Manufacturing the Future: Federal Priorities for Manufacturing Research and Development. Report of the Interagency Working Group on Manufacturing R&D, Committee on Technology, National Science and Technology Council

Abstract

This report of the Interagency Working Group (IWG) on Manufacturing Research and Development (R&D) outlines three areas of opportunity for manufacturing R&D and describes critical manufacturing technology issues that need to be addressed in each area in order to make progress. areas are (1) manufacturing for the hydrogen economy; (2) nanomanufacturing; and (3) intelligent and integrated manufacturing. The report also describes Federal activities in the three areas and current and planned collaborative efforts. Finally, the report provides an overview of important cross-cutting issues that affect R&D for all three areas.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA483615

Entities

People

  • Celia Merzbacher
  • Dale Hall
  • David Stieren
  • Jason Boehm
  • Richard Russell
  • Susan Skemp

Organizations

  • National Science and Technology Council

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

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  • Advanced Manufacturing
  • Business Administration
  • Control Systems
  • Environment
  • Environmental Health
  • Environmental Protection
  • Information Systems
  • Manufacturing
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Nanomaterials
  • Nanotechnology
  • National Security
  • Students

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