• The Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility (AMPF) opened on June 22, 2017, on the Georgia Tech campus at the intersection of 14th Street and Hemphill Avenue
• Boeing and Delta are currently the “anchor” sponsors
• Preparation of the AMPF business model is on-going
• Phase I space: ~20,000 square feet, and potentially 110,000 square feet within a 5-year time period
• Phase I focus technology areas: robot assisted assembly for aerospace structures, digital machining
• Phase II: will include additive manufacturing and advanced composite processing, joining and repair
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RAPID Manufacturing Institute CEO announced as keynote for spring workshop
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Georgia Tech, UConn, and UMass Lowell Collaborate with Industry, NSF on 3D Printing
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Center for Research into Novel Computing Hierarchies Explores Solutions from the Entire Stack
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Airbus and Georgia Tech Open Center for Overall Aircraft Design
Airbus and Georgia Institute of Technology have officially opened the Airbus / Georgia Tech Center for Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)-enabled Overall Aircraft Design (OAD).
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Center for Urban Innovation Director Clark Gives Invited Talk at Seoul National University
Center for Urban Innovation Director Jennifer Clark, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy, gave speeches at Seoul National University about her smart cities research. She was invited by Sam Ock Park, professor at Seoul National University.
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SCL Secures Multi-thread Research And Professional Education Program with Marine Corps Logistics Command
SCL will collaborate with Georgia Tech Professional Education to develop and deliver a multi-year Workforce Development initiative. A team consisting of SCL professors will collaborate on the effort which will initially focus on depot activities and later grow to span the supply chain.
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New Material, Manufacturing Use Sun's Heat for Cheaper Renewable Electricity
Solar power accounts for less than two percent of U.S. electricity, but could make up more than that if the cost of electricity generation and energy storage for use on cloudy days and at nighttime were cheaper.
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Origami, 3D Printing Merge to Make Complex Structures in One Shot
By merging the ancient art of origami with 21st century technology, researchers have created a one-step approach to fabricating complex origami structures whose light weight, expandability, and strength could have applications in everything from biomedical devices to equipment used in space exploration.
