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IACMI Celebrates 10th Anniversary at Members Meeting

 

IACMI hosted our annual Members Meeting in Dayton, Ohio--the Birthplace of Aviation--with 300+ attendees from 31 states and 4 countries June 24-26. This year’s theme, “A Decade of Innovation: IACMI’s Impact,” highlighted how IACMI and our members, in the 10 years since our inception, have become a catalyst for increasing U.S. manufacturing competitiveness by connecting people, ideas, and technology. If you attended, please take a few minutes to complete our post-event survey by July 18. Your input is truly valuable, and it only takes a few minutes to make a big impact.

 

Member Spotlight

Register Today for Innovation Insights July 21

 

Our monthly webinar series “Innovation Insights” continues Monday, July 21, as IACMI CCO Jason Gibson moderates discussions on recent technology advancements from IACMI members.

• Eric Kerr-Anderson from Winona State University will share a creative new way to grow the composites workforce
• B Jay Larson from Magnum Venus Products (MVP) will explore high performance applications with 4-axis filament winding
• Ryan Ginder from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, explains how they’ve created a “hotdog for composites”--findings from a recent IACMI Resource Pool Project focused on solutions for fiberglass waste

IACMI is Accepting Proposals

 

Starting July 14, IACMI will be accepting proposals from members for the next round of Resource Pool Projects. These are technical projects that are supported with IACMI Consortium Resource Pool funding up to $50,000. They advance, utilize, or demonstrate emerging technologies that have the potential to attract higher levels of follow-on-funding. Submissions will be accepted through September 12.

Meet Our IACMI Interns

 

Today we’re starting a new series of video shorts on social media, showcasing our 10 summer interns representing 7 member companies from 4 states. Meet Elizabeth Donoghue, currently studying at Auburn University and interning for the Blade Repair Academy in Tennessee.

IACMI Workforce Program Featured in Forbes

 

Jim Vinoski highlights for Forbes the newest partnership for the METAL program, a workforce initiative in metallurgy led by IACMI, with Michigan Tech University (MTU). In addition to delivering in METAL’s nationally recognized curriculum, MTU will integrate METAL training into its existing summer youth programs, offering an introduction to metalworking, metallurgy and materials science to high school students from across the Upper Midwest. 

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