| AVS 60th International Symposium and Exhibition | |
| Manufacturing Science and Technology | Monday Sessions |
| Session MS+AS+EM+EN+NS+TF-MoM |
| Session: | IPF 2013-Manufacturing Challenges: R&D Perspective (8:20-9:40 am) / Energy Storage (9:40 am-12:00 pm) |
| Presenter: | M. Molnar, National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| Correspondent: | Click to Email |
A key challenge to restoring U.S. leadership in advanced manufacturing is addressing the so-called “missing middle” – the technical and business barriers of scaling-up an innovative new material, process, or technology for robust production use. This plenary talk explores the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation as a means to accelerate U.S. innovation. As proposed by President Obama NNMI is a network of manufacturing institutes where Industry and Academia partner on industry-relevant challenges. Each institute would be chartered in a competitively selected topic and focus on nationally important, precompetitive technologies to create “innovation hubs” for transformational impact.
This plenary will review the NNMI progress to date, including the current design of the institute and supporting network and core functions. The emerging design builds on the extensive public input and the progress of the pilot institute on Additive Manufacturing, explored in detail in the following plenary. The discussion concludes with a review of the three manufacturing institutes topics being established this year.