architectures.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This study provides important groundwork for design of superior engineering systems, from reusable impact protection systems to adaptive load-bearing structures,\u0026rdquo; he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis research was made possible by funding from NASA and the National Science Foundation, as well as research conducted by Georgia Tech aerospace engineering graduate student,\u0026nbsp;Julie Kraus\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;Cameron Crook, a UCI graduate student in materials science and engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"go-imat, 3D Tensegrity Lattices: Study shows how century-old design principle can be a pathway to overcoming failure. 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The water leaving the pulping process contains a number of organic byproducts and inorganic chemicals. To reuse the water and the chemicals, paper mills rely on steam-fed evaporators that boil up the water and separate it from the chemicals.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWater separation by evaporators is effective but uses large amounts of energy. That\u0026rsquo;s significant given that the United States currently is the world\u0026rsquo;s second-largest producer of paper and paperboard. The country\u0026rsquo;s approximately 100 paper mills are estimated to use about 0.2 quads (a quad is a quadrillion BTUs) of energy per year for water recycling, making it one of the most energy-intensive chemical processes. All industrial energy consumption in the United States in 2019 totaled 26.4 quads, according to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/flowcharts.llnl.gov\/content\/assets\/images\/energy\/us\/Energy_US_2019.png\u0022\u003ELawrence Livermore National Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAn alternative is to deploy energy-efficient filtration membranes to recycle pulping wastewater. But conventional polymer membranes \u0026mdash; commercially available for the past several decades \u0026mdash; cannot withstand operation in the harsh conditions and high chemical concentrations found in pulping wastewater and many other industrial applications.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology researchers have found a method to engineer membranes made from graphene oxide (GO), a chemically resistant material based on carbon, so they can work effectively in industrial applications.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;GO has remarkable characteristics that allow water to get through it much faster than through conventional membranes,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/people\/sankar-nair\u0022\u003ESankar Nair\u003C\/a\u003E, professor, Simmons Faculty Fellow, and associate chair for Industry Outreach in the Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chbe.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026ldquo;But a longstanding question has been how to make GO membranes work in realistic conditions with high chemical concentrations so that they could become industrially relevant.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUsing new fabrication techniques, the researchers can control the microstructure of GO membranes in a way that allows them to continue filtering out water effectively even at higher chemical concentrations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research, supported by the U.S. Department of Energy-RAPID Institute, an industrial consortium of forest product companies, and Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Renewable Bioproducts Institute, was reported recently in the journal Nature Sustainability. Many industries that use large amounts of water in their production processes may stand to benefit from using these GO nanofiltration membranes.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENair, his colleagues Meisha Shofner and Scott Sinquefield, and their research team began this work five years ago. They knew that GO membranes had long been recognized for their great potential in desalination, but only in a lab setting. \u0026ldquo;No one had credibly demonstrated that these membranes can perform in realistic industrial water streams and operating conditions,\u0026rdquo; Nair said. \u0026ldquo;New types of GO structures were needed that displayed high filtration performance and mechanical stability while retaining the excellent chemical stability associated with GO materials.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo create such new structures, the team conceived the idea of sandwiching large aromatic dye molecules in between GO sheets. Researchers Zhongzhen Wang, Chen Ma, and Chunyan Xu found that these molecules strongly bound themselves to the GO sheets in multiple ways, including stacking one molecule on another. The result was the creation of \u0026ldquo;gallery\u0026rdquo; spaces between the GO sheets, with the dye molecules acting as \u0026ldquo;pillars.\u0026rdquo; Water molecules easily filter through the narrow spaces between the pillars, while chemicals present in the water are selectively blocked based on their size and shape. The researchers could tune the membrane microstructure vertically and laterally, allowing them to control both the height of the gallery and the amount of space between the pillars.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team then tested the GO nanofiltration membranes with multiple water streams containing dissolved chemicals and showed the capability of the membranes to reject chemicals by size and shape, even at high concentrations. Ultimately, they scaled up their new GO membranes to sheets that are up to 4 feet in length and demonstrated their operation for more than 750 hours in a real feed stream derived from a paper mill.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENair expressed excitement for the potential of GO membrane nanofiltration to generate cost savings in paper mill energy usage, which could improve the industry\u0026rsquo;s sustainability. \u0026ldquo;These membranes can save the paper industry more than 30% in energy costs of water separation,\u0026rdquo; he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech continues to work with its industrial partners to apply the GO membrane technology for pulp and paper applications.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis work is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Rapid Advancement in Process Intensification Deployment (RAPID) Institute (#DE-EE007888-5-5), an industrial consortium comprising Georgia-Pacific, International Paper, SAPPI, and WestRock, and the Georgia Tech Renewable Bioproducts Institute. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsoring organizations.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION\u003C\/strong\u003E: Zhongzhen Wang, et al., \u0026ldquo;Graphene Oxide Nanofiltration Membranes for Desalination under Realistic Conditions.\u0026rdquo; (\u003Cem\u003ENature Sustainability\u003C\/em\u003E, 2021)\u0026nbsp; \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41893-020-00674-3\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41893-020-00674-3\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researchers have found a method to engineer membranes made from graphene oxide so they can work effectively in industrial applications such as recycling paper pulping wastewater.\u0026nbsp;These membranes can save the paper industry more than 30% in energy costs of water separation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech has found a method to engineer energy-efficient filtration membranes to recycle pulping wastewater."}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2021-03-04 15:12:24","changed_gmt":"2021-03-04 15:22:51","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-02-22T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2021-02-22T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"644525":{"id":"644525","type":"image","title":"Paper towels","body":null,"created":"1613926800","gmt_created":"2021-02-21 17:00:00","changed":"1613926800","gmt_changed":"2021-02-21 17:00:00","alt":"Photo of a stack of paper towels.","file":{"fid":"244708","name":"Paper towels.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Paper%20towels.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Paper%20towels.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":153632,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Paper%20towels.jpg?itok=izSb7ZfW"}},"644551":{"id":"644551","type":"image","title":"Paper mill","body":null,"created":"1614013289","gmt_created":"2021-02-22 17:01:29","changed":"1614013289","gmt_changed":"2021-02-22 17:01:29","alt":"","file":{"fid":"244721","name":"thumbnail_PaperMill Exerior-med.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/thumbnail_PaperMill%20Exerior-med.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/thumbnail_PaperMill%20Exerior-med.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":248246,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/thumbnail_PaperMill%20Exerior-med.jpg?itok=1IIn1YBr"}}},"media_ids":["644525","644551"],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"},{"id":"372221","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187090","name":"Nanofiltration"},{"id":"129001","name":"paper mill"},{"id":"187091","name":"energy usage"},{"id":"187092","name":"water recycling"},{"id":"34221","name":"graphene oxide"},{"id":"28721","name":"energy consumption"},{"id":"169657","name":"Sankar Nair"},{"id":"186857","name":"go-gtmi"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"},{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"},{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"},{"id":"39491","name":"Renewable Bioproducts"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71911","name":"Earth and Environment"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAnne Wainscott-Sargent\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EResearch News\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E(404-435-5784)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["asargent7@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"637567":{"#nid":"637567","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech and Akron Biotech Awarded BioFabUSA Project to Improve the National Supply Chain for Tissue Engineered Medical Products","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.manufacturingusa.com\/institutes\/biofabusa\u0022\u003EBioFabUSA\u003C\/a\u003E, a Department of Defense-funded Manufacturing Innovation Institute within the Manufacturing USA\u0026nbsp;network, has awarded the Georgia Institute of Technology and industry partner, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.akronbiotech.com\/\u0022\u003EAkron Biotech\u003C\/a\u003E, a project titled, \u0026ldquo;Supply Chain and Process Modeling Algorithms, Methods, and Tools for Tissue Manufacturing and Distribution\u0026rdquo;. This project will address significant national supply chain issues related to distributing tissue engineered medical products (TEMPs) to U.S. patients in need.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe project aims to create the first simulation-based supply chain model for the rapidly evolving and future facing TEMPs industry, to minimize manufacturing and logistics costs and risks, incorporate Department of Defense (DOD) and other stakeholders\u0026rsquo; perspectives into supply chain modeling, inform standards development, and support workforce development.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Having a supply chain model will be instrumental in helping new and existing companies plan for the most efficient process flows, resource usage, and cost savings,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Cstrong\u003EStephanie Robichaud\u003C\/strong\u003E, technical project manager with the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute. \u0026ldquo;Many startup companies do not realize some of the intricacies in managing their supply chain and many established companies realize the importance of it after experiencing inefficiencies. Having a model that these companies can use will help advance the field of tissue engineering as they plan for scale-up.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to \u003Cstrong\u003EBen Wang\u003C\/strong\u003E, executive director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.manufacturing.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E (GTMI) and professor in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, \u0026ldquo;hundreds if not thousands of patients are waiting for tissues and organs in order to have a normal healthy life. Our project is a bold initiative to democratize distribution of replacement tissues and organs by streamlining national supply chains. This project will develop simulation-based tools to enhance the efficiency and resilience of the TEMPs supply chain, making these personalized medicines more affordable and more accessible.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe growth of the TEMP industry is going to change the supply chain of medical tissues disruptively. To embrace this change, a system-level decision support tool is essential for adopting more cost-effective manufacturing processes and making better investment decisions. To ensure successful commercialization and adoption of this new supply chain decision support tool, the project team will engage multiple stakeholders including DOD, government, regulatory bodies, standards setting organizations, patients, industry, academia, policy experts, education and workforce development experts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech project leads include \u003Cstrong\u003EBen Wang\u003C\/strong\u003E, Ph.D., \u003Cstrong\u003EChelsea C. White III\u003C\/strong\u003E, Ph.D, and \u003Cstrong\u003EKan Wang\u003C\/strong\u003E, Ph.D. Ben Wang is Gwaltney Chair in Manufacturing Systems, professor in the Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering and School of Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Tech. In addition, he serves as executive director of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI). Chelsea C. White III is the Schneider National Chair in Transportation and Logistics and professor\u0026nbsp;in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech\u200b. Kan Wang is lead researcher of additive manufacturing in the Bio-Engineering Research Laboratory at GTMI.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELeading the project for Akron Biotech is \u003Cstrong\u003EEzequiel Zylberberg\u003C\/strong\u003E, Ph.D, who is vice president of product development and planning. According to Ezequiel, \u0026ldquo;the future of regenerative medicine depends on more than our ability to address the scientific challenges of generating the next generation of advanced therapies. Advancing these novel treatments in a way that is scalable will require significant advances in manufacturing innovation. We are eager to collaborate with our colleagues at Georgia Tech, at BioFab USA, and throughout the regenerative medicine industry to confront the challenge of scalability and supply chain resilience through this modelling effort.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology, also known as Georgia Tech, is one of the nation\u0026rsquo;s leading research universities \u0026mdash; a university that embraces change while continually Creating the Next. The next generation of leaders. The next breakthrough startup company. The next lifesaving medical treatment.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech provides a focused, technologically based education to more than 36,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The Institute has many nationally recognized programs, all top-ranked by peers and publications alike, and is ranked among the nation\u0026rsquo;s top five public universities by U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report. It offers degrees through the Colleges of Computing, Design, Engineering, Sciences, the Scheller College of Business, and the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. As a leading technological university, Georgia Tech has more than 100 centers focused on interdisciplinary research that consistently contribute vital research and innovation to American government, industry, and business.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Akron Biotech\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAkron is a leading materials manufacturer and services provider to the regenerative medicine industry, accelerating the development and commercialization of advanced therapies. Founded in 2006, Akron is an ISO 13485-certified company that operates in line with cGMPs and international standards, enabling advanced therapy developers to de-risk their supply chains and facilitate regulatory approval. The company\u0026#39;s unique business model emphasizes knowledge, flexibility and unparalleled service\u0026mdash;from development through to commercialization. For more information, please visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.akronbiotech.com\u0022\u003Ewww.akronbiotech.com\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout BioFabUSA\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBioFabUSA, is a DOD-funded Manufacturing USA Innovation Institute (MII) sustained by the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI) is a non-profit organization located in Manchester, New Hampshire. ARMI\u0026#39;s mission is to make practical the scalable, consistent, cost-effective manufacturing of tissue engineered medical products and tissue-related technologies, to benefit existing industries and grow new ones. \u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.armiusa.org\/\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.armiusa.org\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003E813 Ferst Drive, NW\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAtlanta, GA 30332 USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: Walter Rich (walter.rich@research.gatech.edu)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis project will address significant national supply chain issues related to distributing tissue engineered medical products.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech and Akron Biotech Awarded BioFabUSA Project"}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2020-08-06 17:56:32","changed_gmt":"2021-02-01 13:33:07","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-08-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-08-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"637564":{"id":"637564","type":"image","title":"BioFabUSA project to improve the national supply chain for tissue engineered medical products.","body":null,"created":"1596734855","gmt_created":"2020-08-06 17:27:35","changed":"1596827223","gmt_changed":"2020-08-07 19:07:03","alt":"BioFabUSA project will improve the national supply chain for tissue engineered medical products.","file":{"fid":"242514","name":"Tissue-Cell-Researcher-Working-600x400px.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Tissue-Cell-Researcher-Working-600x400px.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Tissue-Cell-Researcher-Working-600x400px.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":64853,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Tissue-Cell-Researcher-Working-600x400px.jpg?itok=vJeul1nJ"}}},"media_ids":["637564"],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"},{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. 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The targeted CQAs include pH, glucose, lactate, and select secreted biomarker concentrations from human mesenchymal stem cells \u0026ndash; one of the most common cell types used in tissue engineering.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn both biopharmaceutical and regenerative medicine industries, an urgent need remains for in-line sensor technology for quantitative real-time bioprocess monitoring and control. Unfortunately, many key CQAs are still monitored off-line or at-line using destructive testing or technologies of significant complexity and cost. In at-line measurement, the sample is typically withdrawn from a single location in the bioreactor and analyzed in close proximity to the process stream, whereas in off-line measurements, the sample is taken to a laboratory and the results are usually not returned in a timely manner for process control.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech team has previously developed potentiometric sensors based on an extended gate field-effect-transistor (FET) topology whereby a separate gold electrode surface is functionalized with an analyte-specific layer that selectively reacts or binds with the chemical or biomolecule of interest. The charge associated with the attached analyte results in a potential change of the gold electrode. These sensors have previously been used to detect chemicals such as pH and lactate, as well as specific proteins\/antibodies in a laboratory environment with accuracy and dynamic range equivalent to Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) and Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA). One of the unique aspects of this system is that each sensor surface can be individually functionalized permitting multiplexed (simultaneous) detection of almost any number of different chemicals\/biomolecules of interest.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn this project, the Georgia Tech team will integrate these sensors into a \u0026ldquo;capsule\u0026rdquo; device smaller than the size of a golf-ball and packaged in a 3D-printed waterproof and biocompatible polymer. The capsule will contain a multiplexed sensor chip, with sealed opening to facilitate interaction between the sensor chip and tissue culture environment, Li-polymer battery, and electronics for micro-control, data acquisition and wireless transmission of sensor data to the smartphone of a technician in charge of monitoring the bioreactor process. In addition, Georgia Tech will work with Rockwell to develop an IoT platform such that other permitted internet-connected devices can securely access the data via a cloud server. Another unique aspect of this technology is that multiple \u0026ldquo;capsules\u0026rdquo; could be deployed within a stirred tank bioreactor during high volume production of medical products with the ability to move efficiently throughout the bioreactor due to the mechanical forces of the impellors. This would allow for unprecedented simultaneous measurements at various points within the bioreactor, giving accurate representations of the homogeneity of key parameters over time thus achieving in-situ monitoring of CQAs with high spatial and temporal resolution.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech project leads include \u003Cstrong\u003EBillyde Brown\u003C\/strong\u003E, Ph.D., \u003Cstrong\u003EKan Wang\u003C\/strong\u003E, Ph.D., and \u003Cstrong\u003EEric Vogel\u003C\/strong\u003E, Ph.D. Brown is research faculty and director of manufacturing education programs at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.manufacturing.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(GTMI).\u0026nbsp;Wang is lead researcher of additive manufacturing in the Bio-Engineering Research Laboratory at GTMI. Vogel is a professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering and deputy director for the Institute of Electronics and Nanotechnology at Georgia Tech. The Georgia Tech project leads will also receive support and assistance from \u003Cstrong\u003ECarolyn Yeago\u003C\/strong\u003E, Ph.D., and \u003Cstrong\u003EKrishnendu Roy\u003C\/strong\u003E, Ph.D. whom are directors of the Marcus Center for Therapeutic Cell Characterization and Manufacturing (MC3M). Leading the project for Rockwell Automation is \u003Cstrong\u003EWayne Charest\u003C\/strong\u003E, who also serves as a liaison between Rockwell and BioFabUSA.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Being able to obtain real-time data on relevant biomarkers will be critical in advancing the field of tissue engineering,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Cstrong\u003EStephanie Robichaud\u003C\/strong\u003E, technical project manager with the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute. \u0026ldquo;Getting this important information and being able to react to it quickly will result in more consistent manufacturing of a final product that meets its critical quality attributes.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology, also known as Georgia Tech, is one of the nation\u0026rsquo;s leading research universities \u0026mdash; a university that embraces change while continually Creating the Next. The next generation of leaders. The next breakthrough startup company. The next lifesaving medical treatment.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech provides a focused, technologically based education to more than 36,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The Institute has many nationally recognized programs, all top-ranked by peers and publications alike, and is ranked among the nation\u0026rsquo;s top five public universities by U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report. It offers degrees through the Colleges of Computing, Design, Engineering, Sciences, the Scheller College of Business, and the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. As a leading technological university, Georgia Tech has more than 100 centers focused on interdisciplinary research that consistently contribute vital research and innovation to American government, industry, and business.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Rockwell Automation\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERockwell Automation is the largest company in the world that is dedicated to industrial automation and information and is committed to enabling the next generation of smart manufacturing. \u0026nbsp;Rockwell\u0026rsquo;s mission is to improve the quality of life by making the world more productive and sustainable.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.rockwellautomation.com\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.rockwellautomation.com\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout BioFabUSA\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBioFabUSA is a DOD-funded Manufacturing USA Innovation Institute (MII) sustained by the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI), a non-profit organization located in Manchester, New Hampshire. \u0026nbsp;ARMI\u0026#39;s mission is make practical the scalable, consistent, cost-effective manufacturing of tissue engineered medical products and tissue-related technologies, to benefit existing industries and grow new ones. \u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.armiusa.org\/\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.armiusa.org\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003E813 Ferst Drive, NW\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAtlanta, GA 30332 USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: Walter Rich (walter.rich@research.gatech.edu)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EReal-time bioprocess monitoring and control is needed for the scalable production and deployment of efficacious tissue engineered medical products at reasonable cost.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech and Rockwell Automation Awarded BioFabUSA Project "}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2020-08-06 18:46:48","changed_gmt":"2021-02-01 13:31:58","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-08-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-08-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"637573":{"id":"637573","type":"image","title":"Wireless, 3D-printed sensor \u2018capsule\u2019 being developed for real-time bioprocess monitoring.","body":null,"created":"1596739151","gmt_created":"2020-08-06 18:39:11","changed":"1596739151","gmt_changed":"2020-08-06 18:39:11","alt":"Wireless, 3D-printed sensor \u2018capsule\u2019 being developed for real-time bioprocess monitoring.","file":{"fid":"242515","name":"Wireless Sensor Capsule-v3.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Wireless%20Sensor%20Capsule-v3.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Wireless%20Sensor%20Capsule-v3.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":42852,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Wireless%20Sensor%20Capsule-v3.jpg?itok=GMne0b2L"}}},"media_ids":["637573"],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"},{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. 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What about throwing spears at wooly mammoths?\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe people behind the mics at the Georgia Tech Sci Fi Lab are deep in discussion. It\u0026rsquo;s Two-Minute Madness time on the WREK radio show. The hosts and special guests speed-talk through mentions of Dr. Who, iPhones, Lance Armstrong, Luke Skywalker, Neanderthals, the Six Million Dollar Man, Star Trek, Terminator and zombies \u0026mdash; all in the quest of determining, what, specifically, makes something a cyborg.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We can say that this week\u0026#39;s topic is \u0026lsquo;cyborgs,\u0026rsquo; for example, but that can mean different things to different people: from Darth Vader, to Google Glass, to Daft Punk,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Cstrong\u003EAdam Le Doux\u003C\/strong\u003E, program manager and a host of the show. When not on the air, he\u0026rsquo;s a computational media major, a joint studies program between the College of Computing and the\u003Cstrong\u003E School of Literature, Media, and Communication\u003C\/strong\u003E (LMC) in Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. LMC is one of the coordinators of Sci Fi Lab along with the Georgia Tech Library and WREK 91.1 FM.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESince 2006, Sci Fi Lab has taken to the radio waves to discuss all things science fiction. Every Thursday at 7 p.m. a group of culture studies researchers and computer thinkers gather to discuss the spectrum of science fiction. The show has been picking up traction with the science fiction community, both locally and nationally.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;Six years into the program, we find that now we\u0026#39;re approached by authors and artists who want to appear on the show, and we\u0026#39;ve even been studied in the University of Liverpool\u0026#39;s grad program in Science Fiction Studies as an example of living science fiction,\u0026quot; said \u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Yaszek\u003C\/strong\u003E, a professor in LMC and a behind-the-scenes Sci Fi Lab organizer.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOctober\u0026rsquo;s guests included players from the Atlanta Radio Theater Co., the director of an independent zombie apocalypse film, Georgia Tech computing professors and actor Frank Langella from \u0026ldquo;Robot and Frank.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We try to cover the best in current and popular science fiction from all media \u0026mdash; literature, film, television \u0026mdash; and we try to tie that in with the real science and research that occurs on campus every day,\u0026rdquo; said Justin Ellis, who shares hosting duties with Le Doux.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEllis serves as associate producer for the show and works at the Georgia Tech Library. His time on the development committee for the science fiction collection connected him with Yaszek. She thought there was a strong role for the library to provide academic foundations for the show, so Ellis signed on.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I think the fact that we try and tackle both the \u0026lsquo;pop\u0026rsquo; side \u0026mdash; literature and entertainment \u0026mdash; and the real science, research side is one way to bridge the gap between the sciences and the liberal arts,\u0026rdquo; said Ellis. \u0026ldquo;Many of the topics discussed in Sci-Fi literature and media are extrapolated from, or have some root in, real science.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAt the start of two-minute madness during the cyborg hour, Ellis shares his enthusiasm for wearable computing. He muses that he would be game for a cybernetic implant in his arm.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELe Doux quickly counters that that could be problematic in a light saber battle.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0026rsquo;s a discussion that underscores how Le Doux describes the show, as \u0026ldquo;a living laboratory for the intersection of liberal arts and science.\u0026rdquo; It\u0026rsquo;s a concept with which he identifies personally.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;My studies are evenly split between computer science and the liberal arts \u0026mdash; communication, culture, design \u0026mdash; so this kind of cross-pollination is something I\u0026#39;m into,\u0026rdquo; said Le Doux.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0026rsquo;s also something that\u0026rsquo;s unique to Georgia Tech and its students. 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Does riding a bicycle? What about throwing spears at wooly mammoths?\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe people behind the mics at the Georgia Tech Sci Fi Lab are deep in discussion. It\u0026rsquo;s Two-Minute Madness time on the WREK radio show. The hosts and special guests speed-talk through mentions of Dr. Who, iPhones, Lance Armstrong, Luke Skywalker, Neanderthals, the Six Million Dollar Man, Star Trek, Terminator and zombies \u0026mdash; all in the quest of determining, what, specifically, makes something a cyborg.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We can say that this week\u0026#39;s topic is \u0026lsquo;cyborgs,\u0026rsquo; for example, but that can mean different things to different people: from Darth Vader, to Google Glass, to Daft Punk,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Cstrong\u003EAdam Le Doux\u003C\/strong\u003E, program manager and a host of the show. 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His time on the development committee for the science fiction collection connected him with Yaszek. She thought there was a strong role for the library to provide academic foundations for the show, so Ellis signed on.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I think the fact that we try and tackle both the \u0026lsquo;pop\u0026rsquo; side \u0026mdash; literature and entertainment \u0026mdash; and the real science, research side is one way to bridge the gap between the sciences and the liberal arts,\u0026rdquo; said Ellis. \u0026ldquo;Many of the topics discussed in Sci-Fi literature and media are extrapolated from, or have some root in, real science.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAt the start of two-minute madness during the cyborg hour, Ellis shares his enthusiasm for wearable computing. 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The annual INFORMS conference on business analytics and operations research brings together nearly 1,000 leading analytics professionals and industry experts to share ideas, network and learn about a range of current topics and trends that can help businesses and organizations improve their analytics prowess by applying science to the art of business.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EChen won Best Student Paper Award in the Quality, Statistics, and Reliability track for \u0026ldquo;Adaptive Design for Gaussian Process Regression under Censoring.\u0026rdquo; This paper presented an experimental design and modeling method for censored physical experiments. Censoring is commonly encountered in experimentation due to the limits in a measurement device, safety considerations of the experimenter, and a fixed experimental time budget. To tackle this, he proposed a novel adaptive design method, which first estimates the possibility of censoring and then adaptively chooses design points to minimize predictive uncertainty under censoring. He demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed method in two real-world applications on surgical planning and wafer manufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EChen won Best Student Paper Runner-up Award in the Data Mining track for \u0026ldquo;APIK: A Physics-Informed Kriging Model with Partial Differential Equations.\u0026rdquo; This paper presented a learning framework that combines limited data and the auxiliary partial differential equations. One of the key challenges in applying state-of-the-art machine learning methods in real-world engineering applications is that the available measurement data is scarce. In this work, he proposed to incorporate the auxiliary partial differential equations in the learning model and therefore improve the predive performance. The proposed APIK model can leverage linear and nonlinear PDEs and enjoy simple and closed-form prediction and uncertainty quantification. He applied the proposed method to two real-world applications on flow dynamics and thermal processes.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EChen\u0026rsquo;s advisors for both papers were Georgia Tech ISyE professors \u003Cstrong\u003EChuck Zhang\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003ERoshan Joseph\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I\u0026rsquo;m honored to have won best student paper award in the quality, statistics, and reliability track at INFORMS 2020, and to have another paper win second\u0026nbsp;place in the data mining track,\u0026rdquo; said Chen. \u0026ldquo;My research focuses on engineering-driven learning methodologies, and data-driven modeling for complex engineering and manufacturing systems. 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Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s role is to develop and coordinate the proposed Institute\u0026rsquo;s road-mapping activities, which will be especially critical for the first year of operations. Professor Chuck Zhang, Harold E. Smalley Professor at the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering and a GTMI-affiliated faculty, will serve as the Chief Technology Officer for the Institute. 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The 100 winners were revealed Friday, Nov. 16, in Orlando, Florida. The R\u0026amp;D 100 Awards have long been considered the most globally prestigious recognition of invention and innovation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe GTMI team includes Dr. Ben Wang, executive director of GTMI; Dr. Chuck Zhang, professor, Georgia Tech H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering; and GTMI Research Engineer II Dr. Kan Wang.* Their collaboration on \u0026ldquo;3D Printed Patient-Specific Tissue-Mimicking Phantoms for Surgery Planning\u0026rdquo; won them the honor.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis innovative technology integrates the latest developments in advanced materials design and multi-material 3D printing to create patient-specific, soft tissue-like medical phantoms\/models that can imitate mechanical behaviors of human tissue\/organs. These models can be used for planning of surgeries such as the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedure in cardiologic treatment and intervention.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Dr. Ben Wang, \u0026ldquo;Patient-specific tissue-mimicking phantoms have a wide range of biomedical applications including validation of computational models and imaging techniques, medical device testing, surgery planning, and medical education and training.\u0026rdquo; Although 3D printing technologies have demonstrated promise in fabricating patient-specific phantoms, the current process of 3D printing phantoms is only able to generate a geometrically accurate specimen. This cannot be used for applications where biomechanical accuracy is needed such as pre-surgery testing of implanted medical devices. To answer this challenge, the GTMI and Piedmont Heart Center researchers developed an innovative materials design and manufacturing technology that allows 3D printed phantoms to mimic mechanical strain stiffening behaviors of soft tissues. The process uses multi-material 3D printed meta-materials with micro-structured reinforcement printed in a soft polymeric matrix. The efficacy of this method has been demonstrated in optimum heart valve surgery planning for the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedure. Dr. Chuck Zhang said, \u0026ldquo;With evolving additive manufacturing technologies, it will be possible to fabricate \u0026lsquo;plastic tissues\u0026rsquo; with both accurate anatomical and biomechanical properties unique to each patient\u0026rsquo;s biomechanical \u0026amp; pathological characteristics.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp; \u0026ldquo;This process provides high value for advanced medical device development and surgery planning,\u0026rdquo; added Dr. Kan Wang. Due to the innovative nature of the research work and product, a U.S. patent is pending and the team also received a 2018 TechConnect Innovation Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ER\u0026amp;D 100 Awards recipients include established Fortune 500 companies and federally funded research institutions, as well as academic and government labs. Award Winners were selected by an independent panel of more than 50 judges representing R\u0026amp;D leaders in a variety of fields. Winners were recognized across five major categories\u0026mdash;Analytical\/Test, IT\/Electrical, Mechanical\/Materials, Process\/Prototyping, and Software\/Services and Other. The full list of winners can be found at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.rd100conference.com\/awards\/\u0022\u003Ewww.rd100conference.com.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGTMI brings together industry leaders, government partners and top researchers to collaborate and find solutions for the greatest challenges facing U.S. industry today: creating quality jobs, ensuring global competitiveness, and advancing economic and environmental sustainability. For more information, please go to \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.manufacturing.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ewww.manufacturing.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E*GTMI Researchers:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EBen Wang \u0026ndash; Executive Director, GTMI; Gwaltney Chair in Manufacturing Systems; Professor in Materials Science and Engineering; Georgia Tech Chief Manufacturing Officer; and 2018 Chair of the National Materials and Manufacturing Board\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EChuck Zhang - Harold E. Smalley Professor at the Georgia Tech H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EKan Wang \u0026ndash; Research Engineer II, GTMI\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"3D Printed Heart Valve (Phantom) Selected for Innovation Award"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA team of researchers from the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI) and Piedmont Heart Institute was named a winner in the 56\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E\u0026nbsp;annual R\u0026amp;D 100 Awards.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"3D Printed Heart Valve (Phantom) Selected for Innovation Award"}],"uid":"28069","created_gmt":"2018-11-20 17:32:22","changed_gmt":"2019-08-16 19:56:41","author":"Laura Day","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-11-20T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2018-11-20T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"585158":{"id":"585158","type":"image","title":"3-D Printed Heart Valve Model","body":null,"created":"1481837320","gmt_created":"2016-12-15 21:28:40","changed":"1481837320","gmt_changed":"2016-12-15 21:28:40","alt":"3-D printed model of heart valve","file":{"fid":"223090","name":"3d-heart-valve.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/3d-heart-valve.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/3d-heart-valve.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":706466,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/3d-heart-valve.jpg?itok=4DQWjI9K"}},"615740":{"id":"615740","type":"image","title":"Chuck Zhang","body":null,"created":"1545413709","gmt_created":"2018-12-21 17:35:09","changed":"1545413709","gmt_changed":"2018-12-21 17:35:09","alt":"","file":{"fid":"234409","name":"2018RD100_ChuckZhang.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2018RD100_ChuckZhang.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2018RD100_ChuckZhang.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":682436,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2018RD100_ChuckZhang.jpg?itok=riA8lzNE"}}},"media_ids":["585158","615740"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.rd100conference.com\/awards\/","title":"R\u0026D100 Website"}],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"138","name":"Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"177051","name":"3D printing technology"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"},{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"},{"id":"39541","name":"Systems"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELaura Day, APR\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGTMI Marketing Communications Manager\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nlaura.day@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["laura.day@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"623104":{"#nid":"623104","#data":{"type":"news","title":"test IUCRC","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIUCRC\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"IUCRC"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIUCRC\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"IUCRC"}],"uid":"27764","created_gmt":"2019-07-09 17:37:13","changed_gmt":"2019-07-09 17:37:13","author":"Scott Jacobson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-07-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-07-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"181684","name":"IUCRC"}],"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":""}},"606276":{"#nid":"606276","#data":{"type":"news","title":"3D Printed Heart Valve (Phantom) Selected for Innovation Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETechConnect recently announced the annual TechConnect Innovation Awards. Among the winners is a project headed up by Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI) researchers Chuck Zhang, Kan Wang and Ben Wang. The TechConnect Innovation Awards selects the top early-stage innovations from around the world through an industry-review process of the top 15% of annually submitted technologies into the TechConnect World Conference. Rankings are based on the potential positive impact the submitted technology will have on a specific industry sector.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EZhang, who is a professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) and an affiliated faculty member with GTMI, K. Wang, a GTMI research engineer, and Ben Wang, the Executive Director of GTMI and a professor and Gwaltney Chair in Manufacturing Systems in ISyE, have been working a few years on perfecting ways to 3D print tissue-mimicking heart valves, also called phantoms, from an individual patient\u0026rsquo;s heart scan. The valves can emulate the disease and conditions that are present in the patient\u0026rsquo;s aorta. This can help doctors and surgeons explore treatment options and develop an optimum plan for surgery. The project also involves collaborators from Piedmont Heart Institute. The following offers technical information on the winning project:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E3D Printed Meta-Material Tissue-Mimicking Phantoms\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPatient-specific tissue-mimicking phantoms have a wide range of biomedical applications including validation of computational models and imaging techniques, medical device testing, surgery planning, medical education, doctor-patient interaction, etc. Although 3D printing technologies have demonstrated great potential in fabricating patient-specific phantoms, current 3D printed phantoms are usually only geometrically accurate. Mechanical properties of soft tissues can be mimicked at small strain situations, such as ultrasonic induced vibration. Under large deformation, however, the soft tissues and the 3D printed phantoms behave differently. The essential barrier is the inherent difference in the stress-strain curves of soft tissues and 3D printable polymers. Georgia Tech inventors have developed technology that demonstrates the feasibility of mimicking the mechanical strain stiffening behavior of soft tissues using dual-material 3D printed metamaterials with micro-structured reinforcement embedded in soft polymeric matrix. Although the two base materials are strain-softening polymers, both finite element analysis and uniaxial tension tests indicate that two of those dual-material designs are able to exhibit strain-stiffening effects as a metamaterial. Additionally, the design parameters have an effect on the mechanical behavior of the metamaterials. This system can fabricate patient specific tissue-mimicking phantoms with both geometrical and mechanical accuracies with dual-material 3D printed metamaterials.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EInvention Information\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;3D Printed Metamaterial Tissue-Mimicking Phantoms,\u0026rdquo; U.S. Patent Application No. 15\/804,737, Inventors: Kan Wang, Zhen Qian, Chun (Chuck) Zhang, Changsheng Wu, Ben Wang and Mani Vannan.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EInnovation Awards\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor over 20 years the TechConnect has connected top applied research and early-stage innovations from universities, labs, and startups with industry end-users and prospectors. TechConnect has published over 10,000 technical papers, connected over 20,000 innovations with industry partners, provided prospecting to most all Fortune 500 technology companies, and supported most every U.S. Science and Technology agency including the National Nanotechnology Initiative since its inception.\u0026nbsp;To learn more, visit: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/techconnectworld.com\/World2018\/participate\/innovation\/awards.html\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/techconnectworld.com\/World2018\/participate\/innovation\/awards.html\u003C\/a\u003E. Awards were presented at a conference in Anaheim California, May 13-16, 2018.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"3D Printed Heart Valve (Phantom) Selected for Innovation Award"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETechConnect recently announced the annual TechConnect Innovation Awards. Among the winners is a project headed up by Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI) researchers Chuck Zhang, Kan Wang and Ben Wang. The TechConnect Innovation Awards selects the top early-stage innovations from around the world through an industry-review process of the top 15% of annually submitted technologies into the TechConnect World Conference. Rankings are based on the potential positive impact the submitted technology will have on a specific industry sector.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EZhang, who is a professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) and an affiliated faculty member with GTMI, K. Wang, a GTMI research engineer, and Ben Wang, the Executive Director of GTMI and a professor and Gwaltney Chair in Manufacturing Systems in ISyE, have been working a few years on perfecting ways to 3D print tissue-mimicking heart valves, also called phantoms, from an individual patient\u0026rsquo;s heart scan. The valves can emulate the disease and conditions that are present in the patient\u0026rsquo;s aorta. This can help doctors and surgeons explore treatment options and develop an optimum plan for surgery. 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Why?\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe reason according to several presenters points to deciding what data to collect and how to use the data to improve efficiencies in process and quality in products. Several speakers also called for improved collaboration between IT departments, engineering staff and those on the shop floor to successfully implement an IoT strategy.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHere is a rundown of some of the points speakers made:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EAlain Louchez, Managing Director, Center for the Development and Application\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\tof Internet-of-Things Technologies (CDAIT) \u0026ndash; Louchez offered a shortened definition of IoT, the interconnection of intelligent things. He also said, \u0026ldquo;The intercommunication of smart devices is transforming daily life and the jobs market for graduates. It reflects the new status quo.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EBrench Boden, Chief Technology Officer, Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute, Air Force Research Laboratory \u0026ndash; \u0026ldquo;The typical technical challenges we face in DMDI space are: evaluation of designs for producibility; integration of IT and OT; equipment not ready for the internet; and supply chain.\u0026rdquo; And, during a Q\u0026amp;A session, he said, \u0026ldquo;One of my pet peeves is the idea of using sensors and gathering data when you don\u0026rsquo;t have a purpose for the data. Perhaps digital twin addresses the \u0026ldquo;why\u0026rdquo; \u0026ndash; it is a digital twin for the factory that allows data to help predict future performance.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EW. Tom Clark, P.E., Director of Advanced Manufacturing and Manufacturing Engineering, Eaton \u0026ndash; \u0026ldquo;The challenge with IoT used to be memory and now it is cyber security.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EJaime Rivera, Software Engineering Manager \u0026ndash; CIM, Shaw Industries Group, Inc. \u0026ndash; \u0026ldquo;How do we go from silos to data just being streamed and available for use,\u0026rdquo; asked Rivera. \u0026ldquo;The business value of a strategic IoT plan is that it will empower your associates. It can provide seamless collaboration and speed up integration.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EPeggy Gulick, Director, Business Process Improvement, AGCO Corporation \u0026ndash; Gulick offered a case study on AGCO\u0026rsquo;s use of Google Glass as a part of its IoT strategy. \u0026ldquo;We give employees an hour each week to innovate. After one year 5,000 ideas were implemented and we realized $1 million in savings. This has been an award-winning program, not because of the glass, but because of our culture.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EMalte Lueer, Technical Planning Assembly, Industry 4.0 Support, BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC \u0026ndash; Lueer provided insight into BMW\u0026rsquo;s IoT infrastructure. He said that BMW is facing challenges with IoT that they have grouped into areas: technology, interoperability and connectivity, talent (workforce), intellectual property, organization and security.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EMary T. Bunzel, General Manager, Manufacturing \u0026amp; Industrial Solutions, Intel Corporation \u0026ndash; \u0026ldquo;IoT at Intel can mean connecting people, processes or things.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EMick Mancuso, Director of Connected Enterprise Operations, Rockwell Automation \u0026ndash; \u0026ldquo;We make better decisions with better information. We have increased annual labor productivity by two times.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EEric Dean, Academic Proficiency Business Development Manager, National Instruments \u0026ndash; Dean said that IoT has benefitted National Instruments by decreasing downtime, boosting the performance of existing assets, and improving product design and manufacturing.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor those who missed the workshop, all of the materials for the meeting, including speaker presentations, can be found at:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ws17.iotfm.org\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/ws17.iotfm.org\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe workshop also included ample time for attendees to network and get to know their peers in other areas of industry. In fact, the day after the workshop, representatives of various manufacturing sectors were invited to a roundtable to share issues and ideas on how to move IoT to the next level. 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Students Chris Gilmore, Tim Lawson, and Corey Cole are here as part of an internship program developed by GTMI, the Technical College System of Georgia and the Georgia Department of Economic Development.\u0026nbsp; Internships were awarded after an application and interview process.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nTim\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;and Corey\u0026#39;s internships were funded from a grant awarded by Georgia Economic Development through the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.\u0026nbsp;The program will have up to 20 interns over the course of the program (through June, 2020). Chris Gilmore was part of the pilot program that eventually led to the funding from GDEcD.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn early March 2017, the interns met with GTMI, WGTC and GDEcD officials to explain the program and their participation in it. The presentations were meant to be a status update for GDEcD.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe TCSG-GTMI Internship Program is funded by the Georgia Department of Economic Development\u0026#39;s Workforce Division. The primary goal of the program is to enhance the preparation of technical college students for the advanced manufacturing workforce. Specifically, by challenging technical college students to complete complex, real-world, mission-critical manufacturing research and commercialization projects, the program aims to develop:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EAdvanced technical skills in areas such as manual and CNC machining, CAD, CAM, additive manufacturing, welding, assembly, mechatronics, and machine maintenance\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ECritical 21st Century skills such as creativity, advanced problem-solving, critical thinking, and communication\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information\u0026nbsp;contact:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETina Guldberg\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\tDirector of Strategic Partnerships - Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t3410 Manufacturing Related Disclipines Complex (MRDC)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cstrong\u003EPhone\u003C\/strong\u003E: (404) 385-4950\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cstrong\u003EE-mail\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tina.guldberg@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Etina.guldberg@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"GTMI Partnership with TCSG Gives Student Interns Direct Manufacturing Experience"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn the words of one of the student participants, \u0026ldquo;This experience has really helped me learn about what an engineer or technician could do on a daily basis in a manufacturing environment. 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The key goals remain the same:\u0026nbsp;we want students to develop advanced technical skills in manual and CNC machining, CAD, CAM, additive manufacturing and other manufacturing technologies, as well as 21st century skills, that are critical to ensuring that Georgia builds and retains the advanced manufacturing workforce of the future.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"GTMI provides TCSG students a combination of project- and industry-based experiential learning with internships in manufacturing."}],"uid":"28069","created_gmt":"2017-03-15 15:18:52","changed_gmt":"2017-03-17 18:03:51","author":"Laura Day","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-03-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-03-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"588879":{"id":"588879","type":"image","title":"GTMI and TCSG Team Up to Build the Manufacturing Workforce of the Future","body":null,"created":"1489677491","gmt_created":"2017-03-16 15:18:11","changed":"1489677491","gmt_changed":"2017-03-16 15:18:11","alt":"","file":{"fid":"224427","name":"IMG_0806.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/IMG_0806.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/IMG_0806.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":497173,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/IMG_0806.JPG?itok=OxlypWwl"}}},"media_ids":["588879"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.manufacturing.gatech.edu\/technical-college-partnership-program","title":"Additional Information on the GTMI\/TCGS Partnership"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.manufacturing.gatech.edu\/tcsg-gtmi-internship-program","title":"How Students Can Apply to the Program"}],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"38351","name":"Advanced Manufacturing"},{"id":"167258","name":"STEM"},{"id":"94431","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"},{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"},{"id":"39521","name":"Robotics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETina Guldberg\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\tDirector of Strategic Partnerships - Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t3410 Manufacturing Related Disclipines Complex (MRDC)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cstrong\u003EPhone\u003C\/strong\u003E: (404) 385-4950\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cstrong\u003EE-mail\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tina.guldberg@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Etina.guldberg@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["tina.guldberg@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"588791":{"#nid":"588791","#data":{"type":"news","title":"GTMI Executive Director Ben Wang Shares Insight on Air Force Manufacturing Technology","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the Air Force Research Laboratory\u0026rsquo;s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate. 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Students Matthew Brasselle and Trevor Brasselle designed the pot to be multifunctional, have efficient heat transfer, be compact and able to operate with one hand.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThird Place - Auto Breakfast, an\u0026nbsp;appliance that can make pancakes, waffles, oatmeal, tea, smoothies and more, all in a coffee maker-sized, eco-sustainable device. Students Joel Cheng, Adam Shah and Ayush Agrawal designed it to be multifunctional and high tech, with wifi features and the ability to program it with a smart phone or laptop.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Jeff Smith of Autodesk, \u0026quot;GTMI has been a wonderful partner with Autodesk. 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GTMI has offered numerous programs, including ones for veterans and technical college students who are interested in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. But a new program seeks to close the circle on the process by bringing together GT students, GT faculty\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003Eand\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;manufacturers to provide\u0026nbsp;project- and industry-based experiential learning opportunities in manufacturing for top GT undergraduates.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProgram leader\u0026nbsp;Tina Guldberg says that the goal now is to identify companies that need talented students and want to \u0026quot;sponsor\u0026quot; a student (scholar).\u0026nbsp;Manufacturing scholars will be selected according to a rigorous application process with input from GTMI, the sponsoring company\u0026nbsp;and GT faculty. Once selected, manufacturing scholars will complete a nine-month (two-semester) paid manufacturing-related project, as well as a three-month manufacturing-related paid summer internship at the sponsor site. 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Cowan (Ph.D. 2002, MSME 1992, Georgia Tech) for being elected a Fellow of ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers). He is one of 3,488 Fellows out of 107,982 ASME members to be so honored since the association began the program in the 1960s. Dr. Cowan is a senior research scientist and the director of the GTMI Laboratory for Extreme Tribology \u0026amp; Diagnostics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Bharat Bhushan, Ohio Eminent Scholar and The Howard D. Winbigler Professor at Ohio State University, put together Dr. Cowan\u2019s nomination for the Fellow grade. He wrote the following in support of Dr. Cowan, \u201cFor over three decades, Dr. Richard S. Cowan has been an accomplished Project Manager, successfully leading high-profile multidisciplinary programs of basic and applied research, while envisioning, designing and equipping a Laboratory for Extreme Tribology \u0026amp; Diagnostics. 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Oberste was recently named one of nine GT graduate students accepted into the TI:GER program. The TI:GER program may be his ticket to the successful commercialization of his research on printed composites.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETI:GER is housed at the GT Scheller School of Business. According to the school\u2019s website:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ETI:GER teaches students that the main hurdles to commercializing research are seldom technology-related. More often they involve legal issues and problems interfacing with the public and market.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cem\u003E TI:GER takes an interdisciplinary approach to surmounting those obstacles, assembling students who win acceptance into the highly competitive program into five member teams. These teams include two MBAs and two law students who focus on the commercialization of a PhD student\u2019s research. Students from the science, engineering and computing disciplines at Georgia Tech are eligible to apply for TI:GER, which is housed at Georgia Tech College of Business.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cem\u003E TI:GER teams work together in the classroom and research lab to learn how to:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAdvance early-stage research into real business opportunities.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EComprehend the economic, regulatory, and legal mechanisms affecting the venture-creation process (including patent drafting and law).\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EMaximize the commercial potential of emergent research by considering market goals at an early stage of innovation.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EUnderstand how the potential market application of technology can influence research direction and priorities.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ETI:GER students benefit from assigned business and legal mentors as well as meeting with industry representatives at biannual advisory board meetings. They also engage in consulting projects for startup companies associated with ATDC, Georgia\u0027s business incubator located at Georgia Tech. The program has received funding from a variety of sources including a National Science Foundation IGERT grant, the Alan and Mildred Peterson Foundation, the Hal and John Smith Chair in Entrepreneurship, and others.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGTMI Graduate Research Assistant, MSE Ph.D. Candidate \u0026amp; Cytec Doctoral Fellow Christopher M. Oberste was recently named one of nine GT graduate students accepted into the TI:GER program. 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Christian, visited Georgia Tech April 20-21. Dr. Christian was here to review research at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn April 20, Dr. Christian visited the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI). He met with GTMI Executive Director Ben Wang and toured the following labs:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMicromachining \u2013 Dr. Rhett Mayor and graduate students\u0026nbsp;Cemre Berk\u003Cbr \/\u003Eand\u0026nbsp;Norris Gallandat\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDirect Digital Manufacturing \u2013 Dr. Suman Das and graduate student Shaun Eshraghi\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ENanocomposites and Printed Electronics \u2013 Dr. Chuck Zhang and Ph.D. candidate Chris Oberste\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPhosphor Technology and Functional Ceramics \u2013 Dr. Meilin Liu and graduate student Brian Doyle\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPrecision Machining \u2013 Dr. Shreyes Melkote and graduate student Andrea Marcon\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ol\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cVisits like this are important because they are opportunities to demonstrate and showcase the important work of our researchers,\u201d said Dr. Wang. \u201cI appreciate the efforts of our researchers and students in sharing their work.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Air Force Office of Scientific Research visits GTMI to review research programs."}],"uid":"28069","created_gmt":"2015-04-23 14:23:21","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:18:03","author":"Laura Day","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-04-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-04-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"}],"keywords":[{"id":"93221","name":"Callaway Manufacturing Research Building"},{"id":"94431","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELaura Day Reilly, APR\u003Cbr \/\u003EMarketing Communications Manager\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.reilly@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.reilly@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["laura.reilly@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"365391":{"#nid":"365391","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dr. Bert Bras\u0027 \u201cParking Spotter\u201d and \u201cRemote Repositioning\u0022 Highlighted at CES","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor the third year in a row, research being done by faculty and students in the Woodruff School were highlighted by Ford CEO Mark Fields in his keynote address at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Two projects led by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/bras\u0022\u003EDr. Bert Bras\u003C\/a\u003E, \u201cParking Spotter\u201d and \u201cRemote Repositioning,\u201d were signaled out by Ford as part of their 25 global mobility experiments that can change tomorrow\u0027s transportation ecosystem.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFord filmed several videos on the Georgia Tech campus featuring some of the ME students working on the projects.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EParking Spotter\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis experiment leverages driver-assist sensors that most Ford vehicles already have, including sonar and radar, by putting them to work for everybody. The sensors search for open parking spaces while the driver looks for spots around the city, and share the information with a cloud database other drivers can access. The system makes it easier for a driver to locate an open spot, reserve it and navigate to the space. It also reduces fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Parking Spotter video, which was shot on the Tech campus, was part of a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cnet.com\/videos\/ford-ceo-on-why-ces-matters\/\u0022\u003ECNET interview with Fields\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERemote Repositioning\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBeing done in conjunction with electrical and computer engineering faculty member, Ghassan AlRegib, is testing remote control repositioning technology using vehicle-mounted cameras and real-time streaming video. Using Georgia Tech-owned golf carts to prove out the technology, a person sitting in a remote location can access real-time video streamed over LTE to drive the carts. The outcome could be a more affordable and effective way to share or park vehicles using a remote \u201cvalet.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESee videos on ME website at link below.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor the third year in a row, research being done by faculty and students in the Woodruff School were highlighted by Ford CEO Mark Fields in his keynote address at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Two projects led by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/bras\u0022\u003EDr. Bert Bras\u003C\/a\u003E, \u201cParking Spotter\u201d and \u201cRemote Repositioning,\u201d were signaled out by Ford as part of their 25 global mobility experiments that can change tomorrow\u0027s transportation ecosystem.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFord filmed several videos on the Georgia Tech campus featuring some of the ME students working on the projects.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Ford unveiled their 25 global mobility experiments that can change tomorrow\u0027s transportation ecosystem, which included work from Ga Tech."}],"uid":"28069","created_gmt":"2015-01-16 16:39:07","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:54","author":"Laura Day","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-01-16T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-01-16T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/featured_meatces2015","title":"Mechanical Engineering"}],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"51181","name":"Bert Bras"},{"id":"94431","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"}],"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":""}},"360081":{"#nid":"360081","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Six Key Predictions for Manufacturing in 2015","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe landscape of manufacturing in America has undergone more significant changes than many of us in the industry care to remember. The recent past has been particularly painful, with economic downturns driving manufacturing overseas to take advantage of lower labor costs, and a generally depressed level of manufacturing activity becoming the norm.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHowever, there\u2019s good news to share. The lower costs associated with reshoring are driving more local manufacturing activity; technological developments are drastically changing the way plants operate; and capital investments are on the rise.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs the director of the Georgia Center of Innovation for Manufacturing, I consult with manufacturing companies of all shapes and sizes on a wide range of projects. Over the past year, I\u2019ve been privy to a convergence of activities that suggest to me that 2015 will be a landmark year for American manufacturing. Among my predictions:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E1. Reshoring will continue, but at a slower pace\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EManufacturers typically evaluate seven critical areas when it comes to operational decision making: transportation and energy costs; market demand for their products; rising labor costs in China and other developing nations; access to talent, tax, and regulatory policies; availability of capital; and currency trends.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2015 we will see jobs continuing to come back to America as trends around these divergent areas continue to work favorably for bottom lines. But this reshoring will happen in a more targeted way, with natural gas use serving as a driving factor in some cases.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe growing abundance of natural gas in the U.S. provides more affordable energy for factories, as well as new opportunities for products and services. PricewaterhouseCoopers estimates that high shale gas recovery and low prices could add 1 million U.S. manufacturing jobs and reduce natural gas costs by up to $11.6 billion annually through 2025. In fact, one particular U.S. steel manufacturer has already invested more than $100 million in a Midwest plant to help meet demand for tubes and pipes used in shale gas extraction activities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe U.S. shale gas boom has prompted some chemical producers \u2013 such as\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.industryweek.com\/resources\/us500\/2014\/dow-chemical\u0022\u003E Dow Chemical (IW 500\/21)\u003C\/a\u003E, which began construction on a Freeport, Texas plant in 2014 \u2013 to construct ethylene production plants in the southeast to take advantage of more affordable feedstock.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThen there are the manufactured goods themselves. Heavier goods equal higher shipping costs, a value-to-weight ratio that expands in concert with the distance between where they\u2019re made and their market destinations. Higher transportation costs, combined with increasingly expensive labor rates in distant regions such as China, are leading manufacturers of heavy equipment and steel products to move production from overseas back to the U.S., where these products are also sold. Shortening the supply chain has become a significant value proposition.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E2. A manufacturing boom will hit the United States\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EManufacturing growth over the past several years has been minimal. 2015 will launch a new wave of domestic manufacturing, as the industry sees broader growth. One reliably strong trend has been the national Purchasing Managers Index, which stood at 58.7 in November 2014. Rooted in a solid expansion of manufacturing activity, this index allows us to look forward and reasonably expect between 4% and 5% growth in domestic manufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHowever, manufacturing employment won\u2019t grow at that same rate because facilities and operations have become far more productive and efficient.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E3. Big data will drive big efficiency\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to the CSC Global CIO Survey:\u0026nbsp;2014-2015, 81% of manufacturers feel big data has a positive effect on production and efficiency, and 65% believe big data will be a strategic business driver moving forward.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat trend will continue, but the lynchpin in 2015 will be the widespread introduction of the Internet of Things (IoT). The Advanced Technology Development Center at Georgia Tech, one of the world\u2019s top technology incubators, hosts a wide range of IoT companies, and a recent Verizon Enterprise Solutions report stated, \u201cThe IoT market reared its head last year, and we have seen an increase in interest from companies worldwide over 2014.\u201d In addition, a November 2014 Forbes.com article entitled \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/valleyvoices\/2014\/11\/04\/two-high-tech-stories-to-watch-in-2015-digital-and-industrial-internet-of-things\/\u0022\u003E\u0022Two High-Tech Stories To Watch In 2015: Digital and Industrial Internet of\u0026nbsp;Things,\u0022\u003C\/a\u003E stated that, \u201cIIoT will no longer be an intriguing, over-the-horizon concept.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESensor technologies will drive the concept of connected factories, and will fuel the introduction of mobility-based manufacturing. Web browsers will be used as dashboards to control equipment, identify snags, and make quick decisions that would have previously taken entire teams of people to handle.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs connected factories go online, myriad amounts of data will be collected. But 2015 will see that data put to use in a smarter way that makes things operate more efficiently.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E4. Increased investments in predictive maintenance technologies\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;U.S. manufacturers will increase investments for predictive maintenance technologies in 2015. The proliferation of better and cheaper sensor technologies combined with the trend of connected factories will allow for greater opportunity to implement predictive maintenance technologies that will cut downtime and boost bottom lines.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOver the past four years I have been involved in an array of different predictive maintenance technology projects. Two such companies are Dahlonega, Ga.-based Polymer Aging Concepts, which has developed sensors that predict when to replace the insulation in motors, generators, or dry transformers before failure occurs, and Atlanta-based Jeneer Group, which developed an integrated down well sensor system that signals pump conditions for on and off cycles in landfills. These companies serve rapidly growing markets, and customers are lining up to do business with them.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA recent article in Reliable Plant entitled \u201cGlobal machine condition monitoring equipment market to reach $2.1B by 2015\u201d stated, \u201cThe need for eliminating catastrophic breakdowns and unnecessary maintenance costs in production processes has and will continue to drive the adoption of condition monitoring solutions across several industries.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E5. Increased investment in capital equipment\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith the convergence of several predictions outlined above, such as the increase in applications of sensor technologies and general industry growth, 2015 will be the year in which we will see a true renaissance in domestic manufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EImproved bottom lines will drive replacement of aging legacy equipment and investment in new capital equipment that performs better, more efficiently and more reliably. Software will also assist in making current equipment more efficient.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E6. Manufacturing will grow at a higher rate than GDP\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EU.S. gross domestic product (GDP) historically has been a marker against which industries peg their overall performance.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA report issued in December 2014 by the Institute of Supply Management stated that manufacturing revenues are expected to increase in 15 different manufacturing industries in 2015. It also asserted that capital expenditures, a major driver in the U.S. economy, are expected to increase by 3.7% in the manufacturing sector. Additionally, 67% of respondents to the ISM survey expect revenues to be greater in 2015 than in 2014, and the panel of respondents \u2013 all purchasing and supply executives \u2013 expect a 5.6% net increase in overall revenues for 2015, compared to a 3.6% increase reported for 2014 over 2013 revenues.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis momentum, combined with the factors outlined above, will contribute to a boom in manufacturing in 2015, helping the industry outpace the GDP for the first time in a long time.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe lower costs associated with reshoring are driving more local manufacturing activity; technological developments are drastically changing the way plants operate; and capital investments are on the rise. 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Reilly, APR\u003Cbr \/\u003EMarketing Communications Manager\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["laura.reilly@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"341431":{"#nid":"341431","#data":{"type":"news","title":"The future of manufacturing","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute and Executive Director\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EBen Wang\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;held their\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/manufacturing.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/306511\u0022\u003E2014 Industry Partners Program Symposium\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;on Tuesday, November 4.\u003Cstrong\u003EReinhold Achatz\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;was one of the speakers at the event. He\u0027s the head of Corporate Function Technology, Innovation \u0026amp; Sustainability at ThyssenKrupp, the largest producers of elevators in the Americas. Achatz discusses the future of manufacturing and ThyssenKrupp\u0027s corporate partnership with Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Becoming Digital is Focus of Industrial Revolution 4.0"}],"field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Achatz Discusses IoT and Becoming Digital"}],"uid":"28069","created_gmt":"2014-11-05 11:45:36","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:26","author":"Laura Day","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-11-05T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-11-05T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/amplifier.gatech.edu\/articles\/2014\/11\/future-manufacturing","title":"Video of Reinhold Achatz of ThyssenKrupp"}],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"139","name":"Business"},{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"101631","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI); Ben Wang; MaRC; ISyE; Manufacturing; Economic Development"},{"id":"101671","name":"Internet of Things; manufacturing; Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute"},{"id":"97401","name":"IoT"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELaura D. Reilly, APR\u003Cbr \/\u003EMarketing Communication Manager\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.reilly@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.reilly@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["laura.reilly@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"321001":{"#nid":"321001","#data":{"type":"news","title":"A Manufacturing Renaissance","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor decades, the news for manufacturing in the United States has been bleak. So many sources have reported about manufacturing going offshore for so long that it is almost a foregone conclusion that U.S. manufacturing takes place largely outside of the U.S.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut things have been changing in the last few years. The Associated Press reported that U.S. manufacturing grew in November 2013 at the fastest pace in two and a half years. And according to White House blogger Jason Miller, surveys show that more than half of all manufacturers are or are actively considering reshoring production to the United States\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENone of this is news to Ben Wang, executive director of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute and the Eugene C. Gwaltney Jr. Chair in Manufacturing Systems for the university\u2019s College of Engineering. But Wang\u2019s interests go beyond traditional manufacturing, or manufacturing 1.0, returning to the U.S. He and his colleagues at GTMI are working toward a new kind of manufacturing rooted in innovation and systems thinking. Whether you call it advanced manufacturing or manufacturing 2.0, the bottom line is a focus on innovation to create high value-add products. The approach will require looking at the entire system instead of discrete events.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022In the past, manufacturing was really assembly or machining within four walls of a factory, but in advanced manufacturing, we have to look at manufacturing as the whole value stream from design, machining, assembly, distribution, logistics, workforce \u2013 the whole infrastructure,\u0022 says Wang.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnd who is more qualified to look at the whole system than industrial engineers?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We are trained to look at everything as a system as opposed to individual components. So IEs really have an advantage and would fit in well in manufacturing 2.0.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWang\u0027s views might seem biased when you learn he has a bachelor\u2019s degree and a master\u2019s degree in industrial engineering (as well as a Ph.D. from Penn State) and serves on Georgia Tech\u2019s Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering faculty. But even though Wang is a proponent of IEs leading the charge in advanced manufacturing, he knows such a broad initiative requires all types of engineers as well as public policy professionals.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGTMI\u2019s mission as of its 2012 inception is to produce cutting-edge interdisciplinary research for today\u2019s manufacturers in order to work on grand challenges.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe grand challenges are articulated by Wang in an impressive video on the GTMI website. First, he asks, how do we accelerate innovation? How can we move research results from the lab to the marketplace and create economic value? Wang says this concept is often referred to in research circles as \u0022crossing the valley of death.\u0022 The second grand challenge is ensuring that what is invented in America is made in America.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA critical component in achieving such goals is to have the government facilitate them. Fortunately for GTMI, a government initiative was already in the works to push advanced manufacturing forward.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2011, President Barack Obama created the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP) to facilitate industry, academia and government working together to revitalize the U.S. manufacturing sector. Partly due to the work conducted at GTMI, Obama selected Georgia Tech President G.P. \u0022Bud\u0022 Peterson to serve on the AMP steering committee.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMyriad recommendations came out of the first phase of AMP, but Wang says three major recommendations stood out: creating a friendly business climate in the U.S., including public policy, tax systems and innovation incentives; driving innovation to create commercial value or societal impact out of basic research; and developing the workforce pipeline.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn September 2013, the White House announced the second phase of AMP \u2013 AMP 2.0 \u2013 which will focus on implementing the plans laid out in the first phase of the initiative. Once again, Peterson is on the steering committee, and this time Wang was asked to serve on the operations committee.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWang also served on the Roundtable on Strengthening U.S. Advanced Manufacturing in Clean Energy at the White House in 2012. He was one of only a few people from academia asked to participate along with representatives from various public policy groups and research centers. There were also more than 35 company reps promoting their products in fuel cells, wind energy and other clean energy sources.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut Wang believes the government\u2019s role in the process is not to endorse energy forms but to create a good infrastructure or business climate for companies to excel in the marketplace based on what they do. GTMI\u2019s position is that the government should examine workforce, infrastructures, transportation, the investment community and the material\/supplier base.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Whether it\u2019s the state government, local government or the \u2026 federal government, they should really care about creating those cross-cutting enablers so that companies are willing to do the best they can,\u0022 says Wang.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn March 2013, the Aspen Institute, an education and policy studies organization, released a report titled \u0022A Manufacturing Resurgence,\u0022 but Wang thinks a better title would have been \u0022A Manufacturing Renaissance.\u0022 Wang says the report is the result of a study that lays out two scenarios for U.S. manufacturing. In the baseline scenario, the country will continue the status quo of the last two to three decades. The second scenario is prompt facilitation of a manufacturing renaissance.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Amazingly, if we continue the baselines, if we look at the imports and exports, the trade deficit will become about a trillion dollars a year,\u0022 Wang asserts. \u0022A trillion dollars is a lot of money. But if we begin to do something now and act decisively, the renaissance scenario in about 10 or 12 years, we\u2019ll begin to see that exports will exceed imports, meaning we have a trade balance. So we close a gap of a trillion dollars a year.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGTMI\u2019s goals are right in line with these government initiatives, and the institute is focused on working with companies like Boeing, Caterpillar and Siemens on high-level research projects in advanced manufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers work on projects in various areas, including biotechnology, additive manufacturing (3-D printing) and nanomaterials science, an area in which Wang is widely considered a pioneer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne project GTMI is working on for U.S. Veterans Affairs is called SOCAT, which stands for socket optimized for comfort with advanced technology. According to the research summary, researchers are improving amputees\u2019 comfort, functionality, gait and mobility by leveraging innovative materials, advanced manufacturing and printed electronics to build a better integrated prosthetic socket system.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWang\u2019s colleague and fellow industrial and systems engineering professor Chuck Zhang is leading SOCAT, among other printed electronics projects.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022For AMP or advanced manufacturing to work, you need to develop new technologies for manufacturing,\u0022 says Zhang. \u0022[It\u2019s] not only the software operations research, but also the hardware. We call it the real manufacturing, like the materials, the machines, [et cetera]. Georgia Tech in general is doing very well.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWang came on board at Georgia Tech in January 2012 after spending nearly 20 years at Florida State University building the school\u2019s industrial engineering master\u2019s and doctoral degree programs from the ground up. He also led the development of the High Performance Materials Institute and the Center of Excellence in Advanced Materials for the state of Florida.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe was so contented at FSU that he could only be lured away to Tech by the potential for creating the go-to place for advanced manufacturing and high value-added innovation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our aspiration at GTMI is [to be] the leader in advanced manufacturing globally,\u0022 Wang says. \u0022And I think the ultimate goal is to make sure that we have substantial impact to create wealth, to elevate the standard of living of the U.S. citizens, to drive innovation and to create really good high-paying jobs, especially middle-class jobs. ... It is a lofty goal, but it is not unreachable.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EMonica Elliott is the director of communications for the Institute of Industrial Engineers.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Monica Elliott of Industrial Engineering Reports on one Thought Leader\u0027s Perspective on Manufacturing Today"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor decades, the news for manufacturing in the United States has been bleak. So many sources have reported about manufacturing going offshore for so long that it is almost a foregone conclusion that U.S. manufacturing takes place largely outside of the U.S.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut things have been changing in the last few years. The Associated Press reported that U.S. manufacturing grew in November 2013 at the fastest pace in two and a half years. And according to White House blogger Jason Miller, surveys show that more than half of all manufacturers are or are actively considering reshoring production to the United States\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENone of this is news to Ben Wang, executive director of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute and the Eugene C. Gwaltney Jr. Chair in Manufacturing Systems for the university\u2019s College of Engineering. But Wang\u2019s interests go beyond traditional manufacturing, or manufacturing 1.0, returning to the U.S. He and his colleagues at GTMI are working toward a new kind of manufacturing rooted in innovation and systems thinking. Whether you call it advanced manufacturing or manufacturing 2.0, the bottom line is a focus on innovation to create high value-add products. The approach will require looking at the entire system instead of discrete events.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"As executive director of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, Ben Wang has his sights set on a future of innovation in the United States"}],"uid":"28069","created_gmt":"2014-09-03 13:30:16","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:59","author":"Laura Day","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-09-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-09-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"446441":{"id":"446441","type":"image","title":"Ben Wang in the Lab 2","body":null,"created":"1449256217","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:10:17","changed":"1475895187","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:07","alt":"Ben Wang in the Lab 2","file":{"fid":"203214","name":"benwanglab2_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/benwanglab2_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/benwanglab2_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2210190,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/benwanglab2_0_0.jpg?itok=qhTfh8bz"}}},"media_ids":["446441"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.iienet2.org\/industrialengineer\/Details.aspx?id=36096","title":"Industrial Engineering"}],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"137","name":"Architecture"},{"id":"139","name":"Business"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"},{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"101631","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI); Ben Wang; MaRC; ISyE; Manufacturing; Economic Development"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EContact GTMI Marketing Communications Manager Laura D. Reilly for more information. \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.reilly@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.reilly@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["laura.reilly@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"321071":{"#nid":"321071","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Savannah Entrepreneurs Eye Greater Slice of Cake Icing Market","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWithout the help of a Georgia Institute of Technology programthat assists manufacturers,\u0026nbsp;Laura Darnall and Lois Judy might still be churning out fondant in a building in Ms. Darnall\u2019s Savannah backyard.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut today, Fondarific has a 10,000-square-foot factory and ships internationally. The company in 2011 sold $2.5 million worth of fondant, a creamy confection mostly used in decorating cake. The rollable icing covers the cake with a smooth layer, almost like wrapping paper, which allows for elaborate decorations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe really couldn\u2019t have done any of this without Georgia Tech,\u201d said Ms. Judy of the university\u2019s Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership\u0026nbsp;\u201cThey have a friendly attitude, really knew what we needed and how to help us. Their confidentiality was important. I was getting the quality help I needed by people who were impartial, had nothing to gain and wouldn\u2019t go in competition with me.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe story behind Fondarificreads like a classic American tale of entrepreneurship. Ms. Darnall and Ms. Judy struck up a friendship watching their children play soccer. Ms. Judy was a nurse; Ms. Darnall was kindergarten teacher who had developed an edible product she called \u201ccandy clay dough\u201d for her students to use as an art project.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cLaura was always into crafts and candy making and she went to the largest cake show, which is in Oklahoma. One of the judges, who was from the Food Network, told her to turn her product into fondant,\u201d Ms. Darnall recalled. \u201cWe weren\\\u0027t even sure what fondant was but we thought that we should take the advice.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith their children mostly grown, in 2008 the women started Candy Craft Creations, which does business as Fondarific, marketing the fondant at trade shows. The product was an immediate hit because \u201cmost of the fondants on the market tasted bad and cracked,\u201d said Ms. Judy.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur product didn\u2019t crack and it tasted great. That\u2019s what separates us from the competition. We have 16 products and our fruit flavor fondants taste like Skittles and Starburst, which is great for the cupcake industry and children\u2019s parties,\u201d she said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe two friends made the fondant in a small building in Ms. Darnall\u2019s backyard and handled all aspects of the growing business. A month after opening, they sold 3,000 pounds of fondant. When sales hit $250,000 they added employees and moved into a 1,500-square-foot space, then doubled it. But even with 3,000 square feet the design wasn\u2019t efficient.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe women knew they needed professional assistance and turned the the Small Business Development Center, who referred them to GaMEP\u2019s Coastal Region, which stepped up to help the company\\\u0027s production flow, select the right equipment and provide market research and a plan for growth. GaMEP is a program of Georgia Tech\u2019s Enterprise Innovation Institute and has offices in nine regions across the state.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDanny Duggar, a project manager with GaMEP\u2019s Lean Services Group, worked on the new facility. He helped design the building\u2019s layout and automate its processes, which reduced labor costs by 18 percent.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThey also worked with Matthew W.Oxley III, GaMEP\u2019s strategic business manager, who tackled growing their marketing, both nationally and internationally. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI helped them with their marketing strategy and make sure their strategy worked from a financial standpoint,\u201d said Mr. Oxley, who also helped mentor the women and assisted them in interviewing key sales players. \u201cI\u2019ve owned about 12 businesses and I know what they\u2019re going through and can see where their strengths are and help fill in their weaknesses. I essentially teach entrepreneurship 101.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENow Fondarific\u2019s main challenge is getting a greater \u201cslice of the marketplace,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re going up against big companies, but I have no doubt they can do it.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFondant is a $100 million market, and Fondarific\u2019s products are sold as a private label product in Michael\u2019s craft stores. It recently landed a test contract at Walmart for 500 stores to sell the fondant under the Fondarific name, which is also available in other craft stores, baking stores and online.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFondarific is also dipping into the international market and is sold in Canada, Australia, Switzerland, Guatemala and the United Kingdom.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI think the sky is the limit internationally but I see our major growth right now in this country,\u201d Ms. Judy said. \u201cPlus, when you export you have to deal with all these rules, regulations, labeling, exporting issues. Some countries have a tax on sugar so pricing is a little touchy. It\u2019s not hard; it\u2019s just tedious. Georgia Tech helped us on that too.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFondarific was featured at the Georgia Department of Economic Development\u2019s Go Global\u201d reception in February, where it won a GLOBE award for expanding into a new market overseas. In 2012, the duo were honored as top businesspeople by the U.S. Small Business Administration.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFresh with a $2.5 million loan from a local bank, the Fondarific team is looking to expand. They are also going back to GaMEP for more advice.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI couldn\u2019t afford to get such expertise elsewhere. As a small business you have to watch every penny and we honestly would be where we are with Georgia Tech and we\u2019ll continue working with them.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELearn more about Georgia Tech\\\u0027s Manufacturing Extension Partership at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.globalatlanta.com\/%22http:\/\/gamep.org\/\/%22\u0022\u003Ewww.gamep.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWithout the help of a Georgia Institute of Technology program that assists manufacturers,\u0026nbsp;Laura Darnall and Lois Judy might still be churning out fondant in a building in Ms. Darnall\u2019s Savannah backyard.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut today, Fondarific has a 10,000-square-foot factory and ships internationally. The company in 2011 sold $2.5 million worth of fondant, a creamy confection mostly used in decorating cake. The rollable icing covers the cake with a smooth layer, almost like wrapping paper, which allows for elaborate decorations.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech program helps small firm streamline fondant production"}],"uid":"28069","created_gmt":"2014-09-03 13:56:40","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:59","author":"Laura Day","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-09-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-09-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"321081":{"id":"321081","type":"image","title":"Fondant","body":null,"created":"1449245011","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:03:31","changed":"1475895032","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:32","alt":"Fondant","file":{"fid":"200099","name":"fondant.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/fondant_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/fondant_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":39372,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/fondant_0.jpg?itok=BjljFLQa"}}},"media_ids":["321081"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.globalatlanta.com\/article\/27091\/savannah-entrepreneurs-eye-greater-slice-of-cake-icing-market\/page2\/#largeBanner","title":"Global Atlanta"}],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"171357","name":"small business; Manufacturing Extension Partnership; Manufacturing; Economic Development; GaMEP"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about manufacturing innovation visit the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute website at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gamep.org\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ewww.manufacturing.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor more information on the Georgia\u0027s Manufacturing Extension Partnership visit their website at \u003Ca href=\u0022gamep.org\u0022\u003Ewww.gamep.org\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"321111":{"#nid":"321111","#data":{"type":"news","title":"A Safer Way to Save a Life - Magnetic Assisted Intubation Device (MAID)","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIf you ever need a breathing tube inserted into your lungs, you\u2019ll want that procedure to go smoothly. And one out of every 10 times, it doesn\u2019t.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChipped teeth, damaged vocal chords, cuts to the throat \u2014 all are the unfortunate results of intubations gone awry. That\u2019s mostly because intubation requires the person performing the procedure to see the trachea and thread a breathing tube through vocal chords, avoiding the esophagus. When that view is obstructed or misinterpreted, injuries or even death can occur.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA student team competing in the 2011 InVenture competition came up with a way to minimize such injuries during intubation. Their product, called MAID, won second place, and it went on to capture top honors in Georgia Tech\u2019s Business Plan Competition as well as a $50,000 grant from the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI). Today, it remains a viable candidate for commercialization.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIntubations are currently performed using a laryngoscope, a device that pries open the passage to the trachea so a breathing tube can be inserted. MAID \u2014 which stands for magnetically assisted intubation device \u2014 guides the tube in place using magnetic force. A removable, magnet-tipped stylet is placed within a breathing tube, and a strong magnet is placed outside the body, by the Adam\u2019s apple. The pull from the magnet steers the tube into proper position.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis device has the potential to make quite an impact,\u201d says Shawna Hagen (BME \u201912), one of the four students behind MAID. \u201cWe get very positive feedback from people in several areas of medicine. Paramedics find it intriguing. So do neonatal respiratory nurses, because intubating an infant can be especially difficult.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe challenge, says fellow team member Alex Cooper (BME \u201912), is getting the market to embrace a new approach to a familiar procedure.\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u201cEveryone who does intubation thinks they\u2019re better than the failure rate,\u201d Cooper says. \u201cIt\u2019s amazing how many people have told us that it\u2019ll be great for people who are bad at intubation, but that they\u2019d never mess up the procedure.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOvercoming such a challenge, he says, will require a business partner with experience in marketing and commercialization. Securing that help as well as venture capital now falls primarily to Hagen, who is employed with GTRI. Cooper and their other teammates, Jacob Thompson and Elizabeth Flanagan, are employed full-time elsewhere.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019re currently working with Georgia Tech\u2019s Manufacturing Institute to create prototypes of MAID to be used in efficacy testing,\u201d she says. Further proof of MAID\u2019s value may just get medical practitioners to take a second look.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA student team from Georgia Tech competing in the 2011 InVenture competition came up with a way to minimize injuries during intubation. Their product, called MAID, won second place, and it went on to capture top honors in Georgia Tech\u2019s Business Plan Competition as well as a $50,000 grant from the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI). Today, it remains a viable candidate for commercialization.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Catch up with five finalists from past InVenture Prize competitions to find out what happened next. They encountered challenges that confront entrepreneurs everywhere."}],"uid":"28069","created_gmt":"2014-09-03 14:12:39","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:59","author":"Laura Day","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-09-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-09-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"321121":{"id":"321121","type":"image","title":"Intubation","body":null,"created":"1449245011","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:03:31","changed":"1475895032","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:32","alt":"Intubation","file":{"fid":"200101","name":"intubation.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/intubation_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/intubation_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":41476,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/intubation_0.jpg?itok=GajUM6Ym"}}},"media_ids":["321121"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/when-inventure-lights-dim-what-happens-next","title":"Georgia Tech College of Engineering"}],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"101661","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI); Economic Development; Venture Lab"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, visit the website at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.manufacturing.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewww.manufacturing.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about the Georgia Tech College of Engineering, visit the website at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/when-inventure-lights-dim-what-happens-next\u0022\u003Ewww.coe.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"321191":{"#nid":"321191","#data":{"type":"news","title":"The Factory of the Future Will Be Shaped by the Internet of Things","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAround the globe, intelligent and pervasive industrial automation has been catapulted in recent years to a top national or regional priority. Known by different names, e.g., \u201cAdvanced Manufacturing\u201d, \u201cSmart Manufacturing\u201d, \u201cIndustry 4.0\u201d or \u201cFactories of the Future\u201d to highlight a few, these initiatives all bear the same characteristics, i.e., transforming the manufacturing process from a patchwork of isolated silos to a nimble and seamless whole fully integrated with the downstream and upstream production environment. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThere is, in fact, a close link between modern manufacturing and the advent of the Internet of Things.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe European Union as a Benchmark\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Factories of the Future (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/research\/industrial_technologies\/factories-of-the-future_en.html\u0022\u003EFoF\u003C\/a\u003E) multi-annual \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.effra.eu\/attachments\/article\/129\/Factories%20of%20the%20Future%202020%20Roadmap.pdf\u0022\u003Eroadmap\u003C\/a\u003E for the years 2014-2020 under \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/programmes\/horizon2020\/\u0022\u003EHorizon 2020\u003C\/a\u003E, the European Union (EU) Framework Program for Research and Innovation, sets a vision that echoes similar projects worldwide. In particular, it \u201coutlines routes towards high added value manufacturing technologies for the factories of the future, which will be clean, highly performing, environmental friendly and socially sustainable.\u201d The EU FoF roadmap sums it up clearly: the factory of the future will be lean, agile and totally integrated.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHowever, this evolution will not take place in a vacuum. Thanks to the timely convergence of technological, regulatory and societal trends, the communications space is progressively absorbing a new class of denizens, i.e., \u201cthings\u201d of all forms and purposes, which are central to what is now being dubbed the \u201cInternet of Things or IoT\u201d.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Internet of Things as a Catalyst and Purpose\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Internet of Things, following the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.itu.int\/ITU-T\/newslog\/New+ITU+Standards+Define+The+Internet+Of+Things+And+Provide+The+Blueprints+For+Its+Development.aspx\u0022\u003Edefinition\u003C\/a\u003E of the International Telecommunication Union, is \u201ca global infrastructure for the information society, enabling advanced services by interconnecting (physical and virtual) things based on, existing and evolving, interoperable information and communication technologies.\u201d It is in the process of being brought to life by many enabling technologies (sensors and actuators, [wireless and wired] networks, [high performance] computing, energy harvesting and storage, encryption [cybersecurity], modeling \u0026amp; simulation, software analytics, etc.).\u0026nbsp; The IoT-related technologies will be accelerating the arrival of the Factory of the Future.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThese technologies, when combined together into a system, are best described as \u201cCyber-Physical Systems (CPS)\u201d. According to the US National Science Foundation (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/funding\/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503286\u0022\u003ENSF\u003C\/a\u003E), \u201cCyber-physical systems (CPS) are engineered systems that are built from, and depend upon, the seamless integration of computational algorithms and physical components. Advances in CPS will enable capability, adaptability, scalability, resiliency, safety, security, and usability that will far exceed the simple embedded systems of today.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFraunhofer, Europe\u2019s largest application-oriented research organization, made the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.fraunhofer.de\/en\/events\/trade-fairs\/hm2014\/factory-of-future-hannover-messe-2014.html\u0022\u003Econnection\u003C\/a\u003E between the \u201cfactory of the future\u201d, CPS and IoT while exhibiting their \u201cfactory of the future\u201d concept at the last Hannover Messe in April 2014: \u201cThe industry needs new solutions for cost-efficient production processes that also preserve resources. The \u0022Integrated Industry\u0022 sector has, thus, been in the focus of many research activities at Fraunhofer for some time. Cyber-physical systems link the virtual world to objects of the real world. This creates the \u0022Internet of things\u0022 where real products and production processes are linked to the Internet. This accelerates processes and helps to better utilize resources.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETherefore, the Internet of Things will be at the same time a catalyst as well as a goal of the industrial automation currently underway.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECritical Facets of the Factories of the Future\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFuture factories will be shaped by the Internet of Things. As this evolution unfolds, several critical features and challenges will emerge such as the ones presented below, which do not necessarily make up an exhaustive list:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELesser importance of location\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThanks to the immersion of IoT technologies, some functions that are integral to manufacturing need no longer to be co-located while some can be controlled and monitored from faraway places. This is the case for example with additive manufacturing or 3D printing, as it is often called, which allows decoupling of design and prototyping.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENon-vanishing impact of the human factor\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EParadoxically, increased automation requires additional manpower, modifying the nature of the demand for labor, e.g., growing requirements for information technology proficiency.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENeed for new business models\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith the rise of platforms and overwhelming software content (see \u201cThat thing looks like hardware, but it\u2019s software now - Building great software on time is at the heart of more and more \u0022hardware\u0022 projects, \u201c by \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/radar.oreilly.com\/2014\/03\/that-thing-looks-like-hardware-but-its-software-now.html#more-59943\u0022\u003EJim Stogdill\u003C\/a\u003E at O\u2019Reilly Radar \u2013 March 25, 2014), manufacturers will increasingly partner with other suppliers that have a different set of skills and expertise, calling for a rejuvenation of their business model (from a one-time hardware sale to ongoing service as a result of two converging trends, i.e.,\u0026nbsp; product \u201cservitization\u201d and software-as-a service.) \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEnvironment-friendly mandates for production and products\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIoT technologies will provide the tools to optimize the energy consumption and limit the emission of pollutants. Also, tracking solutions embedded in newly manufactured products, relying on Location-Based Services (LBS), will help lessen the damaging consequences on the environment of e-waste.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERole of standards and international collaboration\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIoT Standards should facilitate industrial automation. There are many initiatives (too many to list here), in the IoT standardization arena currently underway. Of special interest to the manufacturing industry given the crucial role of timing and synchronization, in June 2014, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) announced its support of a CPS-centered research project (\u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/roselineproject\/\u0022\u003ERoseLine\u003C\/a\u003E\u201d), which is \u201cto develop new clocking technologies, synchronization protocols, operating system methods, as well as control and sensing algorithms.\u201d The \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/mobile\/news\/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=131691\u0026amp;org=NSF\u0026amp;from=news\u0022\u003ENSF press release\u003C\/a\u003E indicates that this research activity is \u201cto improve the accuracy, efficiency, robustness and security with which computers maintain knowledge of time and synchronize it with other networked devices in the emerging \u0022Internet of Things\u0022 (June 13, 2014).\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeyond interoperability and application, standards will be needed at the product level. This is not lost on many product-focused groups such as IPC (a.k.a. \u201cthe Association Connecting the Electronics Industries\u201d, a not-for-profit trade association and standards-developing organization, which represents all facets of the electronics industry, including design, printed board manufacturing, electronics assembly and test).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor instance, the program of the IPC TechSummit in October 28-29, 2014 makes room for the Internet of Things. In particular, one of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ipc.org\/html\/es\/keynote-sessions.htm\u0022\u003Ekeynote sessions\u003C\/a\u003E will examine \u201cthe packaging building blocks and emerging technologies required to enable the Internet of Things,\u201d while another one will review key market and industry structural changes that are reshaping the supply chain such as\u0026nbsp; \u201cthe emerging \u0022Internet of Things\u0022, [which] will also drive significant volumes of low-cost wireless modules and sensors that adapt technologies spawned initially within the mobile and automotive sectors.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERegarding the need for international cooperation in this area, let\u2019s note a recent initiative (i.e., the Coalition for the Advancement of MicroElectronic Systems Technology (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.pcb007.com\/pages\/zone.cgi?a=93418\u0022\u003ECAMEST\u003C\/a\u003E)), which is dedicated to the identification and dissemination of the critical technology application knowledge needed for the further development of the electronics industry.\u0026nbsp;This new group identifies gaps in design, manufacturing, test and reliability across all aspects of electronic component assembly and subsystem manufacturing from semiconductor to final assembly. It is an independent organization aimed at fostering collaboration among the global electronics industry, academia, and government. It arose from the efforts of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/jisso.ipc.org\/jic_mission_p1.htm\u0022\u003EJISSO\u003C\/a\u003E North America (JNAC), which serves as a forum for members to share information. The Japanese term jisso, for which there is no English word, is not an abbreviation; it evokes the idea of total solutions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Pivotal Role of Manufacturing in the Realization of the Internet of Things\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn his recent book on IoT architecture, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/it-ebooks.info\/book\/3272\/\u0022\u003ERethinking the Internet of Things\u003C\/a\u003E, Francis daCosta summarizes well the impact of IoT technologies on factories: \u201cWith the increasing automation of the factory floor, the autonomous or semiautonomous lower\u2013level control and feedback loops made possible through distributed intelligence within the Internet of Things may allow for higher production and better use of human resources. If integrator functions can handle lower-level adjustments and controls of operating machinery, human eyes and minds may be freed for longer-term analysis and optimization, based on exception and historical data collected at a higher level. (p. 135).\u201d What Siemens calls \u201cTotally Integrated Automation or TIA\u201d represents, for all intents and purposes, the ultimate outcome of the IoT insertion in the manufacturing process.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHowever, factories of the future will not only be molded by IoT technologies but also become an essential building block of the Internet of Things.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESmart Manufacturing is but one facet of the intricate relationship between IoT and the production process. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.manufacturing.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGTMI\u003C\/a\u003E Executive Director Dr. Ben Wang succinctly and compellingly underscores this fundamental \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cdait.gatech.edu\/people\/ben-wang\u0022\u003Etwo-way connection\u003C\/a\u003E: \u201cSmart Manufacturing and Manufacturing Smart are two symbiotic emerging trends that are central to both the radical transformation of the entire manufacturing industry and the development of the Internet of Things.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIndeed, manufacturing will be expected in a not-too-distant future to incorporate \u201cintelligence readiness\u201d in all products as society will progressively be relying on an IoT-supported infrastructure. This is true both in the Business-to-Consumer (B2C) and Business-to-Business (B2B) markets. In this regard, it\u0027s worth noting that Internet of Things technologies are one of the Physical Internet (Pi, \u03c0) key pillars. The Physical Internet is a groundbreaking, comprehensive logistics system that aims at optimizing the way physical objects are transported, handled, stored, realized, supplied and used throughout the world.\u0026nbsp; As Dr. Benoit Montreuil who has conceived and developed this innovative concept \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/physicalinternetinitiative.org\/.%5CTowards%20a%20Physical%20Internet%20-%20Document%20-%20Benoit%20Montreuil.pdf\u0022\u003Eexplains\u003C\/a\u003E: \u201cthe Physical Internet is to exploit as best as possible the Internet of Things to enable the ubiquitous connectivity of its \u03c0-containers and \u03c0-systems.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cManufacturing Smart\u201d is a non-trivial challenge since building the Internet of Things straddles a wide range of disciplines. Adrian McEwen and Hakim Cassimally in their must-read guide on \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.wiley.com\/WileyCDA\/WileyTitle\/productCd-111843062X.html\u0022\u003EDesigning the Internet of Things\u003C\/a\u003E eloquently make this very point: \u201cThe Internet of Things is, or should be, the \u201cInternet of Beautiful Things\u201d, and every object, as well as being a crafted, designed, and engineered object, is, or could be, the work of an artist also. Of course, it is a rare Renaissance individual who covers all these disciplines with the fluency and ease that are conducive to creating a truly successful product (p. 19).\u201d As a result, priority will have to be given to the education and training of the future and current industrial workforce that support and effectively foster the IoT-led manufacturing transformation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the authors\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAndrew Dugenske is the Director of the Factory Information Systems (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.fis.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EFIS\u003C\/a\u003E) Laboratory at the Georgia Institute of Technology (\u201cGeorgia Tech\u201d) Manufacturing Institute (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.manufacturing.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGTMI\u003C\/a\u003E). He is also founder and C.E.O. of Factory Right LLC, a software company that provides information technology solutions to manufacturing enterprises and was co-founder and president of Great Technological Collaborations Inc. He is a member of the National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (NEMI) FIS working and implementation groups, the NEMI road mapping team, several IPC technical committees, the JISSO International Council and the joint NEMI-IPC CAMX standardization committees.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlain Louchez is the Managing Director of the Center for the Development and Application of Internet of Things Technologies (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cdait.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECDAIT\u003C\/a\u003E) at Georgia Tech. He chaired the Telecommunication Union (ITU) \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.itu.int\/en\/ITU-T\/Workshops-and-Seminars\/iot\/201402\/Pages\/default.aspx\u0022\u003Econference\u003C\/a\u003E, on \u201cInternet of Things: Trends and challenges in standardization\u201d held in Geneva at the ITU headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, on February 18, 2014, and will be chairing the IoT standards session at the Second Annual Internet of Things Global\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/eu-ems.com\/agenda.asp?event_id=221\u0026amp;page_id=1909\u0022\u003E Summit\u003C\/a\u003E to be held in in Washington, DC, USA, on October 27-28, 2014.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"by Andrew Dugenske and Alain Louchez, Georgia Institute of Technology"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAround the globe, intelligent and pervasive industrial automation has been catapulted in recent years to a top national or regional priority. Known by different names, e.g., \u201cAdvanced Manufacturing\u201d, \u201cSmart Manufacturing\u201d, \u201cIndustry 4.0\u201d or \u201cFactories of the Future\u201d to highlight a few, these initiatives all bear the same characteristics, i.e., transforming the manufacturing process from a patchwork of isolated silos to a nimble and seamless whole fully integrated with the downstream and upstream production environment.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The IoT-related technologies will be accelerating the arrival of the Factory of the Future."}],"uid":"28069","created_gmt":"2014-09-03 15:36:59","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:59","author":"Laura Day","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-09-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-09-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"321181":{"id":"321181","type":"image","title":"AndyAlain","body":null,"created":"1449245011","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:03:31","changed":"1475895032","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:32","alt":"AndyAlain","file":{"fid":"200105","name":"andrew_dugenskenew.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/andrew_dugenskenew_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/andrew_dugenskenew_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":47599,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/andrew_dugenskenew_0.jpg?itok=51AKnA4b"}}},"media_ids":["321181"],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"},{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"}],"keywords":[{"id":"101671","name":"Internet of Things; manufacturing; Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, visit the website at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.manufacturing.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ewww.manufacturing.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E or email Marketing Communications Manager Laura Reilly at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.reilly@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.reilly@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"311211":{"#nid":"311211","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Update","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn February 2014, Georgia Tech hosted the first regional meeting of the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP) 2.0. The meeting provided important updates on key initiatives within the AMP framework.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/advancedmanufacturing.gatech.edu\/amp-20-event-presentations\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003EClick here\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to link to view presentations and other material from the meeting.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn February 2014, Georgia Tech hosted the first regional meeting of the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP) 2.0. The meeting provided important updates on key initiatives within the AMP framework.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/advancedmanufacturing.gatech.edu\/amp-20-event-presentations\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003EClick here\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to link to view presentations and other material from the meeting.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"2014 Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP) Update"}],"uid":"28069","created_gmt":"2014-07-28 14:41:41","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:48","author":"Laura Day","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-07-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-07-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/advancedmanufacturing.gatech.edu\/amp-20-event-presentations","title":"AMP 2.0 Update Material"}],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"81901","name":"GTMI"},{"id":"53721","name":"Manufacturing Institute"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["laura.reilly@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"341461":{"#nid":"341461","#data":{"type":"news","title":"2014 Georgia Manufacturing Survey Results Released","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E2014 Georgia Manufacturing Survey\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInnovation, advanced technology, and balancing competition and collaboration play crucial roles in helping manufacturers thrive today and prepare for the future. Manufacturers increasingly must not only use efficient and productive technologies but also continuously adapt and innovate in the context of finite resources and greater awareness of environmental impacts.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe 2014 Georgia Manufacturing Survey looks at how Georgia manufacturers deploy information, quality management, and production technologies. It also examines the benefits of competing on innovation rather than on low price and indicates the extent of engagement of manufacturers in innovation. The use of outsourcing and in-sourcing is depicted and workforce and training practices are presented. The 2014 Survey also highlights the top concerns of Georgia manufacturers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKey Findings\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESTRATEGIES \u2013 14% of Georgia manufacturers chose low price to compete in the marketplace compared to 6% that compete through innovation or new technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPROFITABILITY \u2013 Profits of Georgia manufacturers generally increased between 2012 and 2014, by 13% on average.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOUTSOURCING \u2013 In 2014, 11% of manufacturers were affected by outsourcing, that is, work transferred from a Georgia facility, and 13% gained from in-sourcing, or work transferred to a Georgia facility. These percentages are below those reported in the 2012 survey.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEXPORTING \u2013 Nearly half of Georgia manufacturers had export sales, with 20% of manufacturers increasing their export sales in 2013 over 2011 levels. These percentages are below those reported in the 2012 survey.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT \u2013 Georgia manufacturers who conducted R\u0026amp;D compare well with manufacturers across the country. However, only 27% of Georgia manufacturers conducted R\u0026amp;D in-house. Only 2% used public loans or grants to pay for R\u0026amp;D and only 16% used R\u0026amp;D tax credits.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMANUFACTURING CONCERNS \u2013 32% of the respondents identified marketing and sales as their top concern. Concerns about the lack of basic and technical workforce skills show the most growth over 2012 levels.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESUSTAINABILITY \u2013 Only 9% of Georgia manufacturers have produced a carbon footprint inventory of their facility. While nearly half of large manufacturers produced an emissions inventory, just 2% of small manufacturers have tracked carbon emissions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETRAINING \u2013 More than a quarter (28%) of respondents said technical skills were a top concern. Yet, 29% reported not spending any funds on employee training, whether it involved routine tasks or new capabilities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EINVESTING IN TECHNOLOGY \u2013 More than half of manufacturers reported using enterprise resource planning, computer aided design, and preventive\/predictive maintenance. Plans for investing in new technologies were most common for bar code readers (15%). Plans to invest in new technologies were below 2012 levels.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOverall, as the economy has improved, Georgia manufacturers are reaping current benefits in higher profitability levels but they are not yet expanding innovation, training, and manufacturing technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EInnovation, advanced technology, and balancing competition and collaboration play crucial roles in helping manufacturers thrive today and prepare for the future. Manufacturers increasingly must not only use efficient and productive technologies but also continuously adapt and innovate in the context of finite resources and greater awareness of environmental impacts.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe 2014 Georgia Manufacturing Survey looks at how Georgia manufacturers deploy information, quality management, and production technologies. It also examines the benefits of competing on innovation rather than on low price and indicates the extent of engagement of manufacturers in innovation. The use of outsourcing and in-sourcing is depicted and workforce and training practices are presented. The 2014 Survey also highlights the top concerns of Georgia manufacturers.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Innovation, advanced technology, and balancing competition and collaboration are crucial for future success."}],"uid":"28069","created_gmt":"2014-11-05 13:18:20","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:55","author":"Laura Day","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-11-05T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-11-05T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gamep.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/2014-Georgia-Manufacturing-Survey.pdf","title":"2014 Ga. Manufacturing Survey - Report on Results"}],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"139","name":"Business"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"},{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"104401","name":"2014 Georgia Manufacturing Survey"},{"id":"49371","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute"}],"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":""}},"267231":{"#nid":"267231","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Manufacturing Day reaches nearly 23,000 students","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EManufacturing Day 2013 events, which ran throughout October in many states, have concluded, results have been tallied, and there is reason to celebrate.\u0026nbsp; This year 834 events were held throughout the lower 48 contiguous states plus Canada and Puerto Rico.\u0026nbsp; This was nearly triple the number of events from 2012.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EManufacturing Day surveys, completed by more than 41 percent of the event hosts, project that more than 35,000 people participated in this year\u2019s Manufacturing Day program and more than 23,000 of them were students.\u0026nbsp; That is a 500 percent increase over the previous year!\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E The average length of an event was nearly four hours and 56 percent of the host companies that responded to the survey said that they collaborated with other manufacturers or regional organizations in the planning and execution of their event.\u0026nbsp; So, in addition to community awareness generated with the non-manufacturing segment of each community, these events helped build collaborative relationships with others in the manufacturing sector.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E One item event hosts said that they would do differently next year would be to \u201cstart planning earlier.\u201d\u0026nbsp; Manufacturing Day 2013 co-producers the Fabricators and Manufacturers Association, the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), the Manufacturing Institute (MI), the NIST-MEP program of the Department of Commerce and the Industrial Strength Marketing (ISM) are committed to helping next year\u2019s hosts do just that.\u0026nbsp; Year-round communications and resources will be made available months earlier. In addition, more new resources will be offered to serve community organizations such as chambers of commerce, economic development groups, regional and state manufacturing associations, and MEP centers as well.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo learn more, visit Manufacturing Day 2013\u2019s video \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C90SEWldcfw\u0026amp;list=PLUn7Hz6GffmD6-YtTzEXJOQeNh6T7bzUK\u0026amp;index=10\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHosts\u2019 videos can be seen \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLUn7Hz6GffmD6-YtTzEXJOQeNh6T7bzUK\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E Next year\u2019s event is scheduled for October 3. To learn more about this effort, please visit the Manufacturing Day Web site at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mfgday.com\u0022\u003Ewww.mfgday.com\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith more than 834 events, Manufacturing Day was a huge success, promoting manufacturing as a viable career path to tens of thousands of students.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"With more than 834 events, Manufacturing Day was a huge success, promoting manufacturing as a viable career path to tens of thousands of students."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2014-01-14 14:32:27","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:40","author":"Tracy Heath","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-01-14T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-01-14T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"262341":{"#nid":"262341","#data":{"type":"news","title":"AMP 2.0 Comes to Georgia Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe successful Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP), a White House initiative launched to improve U.S. competitiveness in manufacturing, will kick off its second phase here at Georgia Tech. Because Georgia Tech President Dr. G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson is a member of the AMP 2.0 Steering Committee, the first of several regional meetings will be held at the Georgia Institute of Technology Global Learning Center in Atlanta on Feb. 3 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The purpose of these meetings is to engage the manufacturing community in identifying challenges and solutions for today\u2019s manufacturing sector. The event provides the perfect opportunity for manufacturing stakeholders to develop the roadmap for the United States\u2019 resurgence as a global manufacturing powerhouse.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAMP 2.0 builds on President Barack Obama\u2019s original AMP initiative that was announced in 2011. This renewed national effort aims to secure U.S. leadership in the emerging technologies that will create high-quality jobs and enhance America\u2019s global competitiveness in the manufacturing arena. During the Feb. 3 meeting, participants will be asked to focus on rebuilding the U.S. manufacturing ecosystem by bringing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) into the advanced manufacturing mix. By providing SMEs access to cutting-edge physical and virtual advanced manufacturing tools, they will be able to support and grow U.S. original equipment manufacturers. Topics to be discussed include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EWorkforce challenges for SMEs\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESME involvement and access to collaborative technology and America Makes, the national additive manufacturing innovation institute,\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ETechnology adoption limitations for SMEs, and more.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdvanced manufacturing will sustain U.S. competitiveness in the 21\u003Csup\u003Est\u003C\/sup\u003E Century. To ensure that the United States attracts manufacturing activity and remains a leader in knowledge production, the President\u2019s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) recommended that the nation build a fertile environment for innovation and make investments to ensure the new technologies and design methodologies are developed in the United States and that technology-based enterprises have the infrastructure to flourish here. By attending these regional meetings, attendees can provide the needed feedback to help the United States maintain its edge in the global manufacturing arena.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor a full agenda or to register, please click visit: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/advancedmanufacturing.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/advancedmanufacturing.gatech.edu\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn the second round of the White House\u2019s advanced manufacturing initiative, the Georgia Institute of Technology will engage the manufacturing community in a regional forum to be held at the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center on February 3, 2014.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech will kick off round two of the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership\u0027s regional meetings on Feb. 3."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-12-20 11:42:50","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:36","author":"Tracy Heath","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-01-14T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-01-14T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"},{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"14299","name":"Advanced Manufacturing Partnership"},{"id":"14300","name":"AMP"},{"id":"291","name":"Bud Peterson"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"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\u003Cstrong\u003EKaren J. Fite\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDirector, GaMEP\u003Cbr \/\u003E404.385.1492\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:karen.fite@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ekaren.fite@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["karen.fite@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"267211":{"#nid":"267211","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Autodesk supported team takes prize at Fall 2013 Captstone Design Expo","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAt the Dec. 5 Georgia Tech Captsone Design Expo, six students revealed the Rambler Tennis Weaver, a project sponsored by Autodesk. Developed by Georgia Tech students, Gowtham Govind, Dhrumil Desai, Juan Melian, Michael Fogg, John Coker, Jordan Thomas-Green, a.k.a. \u201cThe Stringineers,\u201d the Rambler Tennis Weaver automates the most time-consuming part of tennis racket stringing, i.e., the weaving, pulling and clamping process of the cross strings. The Autodesk-sponsored project was one of 130 teams represented at the event.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s Capstone Design Expo features projects from undergraduates\u2019 senior design courses, in which they work in teams to research problems, create prototypes, and offer solutions. During the four-hour event, about 3,800 people strolled through the facility to check out an automated toy sanitizer, a hair dye that can be safely used by pregnant women, and a robotic hand that mimics a user\u2019s movement via a Microsoft Kinect. Because each major present has its own award category, several top creations can shine.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe most heavily represented fields at the Fall Expo are typically ME, biomedical engineering (BME), electrical and computer engineering (ECE), and industrial design. This semester, though, students studying industrial and systems engineering (ISyE) participated too, making the Fall event one of the largest capstone expos at any university.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s so wonderful to see the Georgia Tech community coming together to celebrate the inventive and entrepreneurial spirit in our graduating seniors,\u201d said Assistant Professor Craig Forest, who helps coordinate the event.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESeniors spend an entire semester working on their projects, often partnering with industry and research sponsors to seek solutions to real-world challenges. By studying doctors\u2019 schedules, for example, a team of ISyE majors helped the Emory Orthopaedics \u0026amp; Spine Center boost patient satisfaction and save money.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESome of the work on display was supported by local entrepreneurs. ME\u2019s \u003Cem\u003ETeam Chill\u003C\/em\u003E, supported by Tim Harrington, developed a product for serving wine at the proper temperature of 62 degrees. This team is now considering partnering with Harrington and taking their product to market.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA few projects were conceived in an interdisciplinary course that paired ME students with architecture and industrial design majors. \u003Cem\u003EThe Eye in the Sky\u003C\/em\u003E team \u2013 two ME and two industrial design majors \u2013 presented work on body-gesture control for unmanned aerial vehicles. The interdisciplinary award winner, \u003Cem\u003EInovein\u003C\/em\u003E, was Georgia Tech\u0027s first ever ME-BME-ECE team (also supported by entrepreneurial firm, DKF Investments, LLC.)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe whole class,\u201d said \u003Cem\u003EThe Eye in the Sky\u003C\/em\u003E team member Rajitha Siyasena, \u201crevolves around the fact that we can make anything we want.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESome teams came together for fun! The \u003Cem\u003E3+1\u003C\/em\u003E team (consisting of three MEs and one architecture student), which presented a musical tile floor. The group members, who all play instruments, said they came together through their mutual love of music. 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Ferguson, Robert Faulk, Silvana Vivanco, Jing Mei Ho, Melanie Ostis\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003Eimproving labor allocation and process flow at The Home Depot paint desk through a simulation model and labor scheduling tool\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAutodesk supports \u0022The Stringineers,\u0022 a team of six Georgia Tech students, and their winning mechanical engineering project at the fall Capstone Design Expo.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Autodesk supports \u0022The Stringineers,\u0022 a team of six Georgia Tech students, and their winning mechanical engineering project at the fall Capstone Design Expo."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2014-01-14 14:27:50","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:36","author":"Tracy Heath","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-01-14T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-01-14T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"260231":{"#nid":"260231","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Supply chains and logistics make room for 3D printing","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlthough it represents the fifth largest concentration of supply chain companies in the nation, Metro Atlanta does not plan to rest on its laurels. Helping grow an efficient and consistent logistics and supply chain network is the primary goal of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and its Supply Chain Leadership Council (SCLC). With more than 90 members that include logistics giants such as Delta Air Lines, Manhattan Associates, Norfolk Southern and others, SCLC meets quarterly to discuss trends affecting the industry. On Nov. 21, the group joined the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute to learn how 3D printing, or additive manufacturing, will impact the supply chain.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith the \u201cinstant manufacturing\u201d possibilities offered by 3D printing, everyone is considering getting on the bandwagon. \u201cMcDonald\u2019s may soon be printing the toys in Happy Meals because kids aren\u2019t happy with the toys they are getting,\u201d explained Dr. Chip White, Schneider National Chair of Transportation and Logistics, Georgia Tech School of Industrial Systems and Engineering. \u201cAnd a 3D printer has been put in a library in the Baltimore area to allow people to come in and print anything they want. So there is a lot of interest in this manufacturing process.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut 3D printing is a completely different form of manufacturing, which can drastically impact the supply chain system. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdditive manufacturing processes currently include extrusion, granular, laminated and light polymerized. These processes use materials such as thermoplastics and thermoplastics powders, metal alloys, paper, liquid resins and more. Typically, 3D printing is used for rapid prototyping and manufacturing for automotive, aerospace and medical industries to produce parts, jigs, tools, etc., as well as for manufacturing mass customization products such as art, jewelry, and toys. Because it is more of an \u201con demand\u201d process, the raw materials, or feedstock, need to be close at hand.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESo how will this impact the supply chain and logistics? It will accelerate a shift from \u201cpush supply chains\u201d to \u201cpull supply chains.\u201d With 3D printing, the long production runs for mass production will often give way to limited production runs for customer-driven mass customization and build-to-order products. 3D printing is not yet conducive to mass production due its typically higher cost per unit and slower production time per unit. However, with 3D printing, manufacturing will become more agile and better able to react to customer demands. This means there will be less work-in-progress and finished product in transport and in stock and less obsolescence of existing stock. Although the cost per unit may be higher, with reduced storage and less outdated product, the overall supply chain system costs may be lower than that of traditional manufacturing supply chains.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cProducts can be made closer to the consumer,\u201d said Dr. White. \u201c3D printing supports a build-to-order, mass customization environment, and in some cases it will allow for product differentiation to be postponed in the supply chain process. There will be a dramatic increase in information transmission. The feedstock, often very versatile and useful for several products, becomes the inventory. This process is ideal for small batches and uncertain demand.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInstead of manufacturers producing products based on forecasted demands, 3D printing allows for manufacturing based on real-time demand. This results in shorter lead times from order to delivery. \u201cThe supply chain will be much more flexible in order to accommodate surges in product demand,\u201d said Dr. White. \u201cThis is applicable in many areas, but it certainly has military implications.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Ben Wang, Chief Manufacturing Officer for Georgia Tech, said that this trend provides a lot of opportunity for the Southeast. As Dr. White pointed out, 3D printing already is used by industries such as aerospace and automotive. These industries have a large manufacturing presence in the Southeast United States. In fact, Dr. Wang presented a map of the U.S. Southeast with 31 original equipment manufacturers in the automotive, aerospace and power generation sectors \u2013 all potential users of 3D printing technology. \u201cThese industries have a large presence in the Southeast already,\u201d Dr. Wang explained. \u201cEach of these industries has a supply chain, so we have a great opportunity to collaborate and face the challenges for these supply chains.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEveryone is jumping on the 3D printing train, but how will it affect the supply chain and logistics system?\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Everyone is jumping on the 3D printing train, but how will it affect the supply chain and logistics system?"}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-12-11 11:16:24","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:33","author":"Tracy Heath","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-12-11T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-12-11T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"13351","name":"3d printing"},{"id":"57171","name":"additive manufacturing"},{"id":"13523","name":"Ben Wang"},{"id":"3153","name":"Chip White"},{"id":"81901","name":"GTMI"},{"id":"233","name":"Logistics"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"id":"167074","name":"Supply Chain"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETracy Heath\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-5562\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tracy.heath@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Etracy.heath@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["tracy.heath@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"260241":{"#nid":"260241","#data":{"type":"news","title":"The trouble with tribology: Why aren\u0027t more people talking about it?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESo a biomedical, a nanoelectronics and a renewable energy researcher walk into a lab\u2026 Ok, maybe not your typical opening line for a joke, but these three actually have a research challenge in common that makes this scenario not so laughable. What is that commonality? Tribology.\u0026nbsp; But what is tribology exactly?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s sort of the Rodney Dangerfield of research disciplines,\u201d joked Dr. Richard Cowan, Senior Research Scientist and Director at the Georgia Tech Laboratory for Extreme Tribology and Diagnostics, at his Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute Brown Bag Seminar. And like comedian Dangerfield, tribology doesn\u2019t get the respect it deserves, because \u201cpeople don\u2019t realize the benefits,\u201d added Dr. Cowan.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETribology is, in fact, the science of interacting surfaces. It includes the study and application of the principles of friction, lubrication and wear and, according to Cowan, it involves a variety of disciplines including material science, heat transfer and fluids engineering, to name a few.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnd when you think about it, almost every area of research touches on interacting surfaces.\u0026nbsp; Take for example the biomedical field. When developing replacements for body parts, synthetic materials come in contact with natural tissues. Screws and plates interact with bone in fracture repair, and contact lenses are synthetic materials that not only come in contact with human tissue, but are free to glide around the surface of the eye. These are just a couple of examples of how interacting surface research can affect a human\u2019s quality of life.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETraditionally, however, tribology has focused on the wear, corrosion and friction of industrial equipment in manufacturing facilities, and this alone can have a huge impact. In fact, Dr. Cowan explained, \u201cIt is estimated that direct and consequential annual loss due to wear is equal to 1 percent to 3 percent of Gross Domestic Product.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut looking at the basic description of tribology, the science of interacting surfaces goes far beyond industrial equipment. Dr. Cowan encouraged the students and faculty in attendance to consider how minimizing friction and wear in some research areas could be beneficial, while maximizing friction and wear may be productive in others.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo help accommodate research, Dr. Cowan listed the equipment available in his lab:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECETR Tribometer, to measure coefficient of friction, friction force, and wear volume;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESpectrometer, for deposits and wear debris analysis;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EOptical Microscope, for viewing surface patterns under magnification;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EOptical Profilometer, to measure a surface\u2019s profile and quantify its roughness;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMicrohardness tester, to measure changes in hardness of materials on a microscopic scale; and\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance, a high-speed tribosimulator\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe tribosimulator is the core of our research,\u201d said Dr. Cowan. \u201cMuch of what we\u2019re doing uses it, including work being done on behalf of the Department of Defense.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn a nutshell, the Georgia Tech tribosimulator is a unique device that uses electricity to move an object relative to a stationary one versus propelling the object chemically at a very high rate of speed. For the Department of Defense, this means electromagnetic launcher research. Upon reviewing other current research around the world, tribosimulators of a similar nature have been used to measure the coefficient of friction in hot stamping and to improve lubricants of wire films in the production of fasteners. Dr. Cowan closed his presentation by saying, \u201cOur current research may be specific to the Department of Defense\u2019s needs, but try to see the connections that can be made from its use in other areas, such as the high-speed removal of material in subtractive manufacturing.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Cowan\u2019s presentation was part of the GTMI Brown Bag Seminar Series, which takes place each Monday between noon and 1 p.m. in the Manufacturing Research Building, Room 114. Students and faculty are invited and are welcome to bring their lunch to the meeting. If you have questions or you want to be added to the reminder list for these events, please contact Tina Guldberg at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tina.guldberg@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Etina.guldberg@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u0027s Dr. Rick Cowan explains the benefits of studying tribology and offers details on GTMI\u0027s capabilities in this important field.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u0027s Dr. Rick Cowan explains the benefits of studying tribology and offers details on GTMI\u0027s capabilities in this important field."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-12-11 11:25:57","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:33","author":"Tracy Heath","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-12-11T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-12-11T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4096","name":"brown bag"},{"id":"81901","name":"GTMI"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"id":"73871","name":"rick cowan"},{"id":"73861","name":"tribology"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETracy Heath\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-5562\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tracy.heath@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Etracy.heath@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["tracy.heath@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"260251":{"#nid":"260251","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Can carbon nanomaterials improve energy storage and help save the planet?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEnergy storage comes into play for many products: portable electronics, electric vehicles, power tools, military applications, spacecraft and satellites, as well as renewable energy. One way to provide improved storage capacity in energy storage devices is through the use of carbon nanomaterials, according to Dr. Billyde Brown, who spoke at a Nov. 4 Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute Brown Bag Seminar.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Brown recently joined GTMI as a Research Associate with a focus on manufacturing deployment for nanotechnology. \u0026nbsp;Carbon nanomaterials, he noted, are used in energy storage devices to improve energy storage capacity, provide faster recharge, minimize self-charge, provide lighter weight components and offer longer cycle life. In fact, Dr. Brown noted, research in carbon nanomaterials for energy storage is being driven by the environmental benefits offered by electric vehicles. \u201cAccording to the U.S. Department of Energy, vehicle electrification reduces our dependency on foreign oil by more than 60 percent and greenhouse gases by 40 percent,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne focus of current research is the use of supercapacitors in electric vehicle powertrains. Supercapacitors bridge the gap between conventional capacitors and rechargeable batteries. \u201cWe are always trying to match the energy and power density of the internal combustion engine,\u201d said Dr. Brown. \u201cBy developing hybrid storage systems consisting of supercapacitors and lithium batteries, we can help bridge that gap.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBatteries have electro-chemical reactions where charge is transferred across the electrode\/electrolyte interface but, in supercapacitors, there is no chemical reaction, charge is simply accumulated at the interface,\u201d Dr. Brown continued. \u201cBatteries have problems with the decomposition of electrolyte and electrode corrosion, so the cycle life of a battery is much less than supercapacitors.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe current electrode material for supercapacitors, Dr. Brown explained, is activated carbons, but research in new materials for supercapacitors is focused on advanced carbon nanomaterials (ACN). ACNs are not currently on the market because they have a much higher cost than activated carbons. But they offer many advantages over the current materials in that they provide an ultra-low resistivity, lower pore resistance, lower contact resistance, higher specific capacitance, and enhanced chemical stability.\u0026nbsp; That is why there is a \u201ctrend toward using nanostructured carbons such as carbon nanotubes and graphenes in supercapacitors; and these same materials as supports for new sulfur and silicon electrodes in lithium batteries,\u201d Dr. Brown said. \u201cThese materials can ultimately improve driving range, fuel economy, cost, performance, and reliability of electric vehicles.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut moving these materials into mainstream manufacturing processes will take some time. \u201cTens of billions of dollars have been invested in nanomaterials because they offer great promise,\u201d said Dr. Brown. \u201cBut they have shown little return. Scalability and manufacturing methods for easy incorporation into products are the two major stumbling blocks.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Brown\u2019s presentation was part of the GTMI Brown Bag Seminar Series, which takes place each Monday between noon and 1 p.m. in the Manufacturing Research Building, Room 114. Students and faculty are invited and are welcome to bring their lunch to the meeting. If you have questions or you want to be added to the reminder list for these events, please contact Tina Guldberg at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tina.guldberg@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Etina.guldberg@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u0027s Dr. Billyde Brown explains how nanocarbon materials are being used to advance energy storage at his recent Brown Bag Seminar.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u0027s Dr. Billyde Brown explains how nanocarbon materials are being used to advance energy storage at his recent Brown Bag Seminar."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-12-11 11:33:50","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:33","author":"Tracy Heath","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-12-11T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-12-11T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"81911","name":"Billyde Brown"},{"id":"4096","name":"brown bag"},{"id":"44511","name":"energy storage"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"id":"81921","name":"nanocarbon material"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETracy Heath\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-5562\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tracy.heath@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Etracy.heath@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["tracy.heath@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"260261":{"#nid":"260261","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Robots are on the move, next stop \u0027agile manufacturing\u0027","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EImprovement is the status quo in manufacturing. Craftsmanship was replaced by mass production in the early 1900s with the advent of the assembly line at Ford Motor Company. Later, lean manufacturing came into vogue via Toyota, which sought to cut costs and streamline production. Now, said Dr. Chih-Hung Aaron King, R\u0026amp;D Manager at DTI Robotics, \u201cAgile manufacturing is the next phase. Agile manufacturing means having the ability to quickly change manufacturing to meet the demands of customers \u2013 demands which are becoming unpredictable.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo make agile manufacturing a reality, he explained, manufacturers are utilizing a robot coworker platform. But robots are expensive and the cost to install and support them increases the costs. For small to medium-sized (SME) manufacturers, especially in the United States, that is a hard pill to swallow. According to Dr. King, U.S. SME production is 50 percent compared to 58 percent in the European Union, and \u201crobots are part of the reason the EU is outpacing the US,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe nature of SME manufacturers is to have a low to medium production volume, but with a high product mix and customization. Because of their smaller size, SMEs have limited money for equipment investment and limited engineering staff. This explains why SMEs have not typically incorporated robots into their manufacturing processes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDTI Robotics wants to encourage adoption of robots in SME manufacturing. To do this, they are focusing research on developing robots suitable for SMEs. That means the robots must be:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAffordable\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EFlexible to perform a number of tasks\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EEasily programmable for factory workers rather than engineers\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThey should also require lower set up times and reduce costs related to operation changes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAffordability is a key hurdle for SMEs. To address this issue, DTI has identified three key areas that can greatly reduce the cost of robot deployment: the robot itself, the auxiliary equipment for stabilizing the robot when it is installed, and the software integration. \u201cA company may be able to afford the cost of the robot but not to deploy it,\u201d said Dr. King. \u201cTo work in the factory, it requires an additional 40 percent for the software and another 30 percent to make sure it is stabilized and installed properly.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUnfortunately, for now, there is \u201cno abstraction of knowledge to translate work into robot language,\u201d added Dr. King. DTI Robotics has developed a Robot Operating System (ROS) for industrial purposes. The ROS pulls data from hardware, provides real-time control, offers simulation and visualization tools, and supports a developers\u2019 community with vast libraries of data. Of course, the ROS has its challenges. \u201cNetwork security is a question,\u201d said Dr. King. \u201cAnd robustness is also an issue. If the system works 90 percent of the time, that means manufacturing is down for 13 minutes. You need at least 99 percent robustness.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFlexibility of the robot is also crucial. DTI research has targeted haptic manipulation, reactive grasp vs. planned grasp, and flexibility vs. performance vs. cost. \u201cWe need to look at it holistically to really reduce the costs,\u201d said Dr. King. \u201cIf it costs $100,000, is it plausible to deploy it? Probably not. You have to look at the amount of flexibility versus the cost.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFlexible configurations being studied by DTI will allow users to replace \u201cattachments\u201d on the robot to pick up various types of parts. In addition, users will be able to use a tablet to change the program for particular parts and actions. DTI is also trying to develop a three-finger robot, which typically costs $20,000, for a mere $5,000. Other improvements include using 3D scanning technology on the robot to allow it to conduct random bin picking. This means the robot can scan the contents of a bin to find the part it needs and retrieve it from the bin although there are other types of parts in the same bin.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to reducing costs and increasing flexibility, bin picking \u201chas been consistently identified as a key process for agile assembly robots,\u201d said Dr. King.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. King\u2019s presentation was part of the GTMI Brown Bag Seminar Series, which takes place each Monday between noon and 1 p.m. in the Manufacturing Research Building, Room 114. Students and faculty are invited and are welcome to bring their lunch to the meeting. If you have questions or you want to be added to the reminder list for these events, please contact Tina Guldberg at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tina.guldberg@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Etina.guldberg@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDTI Robotics highlighted robot coworker platforms and the move toward agile manufacturing at a recent Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute Brown Bag Seminar.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"DTI Robotics highlighted robot coworker platforms and the move toward agile manufacturing at a recent Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute Brown Bag Seminar."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-12-11 11:40:43","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:33","author":"Tracy Heath","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-12-11T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-12-11T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"81951","name":"Chih-hung aaron king"},{"id":"81941","name":"dti robotics"},{"id":"81901","name":"GTMI"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"id":"81931","name":"robot coworker"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETracy Heath\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-5562\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tracy.heath@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Etracy.heath@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["tracy.heath@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"260271":{"#nid":"260271","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Andrew Dugenske gives a big Yahoo! for Georgia Tech at the digital media giant\u0027s user interface conference","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith such names as Deloitte, Reuters, CBS Sports, the National Football League and Zillow.com on your roster, it\u2019s easy to understand why so many attend the Yahoo! User Interface Conference and Workshops each year. This year, the event was held Nov. 5-7 in San Jose, Calif., and Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u2019s Andrew Dugenske, Principal Engineer, represented Georgia Tech at this important industry event.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter providing a brief overview of Georgia Tech, GTMI and his Factory Information Systems lab, Dugenske explained that GTMI and FIS use web applications to help companies reduce cycle times and decrease costs in their manufacturing operations. \u201cWe use the YUI Javascript Framework in a variety of Georgia Tech projects,\u201d he added. \u201cA few years back, FIS benchmarked Javascript frameworks and YUI came up on top.\u201d \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDugenske had plenty of opportunity to present Georgia Tech\u2019s capabilities at the event. He first spoke in the lightening demos portion of the conference and described the challenges of implementing software systems in factories and communicating with manufacturing equipment vs. \u201cthe very well-defined systems that most of the audience works with.\u201d In addition, he worked with Yahoo! engineers to analyze some of the YUI code.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs the Internet of Things makes its way further into the manufacturing field, it is critical to continue improving human-machine and machine-to-machine interaction,\u201d said Dugenske. \u201cThis event provided a wonderful opportunity to explain how GTMI and FIS can assist manufacturers move in the right direction.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u0027s Andrew Dugenske discusses the challenges of implementing software systems in factories at the recent Yahoo! 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User Interface Conference."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-12-11 11:46:58","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:33","author":"Tracy Heath","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-12-11T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-12-11T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"81971","name":"Andrew Dugenske"},{"id":"53731","name":"factory information systems"},{"id":"68951","name":"Internet of Things"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"id":"12738","name":"user interface"},{"id":"81961","name":"Yahoo!"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETracy Heath\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-5562\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tracy.heath@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Etracy.heath@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["tracy.heath@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"253691":{"#nid":"253691","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech\u2019s Jennifer Clark joins first Milstein Symposium on creating new manufacturing jobs","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJennifer Clark\u003C\/strong\u003E, Director of the Center for Urban Innovation in the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts and Associate Professor at the Georgia Tech School of Public Policy, was recently named to a new University of Virginia Miller Center commission that is focusing on job creation for small and medium-sized manufacturers. The effort is part of the Milstein Symposium: Ideas for a New American Century, a new Miller Center initiative that is addressing challenges facing America\u2019s middle class.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe symposium brings together policymakers, business leaders, scholars and journalists to define and advance innovative, nonpartisan, and action-oriented ideas and policies to help rebuild the American Dream. The first year will focus on renewing middle class jobs, and three commissions will examine topics in manufacturing, entrepreneurship and self-employment, and infrastructure investment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe program is co-chaired by former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour and former Indiana Governor and Senator Evan Bayh. Other members of the commission on manufacturing include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERebecca O. Bagley\u003C\/strong\u003E, president and chief executive officer, NorTech, a technology-based economic development organization focusing on Northeast Ohio\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAaron Bagshaw\u003C\/strong\u003E, president, WH Bagshaw Co., the oldest pin manufacturer in the United States\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMatthew Burnett\u003C\/strong\u003E, founder, Maker\u2019s Row, a company endeavoring to simplify the manufacturing process by connecting designers to domestic manufacturers\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EW. Bernard Carlson\u003C\/strong\u003E, chair, U.Va. Department of Engineering; professor of science, technology and history, and the commission\u2019s lead scholar\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Engler\u003C\/strong\u003E, president, Business Roundtable; former governor of Michigan\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJames Fallows\u003C\/strong\u003E, national correspondent, The Atlantic\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJames Manyika\u003C\/strong\u003E, director, McKinsey Global Institute; senior partner, McKinsey \u0026amp; Company\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKate Sofis\u003C\/strong\u003E, executive director, SFMade, a non-profit corporation working to bolster San Francisco\u2019s economic base through local manufacturing\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHoward Wial\u003C\/strong\u003E, director, Center for Urban Economic Development, University of Illinois, Chicago\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFor generations, small- and medium-sized manufacturers have provided stable, good-paying jobs for middle-class Americans,\u201d said Bayh. \u201cAs we move rapidly into the 21st-century global economy, we need fresh thinking to ensure that these companies can continue to grow and put people to work.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBarbour said, \u201cThe public has understandably lost confidence in Washington\u2019s ability to generate common-sense, bipartisan solutions to our nation\u2019s challenges. This commission will bring together policymakers, scholars, industry leaders and other stakeholders to craft those solutions \u2013 the type of people that can achieve broad consensus and develop actionable ideas, not just more rhetoric.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe commission is expected to release recommendations in February.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFunding for this initiative was provided by philanthropist, business and civic leader Howard P. Milstein.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMore information on the Milstein Symposium is available at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/millercenter.org\/conferences\/2013\/milstein\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/millercenter.org\/conferences\/2013\/milstein\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Director of the Center for Urban Innovation Jennifer Clark joins commission\u0026nbsp; to define and advance ideas and policy to rebuild the American middle class.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech Director of the Center for Urban Innovation Jennifer Clark joins commission  to define and advance ideas and policy to rebuild the American middle class."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-11-11 16:40:34","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":"11646","name":"Jennifer Clark"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"id":"70491","name":"middle class"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETracy Heath\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Manager\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-5562\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tracy.heath@gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Etracy.heath@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["tracy.heath@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"253721":{"#nid":"253721","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech incubation services boosts start up firm Soneter","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAt the Oct. 7 Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute Brown Bag Seminar, Soneter Chief Technology Officer \u003Cstrong\u003EJeff Duggar\u003C\/strong\u003E told Georgia Tech students and faculty that growing a start-up business isn\u2019t a one-person job. \u201cYou need outside help; we can\u2019t do it alone with just two people,\u201d he explained. \u201c[The Advanced Technology Development Center] brought in consumers and commercial\/industrial customers. That led to a huge number of contracts that we didn\u2019t think of.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESoneter has developed a product and service that extends the smart grid technology to water and gas meters. The firm initially targeted multi-family residential customers, but has since expanded to commercial\/industrial and public sector groups through the help of ATDC.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECompared to current water and gas monitoring technologies, the unique aspects of Soneter\u2019s technology are that it is lower cost and non-invasive \u2013 i.e., doesn\u2019t require cutting pipes. The company uses ultrasonics to monitor low-flow pipes using off-the-shelf, low-cost software. \u201cThe software costs approximately $750 compared to the thousands of dollars you will spend on meters,\u201d Duggar explained. \u201cAnd we\u2019re adding wireless communications to provide information to the end user whether that is the property manager, resident, or facilities manager. That is all tied back into the Web.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESoneter\u2019s product-enabled service does more than simply capture the data, however. It also reports analytics such as how much time the resident spends in the shower or how much water is used in the manufacturing process. In addition to flow-specific analytics, Soneter also offers back-end billing software.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn terms of manufacturing the product, again ATDC has proven to be of great assistance. \u201cCurrently we are producing these through contract manufacturing,\u201d said Duggar. \u201cATDC put us in contact with those manufacturers, and have developed a lot of interest with other industrial partners who have an interest in the technology.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuggar also clarified the difference between Georgia Tech\u2019s VentureLab and ATDC incubation services. \u201cVentureLab is focused on faculty and students,\u201d Duggar explained. \u201cATDC is focused more on entrepreneurs with established start-up businesses looking to expand. VentureLab helps someone become a company but they move to ATDC once they are a company.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe biggest challenge Soneter has faced in developing its business, Duggar said, \u201cis bridging that gap between prototype to production-level product.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuggar\u2019s presentation was part of the GTMI Brown Bag Seminar Series, which takes place each Monday between noon and 1 p.m. in the Manufacturing Research Building, Room 114. Students and faculty are invited and are welcome to bring their lunch to the meeting. If you have questions or you want to be added to the reminder list for these events, please contact Tina Guldberg at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tina.guldberg@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Etina.guldberg@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFormer Georgia Tech Research Engineer Jeff Duggar explains the benefits of the university\u0027s incubation services at a recent Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute Brown Bag Seminar.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Former Georgia Tech Research Engineer Jeff Duggar explains the benefits of the university\u0027s incubation services at a recent Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute Brown Bag Seminar."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-11-11 16:55:29","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":"79611","name":"Brown Bag Seminar"},{"id":"79621","name":"Jeff Duggar"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"id":"167803","name":"soneter"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETina Guldberg\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDirector, Strategic Partnerships\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-385-4950\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tina.guldberg@gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Etina.guldberg@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["tina.guldberg@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"253731":{"#nid":"253731","#data":{"type":"news","title":"GaMEP helps manufacturing prosper in Georgia","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe have been offering manufacturing extension services in Georgia since the early 1960s,\u201d Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership (GaMEP) Director \u003Cstrong\u003EKaren Fite\u003C\/strong\u003E explained at her Oct. 21 Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute Brown Bag Seminar. \u201cWe have been doing manufacturing extension much longer than most universities.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe reason for this emphasis on assisting manufacturers in Georgia is the impact the sector has on the state\u2019s economy. Manufacturing makes up the second largest sector of Georgia\u2019s Gross Domestic Product. It employs more than 350,000 Georgians or about 8.5 percent of all jobs in Georgia. But more importantly, it makes up 84 percent of exports out of Georgia, and manufacturing in the state pays 15.8 percent higher than the state average wage.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe GaMEP has about 50 employees located throughout the state to help provide services in commercialization, entrepreneurship and extension services for a variety of industries. \u201cThis is what the state wants us to do,\u201d said Fite. \u201cThe manufacturing services has been around the longest, but we also serve healthcare, procurement, diversity and economic development.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn the national level, MEPs assist approximately 34,000 firms each year and complete 10,000 projects annually. MEPS were developed in the early 1990s, and now there is one in each state. GaMEP has representatives located throughout nine regions across the state to assist primarily small and mid-sized manufacturers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe National Institutes of Standards and Technology have given the MEPs the mission to focus on five key areas of manufacturing assistance:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ETechnology acceleration\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESupply chain\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EWorkforce\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESustainability\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EContinuous improvement\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGaMEP touches all of these areas, but because of the work of the state\u2019s technical college system, they do not focus their efforts too much on workforce development. One way it has found to best assist Georgia manufacturers, however, is to survey them every two years. \u201cIt is one thing to assume we know the challenges,\u201d said Fite, \u201cbut it is another to ask Georgia manufacturers what their challenges are.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFite highlighted a few of the key findings from the most recent survey. Marketing and sales, for example is always among the top needs identified by Georgia manufacturers. On the other hand, product development and design is low on their list of challenges. \u201cThe interesting news is that insourcing is starting to exceed outsourcing,\u201d Fite explained. \u201cThis is the first year insourcing is higher. Georgia manufacturers are starting to say, \u2018How can we grow our business and bring more work in?\u2019 \u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor most survey respondents, when presented with four strategy options, the majority (56.1 percent) of Georgia manufacturers said that they expect to grow their business by focusing on high-quality product. The other strategy options broke down as follows:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EQuick delivery \u2013 12.7 percent\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAdapting product to customer needs \u2013 12.7 percent\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ELow price \u2013 17.1 percent\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EInnovation and technology \u2013 8.5 percent\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFite pointed out, however, that the firms who can help the Georgia economy the most are those who focus on innovation and technology. This strategy provides a higher return on sales and employee salaries are higher, thus having a more positive impact on the state\u2019s economy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe challenge is that Georgia firms typically do not invest in R\u0026amp;D as much as their counterparts around the nation.\u0026nbsp; Manufacturing R\u0026amp;D intensity, or R\u0026amp;D expenditures as a percentage of sales, on the national level is 4.5 percent. In Georgia, however, it is only about 1 percent.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUnfortunately, as Fite previously pointed out, this can ultimately impact our economy by reducing the return on sales and lowering manufacturing wages. \u201cWe try to explain to them that they need to innovate,\u201d she said. \u201cIf you aren\u2019t innovating, you are losing ground.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA unit of the Enterprise Innovation Institute, GaMEP is a cost-effective alternative to traditional manufacturing consulting. To learn more about GaMEP, please visit: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gamep.org\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/gamep.org\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFite\u2019s presentation was part of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u2019s weekly Brown Bag Seminar Series. The seminars take place each Monday between noon and 1 p.m. in the Manufacturing Research Building, Room 114. Students and faculty are invited and are welcome to bring their lunch to the meeting. If you have questions or you want to be added to the reminder list for these events, please contact Tina Guldberg at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tina.guldberg@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Etina.guldberg@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership Director Karen Fite explained the importance of manufacturing to the state\u0027s economy and how GaMEP assists the industry at a recent GTMI Brown Bag Seminar.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership Director Karen Fite explained the importance of manufacturing to the state\u0027s economy and how GaMEP assists the industry at a recent GTMI Brown Bag Seminar."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-11-11 17:02:11","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":"79611","name":"Brown Bag Seminar"},{"id":"16331","name":"GaMEP"},{"id":"52201","name":"Karen Fite"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"id":"79631","name":"manufacturing extension partnership"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETina Guldberg\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDirector, Strategic Partnerships\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-385-4950\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tina.guldberg@gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Etina.guldberg@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["tina.guldberg@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"253761":{"#nid":"253761","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ATDC\u0027s Connie Casteel offers solutions for funding research","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt takes more than ideas to be successful,\u201d said Advanced Technology Development Center\u2019s (ATDC) \u003Cstrong\u003EConnie Casteel\u003C\/strong\u003E at her Oct. 28 Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute Brown Bag Seminar. \u201cTo be successful, you have to have a product \u2013 something that someone wants and something people will pay for.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe question is, how do you get the product out the door? According to Casteel, one way is to participate in the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs. Castell manages the SBIR\/STTR program for ATDC. The federally funded SBIR\/STTR programs are potential sources for funding research that enable small companies to compete for and conduct scientific\/technical research with the potential of commercialization. The only caveat being that the research should lead to a commercial product for the company.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThese programs were established in the late 1970s\/early 1980s as research began to show that large companies were no longer the dominant job producers. When job creation shifted to small companies, the Federal government wanted to establish programs to help the development of new companies. The program undergoes reauthorization from Congress every seven years, and last year the programs received reauthorization. Some agencies capped awards at $1 million at this time.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGovernment agencies that currently participate in SBIR\/STTR include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDepartment of Homeland Security\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDepartment of Commerce\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDepartment of Defense*\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDepartment of Education\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDepartment of Energy*\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDepartment of Transportation\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EEnvironmental Protection Agency\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ENational Aeronautics and Space Administration*\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ENational Institutes of Health*\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ENational Science Foundation*\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EU.S. Department of Agriculture\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMost programs have $100 million in the budget for SBIR. Those marked with asterisks have $500 million in the budget for SBIR and STTR. Each agency and sub-agency has its own criteria for awards, and some offer contract work while others offer grants.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBe aware of the difference, and know the agency and its interests,\u201d said Casteel. \u201cThat is key. No two agencies are alike. No two SBIR\/STTR agency programs are alike.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo understand their interests, Casteel recommends studying the various agencies\u2019 issue solicitations. She noted that some agencies request proposals one time a year, while others have multiple requests throughout the year. Typically, she explained, you have 30-90 days to prepare the proposal, but it is important to note that these agencies do not accept unsolicited proposals.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGenerally speaking there are three phases related to SBIR\/STTR awards. Phase One is the proof of concept\/feasibility portion, which takes 6-9 months for SBIR and 12 months for STTR. Phase II in both programs takes approximately 2 years and this is the phase in which the award recipient conducts research and development toward prototype and scale-up. Both programs have funds for the first two phases. However, there are no SBIR\/STTR funds available for Phase III, or the commercialization phase.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo qualify for SBIR\/STTR awards, a company must meet the following qualifications:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EA for-profit conducting research in a topic area of interest to an agency\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ELess than 500 employees (including affiliates)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAt least 51 percent owned and independently operated by individuals (defined as U.S. citizens or U.S. resident aliens) or 51 percent owned and controlled by another (one) business that is at least 51 percent owned and controlled by one or more individuals\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ELocated in the United States (or in Georgia for ATDC\u2019s services)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe principal investigator\u2019s primary employment must be with a small business full time at the time of the aware and during the project\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThese programs can be beneficial to manufacturing, especially since the primary focus is to produce a product. \u201cSBIR\/STTR is more than a research project,\u201d said Casteel. \u201cYou must demonstrate you have a plan to actually get the innovation produced and to market if you are successful in your research.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information on ATDC\u2019s SBIR\/STTR, please visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.atdc.org\/?SBIR\u0022\u003Ewww.atdc.org\/?SBIR\u003C\/a\u003E or contact Connie Casteel at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:connie@atdc.org\u0022\u003Econnie@atdc.org\u003C\/a\u003E. Casteel also offers updates on various agency RFPs via twitter: @CCasteel2.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECasteel\u2019s presentation was part of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u2019s weekly Brown Bag Seminar Series. The seminars take place each Monday between noon and 1 p.m. in the Manufacturing Research Building, Room 114. Students and faculty are invited and are welcome to bring their lunch to the meeting. If you have questions or you want to be added to the reminder list for these events, please contact Tina Guldberg at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tina.guldberg@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Etina.guldberg@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EConnie Casteel, Advanced Technology Development Center, provided details on how to take advantage of Small Business Innovation Research progarm funds at a recent Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute Brown Bag Seminar.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Connie Casteel, Advanced Technology Development Center, provided details on how to take advantage of Small Business Innovation Research progarm funds at a recent Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute Brown Bag Seminar."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-11-11 17:21:31","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":"79611","name":"Brown Bag Seminar"},{"id":"79651","name":"Connie Casteel"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"id":"167833","name":"SBIR"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETina Guldberg\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDirector, Strategic Partnerships\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-385-4950\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tina.guldberg@gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Etina.guldberg@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["tina.guldberg@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"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":""}},"253651":{"#nid":"253651","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Bringing Value to Boeing","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith more than $25 million in new awards granted to Georgia Tech researchers and faculty over the past five years, Boeing has made a huge impact on research activity. Therefore, Georgia Tech researchers want to make sure they are on track for meeting the needs of this important supporter. On Oct. 17-18, the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute hosted nearly 30 Boeing R\u0026amp;D and manufacturing representatives for the annual Georgia Tech \u2013 Boeing Strategic University Partnership Program Review.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is a really important partnership for Georgia Tech,\u201d said Dr. Steve Cross, Executive Vice President for Research, Georgia Tech. \u201cWe are trying to work on the Georgia Tech culture so that we are an industry-friendly research university.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECross explained that the university has streamlined its contracting system to enable industry to more easily engage Georgia Tech researchers. Georgia Tech has put in place four contract mechanisms including Basic Research, Applied Research, Demonstration and Specialized Training. The goal is to offer various levels of assistance at all stages of R\u0026amp;D.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Rob Stoker, Boeing Senior Manager, Collaboration, this has been a good move. \u201cWe are focusing a lot on the transition from R\u0026amp;D to production,\u201d he explained. \u201cWe need to make sure that we are communicating our needs to drive the research. The contract instruments you were talking about, [Steve] are a big part of that.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDon Mottaz, Director of Assembly and Integration, Boeing Research and Technology, reiterated Stoker\u2019s thought. \u201cThis relationship is going to be very important moving forward for many reasons including, obviously, competition reasons,\u201d he said. \u201cWe need to easily put in place contracts and in the long term, we want you to be a partner for us. This [process] is really key and the partnership will help us build exciting new products and accelerate innovation.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResults of this win-win partnership were highlighted throughout the 1.5-day program. Principal Investigator Dr. Shreyes Melkote, Associate Director of GTMI, kicked off the meeting by explaining that this strategic partnership focuses on basic and applied research to produce \u201cnext generation manufacturing technologies, including design and materials.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOngoing projects in the variation analysis and hardware and software integration arenas, were highlighted on the first day. The Boeing visitors also participated in tours of the GTMI Boeing Lab, Wind Tunnel Lab, and the Techway Robotics Lab. Some were even allowed to operate the latest in crane technology during one of the lab visits.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe program also promoted student work. On the first day, 13 students participated in a lunch-time poster session. Students are a key part of this program, according to Stoker, who reported that the company has hired 30 Georgia Tech students throughout the program. In fact, since 2011, the program has generated 25 PhD students, 21 master\u2019s students, 18 undergrads, and two post-docs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe try to leverage the strengths that we have at Georgia Tech, and match those to the needs at Boeing,\u201d said Dr. Melkote. \u201cAnd most importantly, you recruit the product we make best \u2013 our students.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute hosted nearly 30 Boeing reps to provide an update on the firm\u0027s research program\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute hosted nearly 30 Boeing reps to provide an update on the firm\u0027s research program."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-11-11 16:26:21","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:18","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":"4358","name":"boeing"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"id":"171283","name":"Shreyes Melkote"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETracy Heath\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Manager\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-5562\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tracy.heath@gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Etracy.heath@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["tracy.heath@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"253681":{"#nid":"253681","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Industry Heavy Hitters Participate in Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute External Advisory Board Meeting","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAnalytic Services Inc., Cummins Inc., Cytec Aerospace, Evolved Analytics, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Shaw Industries, and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers \u2013 all are very big names in manufacturing. On Oct. 30, representatives from each of these organizations joined the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute for its fall External Advisory Board meeting.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe purpose of this meeting was two-fold. \u201cFirst, this meeting is to help guide the long-term strategy of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute so that it is a world leader in critical areas of manufacturing research,\u201d said Theresa Kotanchek, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of Evolved Analytics and Chair of the GTMI External Advisory Board. \u201cSecond, the meeting is to educate the board members on the research taking place at GTMI.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGTMI board members in attendance included:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EWayne Eckerle (Cummins),\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ETheresa Kotanchek (Evolved Analytics),\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ERob Maskell (Cytec),\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMike McGrath (Analytic Services Inc.),\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EJohn Russell (Office of the Secretary of Defense),\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPete Sigmon (Shaw Industries), and\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMark Tomlinson (Society of Manufacturing Engineers)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe day-long event included research presentations on additive manufacturing, bio-inspired design, next generation fibers, model-based systems engineering, printed electronics, and sustainable manufacturing from key research leaders at Georgia Tech. Board members also heard a panel discussion on Georgia Tech\u2019s involvement in the National Network of Manufacturing Innovation, and panelist sought ways to further engage industry in the process. Panel moderator and Georgia Tech Research Institute Executive Director, Industry Strategy and Communications, Don McConnell, also posed the question of which areas of research should be the focus of the federal Advanced Manufacturing Partnership 2.0 program based on the 16 recommended topics named by AMP 1.0. Advanced manufacturing and testing equipment; advanced sensing, measurement and process control; sustainable manufacturing; and biomanufacturing and bioinformatics were among the top-listed research areas among GTMI\u2019s board.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKey industry representatives discussed strategy and research with GTMI leadership and researchers.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Key industry representatives discussed strategy and research with GTMI leadership and researchers."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-11-11 16:33:33","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:18","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":"9441","name":"external advisory board"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETina Guldberg\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDirector, Strategic Partnerships\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-385-4950\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tina.guldberg@gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Etina.guldberg@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["tina.guldberg@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"243901":{"#nid":"243901","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dr. Ben Wang to serve critical role on Advanced Manufacturing Partnership 2.0","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. Ben Wang, Executive Director of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, has been named by Dr. G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson to serve as the point of contact for the White House\u2019s Advanced Manufacturing Partnership 2.0 Operations Committee. The Operations Committee helps lead the execution of the work for AMP. Responsibilities of this role include providing intellectual leadership on manufacturing issues, serving as Georgia Tech\u2019s primary liaison to AMP, participating in coordinated teleconferences, helping lead expert workgroups, and identifying talent to staff other teams.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs part of this new role, Dr. Wang participated in the kick-off meeting for AMP 2.0 on Sept. 30. The goal of the call was to outline the AMP 2.0 structure and provide a statement of work for the initiative.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt is an honor to represent Georgia Tech in this role,\u201d said Dr. Wang. \u201cThe inaugural AMP laid the groundwork for a renewed manufacturing sector in the United States, and version 2.0 will help re-establish the United States as the world leader in manufacturing. This is an exciting time for manufacturing, and I am happy to be a part of this initiative.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Peterson also named GTMI Associate Director Dr. Shreyes Melkote and Associate Director of Strategic Partnerships Tina Guldberg to the subject matter expert and external engagement working teams, respectively.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAMP 2.0 encourages approaches that sustain and grow U.S. leadership in advanced manufacturing, making the United States a magnet for jobs and investment; fostering broad, long-term collaboration among industry, academia, and government partners to drive advances in U.S. innovation and work force capabilities. The inaugural AMP program issued 16 recommendations across enabling innovation, securing the talent pipeline, and improving the business climate.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u0027s Executive Director will serve as GT point of contact for the White House\u0027s Advanced Manufacturing Partnership 2.0.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u0027s Executive Director will serve as GT point of contact for the White House\u0027s Advanced Manufacturing Partnership 2.0."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-10-09 16:36:29","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:05","author":"Tracy Heath","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-10-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-10-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"14299","name":"Advanced Manufacturing Partnership"},{"id":"14300","name":"AMP"},{"id":"13523","name":"Ben Wang"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETracy Heath\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-5562\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["tracy.heath@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"243911":{"#nid":"243911","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dr. Ben Wang addresses more than 200 at Next Generation Manufacturing event","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMore than 200 manufacturing executives and Georgia Tech participants convened for the annual Next Generation Manufacturing event on Sept. 17. Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute Executive Director Dr. Ben Wang welcomed guests and set the tone for the meeting. According to Dr. Wang, manufacturing is the cornerstone of U.S. economic stability, representing 70 percent of U.S. exports and 90 percent of U.S. patents.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cExports are one of the few ways to increase wealth and quality of life for citizens,\u201d said Dr. Wang. \u201cAnd we must produce to export.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe also stressed the importance of new technologies such as 3D printing. This technology has applications in a wide variety of industries, such as aerospace, automotive, bio-medical, repair and maintenance. \u201cIt can reduce lead times from 28 months for spare parts to less than two months,\u201d he explained.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMore importantly, however, it is critical for the United States to face two grand challenges in order to improve global competitiveness. First, it currently takes approximately 20 years to move a new technology from the research lab to the marketplace. Second, new products and new technologies need to stay here and be manufactured here in the United States rather than shift the production to low-cost countries.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe must speed innovation to market and we must build here,\u201d said Dr. Wang. \u201cTo do this, we must work together.\u201d\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMore details from the event were reported by Georgia Public Broadcasting:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003ETax Credits Elude Companies\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBy Claire Simms, GPB\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERichard Kopelman, Chairman of the Next Generation Manufacturing Conference, believes there are two main challenges for Georgia\u2019s manufacturing companies: finding qualified workers and using government incentives effectively.\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u201cEighty-two percent of manufacturers aren\u2019t taking advantage of the tax credits and incentives available to them,\u201d explained Kopelman, who is also a CPA and managing partner at accounting firm Habif, Arogti and Wynne. \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E That figure was based on the 2012 Georgia Manufacturing Survey conducted by Kopelman\u2019s firm, Georgia Tech and Kennesaw State. \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u201cEven here in Georgia with great tax incentives and people out there touting it, companies either have their head in the sand or just don\u2019t think or are being told that they\u2019re not able to take advantage of these things,\u201d said Kopelman. \u201cThey\u2019re passing on them.\u201d \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E Kopelman said the conference, which was held Tuesday at the Georgia Tech Research Institute, is designed to help manufacturers share knowledge about industry innovations, opportunities and best practices. \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u201cI think everybody probably walks away with something different,\u201d Kopelman added. \u201cThey\u2019re meeting other manufacturers outside of their own vertical space they usually spend their time in.\u201d \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E The other major challenge Kopelman highlighted is the disconnect between those who need jobs in Georgia and the skills needed to do those jobs.\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u201cThere [are] 4 million unfilled technical jobs in America today because there\u2019s a mismatch of skill sets,\u201d said Kopelman.\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E One way the state has been working to alleviate that problem is through the Georgia Quick Start program. The resource is free for companies and helps create training programs to get Georgia workers up to speed. \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u201cThey\u2019ve been fantastic to work with,\u201d said Todd Henry, Operations Manager for Caterpillar\u2019s new plant in Athens. \u201cWorking in conjunction with Athens Technical College, they\u2019ve been able to build a custom training facility for us, which really is world class and they\u2019ve been able to develop the curriculum we need to train the employees to really come into Caterpillar, go through the training and then from day one when they enter the plant, they\u2019re ready to go.\u201d \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E Caterpillar is set to begin production at its new plant in October. The company currently employs 275 people at the Athens facility, but plans to increase that to 325 workers by the end of the year.\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u201cRight now we\u2019re hiring for really all positions. We\u2019re looking for shop floor leadership positions. We\u2019re looking for assemblers and we\u2019re looking for welders,\u201d Henry said. \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E The company has said in the past it plans to hire a total of 1400 employees once it is fully operational. Henry said Caterpillar will expand to 900 workers by the end of 2015. The next 500 positions will depend on industry performance, Henry added.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E Kopelman emphasized that tax breaks can help manufacturing companies expand. The passage of Georgia\u2019s manufacturing energy tax credit has helped the industry, but Kopelman said some localities have added taxes which counteract that.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u0027s Dr. Ben Wang kicked of the Next Generation Manufacturing event with a discussion on why manufacturing is important to the U.S. economy.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u0027s Dr. Ben Wang kicked of the Next Generation Manufacturing event with a discussion on why manufacturing is important to the U.S. economy."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-10-09 16:41:19","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:05","author":"Tracy Heath","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-10-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-10-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"13523","name":"Ben Wang"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETracy Heath\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-5562\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["Tracy.heath@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"243921":{"#nid":"243921","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Deutz USA\u0027s Steve Corley talks clean diesels\u0027 growing appeal at Brown Bag Seminar","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlthough the United States has not embraced diesel engines like its European counterparts, \u201cwith fuel costs consistently in the $3.50 per gallon range,\u201d said Stephen Corley, president and CEO of Deutz Corp., \u201cdiesel is becoming more of a consideration.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECorley updated Georgia Tech students and faculty on clean diesel engines as part of his Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute Brown Bag Seminar on Sept. 9. Demand for clean diesel is certainly on the rise. In 2012, Corley\u2019s company, Deutz Group, had more than $1.7 billion in revenue.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019re not a well-known brand,\u201d he explained. \u201cWe don\u2019t make the end product, but a lot of our customers do.\u201d Those customers include such well-known names as AGCO and Volvo, which use Deutz engines in their products.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGovernment regulations are requiring cleaner engines. In 2007, all on-road engines manufactured had to meet Environmental Protection Agency standards, which led to the development of diesel particulate filters. In 2012, the EPA further reduced the level of nitrogen oxides (NO\u003Csub\u003Ex\u003C\/sub\u003E).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cEPA is very stringent about meeting their standards,\u201d said Corley. \u201cAnd they have no problems with putting fines on you.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENow, technologies are being added to monitor diesel engines. A light signals when the engine is not in line with standards and the vehicle owner must go to the dealership for repair.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor a country that has not had to suffer high fuel costs until the past decade, there was little to no demand for diesel engines. Now, Corley noted, his company is seeing more convert from gas to diesel, which may have a positive impact on gasoline consumption.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOwners of Audi TDI engines have helped save more than 4 million gallons of gas, or the equivalent of more than 240,000 barrels of foreign oil,\u201d said Corley. \u201cTDI technology delivers better fuel efficiency without sacrificing performance. Diesel engines can do more than a hybrid can do.\u201d \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECorley also noted that Deutz\u2019s remanufacturing business is on the rise, which further enhances its environmental impact. \u201cRemanufacturing creates 70 percent in raw material savings, and it reduces energy use by 60 percent,\u201d he noted. \u201cIt is a low-cost, high-quality production alternative. Our warranty is the same as new. It\u2019s also good for the economy because it creates jobs locally.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDeutz is a sales, service, genuine parts and application engineering center for the Americas, supporting the Deutz product range of 30 - 700 hp diesel and natural gas engines. Located northeast of Atlanta, the company employs more than 125 people covering all aspects of marketing and support.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe GTMI Brown Bag Semina Series takes place each Monday between noon and 1 p.m. in the Manufacturing Research Building, Room 114. Students and faculty are invited and are welcome to bring their lunch to the meeting. If you have questions or you want to be added to the reminder list for these events, please contact Tina Guldberg at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tina.guldberg@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Etina.guldberg@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EClean diesels are picking up steam in the United States due to high fuel costs, but environmental legislation is pushing for continued improvement in technology.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Clean diesels are picking up steam in the United States due to high fuel costs, but environmental legislation is pushing for continued improvement in technology."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-10-09 16:45:13","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:05","author":"Tracy Heath","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-10-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-10-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"76151","name":"Deutz USA"},{"id":"7359","name":"diesel"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"id":"171302","name":"Steve Corley"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETina Guldberg,\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-385-4950\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["tina.guldberg@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"243931":{"#nid":"243931","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dr. Jan Youtie draws a crowd for seminar on \u0027Innovation in Small and Mid-sized Manufacturing: A U.S. Policy Perspective\u0027","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFrom a U.S. policy perspective, manufacturing has been left out in the cold. The argument has always been, according to Dr. Jan Youtie, Manager of Policy Services and Principal Research Associate at Enterprise Innovation Institute, \u201cThe U.S. is a capitalist society, so we have decided not to have an industrial policy. People argue that \u2018some will get served and some won\u2019t, and that is not what we\u2019re about.\u2019 \u201d And that has been the case for about 100 years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESpeaking to a crowded room at her Sept. 16 Brown Bag Seminar at the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, Dr. Youtie also explained that others argue that manufacturing is a declining industry and we don\u2019t need to pursue policy that encourages it. The industry sector has lost 1.6 million jobs since 2007 and has shown a steep decline in the number of establishments.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHowever, Dr. Youtie argues: \u201cProductivity has gone up. People are still buying things, and manufacturing has gotten better about making things.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlthough durable goods took a hit during the downturn, productivity has rapidly increased over the last three years. And where there was a drop in manufacturing\u2019s percentage of gross domestic product, we are beginning to see an uptick. \u201cSo it is much more complicated than just saying manufacturing is a declining industry,\u201d said Dr. Youtie.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFrom a historical perspective, manufacturing has had a significant technological and societal impact. We have seen the rise of automation and microprocessors in the 1960s and \u201870s, to robotics, internet, biotech, and lightweight materials in the following decades. But these technologies did not come about without challenges such as job loss, deskilling and outsourcing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStarting in the 1980s, manufacturing faced many challenges and the U.S. trade surplus became a trade deficit with the rise in Toyota products. The gap between large manufacturers\u2019 productivity and their small and mid-sized counterparts began to widen. At the time, \u201cour large manufacturers were as good as any in the world,\u201d said Dr. Youtie, \u201cbut not our small and mid-sized manufacturers (SME). There was a huge gap.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESMEs once made up 70 percent of manufacturing productivity, but today they only make up 60 percent. The difference in productivity can be linked to the fact that large manufactures use new technologies, whereas SMEs use new technologies much less frequently. \u201cThe uptake in technology is one reason for this gap between large manufacturing productivity and SME productivity,\u201d said Dr. Youtie.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESME has constraints in terms of adopting technology, including:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ELack of finances\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ELack of know-how or internal knowledge to manage new technology\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EShortage of skills and limited access to qualified personnel\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ELimited ability to meet customer needs and foreign markets\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EWeak business relationships and isolation in their work\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs the gap continues to expand, Dr. Youtie suggests that it is time to intervene. SMEs lack knowledge and resources, but large customers, vendors and consultants don\u2019t and can\u2019t support the SMEs in their plight. From a government perspective, there are gaps in public providers, a lack of service coordination and a lack of supporting policies for SMEs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThere have been policy attempts to help since the late 1980s, according to Dr. Youtie. The Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act established regional technology transfer centers to move technology from federal labs to SMEs. These didn\u2019t work as planned, so in 1993, the Technology Reinvestment Act was announced, which expanded the federal Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program to all 50 states.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring the 2000s the economy took a nosedive and low-cost, technologically capable global competitors began to pull manufacturing away from the United States. In order to compete with the lower-wage nations, the general consensus was that for the United States to compete, we had to be more innovative. In 2007, the America COMPETES Act was rolled out. MEP services were to focus on next generation manufacturing and offering toolkits to promote growth. MEP responded with its Next Generation Manufacturing Strategy 2008. \u201cSystemized growth services was the big effort to promote innovation and new products,\u201d explained Dr. Youtie. \u201cToday, there is a renewed effort for advanced manufacturing.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThese new efforts target the Technology Readiness Levels of 4, 5 and 6, or the \u201cvalley of death\u201d in the U.S. technology maturation process. Three big initiatives have been introduced, including the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Consortia, the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation, and Manufacturing Technology Acceleration Centers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese new policy changes may mean changes in technology: additive manufacturing, digital design and lightweight materials,\u201d concluded Dr. Youtie. \u201cWhole segments of manufacturing will be wiped out.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe GTMI Brown Bag Semina Series takes place each Monday between noon and 1 p.m. in the Manufacturing Research Building, Room 114. Students and faculty are invited and are welcome to bring their lunch to the meeting. If you have questions or you want to be added to the reminder list for these events, please contact Tina Guldberg at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tina.guldberg@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Etina.guldberg@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs part of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute Brown Bag Seminar Series, Dr. Youtie provided a history and update on the latest national initiatives to improve productivity among U.S. small and mid-sized manufacturers.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"As part of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute Brown Bag Seminar Series, Dr. Youtie provided a history and update on the latest national initiatives to improve productivity among U.S. small and mid-sized manufacturers."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-10-09 16:50:25","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:05","author":"Tracy Heath","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-10-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-10-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"4096","name":"brown bag"},{"id":"11149","name":"Jan Youtie"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETina Guldberg\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-385-4950\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["Tina.guldberg@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"243951":{"#nid":"243951","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Shortage of tooling engineers could be hurting U.S. manufacturing","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDespite the fact that many manufacturing plants are coming to the United States such as KIA here in Georgia and Mercedes in Tuscaloosa, Ala., much of the highly skilled manufacturing work is not performed here. The investments in these announcements, according to Ravind Shrotria, DFX and DFM Manager at Coca-Cola, is in items such as equipment that is purchased overseas. The plants indeed create jobs, but are they creating the jobs that the United States should be targeting?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201c90 percent of tooling in these two plants come from Germany or Korea,\u0022 said Shrotria, who discussed the U.S. tooling engineer shortage at a recent Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute Brown Bag Seminar. \u0022Are we creating a new generation of blue collar workers or very highly skilled manufacturing employees?\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe tooling engineer workforce that was developed in the mid-20\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E century is hitting retirement age, and the United States has not invested in developing a new crop of these skilled workers. \u201cWe have relied heavily on new technologies to give us the advantage over the competition in terms of tooling, but that has not borne the fruit that we expected,\u201d said Shrotria. \u201cToday tool and die shops are shutting down in Pennsylvania and other places because the skill set is not being developed. This lack of training of second generation tooling engineers in the United States is going to hit us hard as other countries build this workforce and we do not.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETooling is a very specialized area of manufacturing and mechanical engineering which comprises of the analysis, planning, design, construction, application tools, methods, procedures and techniques, necessary to increase manufacturing productivity in the economy. It requires an apprenticeship period, usually lasting about four years. The investment in that four years is a hindrance for some, but it is an investment that begins to pay off before the training is completed, according to Shrotria. \u201cBy the fourth year, the investment in the student begins to generate returns,\u201d he added.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter four years, a tooling engineer can expect to make $9 to $21 per hour. \u201cSome ask if a burger flipper can make $9 an hour, why put in the effort? But those jobs aren\u2019t skilled,\u201d noted Shrotria. \u201cTooling is a skilled job and it will lead somewhere.\u201d If tool design skills are included in the training or picked up later, the pay for these workers increases to $18 to $40-plus per hour.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe reason the United States is falling behind is because the U.S. education system is unfriendly to producing tool designers and tool makers, according to Shrotria. Unlike its European and Asian counterparts, the United States fails to set up a system that identifies those students more suited for university and the ones more suited for tooling programs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIf all the money in the world was distributed equally amongst all peoples on this planet, then in the first 1 hour of the equal distribution, there will be some that will have more than 50 times what was given to them,\u201d explained Shrotria. \u201cThe difference is based on intellect. In the United States, everyone is equal, but in Europe, they identify engineer students that are qualified to move onto university and the ones better suited for another [tooling] program. The United States does not acknowledge this.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMany of the most successful tooling training programs are propagated by the Europeans throughout the world. China and other Asian competitors have programs set up to train tooling engineers and the United States continues to fall behind. \u201cWe have realized this a little too late,\u201d said Shrotria. \u201cSome say we can import these workers, but importing is not a solution; it is a temporary fix. To grab the edge in manufacturing, we need more specialized tooling engineers versus more engineers overall.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo do this, Shrotria provided a list of recommendations:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EStudents must be identified right out of high school and directed into a tooling program\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EInvest in tooling training and apprenticeships because that investment will generate returns by the third for fourth year\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDevelop programs to produce credits or bachelor\u2019s degree programs after completion\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EInvest in research and skill development using federal-private funding\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EOffer tax incentives to foreign companies setting up manufacturing plants in the United States for procuring a certain percentage of tooling in the United States\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere must be a strong public private partnership to develop this skill set,\u201d said Shrotria. \u201cIn Malaysia and Singapore they pay tool makers very well \u2013 not only from the company but the government chips in to pay these workers during that four years of training. It is this strong partnership between public and private sectors that brings these programs to life.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe GTMI Brown Bag Seminar Series takes place each Monday between noon and 1 p.m. in the Manufacturing Research Building, Room 114. Students and faculty are invited and are welcome to bring their lunch to the meeting. If you have questions or you want to be added to the reminder list for these events, please contact Tina Guldberg at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tina.guldberg@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Etina.guldberg@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAt a recent Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute Brown Bag Seminar, Coca-Cola Freestyle\u0027s Ravind Shrotria discussed why the United States is falling behind in terms of developing a new class of tooling engineers and the impact this shortage will have on the nation\u0027s manufacturing sector.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"At a recent Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute Brown Bag Seminar, Coca-Cola Freestyle\u0027s Ravind Shrotria discussed why the United States is falling behind in terms of developing a new class of tooling engineers and the impact this shortage will have"}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-10-09 16:55:28","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:05","author":"Tracy Heath","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-10-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-10-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"4096","name":"brown bag"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"id":"76301","name":"tooling engineer"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETina Guldberg\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-385-4950\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["tina.guldberg@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"253701":{"#nid":"253701","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Alain Louchez Connects the Data Dots for Manufacturing","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGiven the low cost of sensors and the large demand for process optimization in manufacturing, very high adoption rates of the Internet of Things are possible,\u201d \u003Cstrong\u003EAlain\u0026nbsp; Louchez\u003C\/strong\u003E, Managing Director, Georgia Tech Center of Development and Application of Internet of Things Technologies, explained at his Sept. 30 Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute Brown Bag Seminar. \u201cPerhaps 80 percent to 100 percent of all manufacturing could be using Internet of Things applications by 2025. This would lead to a potential economic impact of $2.3 billion.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe reason the Internet of Things is so important to manufacturing and other industries is that change comes from data, and data will come from \u201cthings\u201d as more and more companies incorporate sensors and track information on processes, products and services. But what exactly is the Internet of Things? According to Louchez, it is \u201ca global infrastructure for the information society, enabling advanced services by interconnecting physical and virtual things based on existing and evolving interoperable information and communication technologies.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn other words, it is the link between human and non-human things such as personal devices. By 2025, said Louchez, there will be at least 50 billion \u201cthings\u201d connected to the Internet.. There are currently 6.8 billion mobile phones on the planet, and \u201cwe will see 1.4 billion smart phones in use on the planet by the end of the year \u2013 and probably two-thirds of those will be connected to Facebook,\u201d Louchez noted.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo advance data exchange and gathering, in June 2012, the world was introduced to Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), \u201cwhich changed the magnitude of the Internet by many, many levels,\u201d Louchez said. \u201cWe moved from 4.3 billion Internet addresses with IPv4 to 340 trillion trillion trillion addresses available on the Internet with IPv6.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Internet of Things is a vision of society where we regroup the technologies behind everything we do \u2013 a movement toward a hyper-connected society. By 2025, with 50 billion \u201cthings\u201d connected to the Internet, on average, there will be more than 6 objects connected to the Internet per person on earth, and the sensors in those objects track everything you do. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be big and it\u2019s going to touch everything,\u201d said Louchez. \u201cManufacturing will be a big part of that.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMany companies already have a corporate focus on the Internet of Things but use different names. GE, for example, uses what it calls the Industrial Internet. Bosch has the Internet of Things and Services, while Ericson talks of a social Web of things and networked society. But, Internet of Things technologies have not yet reached its peak. According to a recent study by Gartner, it will take 10-15 years to reach the \u0022plateau of productivity.\u0022 Right now, said Louchez, \u201cWe are taking all the \u2018things\u2019 and elevating them to the level of people. It\u2019s a revolution, and a revolution does not take place over night.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor manufacturing, Internet of Things will create the manufacturing plant of the future. It is the core of future manufacturing. It will also provide direct contact with what is going on in the supply chain. In fact, Louchez said, \u201cOver the next 10 years, advanced manufacturing will become globally linked as automation and digital supply chain management become the norm across enterprise systems.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInternet of Things initiatives are being put in place around the world. According to Louchez, China is far ahead of the United States. Internet of things took a prominent role in a 12-year strategic plan in this country. Today, more than 40 China universities offer a degree in the Internet of Things.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGermany launched an initiative called Industry 4.0. The goal of this initiative is to recreate manufacturing so that Germany is more productive and more efficient. The initiative lays out plans to \u201cshape the Fourth Industrial Revolution,\u201d explained Louchez. \u201cAnd it will all be driven by Internet of Things technologies (e.g., cyber-physical systems). In other words, the factories of the future will optimize and control their manufacturing processes largely by themselves, so we need to be looking toward the future.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIf there is one thing Louchez wanted participants to take from the presentation, it is this: \u201cThe Internet of Things will have a bidirectional impact.\u201d It will impact manufacturing processes through greater automation, tracing, optimization and human interaction. And on the end-product side of things, manufactured goods will be embedded with Internet of Things technologies that will transform the socioeconomic fiber, including marketing, sales, information management, business models, city life, and more, explained Louchez. He added, \u201cInternet of Things-embedded goods will transform society.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELouchez\u2019s presentation was part of the GTMI Brown Bag Seminar Series, which takes place each Monday between noon and 1 p.m. in the Manufacturing Research Building, Room 114. Students and faculty are invited and are welcome to bring their lunch to the meeting. If you have questions or you want to be added to the reminder list for these events, please contact Tina Guldberg at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tina.guldberg@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Etina.guldberg@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn his Georgia Tech Manufaturing Institute Brown Bag Seminar, Alain Louchez explains the significance and future impact of the Internet of Things.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"In his Georgia Tech Manufaturing Institute Brown Bag Seminar, Alain Louchez explains the significance and future impact of the Internet of Things."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-11-11 16:45:43","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:05","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":"79601","name":"Alain Louchez"},{"id":"79611","name":"Brown Bag Seminar"},{"id":"68951","name":"Internet of Things"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETina Guldberg\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDirector, Strategic Partnerships\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-385-4950\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tina.guldberg@gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Etina.guldberg@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["tina.guldberg@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"243191":{"#nid":"243191","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Trend Highlights Collaborative University Breakthroughs in Biosciences","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith an aging population and a struggling health insurance industry, the art and science of \u0022making it all better\u0022 will be making a lot of money in the very near future. Georgia Trend recently spoke with a number of bio-related innovators and researchers from the state\u0027s universities to discuss the current state of affairs in this rapidly expanding market. Federal research unding and university collaboration are key to keeping this industry alive and kicking.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe full article is below:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch1\u003ECell Mates\u003C\/h1\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECollaborative university efforts are driving ground-floor biotech discoveries.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003EBy Jerry Grillo\u0026nbsp;\u003Cp\u003ENick Boulis has the audacity to believe, out loud, that discoveries and therapies designed to improve the human condition \u2013 world-changing breakthroughs that have been happening and are happening right now in Georgia \u2013 are just as important as fighter planes or even football.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESure, he might be bordering on sacrilege, but Boulis is a groundbreaking Emory neurosurgeon working on cutting-edge therapies to treat some of mankind\u2019s most devastating, incurable (so far) maladies. So he comes to his blasphemy from an honest place.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere are those who actually think it might be almost as important as throwing a football,\u201d Boulis says in almost hushed tones.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI want people to get excited about the fact that we are pioneers in biomedicine, that we have earned hometown bragging rights, and we should have civic pride and invest in this kind of work the way we invest in our sports teams or our war machine, because it means Georgia and Atlanta are really badass.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe kind of badass work Boulis is talking about encompasses the relatively new field of regenerative medicine \u2013 the process of repairing, replacing or regenerating damaged human cells, tissues, bones or organs, sometimes through stimulating the body\u2019s innate repair mechanisms, sometimes with the help of stem cells and the creation of tissues, organs and whatnot in the lab.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s a growing effort under the biotech umbrella, and its bringing together scientists from some of Georgia\u2019s leading research universities in a widespread collaborative endeavor.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile Georgia leaders still warm themselves in the afterglow of last year\u2019s announcement that Baxter International is going to build a $1-billion plasma processing plant about 40 miles east of Atlanta, the really interesting stuff is happening in university labs and in clinical trials, where the long-promised potential of stem cell research grows ever closer to becoming a bedside reality.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe field is moving fast, and this is a really good sign for all of us in the future,\u201d says Steve Stice, professor and director of the Regenerative Bioscience Center at the University of Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStice adds a critical \u201chowever.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe challenge, of course, is money, or the lack of it. Federal funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH, the largest source of support for medical research, comprises less than one percent of the total U.S. budget) has been declining steadily since 2003. And most recently, federally im-posed sequestration is forcing the NIH to cut about $1.55 billion from its FY 2013 budget, which means about 700 fewer grants this year. House Republicans have already suggested further cuts to NIH next year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMost people don\u2019t realize that science isn\u2019t done today [and] then there\u2019s a new drug tomorrow,\u201d Stice says. \u201cWhat\u2019s happening is jeopardizing our future.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBob Guldberg, executive director of Georgia Tech\u2019s Parker H. Petit (it\u2019s pronounced \u201cpetite\u201d) In-stitute for Bioengineering \u0026amp; Bioscience, goes to Washington, D.C., three times a year to review applications for the NIH group he leads.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAnd it\u2019s really depressing to read about this great science and that great research that is unfortunately not going to be funded because the funding rates have fallen so low,\u201d says Guldberg, who chairs the Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering Study Section in the Center for Scientific Review (part of NIH).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI worry about younger investigators, new faculty and students; worry that they\u2019re going to see the landscape and come to the conclusion that research is just too difficult, so they won\u2019t get into the field,\u201d Guldberg says. \u201cThink about the long-term effects of that. The funding issue is slowly sapping the vitality from the U.S. research enterprise and innovation engine.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor people in the business of healing, like Dr. Boulis, the slowing trickle of public money reflects more than a troubled economy: There are some misplaced priorities at work.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u201cWe can spend billions and billions on joint task force fighters. With the price of one of those planes we can do so much,\u201d says an annoyed Boulis. \u201cI doubt they\u2019re sequestering money for bombs. Whatever. The bottom line is, the main limitation is dollars.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBoulis and his team at Emory won FDA approval to start clinical trials to inject neural stem cells into patients with spinal cord injuries, a planned venture that would happen at Emory and Shepherd Center in Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cUnfortunately, we\u2019re sitting in dry dock,\u201d Boulis says. \u201cWe don\u2019t have the money to do it.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEven so, Boulis is conducting other revolutionary clinical trials and scientists are making discoveries that may lead to treatments for catastrophic neurological disorders, while Children\u2019s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA) and Georgia Tech have just embarked on a $20-million partnership (they anted up $10 million each), bringing Tech\u2019s engineers together with Emory physicians at CHOA in a quest to develop medical technologies for pediatric care, with an emphasis on medical devices, nanomedicine and regenerative medicine.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003ENew Tools\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn April 2012, after a long search, Baxter International said it was coming to Georgia and creating 1,500 jobs at a plant it was going to develop near rural Social Circle. The Research Triangle, it ain\u2019t. But still, this is pretty huge for a state that has been trying for years to break into the biotech upper echelon. (We still lag far behind places like California, Massachusetts and, here in the southeast, North Carolina.)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe importance of that announcement to our industry can\u2019t be understated,\u201d says Russell Allen, president and CEO of the biotech industry trade organization Georgia Bio. \u201cIt puts us on the map, improves our image to the rest of the world as a serious bioscience presence.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn January (as it does every year), Georgia Bio announced its Deals of the Year in life sciences, recognizing significant transactions by pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and medical device companies. Baxter was the easy winner in the Economic Development category for 2012.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe top deal in the Public\/Private Collaboration category was the CHOA-Georgia Tech joint investment, which is basically a sharp ramping up of a partnership that has existed for years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOne of the things we find is, if you get a physician together with an engineer in the right setting, sometimes revolutionary things can happen,\u201d says Paul Spearman, chief research officer for CHOA. \u201cSometimes it\u2019s as simple as taking an engineer through the intensive care unit, and they\u2019ll look at these huge machines huddled around a tiny baby, and they are amazed at how the equipment hasn\u2019t been optimized to really facilitate pediatric care. Our physicians are thinking about using the machine that\u2019s available. The engineer is thinking, \u2018I could make this better.\u2019\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEssentially, the goals are to improve the tools for treating childhood health issues, to scale machines, equipment and therapies designed for adults to fit children.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur healthcare system is built around treating end-stage disease,\u201d says Guldberg, who also is co-director of the Center for Pediatric Innovation at CHOA. \u201cIf we want to make our healthcare investment pay off, why not treat people before they get sick? Why not invest more in pediatric healthcare? That\u2019s a no brainer, especially when we\u2019re talking about potential regenerative medicine solutions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cPediatric patients could be ideal for this. They have long-term functional needs \u2013 they need something that is going to grow with them, and children have the most regenerative physiology.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERegenerative therapies, especially those based on stem cell research, is still an emerging industry, and one with large dollar potential, says Guldberg, who wears many hats, including chair of the Americas chapter of TERMIS \u2013 Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society, which is holding its international conference in Atlanta this November.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is becoming a very real industry that people are going to make money in and develop products. There is something on the order of 300 clinical trials out there now testing regenerative products,\u201d Guldberg says.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has become an international ground floor hub with creation of its Stem Cell Engineering Center, which is helping to prepare a new generation of experts in the mass production and commercialization of stem cell technologies that will become tomorrow\u2019s medicine.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere is going to be a need in the coming years for a workforce of people with training and background in manufacturing and bioprocessing,\u201d says Todd McDevitt, director of the Stem Cell Engineering Center.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThree years ago, with funding from the National Science Foundation, McDevitt led development of the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT), which is designed to educate and train Ph.D. students in the translation and commercialization of stem cell technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe coolest thing was, companies began contacting us right away saying, \u2018Oh, you\u2019ve got students training for this?\u2019 So, we\u2019ve been very lucky, timing wise. I think we\u2019re a little ahead of the pack. We\u2019re sort of viewed in this area as leaders,\u201d says McDevitt, who has formed partnerships with groups in the United Kingdom and Portugal, \u201cwhere they have similar training programs and research centers focused on stem cell manufacturing, and people with experience.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESo McDevitt\u2019s team is preparing the engineers who will be leaders in stem cell biomanufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBiomanufacturing is important to the future of our country and also the future of mankind,\u201d says Ben Wang, executive director of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, which he describes as, \u201ca community of university faculty, staff and students who are really passionate about driving manufacturing innovation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur overarching goal for biomanufacturing is to turn stem cell biology into stem cell benefits, to create regenerative medical products from stem cell research.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWang says the idea is to achieve some form of scalable, mass production, but nothing like making cars or iPhones, where you\u2019re making millions of the same exact product.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019re talking about \u2018mass customization.\u2019 Biomedical products will have to be highly customized, but efficient, affordable,\u201d he says. \u201cSo the question is, how do we turn scientific discovery into mass produced, customized products.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn biomanufacturing like this, the product is the process, and the process is the product.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn other words, they are basically inventing a new industry at the cellular level. Commercially developed stem cell products are projected to be a $10-billion industry within a decade.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003ENot Science Fiction\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESteve Stice wants to be perfectly clear about this, just in case there\u2019s any lingering confusion: They\u2019re not building a race of pigmen in his lab at the University of Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut they are doing stuff in real life that used to belong to science fiction and superhero stories.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStice\u2019s lab (along with UGA\u2019s Col-lege of Veterinary Medicine professor John Peroni and scientists from Baylor College, Rice University and the University of Texas) is developing something he calls \u201cfracture putty,\u201d a stem cell derived gel designed to dramatically accelerate the repair of broken bones (funded by the Department of Defense, DOD).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhat we\u2019ve found in animal models is, we can reduce major healing down to two weeks,\u201d says Stice, who counts Guldberg as a key collaborator in the bone regeneration work. \u201cThis is very promising. If we can get additional funding from the DOD, that will help in leveraging investment from the private sector, and hopefully we\u2019ll be in clinical trials with humans in two years.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETen years ago, Stice started ArunA Biomedical, which is still discovering, manufacturing and commercializing human stem cell technology. (They were the first company to commercialize products derived from human embryonic stem cells.) Business is good.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI can\u2019t think of a pharmaceutical company that has not used our cells, some more than others,\u201d Stice says. \u201cWe\u2019re developing a product specifically for Parkinson\u2019s disease. There are close to a hundred publications out there from people who have used our cells.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESome of it is hopeful \u2013 a group from Pfizer using ArunA cells to test new compounds for Alzheimer\u2019s disease; some, downright frightening \u2013 the DOD using ArunA cells to test for potential weapons of mass destruction.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe bone regeneration product line is growing (a concept that, when you read it aloud, sounds like it was lifted from a Michael Crichton novel), and the company continues to make an impact in the development of neural stem cells. Stice says they\u2019re now developing astrocytes, which are the most abundant cells of the human brain.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne of ArunA\u2019s happy astrocyte customers is Dr. Boulis, who is using some of the products developed in Stice\u2019s lab in his own work.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor years Boulis has been trying to come up with ways to protect the nervous system or repair it. Much of his work has been focused on ALS (Lou Gehrig\u2019s Disease). In 2010, he made history with the launch of the first human clinical trials testing stem cells in patients with ALS.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENeuralstem, a Maryland-based company, funded the trial at Emory. Boulis focused on very small doses with an emphasis on testing the safety of the procedure, which involved injections directly to first the lumbar spine (lower), then the cervical spine (upper).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe demonstrated we could do it, but there is such a low margin of error \u2013 one small misstep and you can make a patient a quadriplegic, which isn\u2019t doing him any favors,\u201d Boulis says. \u201cBut we showed that it can be done safely, and now we can move to the next level.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBoulis was to begin a Phase II trial this fall, in which the injected dosage will be scaled up, so instead of testing only for safety, he hopes to gather some reliable evidence on the therapeutic benefits. The new trial will also include the Uni-versity of Michigan and Massachusetts General Hospital. Plus, Boulis is helping with clinical trials in Italy and assisting the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) in upcoming trials, using different stem cell types.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThey don\u2019t have a lot of extra money lying around in California, but they\u2019re making strategic investments in biotechnology,\u201d says Boulis, who wants the people of Geor-gia to recognize what the check signers in California already recognize.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThey\u2019ve inviting us to one of the three sites in their upcoming clinical trials, because they recognize that we are pioneers in this field. California has put billions of dollars into this, and it\u2019s brought a lot of world-class scientists to California.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cCIRM was conceived and launched to address the absence of federal funding for stem cell work. I\u2019d like to think Atlanta and Georgia can do something similar and take this to heart and carry this forward, because I will submit that the places that do will be a lot richer at the end of the day.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Trends talks to GT researches Dr. Bob Guldberg and Dr. Ben Wang among other Georgia university researchers about advances and challenges in bioengineering research.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Trends talks to GT researches Dr. Bob Guldberg and Dr. Ben Wang about advances and challenges in bioengineering research."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-10-07 16:40:32","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:05","author":"Tracy Heath","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"569","name":"bioengineering"},{"id":"14854","name":"biomanufacturing"},{"id":"11644","name":"Georgia Trend"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"id":"167413","name":"Stem Cell"}],"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":""}},"243851":{"#nid":"243851","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech\u2019s Andrew Dugenske co-presents course at METALCON International 2013","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIf dramatic increases in throughput and substantial reductions in cost are important \u0026nbsp;next steps\u0026nbsp; for your metal factory, then the metal shop productivity course presented at the METALCON International 2013 show on Oct. 2 at the Georgia World Congress Center was a great place to start the journey.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe course was taught by Bill Wilkins, MetalForming Inc.\u0027s Chief Operating Officer, and Andrew Dugenske, Manager of Research Services and a principal research faculty member at the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Research Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe well-attended class stated a basic reality of modern manufacturing: To compete effectively in today\u0027s connected age, your operation needs to be lean and agile. If you are not, you will be outpaced by those who are.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;MetalForming Inc. has been in the forefront of bringing software solutions to market that can network\u0026nbsp; metal component manufacturing machines together to optimize operational efficiency from the moment an order is entered on a tablet in the field through to the manufacture, loading and delivery of finished metal orders back to a customer or job site.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Manufacturing Research Institute in turn has been a leader in information technology and software design focused on lean factory design. The collaboration between engineers at MetalForming and Georgia Tech has led to a number of innovations currently being integrated in metal factory operations across the country.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs an example of what operational inefficiencies really cost, the presenters referenced an Association for Information and Image Management study that found that businesses typically spent $20 in labor to file a document, $120 in labor to find a misfiled document and $220 in labor to reproduce a lost document.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWilkins and Dugenske walked their class through the inefficiency warning signs to look for in a metal factory and how to develop a game plan to become more productive and competitive. They explained the different organizational tools and models that comprise \u0022lean manufacturing,\u0022 the Manufacturing Execution System (MES), Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) and others.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA recent British study has shown that the combination of lean manufacturing (establishing a systematic approach to eliminate waste) and MES (which relies on real-time metrics to provide good data for decision makers) provides the best recipe for success.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe study showed that productivity was increased, on average, by 25%; scrap was reduced by 26% and delivery performance by 26%.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe presenters also modeled cases in which a metal components manufacturer with six trucks operating 260 days per year moving parts loads that average 20 tons could save roughly $400,000 annually with software that helped optimize loading and route planning. Optimized slitting processes could bring the same kind of savings resulting from better throughput and reduced scrap costs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo learn more about the presentation, or to receive a copy, contact MetalForming at (770) 631-0002.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/strong\u003E is an interdisciplinary university-based research institute that brings together top researchers and thought leaders from science, engineering, policy, robotics, and management to help define and solve some of the greatest challenges facing U.S. industry today. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.manufacturing.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.manufacturing.gatech.edu\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMetalForming Inc. (MFI)\u003C\/strong\u003E, headquartered in Peachtree City, Ga., and privately held, is the largest supplier of high-end architectural sheet metal machines in North America. 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You focus your strategy on core competencies and change the corporate culture that prevailed during the industry tailspin.\u0026nbsp; At least that\u2019s how Ford Motor Company President and CEO Alan Mulally explained his company\u2019s turnaround over the past several years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMulally took questions from more than 200 Georgia Tech students and faculty in his hour-long town hall-style meeting on Oct. 1. As a Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute Distinguished Lecture, Mulally explained how it took a culture change that embraced openness and accountability to move the company forward. This included getting the divisions to accurately report what was happening within the organization. When he first arrived, Mulally introduced a color-coded reporting system that highlighted areas that were performing well (in green), those that were off plan (in yellow) and those that needed attention (in red). Unfortunately, in the beginning, all reports showed green despite the company\u2019s forecast for losses of $17 billion that year. Presenting a new kind of leadership, Mulally encouraged Ford\u2019s leaders to acknowledge the current reality. After several weeks, one team changed its report to red while the rest remained green. Eventually, the rest of the units followed suit.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe needed to create an environment where it was safe to be open and accountable if we were going to turn Ford around,\u201d he explained. \u201cWhen those reports started changing colors, it was a breakthrough moment.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMulally also explained that the company had to focus its strategy in order to survive. The company outlined four core competencies that today are carried throughout every aspect of the business. Those four competencies are best-in-class quality, fuel efficiency, safety and technology. So, how did Mulally and team determine these four competencies?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFirst, it went back to the basics and focused on what made the company a success in the first place with No. 1 selling products like the Fiesta and the Taurus. When Mulally arrived at Ford, the company had some 97 nameplates under its brand. Today, it has only 16. In fact, when one student asked Mulally which car he drives, Mulally replied that he drives every Ford vehicle and several from the competition to benchmark Ford\u2019s designs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe second way the company determined its core competencies was taking the \u201cunique approach\u201d of listening to its customers. He used the marketing of the Fiesta as an example. The head of marketing said that to market these cars, the company could not simply use talking heads, which had been the go-to marketing tactic in the past. The marketing director recommended giving away 100 Fiestas to customers, allowing them to drive them and blog about it. When some of the Ford team said, \u201cWe can\u2019t do that. What if they don\u2019t like it?\u201d The marketing director simply replied, \u201cDon\u2019t we need to know that?\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA few students also raised questions about environmental concerns. The solution, in Mulally\u2019s eyes, is twofold. Industry can continue to improve fuel efficiencies and look at alternative fuel sources as well as provide more electric options. But, there must also be a change in policy, especially in terms of dependency on imported oil in the United States. In China, he noted, the government is taking steps to cleaning up the environment when it comes to automobiles.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cChina is very concerned about the environment,\u201d Mulally explained. \u201cGovernment is driving the change in automotive production in that country by setting quotas for hybrids, electric and hydrogen.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELooking ahead, one student asked about the importance university research will play in Ford\u2019s future. Mulally responded: \u201cIt will continue to increase because that public-private partnership is a win-win for everybody. That partnership is the foundation, and in the U.S., we are starting to get that back. 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Held on Oct. 1, the event drew nearly 100 industry and government partners to discuss the challenges currently facing the U.S. manufacturing sector.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Ben Wang, Executive Director of GTMI and Georgia Tech\u2019s Chief Manufacturing Officer, pointed to two grand challenges facing manufacturing today:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EHow do we accelerate innovation and create and deliver new customer values?\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EHow do we promote the idea of \u201cdiscover here, build here?\u201d\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo address these challenges, he recommended that we re-establish the Bell Labs model. Bell Labs developed a number of technologies that continue to impact our lives today. This model was so successful, because: \u201cThey provided constant and continuous interactions; they were guided by leaders and visionaries; they fully coupled technology push with market pull; they had \u2018patient capital\u2019 for basic research that didn\u2019t seem relevant; and finally, they had a different regulatory environment than what exists today,\u201d explained Dr. Wang. \u201cIt was a microcosm of an innovation ecosystem.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUnfortunately, the Bell Labs model began to disintegrate in the United States when research was outsourced to the universities and production to low-cost markets. But this microcosm of innovation that existed in the Bell Labs needs to return on a national basis in order for the U.S. to regain its global leadership in the manufacturing arena.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe sentiment was echoed by various speakers and panels throughout the day. Nancey Green Leigh, Associate Dean for Research, Georgia Tech College of Architecture, said that \u201cAs manufacturing was outsourced, the U.S. experienced a loss of industrial commons, or a lost capacity for future and ongoing innovation.\u201d But today, she noted, the United States is putting more emphasis on building the manufacturing sector here. \u201cIn Obama\u2019s first term, the focus was to double exports,\u201d she said. \u201cIn the second term, the White House is developing a multi-prong strategy to strengthen manufacturing by considering reform of the U.S. business code, establishing a network of manufacturing innovation institutes, and bringing jobs back.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMichael Groesch, Vice President of Sales and Operations and Product Life Cycle at NCR, a participant on the additive manufacturing panel discussion, said that this is imperative to advancing new disruptive technologies such as 3D printing. \u201cCollaborating in a pre-competitive arena and developing those commons [in these technologies] will help us maintain that leading edge,\u201d he explained.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to building ecosystems, innovation acceleration will require the United States to put more emphasis on the entire innovation chain. Currently, Dr. Wang noted, there is a lot of federal money funding research at the university level on the knowledge discovery side of the equation.\u0026nbsp; Industry, on the other side of the equation, invests billions of dollars in developing new product. The problem for the United States is that middle ground of moving those concepts developed in the lab to the market place, or what Dr. Wang calls the \u201cvalley of death\u201d in terms of technology maturation. \u201cToday the full cycle of technology maturation takes about 20 years,\u201d said Dr. Wang. \u201cThis is unacceptable. The process takes too long, it is too expensive, and the results are too random.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOver the past few decades, the United States has ignored manufacturing and that has resulted in trade deficits, lost jobs, national debts and a loss of competitiveness for the United States. But there is hope, according to Dr. Wang. Using what he terms as the manufacturing renaissance model, the United States could see a surplus in manufactured good exports in 10-15 years. \u201cWe have a lot to do to move from research to production,\u201d he explained. \u201cWe must have a new collaborative model. We must learn how to work together, and all the members must have a mutual trust.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe day\u2019s event included presentations and panel discussion on disruptive technologies such as lightweight composites and 3D printing, as well as manufacturing\u2019s role in economic development.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EContinuing on the concept that the U.S. innovation process takes too long, Dr. Satish Kumar, Professor with the Georgia Tech School of Materials Science and Engineering, explained the time it took to reach the current state of the art in composite materials. \u201cPolypropylene was discovered in 1933,\u201d Dr. Kumar said. \u201cBut it took 30 years to realize that it could be crystalized to produce better mechanical properties, and it took 50 years for polypropylene to be commercialized.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Dr. Kumar, the research trends in lightweight carbon fiber composites today include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003Elow-density honeycomb structure composites,\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Ehigh strength and high modulus composites,\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Ealternative precursor materials,\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Ealternative processing methods, and\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Estructural and functional fibers.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe second disruptive technology discussion of the day focused on additive manufacturing. A topic so hot that Dr. Wang joked, \u201cWe have two or three resident experts here at Georgia Tech on additive manufacturing, but they are all traveling to talk about additive manufacturing.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Wang identified four key areas for 3D printing application including aerospace, automotive, biomedical, repair and maintenance. This is especially useful for the military in terms of repair parts and reducing the inventory of parts required to be on hand for tours of duty.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERepair and maintenance was reiterated by the panel as well. Eric Amis, Director of Physical Sciences at the United Technologies Research Center, said, \u201cRepair is one of the first places that we are using this for small parts production. There is a real opportunity where we can see the reduction of part counts.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut no matter how promising, there are always challenges to be faced by new technologies. Some of the challenges noted by the panel include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003Edifficulty in certifying parts\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Esurface finishes are not up to par and require post machining\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Ecostly and timely post processing can take away the benefit of additive manufacturing\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Ereproducibility\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe panel added, however, that these challenges provide great opportunities for collaborative, university-based research. The main areas of focus, Dr. Chuck Zhang noted, are new materials, new processes and machines, and certification.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELooking at the big picture of manufacturing, the third panel of the GTMI Symposium focused on manufacturing\u2019s role in economic development and, as moderator Bob Pertierra, Vice President of Supply Chain and Advanced Manufacturing, Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, noted, \u201ceconomic development\u2019s role in manufacturing.\u201d For, as this panel showed, it is a two-way street. Strong examples were provided for Newark, NJ, and Gwinnett County, GA, which are both making changes to their policies and strategies to both attract and grow manufacturing clusters within their regions. Again, the panel emphasized the idea that policy, whether local or national, needs to be part of the mix when building the manufacturing sector and the ecosystem needed to support it.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFrom an economic standpoint,\u201d said Green Leigh, \u201cwe have to remake our \u2018Maker Economy.\u2019 Today $11,500 per capita is spent in the U.S. toward imported goods. We simply can\u2019t afford that if we are to help our economy. 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(GO) has been selected to launch a group of three 3U CubeSats to a 425 km orbit under NASA\u2019s Enabling eXploration and Technology (NEXT) contract. Under this competitively awarded, $2.1M commercial procurement, NASA will become the inaugural customer for the company\u2019s new GOLauncher 2 vehicle, currently in development. The NEXT flight is scheduled to take place in 2016. NASA\u2019s Launch Services Program at Kennedy Space Center will be responsible for program management.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe GOLauncher 2 is a flexible air-launched system combining a business jet with expendable rocket stages. Generation Orbit\u2019s team of innovative small business partners includes SpaceWorks Enterprises Inc., Ventions LLC, Calspan Corporation, Tyvak Nano-satellite Systems LLC, and mv2space LLC. GO also has key strategic relationships with the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute. Cecil Field Spaceport in Jacksonville, Florida will serve as GO\u2019s initial base of operations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is a important step for the GO team,\u201d commented Dr. John Olds, Generation Orbit\u2019s co-founder and CEO. \u201cNASA has been pro-active on the spacecraft side of this emerging market for years. Their decision to buy the first flight of our GOLauncher 2 is not only an endorsement of our business model as a dedicated launch service provider, but simultaneously helps reduce risk for our subsequent customers and investors. We look forward to working with NASA LSP to make this launch successful, and we hope to count them amongst our key customers for years to come.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESmall satellites, including microsatellites, nanosatellites, and CubeSats, are the fastest growing segment of the spacecraft market. By 2020, the market for small satellite launch is projected to exceed 150 spacecraft per year. Currently, small spacecraft \u201chitchhike\u201d to space as secondary payloads aboard larger rockets, but this model introduces delays and constrains flexibility of launch, which is unacceptable to many commercial businesses. Dedicated launch services such as GOLauncher 2 hope to shift the paradigm toward small launchers for small satellites.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019ve built our business from the ground up to serve the small satellite market, and we are very pleased to have our first customer for GOLauncher 2,\u201d added Mr. A.J. Piplica, GO\u2019s Chief Operating Officer. \u201cWe look forward to providing a new, dedicated launch option for these small payloads, enabling them to accomplish new missions and greatly enhance their scientific, educational, and economic potential.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor additional details contact:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMr. A.J. Piplica\u003Cbr \/\u003E Chief Operating Officer\u003Cbr \/\u003E Generation Orbit Launch Services, Inc.\u003Cbr \/\u003E 1040 Crown Pointe Parkway, Suite 950\u003Cbr \/\u003E Atlanta, GA 30338\u003Cbr \/\u003E (770) 379-8014\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:aj.piplica@generationorbit.com\u0022\u003Eaj.piplica@generationorbit.com\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Generation Orbit Launch Services, Inc. (GO)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAtlanta-based Generation Orbit Launch Services, Inc. (GO) focuses on providing fast, flexible, and dedicated space transportation services for small payloads. Generation Orbit\u2019s GOLauncher 1 and GOLauncher 2 will supply reliable and responsive access to suborbital and orbital destinations. Generation Orbit Launch Services, Inc. is a privately held U.S. corporation registered in Delaware.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information, visit GO on the web at \u003Ca title=\u0022www.generationorbit.com\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/www.generationorbit.com\/\u0022\u003Ewww.generationorbit.com\u003C\/a\u003E. Follow GO on Twitter \u003Ca title=\u0022@generationorbit.com\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/twitter.com\/generationorbit\u0022\u003E@generationorbit\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute Industry Partner wins major NASA contract.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute Industry Partner wins major NASA contract."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-09-30 17:32:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:00","author":"Tracy Heath","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-09-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-09-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"75231","name":"Generation Orbit"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"id":"408","name":"NASA"}],"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":""}},"240711":{"#nid":"240711","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Show that Manufacturing Matters, Celebrate Manufacturing Day!","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMore than 70 percent of Americans view manufacturing as the most important industry for a strong economy and national defense, and 77 percent of Americans fear the loss of domestic manufacturing jobs to other nations. In other words, to many Americans, manufacturing absolutely matters!\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShow your support for this critical industry by participating in \u003Cstrong\u003EManufacturing Day, Oct. 4\u003C\/strong\u003E. Taking place on the first Friday of each October, Manufacturing Day is a coordinated occasion during which U.S. manufacturers open their doors to demonstrate the potential of modern manufacturing and foster interest in manufacturing careers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThese events help address the misperceptions that many people have about manufacturing jobs and manufacturing facilities. Modern manufacturing environments are commonly thought of as dark, dangerous factories designed for low-skilled workers, but these events show what manufacturing really is in this day and age:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EManufacturing is technologically advanced, with ample use of automation, 3-D printing, robots, and screen technology.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe annual average salary of manufacturing workers is more than $77,000.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EManufacturers have the highest job tenure in the private sector.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E90 percent of manufacturing workers have medical benefits. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EManufacturing events are taking place around the state of Georgia and across the nation. Anyone who is curious about modern manufacturing and who would like to know more about what happens in modern-day manufacturing facilities will find these events exciting and educational. These are events are well suited for students, parents, educators, media, civic leaders, and communities. To learn more visit the \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mfgday.com\/events\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAttend an Event\u003C\/a\u003E\u201d section of the Manufacturing Day website (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mfgday.com\/events\u0022\u003Ewww.mfgday.com\/events\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EManufacturing Day was launched in October 2012 and was a resounding success. More than 240 organizations hosted events in 37 states that attracted more than 7,000 visitors. The annual event was established by Ed Youdell, president and CEO of the Fabricators \u0026amp; Manufacturers Association International (FMA). The concept was to set aside a day to bring together industry-leading organizations including the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), the Manufacturing Institute (MI), and the National Institute of Standards \u0026amp; Technology\u2019s (NIST) Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) and draw public attention to the great career opportunities in manufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWeb:\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mfgday.com\u0022\u003Ewww.mfgday.com\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFacebook: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MfgDay\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ewww.facebook.com\/MfgDay\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETwitter: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/MfgDay\u0022\u003Ewww.twitter.com\/MfgDay\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECall: 1-888-394-4362\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWrite: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:info@mfgday.com\u0022\u003Einfo@mfgday.com\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe rayllying point for a growing mass movement, Manufacturing Day empowers manufacturers to come together to address their collective challenges so they can help\u0026nbsp; their communities and future generations thrive.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The rayllying point for a growing mass movement, Manufacturing Day empowers manufacturers to come together to address their collective challenges so they can help their communities and future generations thrive."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-09-26 14:52:45","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:56","author":"Tracy Heath","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-09-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-09-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"240721":{"id":"240721","type":"image","title":"Manufacturing Day Logo","body":null,"created":"1449243688","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:41:28","changed":"1475894916","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:36","alt":"Manufacturing Day Logo","file":{"fid":"197772","name":"mfd_visid_2013_tm_cmyk.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/mfd_visid_2013_tm_cmyk_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/mfd_visid_2013_tm_cmyk_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":867625,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/mfd_visid_2013_tm_cmyk_0.jpg?itok=LAs0hdaC"}}},"media_ids":["240721"],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"}],"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=\u0022http:\/\/www.mfgday.com\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ewww.mfgday.com\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E1-888-394-4362\u003Cbr \/\u003EFacebook: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MfgDay\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ewww.facebook.com\/MfgDay\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETwitter: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/MfgDay\u0022\u003Ewww.twitter.com\/MfgDay\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["info@mfgday.com"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"234191":{"#nid":"234191","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Innovative Governing","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESound policy is the backbone of economic stability. Manufacturing policy, especially, has been the topic of speeches by everyone from President Barack Obama down to local chambers of commerce directors. In fact, at the July 25 Metro Policy Program at Brookings, Gene Sperling, director, National Economic Council, noted manufacturing\u2019s significant role in the economic recovery, and added that, \u201cIt makes good sense for America to be more competitive in manufacturing and advanced manufacturing, and the right public policy mix of tax reform, infrastructure modernization and innovation can help us achieve this goal.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo ensure that state and U.S. manufacturing policy is on the right track, five elected office representatives visited the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute in late August to catch up on the latest in manufacturing innovation. Visitors included Chris Carr, chief of staff for U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson (Aug. 13); U.S. Rep. Doug Collins and his Field Representative Bill Kokaly (Aug. 21); and Jeremy Collins, chief of staff for Georgia Senate President Pro Tempore David Shafer, and Yosra Khalifa, chief of staff for Georgia Senate Majority Leader Ronnie Chance (Aug. 22).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cVisits like these with elected officials and their teams are critical to GTMI\u2019s mission,\u201d said Dr. Ben Wang, executive director of GTMI. \u201cWe are trying to build bridges between research, industry, and our policy makers to improve manufacturing competitiveness in the U.S. These visits allow us to provide information on the types of research that are taking place here at GTMI and why this research is important to meet certain challenges faced by U.S. manufacturers and to improve local and U.S. economies.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Wang guided the guests through several GTMI research facilities. Depending on time, visitors saw the GTMI hi-bay area, digital printing lab, and the Georgia Tech Invention Studio. Graduate students Christopher Oberste hosted guests in the digital printing lab where they discussed current prosthetic research taking place in the lab. As part of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs VA Innovation Initiative, GTMI researchers are using 3D printing and printed electronics to improve the comfort of prosthetics used by military amputees. Socket comfort will be improved by 3D printing softer, more pliable materials within the socket that come in contact with the skin, while printed electronics will be used to monitor internal socket temperatures and to identify pressure points.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the hi-bay area, Dr. Rhett Mayor, associate professor with the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, provided details on micro-manufacturing and new heat transfer technologies. These technologies and manufacturing processes are currently being studied by aerospace manufacturers looking to improve efficiencies in engines and overall system efficiencies through weight reduction and better energy transfer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAmit Jariwala, director of Design and Innovation at the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, showed GTMI\u2019s guests the Invention Studio. A student-run design-build-play space, the Invention Studio is staffed by undergraduate lab instructors and student volunteers. It provides a unique hands on experience in a \u201cstudent owned\u201d space, promoting creativity, responsibility and community among Georgia Tech students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOthers presenters included Director of Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership\u2019s Karen Fite. She provided an overview of the GaMEP program and its benefits to Georgia manufacturers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis was very informative,\u201d said Rep. Collins after his tour. \u201cThis will help me to incorporate these ideas into policy.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETours of the GTMI labs are available to industry and elected officials. Please contact Tina Guldberg, direction, strategic partnerships, for more details: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tina.guldberg@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Etina.guldberg@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E or (404) 385-4950.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Federal and state elected officials learn the importance of manufacturing while visiting the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFederal and state elected officials learn the importance of manufacturing while visiting the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Federal and state elected officials learn the importance of manufacturing while visiting the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-09-04 15:57:12","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:49","author":"Tracy Heath","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-09-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-09-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"234251":{"id":"234251","type":"image","title":"Rep. 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Approximately 70 guests heard Dr. Wang\u2019s presentation on \u201c3D printing and the Future of Manufacturing.\u201d \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201c3D printing is critical to the U.S. economy,\u201d said Dr. Wang. \u201cIt will change many aspects of how we will live our lives.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Wang pointed to several studies that have been conducted in the past couple of years noting the importance of advanced manufacturing to the United States. The common denominator among all of the studies is the significance and potential impact of 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPolicy makers, too, have acknowledged its importance. In fact, the first of the advanced manufacturing institutes recommended by President Barack Obama\u2019s Advanced Manufacturing Partnership was established in August 2012 to study additive manufacturing. Because of its applications to the aerospace and defense manufacturing industries, the Department of Defense, which led the selection process for the first institute, identified additive manufacturing as the most critical area of need for the security of our nation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201c3D printing will change many aspects of our lives, but there are still many advancements to come,\u201d reported Dr. Wang. \u201cThe technology was created 25 years ago here in the United States for what we call rapid prototyping, but in the past, we could only use plastics. Today we use materials with much better mechanical properties.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E3D printing also reduces the need for \u201cin stock\u201d components and turnaround time for producing parts. Nowhere is this more critical than in the defense arena. According to Gary Newton, U.S. Navy Deputy Commander, Fleet Readiness Center, \u201cThe Navy\u2019s inventory of aircraft is being pressed into service beyond their design life. As a result, components fail that were never expected to be repaired or replaced. With no replacements available in the supply system, long lead times develop for the repair or manufacture.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition, when a ship sets out to sea, it has to stock all parts potentially required for repair while out on the waters. This increases costs for the Navy and the weight of the ships. And more importantly, only about 5 percent of the stock on a ship is used.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith 3D printing, the Navy can shift from \u201cjust in case inventory to just in time repair,\u201d explained Dr. Wang. By incorporating 3D printing into the process, lead times drop from the current 8-28 weeks to 2-7 weeks. In addition, 3D printing machines can be installed on the ships, eliminating the need to keep parts in stock on the ship. Parts could be printed by downloading CAD files into the 3D printer and the part is produced as needed. \u201cThis,\u201d Dr. Wang noted, \u201cis game changing.\u201d \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe opportunities with 3D printing are boundless. \u201cWe can enter mass customization,\u201d said Dr. Wang. \u201cWe can personalize products while taking advantage of cost savings and time effectiveness.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe program ended with a demonstration from PhD student Christopher Oberste. He explained the 3D printing process and answered audience questions while showing a product being produced on a small, portable 3D printer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Gwinnett Chamber hosts a Manufacturing and Supply Chain forum quarterly to highlight topics that are current and relevant to the manufacturing and supply chain industries. To learn more, visit the chamber\u2019s Web site at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gwinnettchamber.org\u0022\u003Ewww.gwinnettchamber.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u0027s Dr. Ben Wang discusses \u00223D Printing and the Future of Manufacturing\u0022 at quarterly Gwinnett Chamber event.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u0027s Dr. Ben Wang discusses \u00223D Printing and the Future of Manufacturing\u0022 at quarterly Gwinnett Chamber event."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-09-04 16:33:28","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:49","author":"Tracy Heath","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-09-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-09-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"234291":{"id":"234291","type":"image","title":"Dr. Ben Wang draws record crowd to Gwinnett Chamber","body":null,"created":"1449243641","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:40:41","changed":"1475894908","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:28","alt":"Dr. Ben Wang draws record crowd to Gwinnett Chamber","file":{"fid":"197629","name":"p1020205.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/p1020205_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/p1020205_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":5383168,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/p1020205_0.jpg?itok=hx1mzJor"}},"234311":{"id":"234311","type":"image","title":"3D Printing Demo Highlights Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute Presentation at Gwinnett Chamber","body":null,"created":"1449243641","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:40:41","changed":"1475894908","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:28","alt":"3D Printing Demo Highlights Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute Presentation at Gwinnett Chamber","file":{"fid":"197630","name":"p1020222.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/p1020222_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/p1020222_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":5533696,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/p1020222_0.jpg?itok=ew-EoUjE"}}},"media_ids":["234291","234311"],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"13351","name":"3d printing"},{"id":"38351","name":"Advanced Manufacturing"},{"id":"72971","name":"Gwinnett Chamber"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETracy Heath\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(404) 894-5562\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["tracy.heath@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"234321":{"#nid":"234321","#data":{"type":"news","title":"The Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute joins Georgia Tech\u2019s Policy Partners","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOver the summer the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute was invited to join the Georgia Tech Policy Partners. Known as Policy@Tech, this is a consortium of Georgia Tech\u2019s policy research centers and consists of Georgia Tech faculty who have served in administrative or policy positions within government or who have participated in government advisory committees above the peer-review level. Its goal is to increase Georgia Tech\u2019s policy impact by shaping state and national discussions on critical global challenges and catalyzing Tech faculty\/student interaction with decision makers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt is an honor for GTMI to be a part of this prestigious group of policy influencers,\u201d said Dr. Wang, executive director, GTMI. \u201cI look forward to working hand in hand with the other Policy Partners, as well as state and national representatives, to improve policies affecting manufacturing and technological innovation.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-09-04 16:50:03","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:49","author":"Tracy Heath","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-09-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-09-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETracy Heath\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(404) 894-5562\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["tracy.heath@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"234331":{"#nid":"234331","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dr. Jennifer Clark releases new book on policy for sustainable regional economies","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. Jennifer Clark, associate professor of Public Policy and director of the Center for Urban Innovation in the Ivan Allen College at Georgia Tech, published her third book entitled, \u201cWorking Regions: Reconnecting Innovation and Production in the Knowledge Economy.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWorking Regions\u201d focuses on policy aimed at building sustainable and resilient regional economies in the wake of the global recession. Using examples of four \u201cworking regions\u003Cem\u003E\u201d\u003C\/em\u003E \u2014 regions where research and design functions and manufacturing still coexist in the same cities \u2014 the book argues for a new approach to regional economic development. It does this by highlighting policies that foster innovation and manufacturing in small firms, focus research centers on pushing innovation down the supply chain, and support dynamic, design-driven firm networks.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis book traces several key themes underlying the core proposition that for a region to work, it has to link research and manufacturing activities \u2014 namely, innovation and production \u2014 in the same place. Among the topics discussed in this volume are the issues of how the location of research and development infrastructure produces a clear role of the state in innovation and production systems, and how policy emphasis on pre-production processes in the 1990s has obscured the financialization of intellectual property. Throughout the book, the author draws on examples from diverse industries, including the medical devices industry and the US photonics industry, in order to illustrate the different themes of working regions and the various institutional models operating in various countries and regions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Clark\u0026nbsp;writes on the subject of national and regional development policies related to innovation and manufacturing, and the effect of those policies on cities and their economic competitiveness. Her book \u201cRemaking Regional Economies: Power, Labor, and Firm Strategies in the Knowledge Economy,\u201d a collaboration with Susan Christopherson, won the Best Book Award from the Regional Studies Association in 2009 and is also published by Routledge.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s Dr. Jennifer Clark publishes her third book.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s Dr. Jennifer Clark publishes her third book."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-09-04 16:52:14","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:49","author":"Tracy Heath","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-09-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-09-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"id":"767","name":"Policy"}],"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":""}},"234341":{"#nid":"234341","#data":{"type":"news","title":"World Manufacturing Forum promotes intelligent manufacturing collaboration at upcoming event","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIf the economic crisis has taught us anything it is that manufacturing is critical to economic health. As a result, policy makers around the world are striving to produce favorable conditions for this highly competitive industry. However, bringing manufacturing jobs back home to the United States gives rise to a few global challenges, as well, such as import regulations, raw material control and limits on technology transfer. The World Manufacturing Forum intends to delve into these challenges and discuss ways to develop global cooperation for sustainable economic success.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Forum, themed \u201cThe Way Forward to Global Prosperity through Intelligent Manufacturing Collaboration,\u201d will be held Oct. 22-23 at the Ronald Reagan Building \u0026amp; International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. The event brings together high-level industrialists, policy makers, and key societal stakeholders from around the world to exchange ideas on major macroeconomic trends and manufacturing innovations. And because technology and skills are key innovation differentiators, the Forum will also discuss the role of educational institutions, companies and unions in training the next-generation of workers in the highly technical field of manufacturing. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThree of Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u2019s External Advisory Board members will serve as speakers at this influential event:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Charles Wessner\u003C\/strong\u003E with the National Academy of Sciences will chair a session on \u201cInnovation in Production: The Next Generation of Manufacturing.\u201d \u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Stephan Biller\u003C\/strong\u003E with GE Global Research will also speak on this topic.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Mike McGrath\u003C\/strong\u003E, Analytic Services Inc., will chair the discussion on \u201cCyber Security Issues for Manufacturing.\u201d\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EIn addition, \u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Tom Kurfess,\u003C\/strong\u003E with Georgia Tech\u2019s George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, will chair the presentation on \u201cGame Changing Key Technologies for Manufacturing.\u201d\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo learn more about the World Manufacturing Forum, please visit: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.worldmanufacturingforum.org\u0022\u003Ewww.worldmanufacturingforum.org\u003C\/a\u003E. If you would like to register for the event, please e-mail \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:info@worldmanufacturingforum.org\u0022\u003Einfo@worldmanufacturingforum.org\u003C\/a\u003E to request your unique registration passcode.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThree of Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u2019s External Advisory Board members will serve as speakers at this influential event.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Three of Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u2019s External Advisory Board members will serve as speakers at this influential event."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-09-04 16:55:42","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:49","author":"Tracy Heath","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-09-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-09-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETracy Heath\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(404) 894-5562\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["tracy.heath@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"234351":{"#nid":"234351","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dr. Ben Wang to speak at Next Generation Manufacturing\u0027s annual event","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. Ben Wang, executive director of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, will kick off the Next Generation Manufacturing event on Sept. 17 with an update on Georgia Tech\u2019s research institutes. In addition, leading Georgia manufacturers will discuss how they are positioning their firms for future success at the upcoming Next Generation Manufacturing annual event. The program, to be held at the Georgia Tech Research Institute Conference Center on 14th Street, will include presentations from Bluebird\u2019s Dave Whalen, Caterpillar\u2019s Todd Henry, E Z Go\u2019s Kevin Holleran, and YKK\u2019s Alex Gregory.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe program will look at how embracing innovation and technology are keys to success in next generation manufacturing. Successful manufacturers of the future must master innovative produce design, sustainable practices, continuous improvement, and workforce development to distinguish themselves in the global market.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cEvents like Next Generation Manufacturing are a cornerstone to advancing manufacturing competitiveness in the United States,\u201d said Dr. Wang. \u201cThey provide manufacturers an opportunity to learn from others; they promote discussion on challenges and possible solutions; and through such discussions, we learn what we need to do to move forward and to improve our manufacturing sector here in the U.S.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe event is open to manufacturing executives and senior directors or managers of manufacturing companies. To learn more or to register, please visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nextgenerationmfg.org\u0022\u003Ewww.nextgenerationmfg.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis annual event will offer an update on Georgia Tech\u0027s research institutes from Dr. Ben Wang and highlights Georgia manufacturers striving for innovation.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"This annual event will offer an update on Georgia Tech\u0027s research institutes from Dr. Ben Wang and highlights Georgia manufacturers striving for innovation."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-09-04 16:59:24","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:49","author":"Tracy Heath","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-09-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-09-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"341","name":"innovation"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"id":"72991","name":"Next Generation Manufacturing"},{"id":"72981","name":"research institute"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETracy Heath\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(404) 894-5562\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["tracy.heath@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"234361":{"#nid":"234361","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Wal-Mart pushes \u0022made in America\u0022 at its Florida summit","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBy Anne D\u2019Innocenzio and Mike Schneider, Associated Press\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWal-Mart Stores Inc. spearheaded an effort Thursday to bring together retailers, suppliers and government officials so they can figure out how to bring more manufacturing jobs to the United States.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe world\u2019s largest retailer hosted its first two-day U.S. Manufacturing Summit in Orlando, hoping to capitalize on the company\u2019s recent commitment to drive more manufacturing in the U.S. The \u201cmade in the USA\u201d campaign could boost Wal-Mart\u2019s image, which is constantly under attack by labor-backed groups who have criticized the retail behemoth as a destroyer of U.S. jobs rather than a creator.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe goal of the summit was to start \u201cconnecting the dots\u201d with a dialogue among the 500 manufacturers, officials from three dozen states, eight governors and U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker at the conference, said Bill Simon, president and CEO of the company\u2019s U.S. division.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt could be difficult for one at a time, all of us on our own,\u201d Simon said. \u201cThe best way to overcome the challenges is to talk to one another.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe summit comes seven months after the Bentonville, Ark.-based discounter pledged that it planned to buy $50 billion more U. S. made goods over the next decade. That\u0027s the equivalent of just more than 10 percent of what Wal-Mart will sell at retail this year. Wal-Mart said that if other merchants do the same, it would mean an additional $500 billion in American-made goods over the next decade.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESeveral companies were quick to get into the spirit at the summit. Kevin Toomey, president and CEO of Kayser-Roth Corp., a North Carolina-based legwear manufacturer, said his company would create over 100 jobs with a $30 million investment, and sock manufacturer Renfro Corp. announced a $10 million investment would bring 195 U.S. jobs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJeff Immelt, chairman and CEO of General Electric Corp., announced that the company would be bringing 150 manufacturing jobs to plants in Illinois and Ohio where high-efficient lighting will be built. The $30 million investment will be at plants in Circleville, Ohio; Bucyrus, Ohio; and Mattoon, Ill.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe wanted to be a part of this,\u201d Immelt said. \u201cThis is a first step.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo be sure, even if Wal-Mart is successful in getting key retailers and suppliers on board, experts say it won\u2019t rejuvenate the U.S. manufacturing industry. But the movement could help stem the tide of jobs flowing to China and elsewhere that has been occurring in the last two decades.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESome experts are skeptical, pointing out that Wal-Mart led the migration of manufacturing jobs overseas in search of the cheapest labor, veering away from the principles of its late founder Sam Walton, who espoused buying American-made goods.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn fact, Burt Flickinger III, president of retail consultancy Strategic Resource Group, says what will be brought back will only be a fraction of business sent overseas.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s a very positive PR move for the company,\u201d Flickinger said. \u201cBut it took two decades to unwind the American manufacturing base and it will take two decades to bring it back.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis is not the first time that Wal-Mart has pledged a made-in America campaign. It pushed a similar program in the mid-1990s that fizzled because it couldn\u2019t get enough low-priced goods to sell to its low-income shoppers. But executives vow its efforts this time around go well beyond a marketing campaign and involve dissecting each of its 1,300 product categories, from bath towels to gadgets, to determine which can be made here.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s also reaching out to state and local officials to work with suppliers to explore rebates, training and other programs to attract U.S. makers. Additionally, the discounter also says it\u2019s changing the way it does business with suppliers, giving multi-year commitments for basic goods where it makes sense, instead of season-by-season ordering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERebuilding U.S. manufacturing jobs is resonating even more these days. The nation\u2019s unemployment rate of 7.4 percent, while now at a 4 1\/2-year low, is still well above the 5 percent to 6 percent typical of a healthy economy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMeanwhile, Wal-Mart and other major retailers have been under fire for not doing a better job monitoring worker safety in factories overseas. That pressure increased after a factory collapse this past spring in Bangladesh, killing 1,129 people. That was the deadliest incident in the history of the garment industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut what could really propel the movement this time around is pure economics: Labor costs are rising in Asia, while oil and transportation costs are high and increasingly uncertain.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERising wages have erased some of the competitive advantages China had in manufacturing, Wal-Mart\u0027s Simon said, and manufacturing jobs offer a path into the U.S. middle class.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe think we can map out opportunities and put some systems in place and commit to this for the long term,\u201d Simon said. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing less than the future of our country at stake here.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWal-Mart said several manufacturers had told executives privately they had defined \u201ctipping points\u201d at which making goods overseas will no longer make sense. Wal-Mart says it doesn\u2019t believe that its customers should pay any more for made-in-America goods and is focusing on working with suppliers to make sure the prices are in line with what shoppers want to pay.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s an economic advantage when you have the wind in your back, instead of having the wind in your face,\u201d said Hal Sirkin, a senior partner and managing director at the Boston Consulting Group and an expert on manufacturing. He is serving as a consultant to Wal-Mart. He believes that the movement could create 100,000 more jobs in the next decade.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWal-Mart, with more than 4,000 stores in the U.S. and about $460 billion in total sales, has proven that it has the clout to get other suppliers and merchants on board. For example, in 2009, Wal-Mart created a coalition among stores, suppliers, government, nonprofit organizations and academic experts for a sustainability index that measure whether goods were made in a responsible way and whether the materials are safe.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWal-Mart has said that items made, sourced or grown in the U.S. account for about two-thirds of the company\u0027s spending on products for its U.S. business, according to data given by suppliers. But analysts say that much of its clothing, home furnishings and consumer electronics are made elsewhere.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne company to sign up is Sleep Studio, which is now working with Wal-Mart to produce memory foam mattress toppers. Before, all of the discounter\u0027s toppers were produced by manufacturers overseas. This year, 20 percent will be made in the U.S.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECEO Michael Rothbard said Wal-Mart worked with the company to streamline the costs, eliminating $10 from the price tag. The New York-based company has factories in California and Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe selling process was really intense,\u201d Rothbard said. \u201cWe had to convince them our products offered unique benefits, and that we could meet their needs.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-09-04 17:01:41","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:49","author":"Tracy Heath","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-09-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-09-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"234371":{"#nid":"234371","#data":{"type":"news","title":"\u201cMade in the USA\u201d on the rise as manufacturing costs drop","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBy Kiran Moodley, CNBC\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAmericans may be fond of lamenting the decline of the country\u0027s economic clout and the flood of \u0022Made in China\u0022 goods, but they may soon have to find something else to complain about.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), the U.S. is fast becoming one of the lowest-cost countries for manufacturing in the developed world. BCG argues that average manufacturing costs in Germany, Japan, France, Italy, and the U.K. will be 8 to 18 percent higher than in the U.S. by 2015.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe report states that export manufacturing in the U.S. is a unsung hero of the economic recovery, noting: \u201cDespite all the public focus on the U.S. trade deficit, little attention has been paid to the fact that the country\u0027s exports have been growing more than seven times faster than GDP since 2005.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBCG found that the U.S. is increasingly attractive for businesses due to lower costs of labor, (adjusted for productivity), natural gas, and electricity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EU.S. manufacturing activity hit a five-month high in August as hiring picked up and new orders increased at their fastest pace since January, a Markit report showed last Thursday.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHowever, BCG\u2019s report argues that we are currently just witnessing the beginning of a major shift in global manufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOver the past 40 years, factory jobs of all kinds have migrated from high-cost to low-cost countries,\u201d said Harold L. Sirkin, co-author of the report. \u201cNow, as the economics of global manufacturing changes, the pendulum is finally starting to swing back. In the years ahead, it could be America\u2019s turn to be on the receiving end of production shifts, as more companies use the U.S. as a low-cost export platform.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo read the full article, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/15nCVXi\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/nbcnews.to\/15nCVXi\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENBC News reports that the U.S. is becoming a low-cost location for manufacturing, according to a Boston Consulting Group study.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"NBC News reports that the U.S. is becoming a low-cost location for manufacturing, according to a Boston Consulting Group study."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-09-04 17:05:43","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:49","author":"Tracy Heath","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-09-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-09-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"}],"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":""}},"227001":{"#nid":"227001","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute secures funding for new technical college program","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn July 29, Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute Coordinator for Education and Workforce Development, John Morehouse, received news that the Georgia Department of Economic Development\u2019s Center of Innovation\u0026nbsp; (COI) for Manufacturing will help fund a new pilot program for Georgia\u2019s technical colleges. The COI funds will support the Technical College System of Georgia \u2013 Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (TCSG-GTMI) Student Internship Pilot Program with West Georgia Technical College.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are proud to have the opportunity to support a program that will initiate collaboration between the University System of Georgia and the TCSG to better prepare our students for the needs of the modern day manufacturing workforce,\u201d said John Zegers, Center Director, Georgia Center of Innovation for Manufacturing. \u201cWe expect this program to grow and become a model for collaboration and preparation for filling those positions which are in most need in today\u0027s manufacturing landscape.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESet to kick off this fall, the pilot program will provide paid internships for outstanding students from the TCSG to work at GTMI for one or more semesters, performing important hands-on work to support fundamental advanced manufacturing research, product development, technology transfer, and operation\/maintenance of advanced production and research equipment. The funding provided by the COI will be used to support a portion of the foundational Phase I of the proposed 10-year, three-phase program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019re very grateful for the input and funding provided by the COI for the pilot program which will enable a fall 2013 kickoff and provide immediate benefits to TCSG students and GTMI,\u201d said Morehouse. \u201cThe pilot will also build a strong working relationship between GTMI and WGTC, enable continuous improvement on initial program outcomes, and serve as an essential learning experience and model for program expansion into Phases II and III.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe program is designed to leverage the strengths of the TCSG and GTMI to help address critical skills gaps in the manufacturing workforce in Georgia, including manufacturers\u2019 needs for \u201cjack of all trades\u201d maintenance technicians, highly skilled CNC machine tool operators, and other important skill sets, thereby creating a strong positive impact on Georgia manufacturers, the missions of the TCSG and GTMI, as well as their respective students. GTMI and West Georgia Technical College will provide additional support to the pilot program by dedicating faculty and administrative time.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019re very excited about the opportunity to have West Georgia Technical College (WGTC) students working on fundamental research and technology transfer projects at GTMI,\u201d added Morehouse. \u201cNot only will the critical hands-on skill sets they possess serve as tremendous assets to the performance of our projects, the partnership program will offer a supplement to the outstanding education that students currently receive at WGTC, enhance matriculation opportunities into Georgia Tech engineering and other science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) related four-year degree programs. It will also offer an excellent learning opportunity for our engineering students.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEarlier this year, GTMI and the Technical College System of Georgia formed the TCSG-GTMI Manufacturing Competitiveness Committee to improve manufacturing workforce education and skills in the state. As previously \u003Ca href=\u0022\/\/www.manufacturing.gatech.edu\/news-events\/georgia-tech-manufacturing-institute-gets-technical\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ereported\u003C\/a\u003E, the committee has identified numerous opportunities for collaboration.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Center of Innovation for Manufacturing helps fund new Student Internship Program.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Georgia Center of Innovation for Manufacturing helps fund new Student Internship Program."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-08-07 09:55:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:42","author":"Tracy Heath","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-08-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-08-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"4044","name":"internship"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"id":"69351","name":"technical college"},{"id":"7668","name":"workforce"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJohn Morehouse\u003Cbr \/\u003E(404) 385-0895\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["john.morehouse@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"227011":{"#nid":"227011","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Manufacturing Brown Bag Seminar Series resumes with a winning lineup","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe popular Manufacturing Brown Bag Seminar Series, hosted by the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, will ramp up again on Sept. 9. The weekly program features speakers from industry, academia and government who discuss the latest advancements and challenges in manufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis seminar series offers a rare opportunity to meet with and hear from leaders in the manufacturing field in an intimate setting on a university campus,\u201d said Tina Guldberg, GTMI Director, Strategic Partnerships. \u201cIt is a great learning experience for students and practitioners alike.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOpened to the public, the series has a stellar lineup to date. September speakers and topics include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDeutz USA CEO Stephen Corley, \u201cClean Diesels for a Sustainable Future;\u201d\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EEnterprise Innovation Institute\u2019s Dr. Jan Youtie, \u201cInnovation in Small and Medium-sized Manufacturing: A U.S. Policy Perspective;\u201d\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECoca-Cola Freestyle\u2019s Ravind Shrotria, \u201cShortage of Tooling Engineers and Its Impact on U.S. Manufacturing;\u201d and\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAlain Louchez, the Center for the Development and Application of Internet-of-things Technologies, \u201cThe Internet of Things and the Future of Manufacturing.\u201d\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe meetings are \u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Eheld each Monday, from noon to 1 p.m., in Room 114 of the Manufacturing Research Building\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E. Attendees are welcome to bring lunch to the meetings. More details are available on the GTMI Web site in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.manufacturing.gatech.edu\/news-events\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003ENews and Events section\u003C\/a\u003E. Future speakers and topics will be added to the site, so please check back often for the most up-to-date information.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u0027s popular weekly seminar series kicks off on Sept. 9.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u0027s popular weekly seminar series kicks off on Sept. 9."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-08-07 10:02:13","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:42","author":"Tracy Heath","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-08-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-08-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"id":"166896","name":"seminar"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETina Guldberg\u003Cbr \/\u003E(404) 385-4950\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["tina.guldberg@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"227051":{"#nid":"227051","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing and Language institutes host students from China and Taiwan","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFrom Braves to manufacturing, 24 students from the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (China) and the Tunghai University (Taiwan) had the full Georgia Tech experience last month thanks to a joint effort between the university\u2019s manufacturing and language institutes. The three-week Language, Culture and Advanced Manufacturing Summer Immersion Program offered the students an opportunity to improve their English skills, experience American culture, and learn more about advanced manufacturing research at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cNot only did the program expand on the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u2019s education efforts,\u201d said GTMI\u2019s John Morehouse, Coordinator for Education and Workforce Development, \u201cbut it will also help increase matriculation of talented undergraduates from partnering universities into manufacturing-related graduate research at GTMI. At the same time, a key goal of the program was to establish the foundation for the development of similar manufacturing-related exchange programs in which Georgia Tech students will travel to international universities, learn a new culture, form collegial relationships with students from around the world, and gain a crucial global manufacturing perspective. As a result of the relationships created with NUAA and THU in this program, we have already initiated conversations about sending Georgia Tech students to their respective universities as early as next summer.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe program included a non-credit English language course, a technical training program that provided an overview of manufacturing-related research at Georgia Tech, and research experience for those participating in the research track. The technical training program included nine seminars relating to a variety of manufacturing topics, as well as tours of five research labs and the Manufacturing Research Building.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe lectures and group meetings with the professors and seeing the labs were very special for me,\u201d said student Annie Lo. \u201cIt was really nice to see and work with some of the [Georgia Tech] students.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudent Brian Kuo agreed: \u201cThe lab tours, for me, were the best part. It was really cool to see all of the equipment and talk to the staff and researchers. It all correlates to what we\u2019re learning in Taiwan.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe nanomaterials research lab made the biggest impression on student Yao Yi. \u201cIn Taiwan, we need a day to create buckypaper, but here, we only need two hours. I learned a lot on this trip,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe trip, however, wasn\u2019t all work and no play. The cultural experience allowed the students to see the Atlanta Braves play the Cincinnati Reds at Turner Field, spend a day a Six Flags, tour both the World of Coke and CNN, enjoy the aquarium and also take a weekend trip to the North Georgia Premium Shopping Outlets. And in true Georgia Tech style, the visiting students raved about local pizza joint, Antico Pizza.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAll in all the students expressed that the visit was meaningful and would recommend it to other students. They also noted that they were highly impressed with the campus, from swimming in the Olympic pool at the Campus Recreation Center to the overall look and feel of the grounds. Student Jhang-sian Cai summed it up best, \u201cThe Georgia Tech campus is really beautiful. I took several photos, and each one is absolutely beautiful.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGTMI and GTLI expect to conduct the program again next summer with the key addition of Georgia Tech Students having the opportunity to travel abroad and participate in similar programs. \u201cWe\u2019re very pleased that the students from NUAA and THU enjoyed their visit, and we look forward to making improvements to the program and hosting more students,\u201d said Morehouse. \u201cWe are also very excited about sending Georgia Tech students to our partnering universities.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;To get involved or for more information, please contact John Morehouse at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:john.morehouse@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejohn.morehouse@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E or (404) 385-0895.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe two institutes host 24 students for a summer immersion program.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The two institutes host 24 students for a summer immersion program."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-08-07 10:18:57","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:42","author":"Tracy Heath","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-08-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-08-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"227131":{"id":"227131","type":"image","title":"Students at GTMI","body":null,"created":"1449243566","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:39:26","changed":"1475894899","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:19","alt":"Students at GTMI","file":{"fid":"197450","name":"students_at_gtmi.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/students_at_gtmi_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/students_at_gtmi_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":5603328,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/students_at_gtmi_0.jpg?itok=ypXjZGF4"}},"227141":{"id":"227141","type":"image","title":"Students at IBB","body":null,"created":"1449243566","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:39:26","changed":"1475894899","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:19","alt":"Students at IBB","file":{"fid":"197451","name":"students_at_ibb.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/students_at_ibb_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/students_at_ibb_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":5341184,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/students_at_ibb_0.jpg?itok=9HyvyF5j"}},"227151":{"id":"227151","type":"image","title":"Students at Braves","body":null,"created":"1449243566","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:39:26","changed":"1475894899","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:19","alt":"Students at Braves","file":{"fid":"197452","name":"students_at_braves_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/students_at_braves_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/students_at_braves_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":6782976,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/students_at_braves_0_0.jpg?itok=cDepezZy"}}},"media_ids":["227131","227141","227151"],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"4123","name":"language"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"id":"171285","name":"summer immersion"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJohn Morehouse(404) 385-0895\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["john.morehouse@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"225651":{"#nid":"225651","#data":{"type":"news","title":"President Obama Touts Manufacturing as the Foundation for Rebuilding America","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECreating jobs and renewing the middle class were the focal points of President Barack Obama\u2019s speech in Chattanooga, Tenn., on July 30. Speaking from the Chattanooga Amazon distribution center, the President outlined his plan for rebuilding America by providing good jobs in a \u201cdurable, growing industry.\u201d \u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe No. 1 focus for job growth in the United States, he reported, should be in American manufacturing\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E. To achieve this, he suggested creating a more inviting business climate for manufacturers and encouraging innovation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOver the past four years, the number of manufacturing jobs has increased rather than decreased. To build on this progress, the President recommended that the United States offer new tax incentives to bring jobs back to the this country and create new tax credits for communities hardest hit by plant closures. \u201cIn my State of the Union Address, I also asked Congress to build on a successful pilot program and create 15 manufacturing innovation institutes that connect businesses, universities, and federal agencies to turn communities left behind by global competition into global centers of high-tech jobs,\u201d he said. \u201cToday, I\u2019m asking Congress to build on the bipartisan support for this idea and triple that number to 45 \u2013 creating a network of these hubs and guaranteeing that the next revolution in manufacturing is Made in America.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EObama\u2019s plan for reviving the middle class also calls for new jobs to be created by:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ERebuilding infrastructure;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECreating jobs in wind, solar and natural gas that reduce energy costs, carbon pollution and U.S. dependence on foreign oil;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EExporting American goods around the world; and\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EHelping the more than 4 million long-term unemployed Americans.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBusiness climate changes outlined in the President\u2019s plan include simplifying the tax code, which is \u201cso riddled with wasteful loopholes that many companies doing the right thing and investing in America pay 35 percent, while the corporations with the best accountants stash their money abroad and pay little or nothing at all,\u201d he explained. \u201cI\u2019m willing to simplify our tax code in a way that closes those loopholes, ends incentives to ship jobs overseas, and lowers rates for businesses that create jobs right here in America. While we\u2019re at it, let\u2019s provide tax incentives for manufacturers that bring jobs home. And let\u2019s simplify taxes for small business owners and give them incentives to invest, so that they can spend less time filling out complex forms, and more time expanding and hiring.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe tax reform offer to his Republican counterparts, however, comes with a caveat. The money that results from tax reform must be used to invest in infrastructure improvement, high-tech manufacturing hubs, and workforce development. \u201cAll of these things would benefit the middle class right now in the years to come,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m willing to work with the Republicans on reforming our corporate tax code, as long as we use the money from transitioning to a simpler tax system for a significant investment in creating middle-class jobs.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFollowing the speech, the White House released a fact sheet on the jobs package and tax reform proposals outlined by President Obama. \u003Ca title=\u0022President Obama\u0026#039;s Middle Class Plan Fact Sheet\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2013\/07\/30\/fact-sheet-better-bargain-middle-class-jobs%20\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EClick here\u003C\/a\u003E for details.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"White House recommends tripling manufacturing innovation institutes."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPresident Obama targets manufacturing job growth and innovation for reviving the middle class.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"President Obama targets manufacturing job growth and innovation for reviving the middle class."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-07-31 11:17:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:38","author":"Tracy Heath","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-07-31T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-07-31T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"},{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3599","name":"incentives"},{"id":"4012","name":"jobs"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"id":"70491","name":"middle class"},{"id":"463","name":"obama"}],"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":""}},"221771":{"#nid":"221771","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Co-authored Paper Wins ASME Best Paper Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERecent Georgia Tech graduate\u003Cstrong\u003E Lei Ma\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.manufacturing.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E\u2019s \u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Shreyes Melkote\u003C\/strong\u003E, and \u003Cstrong\u003EDr. James Castle\u003C\/strong\u003E with Boeing Research \u0026amp; Technology were honored with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Best Paper award. Entitled \u201cA Model-based Computationally Efficient Method for On-line Detection of Chatter in Milling, the paper was presented at the 2013 ASME Science and Engineering Conference in Madison, Wisc., June 10-14.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELei Ma graduated with a doctorate\u2019s degree in Mechanical Engineering in May of this year.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERecent Georgia Tech graduate Lei Ma, Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u2019s Dr. Shreyes Melkote, and Dr. James Castle with Boeing Research \u0026amp; Technology were honored with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Best Paper award.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Recent Georgia Tech graduate Lei Ma, Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u2019s Dr. Shreyes Melkote, and Dr. James Castle with Boeing Research \u0026 Technology were honored with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Best Paper award."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-07-10 13:09:31","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:34","author":"Tracy Heath","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-07-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-07-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"2728","name":"asme"},{"id":"101","name":"Award"},{"id":"69381","name":"best paper"},{"id":"69411","name":"James Castle"},{"id":"69401","name":"Lei Ma"},{"id":"171283","name":"Shreyes Melkote"}],"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:shreyes.melkote@me.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EDr. Shreyes Melkote\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(404) 894-8499\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["shreyes.melkote@me.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"221791":{"#nid":"221791","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New Video Touts Manufacturing\u0027s Importance to U.S. Economy","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith 70 percent of U.S. exports and 90 percent of all U.S. patents coming from the manufacturing sector, it is clear that manufacturing is crucial to the U.S. economy. A new \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.manufacturing.gatech.edu\/about-us\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E video boasts more impressive statistics about the industry, as well as Georgia Tech\u2019s ability to promote innovation in this valuable sector.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGTMI is at the forefront of advancing socioeconomic fundamentals like economic stability and national security. In this video, research and industry experts share their perspectives on how the innovative, collaborative, and interdisciplinary approach that fuels manufacturing research at Georgia Tech is key to finding solutions to America\u0027s grand challenges.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith 70 percent of U.S. exports and 90 percent of all U.S. patents coming from the manufacturing sector, it is clear that manufacturing is crucial to the U.S. economy. A new Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute video boasts more impressive statistics about the industry, as well as Georgia Tech\u2019s ability to promote innovation in this valuable sector.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A new Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute video boasts more impressive statistics about the industry, as well as Georgia Tech\u2019s ability to promote innovation in this valuable sector."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-07-10 13:21:42","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:34","author":"Tracy Heath","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-07-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-07-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"69421","name":"economic stability"},{"id":"290","name":"Economy"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"id":"197","name":"video"}],"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:tracy.heath@gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETracy Heath\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(404) 894-5562\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["tracy.heath@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"222831":{"#nid":"222831","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech startup and its revolutionary technology featured in the Atlanta Business Chronicle","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA recent article in the \u003Cem\u003EAtlanta Business Chronicle\u003C\/em\u003E highlights the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u2019s mission to accelerate innovation and improve manufacturing competitiveness. The article features a cutting-edge technology developed by GTMI\u2019s Dr. Suman Das that has now spun off a VentureLab startup called DDM Systems. The new technology is set to revolutionize the $11.6 billion investment casting industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur role at GTMI reaches well beyond development of new technologies,\u201d said Dr. Ben Wang, Executive Director at GTMI. \u201cOur goal is to translate our pioneering research into real-world applications. Dr. Das developed this technology in GTMI\u2019s lab as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency\u2019s Disruptive Manufacturing Technologies program. Collaborating with industry and government partners, his team was able to develop this innovative solution and now this technology will transform a manufacturing process that has been in place for thousands of years. Ultimately, this will improve competitiveness for manufacturers here in the U.S. and around the world.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBelow is an excerpt from the article:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA Georgia Tech startup has developed a 3D printing technology to transform the way costly metal parts, such as aircraft engine turbine blades and vanes, are designed and made.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDDM Systems Inc.\u2019s new casting method makes possible faster prototype development times, and more efficient and cost-effective manufacturing procedures after a part moves to mass production.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUsing additive manufacturing or \u201c3D-printing\u201d technology, DDM Systems can reduce the time it takes to make first castings of prototype turbine engine components from two years to three months or less. It eliminates 90 percent of material waste and reduces manufacturing cost...\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETo read the full article, visit the \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/atlanta\/print-edition\/2013\/07\/12\/startup-helps-3d-printing-take-flight.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAtlanta Business Chronicle\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Cem\u003EAtlanta Business Chronicle\u003C\/em\u003E features a Georgia Tech startup that uses 3D printing to change the way investment casting is performed.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Atlanta Business Chronicle features a Georgia Tech startup that uses 3D printing to change the way investment casting is performed."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-07-15 08:31:33","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:34","author":"Tracy Heath","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-07-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-07-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"13351","name":"3d printing"},{"id":"69621","name":"DDM"},{"id":"49371","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute"},{"id":"34061","name":"investment casting"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"id":"168939","name":"suman das"}],"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":""}},"221711":{"#nid":"221711","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute Gets Technical","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s a simple fact. Without a well-trained workforce, any state or city has little chance of attracting or keeping any industry. Unfortunately, most studies show that finding a qualified workforce is still among the greatest challenges for new and expanding manufacturers worldwide. For Georgia, however, the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.manufacturing.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (GTMI) and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/tcsg.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETechnical College System of Georgia\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (TCSG) are teaming to meet this challenge head on.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGTMI and the TCSG began discussions in February that set the stage for a fruitful partnership to greatly improve Georgia\u2019s manufacturing workforce. Since the initial meeting, the group, led by GTMI\u2019s Coordinator for Education and Workforce Development, John Morehouse, formed the TCSG-GTMI Manufacturing Competitiveness Committee. On May 30\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E, the committee conducted a workshop to develop potential partnership opportunities between GTMI and the technical colleges. The goal of the workshop was to identify opportunities that:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003Eimprove the competitiveness of Georgia manufacturers by enhancing the skill set and knowledge of the manufacturing workforce to meet the immediate and broad needs of the industry,\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Econtribute to the missions of the TCSG and GTMI, and\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Eimprove pathways for matriculation of talented TCSG students into Georgia Tech engineering and other STEM-related programs.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ol\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe workshop participants identified nine potential collaboration concepts that could move Georgia\u2019s manufacturing workforce to the head of the class:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe TCSG Scholars Research Internship program would provide advanced manufacturing training for TCSG students in a research environment that looks at real-word technical challenges. The long-term goal would be to provide TCSG participants with a certificate in Research Technology, however, internships could begin as early as the Fall semester of 2013.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ETCSG on-site machine shop and fabrication service center internships would allow TCSG students to make parts for GTMI and Georgia Tech research teams, which offers real-world fabrication experience for TCSG students while allowing Georgia Tech to leverage some of the excellent TCSG facilities.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe Georgia Teacher Academy of Preparation and Pedagogy (GaTAPP) is a TCSG initiative that serves as an alternative certification program for individuals to become educators that have a degree in a field other than education. The partnership between GTMI and TCSG would focus on increasing the quality and number of K-12 teachers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) with individuals who have hands-on manufacturing experience.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe Certified Industrial Systems Technology Instructor program would be developed and administered by GTMI. The goal is to create a standard for certification of instructors across the technical college system.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EA 3-5 day Mechatronics Symposium for secondary teachers would develop a line of communication between GTMI, TCSG and secondary schools, and it also would improve STEM knowledge and awareness among secondary teachers.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EA short-term TCSG faculty internship program would allow TCSG faculty to earn continuing education credits by working with GTMI research teams on short-term projects.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EProduct development and innovation knowledge would be incorporated into engineering technology programs in the electrical, industrial and mechanical fields. This provides additional educational opportunities for local students and builds upon existing TCSG programs.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EEstablishing manufacturing-based, cross-functional team projects would support TCSG\u2019s workforce training goal to develop graduates who work successfully in teams and have an understanding of the complete product development process. This program would also produce a highly desirable \u201cjack-of-all-trades\u201d workforce. Teams could be set up as a hypothetical manufacturing businesses with engineers, accountants, business managers, logistics managers, etc., or teams could support an existing business.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EA partnership between GTMI, TCSG, and Georgia\u2019s Manufacturing Extension Partnership would match TCSG students seeking manufacturing internships with manufacturers seeking interns.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFollowing the May workshop, the committee continued with bi-weekly meetings to formalize plans based on these concepts. Project proposals are currently in development and will be presented to the TCSG State Board. Look for more exciting news on this innovative partnership in the months ahead.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s a simple fact. Without a well-trained workforce, any state or city has little chance of attracting or keeping any industry. Unfortunately, most studies show that finding a qualified workforce is still among the greatest challenges for new and expanding manufacturers worldwide. For Georgia, however, the \u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/strong\u003E (GTMI) and the \u003Cstrong\u003ETechnical College System of Georgia\u003C\/strong\u003E (TCSG) are teaming to meet this challenge head on.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute builds bridges with Georgia\u2019s technical colleges to improve workforce skills."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-07-10 12:34:10","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:30","author":"Tracy Heath","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-07-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-07-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"id":"69351","name":"technical college"},{"id":"7668","name":"workforce"},{"id":"59541","name":"workforce development"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor more information, contact:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Morehouse\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:john.morehouse@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejohn.morehouse@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(404) 385-0895\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["john.morehouse@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"221721":{"#nid":"221721","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute names New Senior Advisor","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Ben Wang\u003C\/strong\u003E, Georgia Tech Chief Manufacturing Officer and Executive Director of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, has appointed \u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Suman Das\u003C\/strong\u003E as Senior Advisor to the Executive Director of GTMI effective immediately. In this role, Das will provide advice to the Executive Director of GTMI on strategies for manufacturing innovations. \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u201cAs a thought leader and renowned researcher in additive manufacturing, Dr. Das\u2019s tremendous knowledge of advanced manufacturing and innovative materials will bring unique value to GTMI and the broader manufacturing community of Georgia Tech,\u201d said Dr. Wang. \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E Dr. Das currently serves as the Morris M. Bryan Jr. Chair in Mechanical Engineering for Advanced Manufacturing Systems in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering. He holds a joint appointment in the School of Materials Science and Engineering, and he is director of Georgia Tech\u2019s Direct Digital Manufacturing Laboratory and Research Group. He came to Georgia Tech from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in 2007. \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E Sponsored by various government agencies and industrial backers, his research encompasses an array of interdisciplinary topics under the overall framework of advanced design, prototyping, direct digital manufacturing, and materials.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. Ben Wang, Georgia Tech Chief Manufacturing Officer and Executive Director of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, has appointed Dr. Suman Das as Senior Advisor to the Executive Director of GTMI effective immediately. In this role, Das will provide advice to the Executive Director of GTMI on strategies for manufacturing innovations.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"As Senior Advisor, Dr. Suman Das will advise on strategies for manufacturing innovations."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-07-10 12:44:24","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:30","author":"Tracy Heath","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-07-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-07-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"13523","name":"Ben Wang"},{"id":"69361","name":"direct digital"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"id":"168939","name":"suman das"}],"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:tracy.heath@gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETracy Heath\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(404) 894-5562\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["tracy.heath@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"221741":{"#nid":"221741","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dr. Ben Wang, Tina Guldberg Hit the Airwaves","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn July 2,\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.manufacturing.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E Executive Director \u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Ben Wang\u003C\/strong\u003E and GTMI Director, Strategic Partnerships, \u003Cstrong\u003ETina Guldberg\u003C\/strong\u003E talked manufacturing and research with host Todd Schnick on Manufacturing Revival Radio. The three discussed what is driving the U.S. manufacturing revival, the new image of manufacturing, and details on current prosthetic improvement research taking place at GTMI using 3D printing and printed electronics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe interview can be heard on\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/madeintheusa.dreamlandinteractive.com\/ben-wang-tina-guldberg-and-the-ga-tech-manufacturing-institute\/\u0022\u003E MMR\u2019s Web site\u003C\/a\u003E or you can subscribe to the show on \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/manufacturing-revival-radio\/id518854958\u0022\u003EiTunes\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe show, which is sponsored in part by the Georgia Association of Manufacturers, features the companies, leaders and innovators in manufacturing\u2019s resurgence. 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Currently, GTMI education programs include research and technology transfer projects, coursework through the Manufacturing Education Certificate Program, partnerships with industry, federal agencies and state government and professional development opportunities through support of the Atlanta and Georgia Tech Chapters of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe envision developing future educational programs for technical college students that will include internship opportunities (participation in research activities, building prototypes and research equipment), facilities and equipment sharing, as well as joint project development,\u201d he added.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe benefits of a GTMI-TCSG partnership are many to the thousands of students enrolled in the state\u2019s technical colleges. TCSG students can acquire invaluable experience in basic manufacturing research and technology transfer, as well as hands-on collaboration with world-class, global manufacturing companies, gaining critical preparation for successful careers in the growing Georgia advanced manufacturing and innovation ecosystem. In addition, the technical knowledge gained by the students as well as an introduction to Georgia Tech is expected to increase matriculation of TCSG students into Georgia Tech engineering programs.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGTMI will also reap many benefits from this strong alliance with the TCSG, noted Executive Director Dr. Ben Wang. \u201cWe here in GTMI will have access to talented students with critical hands-on skills that are needed to accelerate the translation of fundamental research into high value products. GTMI aims to educate and train the workforce of the future to investigate, collaborate and compete successfully. For every manufacturing job created, more new jobs are created in the supply chain \u2013 and even more in the broader economy \u2013 which is vital to our nation\u2019s growth and competitiveness.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETCSG Commissioner Ron Jackson said that \u201cwe are honored to partner with GTMI and look forward to our TCSG students and Georgia\u0027s manufacturers reaping the benefits of our collaboration. The TCSG State Board is energized by the promise for TCSG, GTMI, Georgia Tech and all the partners.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe next step to be taken between GTMI and the TCSG will be to form a committee to discuss ways in which to begin formation of the strategic partnership and implement education programs that will build a manufacturing workforce for the future.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETechnical College System of Georgia\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe State Board of the \u003Cstrong\u003ETechnical College System of Georgia\u003C\/strong\u003E is responsible for establishing standards, regulations and policies for the operation of the Technical College System of Georgia, the state\u0027s 25 technical colleges, economic development programs, and adult education programs. The Board strives to promote the economic well-being of Georgia citizens by ensuring high quality training and upgrade training and services as a full partner in the expansion of Georgia\u0027s economic base. For more information visit: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/tcsg.edu\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/tcsg.edu\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/tcsg.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETaking a holistic approach to re-energizing U.S. manufacturing and shepherding new technologies across the valley of death, the \u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/strong\u003E (GTMI) catalyzes collaborations of industry\/government with many units across the Georgia Tech campus - from engineering to science to business to policy. In addition to working closely with academic faculty and students, GTMI personnel collaborate with the Georgia Tech Research Institute, Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership and Georgia Tech\u2019s technology transfer functionaries and business incubators on additive processes, materials, rapid certification and supply chain realignment. For more information visit: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.manufacturing.gatech.edu\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.manufacturing.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.manufacturing.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGTMI and the State Board of the TCSG met recently to discuss the formation of a partnership between the two entities that will advance manufacturing education and workforce development programs between Georgia Tech and the state\u0027s 25 technical colleges.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"GTMI and TCSG meet to discuss forming a partnership to develop programs on manufacturing education and workforce development"}],"uid":"27732","created_gmt":"2013-02-22 12:21:09","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:40","author":"Pamela Rountree","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-02-22T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-02-22T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"194521":{"id":"194521","type":"image","title":"GTMI-TCSG Partnership","body":null,"created":"1449179891","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:58:11","changed":"1475894846","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:26","alt":"GTMI-TCSG Partnership","file":{"fid":"196385","name":"13c3000-p1-035.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/13c3000-p1-035_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/13c3000-p1-035_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2445107,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/13c3000-p1-035_0.jpg?itok=e4PpqVxg"}}},"media_ids":["194521"],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"49371","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"id":"59551","name":"manufacturing education"},{"id":"59531","name":"technical college system of georgia"},{"id":"59541","name":"workforce development"}],"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:pam.rountree@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EPam Rountree\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(404) 894-5562\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["pam.rountree@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"191201":{"#nid":"191201","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Hosts Natural Gas Executive Seminar Series","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMassive changes are under way in the United States, particularly in the utilities and manufacturing sectors, due to the enormous increase of domestically produced natural gas. A myriad of scientific and policy issues have emerged.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo address this important topic, Georgia Tech will host a Natural Gas Executive Seminar Series over the next few months. Jointly sponsored by the Strategic Energy Institute, Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute and the Institute for Materials, each seminar in the series will be held from 11:00 a.m. - Noon in the Auditorium (1\u003Csup\u003Est\u003C\/sup\u003E Floor) of the Callaway Manufacturing Research Building, home of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute. Each seminar will also be followed by a reception at Noon.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe seminar series features speakers who are corporate executives who will address these important issues and what they mean for our nation and the Southeast.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESeminar topics and speakers include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThursday, February 14, 2013\u003C\/strong\u003E - Hank Linginfelter, Executive Vice President, Distribution Operations, AGL Resources, on \u201cImpact of Natural Gas on the Southeast and the United States.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETuesday, April 2, 2013\u003C\/strong\u003E - Vinod Phillip, Director, Gas Turbine Engineering, Siemens Energy, on \u201cNatural Gas Impacts on the Power Generation Industry.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPlease refer questions on the Natural Gas Executive Seminar Series to: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:cnes@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ecnes@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Natural Gas Executive Seminar Series will feature corporate executives on natural gas issues and what they mean for our nation and the Southeast.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A seminar series on natural gas issues and what they mean for our nation and the Southeast"}],"uid":"27732","created_gmt":"2013-02-11 16:57:24","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:37","author":"Pamela Rountree","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-02-11T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-02-11T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"190771":{"id":"190771","type":"image","title":"Natural Gas Executive Seminar Series","body":null,"created":"1449179858","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:57:38","changed":"1475894838","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:18","alt":"Natural Gas Executive Seminar Series","file":{"fid":"196269","name":"natural_gas_flyer.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/natural_gas_flyer_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/natural_gas_flyer_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":413706,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/natural_gas_flyer_0.jpg?itok=7bs47Lvp"}}},"media_ids":["190771"],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"49371","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute"},{"id":"58051","name":"Institute for Materials"},{"id":"14263","name":"natural gas"},{"id":"58061","name":"power generation"},{"id":"167358","name":"Strategic Energy Institute"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"},{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:cnes@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ecnes@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:cnes@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emailto:cnes@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["cnes@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"192031":{"#nid":"192031","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech to Host Supply Chain, Logistics and Trade Internal Workshop","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMembers of the Georgia Tech community who are interested in Supply Chain, Logistics and Trade (SCLT) are cordially invited to attend an internal workshop on Tuesday, February 26, 2013,\u0026nbsp;that will be held in the Auditorium of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI) from 1:00-5:00 p.m.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe intent of the SCLT workshop is three-fold: 1) assessment of areas of our technical strengths and challenges \u2013 core strengths, critical mass of core faculty and infrastructure, leadership for large-scale proposals; 2) initial steps toward building a broader community of SCLT enthusiasts at Georgia Tech, and creating a blueprint for R\u0026amp;D at Georgia Tech as a leader in the SCLT space; and 3) outcomes from the workshop can be used in large-scale proposals, e.g., the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation Institutes (NNMI), Department of Energy Innovation Hubs, and National Science Foundation Engineering Research Centers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Don Ratliff, Executive Director of The Georgia Tech Supply Chain and Logistics Institute, is the convener of the workshop. Dr. Jane Ammons, Chair of the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering, and Dr. Ben Wang, Executive Director of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, are the workshop sponsors. The first SCLT workshop will be limited to GT personnel only.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe following components will be built into the \u00bd-day workshop agenda: 1) a discussion on large scale funding opportunities, 2) lessons learned from the additive manufacturing proposal for NNMI, 3) a series of presentations by area representatives (speakers TBD, volunteers are welcome), and 4) a panel discussion or breakout session. An agenda is forthcoming.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETime: 1:00-5:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 26, 2013\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EVenue: GTMI Auditorium, 1\u003Csup\u003Est\u003C\/sup\u003E Floor, MaRC Building (refreshments will be served)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information on the SCLT workshop, please contact Ms. Martha Miller at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:martha.miller@gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Emartha.miller@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E or (404) 894-9100.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech campus community is invited to attend an internal workshop on Supply Chain, Logistics and Trade on Tuesday, February 26, 2013, from 1:00-5:00 p.m. in the GTMI Auditorium.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"An internal workshop for the Georgia Tech campus community on supply chain, logistics and trade."}],"uid":"27732","created_gmt":"2013-02-13 17:45:57","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:37","author":"Pamela Rountree","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-02-13T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-02-13T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"192011":{"id":"192011","type":"image","title":"MaRC Building Highbay","body":null,"created":"1449179858","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:57:38","changed":"1475894841","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:21","alt":"MaRC Building Highbay","file":{"fid":"196305","name":"13c3000-p1-124.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/13c3000-p1-124_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/13c3000-p1-124_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2564880,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/13c3000-p1-124_0.jpg?itok=C5VxKEIV"}}},"media_ids":["192011"],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"58351","name":"College of Engineering; H. 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Having a well-planned database solution is a key to our long term growth and success and this grant will allow us to take our business to the next level,\u201d Moran further noted.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis project was a great opportunity to utilize a Center of Innovation (COI) Matching Grant to assist a Georgia manufacturer by developing advancements to their existing communication capabilities, enabling them to grow and create jobs in the state,\u201d said John Zegers, Director of the Center of Innovation for Manufacturing.\u0026nbsp; \u201cThe mission of COI for Manufacturing is to connect manufacturers with people who can solve their problems, and being strategically located at the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute has given us the direct access we needed.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019re pleased to collaborate with New Frequency,\u201d said Andrew Dugenske, GTMI Research Manager.\u0026nbsp; \u201cWe believe this project will enhance their business management and cellular data collection products.\u0026nbsp; By applying technology developed at our Factory Information Systems Center, we can help New Frequency grow and keep manufacturing jobs in Georgia.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout New Frequency \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENew Frequency, founded in 2008 and headquartered in Cumming, GA, is a developer of software, devices, and complete systems that collect data in real time from remote assets and aggregate such data into useable and actionable information accessible over the web.\u0026nbsp; New Frequency\u2019s expertise and systems include telemetry data monitoring and management tools, high availability hosting, large data storage, custom reporting and alarming, and web-based software-as-a-service. 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First, President Barack Obama visited campus and wowed a crowd of nearly 10,000 students, faculty, staff and others. His speech was primarily about making post-secondary education more affordable, but he also gave a shout out to advanced manufacturing and Georgia Tech\u0027s involvement in the program. (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.manufacturing.gatech.edu\/news\/white-house-releases-georgia-tech-influenced-national-manufacturing-roadmap\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EClick here\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to read more about AMP. Go to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/students-pack-mccamish-presidential-pep-talk\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ethis link\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to view a video of the President\u0027s speech. At mark 6:30 you will hear his comment on AMP.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EJoining the President for his visit to Georgia Tech was Admiral James A. \u0022Sandy\u0022 Winnefeld, Jr., Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Later in the day, Adm. Winnefeld toured the\u0026nbsp;Advanced Orthotics and Prosthetics Manufacturing Lab on 14th Street\u0026nbsp;to see the work GTMI researchers are doing to help veterans.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EChuck Zhang of GTMI said the Admiral\u0027s interest was piqued by the project called, \u0022Socket Optimized for Comfort with Advanced Technologies,\u0022 or SOCAT. The project includes work to create a socket for amputees\u0027 prosthetics that is partially 3D printed and has sensors to detect and control temperature, swelling and other factors that can cause discomfort for the amputee. The Admiral, who is a Georgia Tech graduate, was interested to hear about how 3D printing technologies were being used and how the sensors were incorporated into the design.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFriday, March 13 brought another visitor to campus and to GTMI.\u0026nbsp;German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited GTMI and faculty of the Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) department. After a short presentation on research at GTMI and ISyE, they German delegation toured labs at GTMI.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"GTMI and Manufacturing on the Minds of VIPs: President Obama, Vice Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. James Winnefeld, and German Foreign Affairs Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier"}],"field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"President Obama, Vice Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. James Winnefeld, and German Foreign Affairs Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier had manufacturing on their minds while visiting GT recently."}],"uid":"28069","created_gmt":"2015-03-13 16:32:23","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:55","author":"Laura Day","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-04-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-04-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"394061":{"id":"394061","type":"image","title":"German Delegation 1","body":null,"created":"1449246346","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:25:46","changed":"1475895110","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:50","alt":"German Delegation 1","file":{"fid":"75625","name":"fisp1040456.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/fisp1040456.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/fisp1040456.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":706920,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/fisp1040456.jpg?itok=stk_7cdq"}},"394071":{"id":"394071","type":"image","title":"German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited GTMI and faculty of the Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) department.","body":null,"created":"1449246346","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:25:46","changed":"1475895110","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:50","alt":"German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited GTMI and faculty of the Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) department.","file":{"fid":"75626","name":"germanyvisit.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/germanyvisit.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/germanyvisit.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":61646,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/germanyvisit.jpg?itok=D6KgIU47"}},"394081":{"id":"394081","type":"image","title":"German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited GTMI and faculty of the Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) department.","body":null,"created":"1449246346","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:25:46","changed":"1475895110","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:50","alt":"German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited GTMI and faculty of the Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) department.","file":{"fid":"75627","name":"2germanyvisit.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2germanyvisit.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2germanyvisit.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":60727,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2germanyvisit.jpg?itok=hJOnOiBw"}}},"media_ids":["394061","394071","394081"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/students-pack-mccamish-presidential-pep-talk","title":"Students Pack McCamish for Presidential Pep Talk"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.manufacturing.gatech.edu\/news\/white-house-releases-georgia-tech-influenced-national-manufacturing-roadmap","title":"Information on AMP"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.iienet2.org\/industrialengineer\/Details.aspx?id=36989","title":"Article on SOCAT"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.navy.mil\/navydata\/bios\/navybio.asp?bioID=422","title":"Information on Admiral Winnefeld"}],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"14300","name":"AMP"},{"id":"112071","name":"Georgia Tech Manufactuing Institute"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"id":"169548","name":"SOCAT"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELaura Reilly, APR\u003Cbr \/\u003EGTMI Marketing Communications Manager\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.reilly@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.reilly@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["laura.reilly@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}