Draft2:National Network for Manufacturing Innovation
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The National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI), also known as Manufacturing USA, is a network of research institutes in the United States that focuses on developing and commercializing manufacturing technologies through public-private partnerships between U.S. industry, universities, and federal government agencies.
It is modeled after Germany's Fraunhofer Institute
. In September 2016, the NNMI adopted the brand name "Manufacturing USA".[1][2]
DOE relevance
As of 2016[update], the NNMI consists of nine institutes, with six more planned by 2017. All nine are operated by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.[1][2]
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Institutes
Manufacturing USA consists of multiple linked Manufacturing Innovation Institutes. Each has a unique technological concentration, but is also designed to accelerate U.S. advanced manufacturing as a whole.
Advanced Functional Fabrics of America
- Focus - Materials, Material Processing, Sensors, Electronics
- Location - Cambridge, MA
Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA) is working to enable a manufacturing-based revolution by transforming traditional fibers, yarns, and fabrics into highly sophisticated, integrated and networked devices and systems.
American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics
- Focus - Sensors,Optics and Photonics, Electronics
- Location - Rochester, NY USA
American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics) is working to accelerate the transition of integrated photonic solutions from innovation to manufacturing-ready deployment in systems spanning commercial and defense applications.
America Makes
- Focus - Materials, Material Processing, Lightweighting
- Location - Youngstown, OH 44503 USA
America Makes is a national accelerator and the nation's leading collaborative partner for technology research, discovery, creation, and innovation in additive manufacturing and 3D printing.
Advanced Robotics Manufacturing
- Focus - Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Sensors, Modeling and Simulation, Automation, Digital, Electronics, Materials
- Location - Pittsburgh, PA USA
The Advanced Robotics Manufacturing (ARM) Institute’s mission is to create and then deploy robotic technology by integrating the diverse collection of industry practices and institutional knowledge across many disciplines – sensor technologies, end-effector development, software and artificial intelligence, materials science, human and machine behavior modeling, and quality assurance – to realize the promises of a robust manufacturing innovation ecosystem.
Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute
- Focus - Biofabrication, Robotics, Biotechnology, Materials
- Location - Manchester, NH USA
Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI) integrates innovative cell and tissue cultures with advances in...
Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute
- Focus - Sensors, Modeling and Simulation, Digital
- Location - Los Angeles, CA USA
Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII) - Smart Manufacturing works to spur advances in smart sensors and digital process controls that can radically improve the efficiency of U.S. advanced manufacturing.
Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute
- Focus - Design, Automation, Digital
- Location - Chicago, IL USA
The Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII) encourages factories across the United States to deploy digital manufacturing and design technologies, so those factories can become more efficient and cost-competitive.
Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI)
- Focus -
- Location -
MaterialsMaterial ProcessingLightweighting
Knoxville, TN 37932 USA
IACMI is committed to accelerating development and adoption of cutting-edge manufacturing technologies for low-cost, energy-efficient manufacturing of advanced polymer composites for vehicles, wind turbines, and compressed gas storage.
Lightweight Innovations For Tomorrow (LIFT)
Lightweight Innovations For Tomorrow
- Focus -
- Location -
Modeling and SimulationMetrologyDesignMaterialsMaterial ProcessingLightweighting
Detroit, MI 48216 USA
LIFT is working to develop and deploy advanced lightweight materials manufacturing technologies.
NextFlex
- Focus -
- Location -
Sensors Digital Electronics
San Jose, CA USA
NextFlex takes key steps toward furthering U.S. development and adoption of the flexible hybrid electronics that will revolutionize the way we live, work and play.
National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL)
- Focus -
- Location -
Metrology Biotechnology Materials Material Processing
Newark, DE USA
NIIMBL is working to enable more efficient and flexible manufacturing capabilities for existing and emerging biopharmaceutical products, and develop a world-leading biopharmaceutical manufacturing workforce.
Power America
- Focus -
- Location -
Electronics Materials
Raleigh, NC 27606 USA
Power America is accelerating the adoption of advanced semiconductor components made with silicon carbide and gallium nitride into a wide range of products and systems.
Rapid Advancement in Process Intensification Deployment Institute (RAPID)
- Focus -
- Location -
Chemical ProcessingMaterial Processing New York, NY USA
The RAPID Institute serves as an American manufacturing leader convening companies, universities, industrial research organizations and national laboratories to focus on new technologies that maximize processes at the molecular level to save energy with every chemical reaction—adding up to big savings on the manufacturing floor.
Reducing Embodied energy and Decreasing Emissions (REMADE)
- Focus -
- Location -
RecyclingReuseSustainable Manufacturing Rochester, NY USA
The REMADE Institute focuses on driving down the cost of technologies...
History
In June 2011, United States President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) recommended that the federal government launch an advanced manufacturing initiative of public-private partnerships to support "academia and industry for applied research on new technologies and design methodologies." The recommendation called for $500 million per year to be appropriated to the Departments of Defense, Commerce and Energy, increasing to $1 billion per year over four years.[3][4]
The NNMI was proposed in the President's fiscal year 2013 budget and formally unveiled by the Obama administration several weeks later in March 2012. The proposal called for a joint federal effort between the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation and the Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology to create a network of 15 regional institutes, funded by a one-time investment of $1 billion and carried out over a period of 10 years.[4][5][6][7] The Obama administration immediately reprogramed $45 million of existing resources from the Departments of Defense, Energy, Commerce and the National Science Foundation through executive action to fund a pilot, proof-of-concept institute for the program.[5][6][8] In May the Department of Defense solicited proposals from consortiums led by nonprofit organizations and universities to establish an additive manufacturing (3D printing) research institute to serve as the prototype facility.[6][7][9]
In August the government announced the winning proposal, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute (NAMII), led by the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining and based in Youngstown, Ohio.[5][7] The consortium's members include 40 companies, nine research universities, five community colleges and 11 nonprofit organizations.[7] The NAMII was established with an initial federal government investment of $30 million, while the consortium contributed almost $40 million in additional funding.[5] The Obama administration stated that it expected NAMII to become financially self-sustaining.[10] In May 2013, the Obama administration announced the establishment of three additional institutes using $200 million in funding provided by five federal agencies: the Departments of Defense, Commerce, and Energy, NASA and the National Science Foundation.[11][10][9]
Partners
Contact
Related
- Reducing Embodied-energy and Decreasing Emissions (REMADE) Institute
- Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP)
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Template:Cite magazine
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Announces Manufacturing USA: New Brand for National Network for Manufacturing Innovation" (Press release). U.S. Department of Commerce. September 12, 2016. https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2016/09/us-secretary-commerce-penny-pritzker-announces-manufacturing-usa-new. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
- ↑ United States President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (June 2011). Report to the President on Ensuring American Leadership in Advanced Manufacturing. Executive Office of the President of the United States. p. iv. Archived from the original on June 16, 2013. http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/pcast-advanced-manufacturing-june2011.pdf.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 McCormack, Richard A. (February 28, 2012). "Obama Will Unveil $1-Billion National Manufacturing Innovation Network Initiative Based On Germany's Fraunhofer Institute". Manufacturing & Technology News 19 (3). Archived from the original on May 11, 2013. http://www.manufacturingnews.com/news/national-network-for-manufacturing-innovation-228112.html.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI)". Advanced Manufacturing Portal. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. http://manufacturing.gov/nnmi.html.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "From Discovery to Scale-up: About the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation". Advanced Manufacturing Portal. Archived from the original on February 13, 2013. http://www.manufacturing.gov/nnmi_overview.html.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Sargent, John F., Jr. (August 28, 2012). The Obama Administration’s Proposal to Establish a National Network for Manufacturing Innovation. Congressional Research Service. Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42625.pdf.
- ↑ "$1-Billion National Advanced Manufacturing Network Will Take Off With Or Without Congressional Approval". Manufacturing & Technology News 19 (4): p. 8. March 16, 2012. http://www.manufacturingnews.com/subscribers/users_orig.cgi?mfgnews_username=1309&flag=read_article&id_title=1&id_article=4965&id_issue=331&id_sub=572&id_sl=.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Tonkin, Lea (May 27, 2013). "National Manufacturing Innovation Network Gains Momentum". Manufacturing Pulse. http://www.manufacturingpulse.com/featured-stories/2013/05/27/national-manufacturing-innovation-network-gains-momentum.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Obama Administration Launches Competition for Three New Manufacturing Innovation Institutes" (Press release). White House Office of the Press Secretary. May 9, 2013. Archived from the original on May 16, 2013. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/05/09/obama-administration-launches-competition-three-new-manufacturing-innova.
- ↑ Palmer, Chris (May 13, 2013). "Obama administration announces manufacturing institutes". NewsBlog. Nature.com. http://blogs.nature.com/news/2013/05/obama-administration-announces-manufacturing-institutes.html.