The Conversation: The Next Generation of American Manufacturing is High Tech and Requires Skilled Workers
US workers are not skilled enough to meet the next generation of manufacturing. But efforts to train them are underway.
US workers are not skilled enough to meet the next generation of manufacturing. But efforts to train them are underway.
Teams from UT, Texas A&M University, Auburn University, and Mississippi State University competed in the inaugural SEC Machining Competition.
UT is producing advanced manufacturing’s leaders of tomorrow, including José Nazario.
UT’s expertise in advanced manufacturing and workforce development is a key component.
Summer 2022 bootcamps for America’s Cutting Edge are under way in Knoxville, Tennessee. The initiative, led and funded by the US Department of Defense, has its roots in East Tennessee and is working to revitalize the machine tool industry as a central component of America’s global manufacturing competitiveness.
Participants learned advanced manufacturing techniques.
The team, led by Suresh Babu, will continue research related to additive manufacturing of metals and alloys, also referred to as 3D printing.
Advanced manufacturing is playing an ever-increasing role in the world’s economy, and UT is answering the call with research and innovation.
The US Navy has chosen a UT professor to lead one of its Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative programs.
UT’s role as a major player in advanced manufacturing education cited.
UT recently got another boost in its growing role in advanced manufacturing with the appointment of a faculty member to a team focused on strengthening curriculum and student preparedness in the field.
UT has been selected to participate in a $317 million public-private partnership run by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and announced today by US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter.