Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Institutes
Abstract
Technical innovation and leadership in manufacturing are essential to sustaining the foundations of economic prosperity to enable our military to maintain technological advantage and global dominance. To support these goals, Institutes for Manufacturing Innovation (IMI) will serve as regional hubs to accelerate technological innovation into commercial application and concurrently develop the educational competencies and production processes via shared public-private sectors. Collaborative execution and funding by the Departments of Defense (DoD), Energy (DoE), and Commerce (DoC), NASA, and the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support the establishment of the IMIs will spur industry cost-share for manufacturing innovation and quickly develop a pathway for technology-focused regional hubs for collaboration among government, industry, and academia that will meet critical government and Warfighter needs. The concept of these institutes is highlighted in the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) report titled “Capturing Domestic Competitive Advantage in Advanced Manufacturing,” published in July 2012.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2014
- Source ID
- 79bfc5d30161cf8b24f7e973e921fdb5