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IACMI Summer 2022 Members Meeting: Impressive Speakers, Networking, and Beautiful Views
Our Members Meeting is just around the corner. Be sure to check out our lineup of speakers and make sure to register today!
The agenda also features panels on IACMI Working Groups, Women in Composites and Small and Medium Enterprises.
In addition to all of the knowledge and industry insight you'll receive, we also have plenty of networking time built into the agenda. We know how important connections and relationships are to building a successful business, and the Members Meeting is here to help facilitate and nurture them.
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Congressional Staffers, University and Industry Leaders
Observe ACE Bootcamp Training Up Close
IACMI was pleased to host a look at America’s Cutting Edge (ACE) training in action for key stakeholders on June 8 at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK). UTK Chancellor Donde Plowman joined local industry leaders and congressional staffers Chelsea Ivens (Sen. Blackburn), Riley Lovingood (US Sen. Hagerty), Sarah Fansler (US Rep. Burchett), Tammy Merritt(US Rep. Fleischmann) during in-person training for CNC machining.
They were able to observe and talk with 10 students taking the ACE weeklong bootcamp and 8 trainers in training who will teach the ACE curriculum in locations around the country through a series of hubs. Trainers have come from Tennessee, New Mexico, Illinois, West Virginia, and North Carolina. The first hub beyond the national testbed in East Tennessee will be N.C A&T in Greensboro, NC.
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STEM Program SkillCrafters has Launched
It always starts with a need. A problem in search of a solution. That’s how a new IACMI-led STEM program called SkillCrafters hooks middle and high school students and proves to them their ideas matter.
Joannie Harmon, Workforce Director for the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) adds, “We’re thrilled to be engaging in STEM educational programs which broaden opportunities in schools and increases awareness of career pathways in advanced composites at an earlier age in a way that makes STEM fun. SkillCrafters helps students gain confidence in their abilities and gives them motivation to use science and math in a practical, real-world application associated with a project that is meaningful to them.”
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Mission Critical with Manufacturing USA institutes
The collective power of Manufacturing USA Institutes was showcased this week in Pittsburgh at Smart Manufacturing EXperience 2022. The three-day conference, which focuses on emerging technologies that upskill the U.S. workforce and the future of manufacturing, featured institute presentations and exhibit space made up innovation institutes. IACMI and other institutes provided mission-driven overviews of their advanced manufacturing technology, and how public-private partnership are vital to reshoring manufacturing and developing the next generation of advanced technologies, resilient supply chains, and the future workforce.
“The importance of cross collaboration across the Manufacturing USA Institutes is critical,” said IACMI Workforce Director Joannie Harmon, who participated in a panel, Mission Critical with Manufacturing USA. “The 16 institutes represent a national asset that coalesces subject mater experts, R&D capabilities, and workforce resources. This combination of assets spurs innovation and addresses some of the toughest problems faced by industries.”
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