Advanced Manufacturing Research and Education: New Technologies and New Degrees

This presentation will address some of the new most promising areas of advanced manufacturing technology, which can form the basis for new industries and new products, and a novel educational program that is part of an effort to prepare US industries for global leadership in manufacturing . The former will include a brief discussion of processes for the scale up of micro and nano-scaled processes, as well as exciting areas such as printed electronics and a new look at additive manufacturing. Switching to a more US Industry focus, the latter will present a novel degree at MIT that aims to create and strengthen the profession of manufacturing. The key elements of the degree are admission based on a significant interest in a manufacturing career, a closely coordinate, project based curriculum, and a team-oriented, industry based project in lieu of a research project.