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IACMI - The Composites Institute announces 2021 Consortium Council election results
IACMI - The Composites Institute is announcing the results of our 2021 Consortium Council Elections. They include:
Elections were held throughout the month of February, giving IACMI Consortium Council members an opportunity to both nominate and ultimately vote for those representatives to serve on the IACMI Consortium Council.
"IACMI would like to thank all those who participated in Consortium elections, as we appreciate your leadership and engagement within our IACMI peer community," said Dale Brosius, IACMI Executive Director.
These new additions to the Consortium Council will join Ex Officio Members IACMI Executive Director Dale Brosius, IACMI CTO Uday Vaidya, CCS BOD Liaison Tom Drye, and UT Research Foundation’s Andreana Leskovjan. The Consortium Council also consists of Premium Members including, American Chemistry Council’s Gina-Marie Oliver, Arkema’s Dana Swan, BASF Corporation’s Mohamed Bouguettaya, Dassault Systémes' Rani Richardson and TPI Composites' Steve Nolet. Two additional members have been selected to the Consortium Council as Executive Director Appointees, FX Consulting's Joe Fox and Jobs Ohio's Glenn Richardson.
The IACMI Consortium Council provides support to manage the activities and affairs of the IACMI Consortium. The Council, working with the CCS BOD of Directors and IACMI Staff, approves strategic plans, annual budgets, technical plans, projects, and IACMI Consortium activities. Click here for more information.
Winter 2021 Virtual Members Meeting recap is now available
Thank you to the more than 300 IACMI members, partner organizations and friends who registered and participated in the IACMI Winter 2021 Members Meeting virtually February 16-18.
The three-day event showcased a stellar lineup of featured speakers, including industry thought leaders, technology innovators, researchers, and advanced manufacturing principals. The event also showcased IACMI Working Groups meetings to discuss six industry relevant themes, including Infrastructure and Construction, Recycling/Circular Economy, High-Rate Aerostructures Fabrication, Simulation/Digital Twin, Future Mobility/Vehicles Technology and Wind Energy. Other program elements included remarks from the U.S. Department of Energy, presentations, breakout sessions, and results of IACMI Consortium Council elections.
Thank you to all the IACMI members, partners, and event sponsors – American Chemistry Council Plastics Division, Arkema, BASF, Dassault Systèmes, TPI Composites, Johns Manville and Zoltek – for helping make the Winter 2021 Members Meeting possible.
Check out our full meeting recap.
Member Spotlight
ACE CNC machining training addresses critical workforce needs in machining composites, metals Nearly 1,000 students and adults across America are taking advantage of America’s Cutting Edge (ACE) computer numerical control (CNC) machining training launched by IACMI and partners in December. The new initiative uses online learning and machining simulation, as well as in-person machine time, to teach essential manufacturing skills to help tackle the nation’s growing manufacturing workforce gap. These training components will compliment national competition programs like Project MFG and increase the pipeline of students who are interested in manufacturing and support their continued training and education.
Fiber composites have unique challenges for operations such as drilling and milling, according to IACMI Chief Technology Officer Uday Vaidya, who also serves as University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor’s Chair for Advanced Composite Manufacturing.
In an interview, Uday discusses these challenges and other aspects of composites machining and the ACE CNC machining training program.
ACE Milestone Alert! UT receives new Haas CNC equipment
This week, University of Tennessee, Knoxville graduate students in the Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering (MABE) Department and MABE Professor Tony Schmitz welcomed the arrival of a new Haas VF-4 3-axis CNC vertical machining center. Tony is also an ORNL joint faculty member. The precision machine will better equip the college and ACE to develop the next generation of U.S. machine tool workforce. Pictured, from left, are Jake Dvorak, Greg Corson, Ross Zameroski, Leah Jacobs and Aaron Cornelius.
A national initiative to restore the prominence of the U.S. machine tools sector through advances in training and technology, ACE is supported by the Department of Defense (DOD) Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment Program as a national imperative under the Office of Industrial Policy. DOD is utilizing the scientific expertise of the DOE’s ORNL and the workforce development leadership of IACMI. IACMI is partnering with UT and Pellissippi State Community College in Knoxville to pilot the new machine tool training framework.
Learn more www.iacmi.org/ace
You're invited to a free, special webinar series: Careers in Clean Energy Innovation
Three Manufacturing USA® institutes — IACMI, RAPID and REMADE — are proud to join forces and host a special series of webinars on Careers in Clean Energy Innovation. In recognition of Women’s History Month, our series will kick off on Wednesday, March 24, with a panel presentation featuring three dynamic women who are breaking new ground every day in the clean energy industry.
IACMI Workforce Director Joannie Harmon will serve as moderator for this webinar.
Join DOE Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm for a roundtable on strengthening America’s manufacturing & industrial workforce
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is hosting a roundtable Monday, March 8 featuring U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm to discuss how the Department’s Industrial Assessment Centers (IACs) are helping small- and medium-sized manufacturers improve energy efficiency, create jobs, and reduce their carbon footprints. Titled "Strengthening America's Manufacturing and Industrial Workforce," the roundtable will begin at 2PM ET.
DOE Advanced Manufacturing Office funds next-gen turbine blades and more
IACMI Consortium member the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is leading a project that may evolve utility-scale wind turbine blade design and production, with the help of a recently announced FOA award from DOE's Advanced Manufacturing Office.
The Additive Manufactured Wind Blade Core Structure Enabling Thermal Welding of Advanced Large Blades project, being led by IACMI's Wind Turbine Technology Area Director Derek Berry, will employ additive manufacturing to 3D print thermoplastic core structures of large wind turbine blades, which may enable thermal welding.
Alongside TPI Composites Inc., Additive Engineering Solutions (AES), Ingersoll, Vanderbilt University, and the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI), the team is working to develop stronger, longer-lasting blades that have the potential to be recycled at the end of their life.
Click here for the full story.
IACMI leadership featured in CW Talks podcast
Episode 36 of the CW Talks podcast features some familiar IACMI faces.
CompositesWorld editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan sat down with our own Dale Brosius and Uday Vaidya to talk about the first five years of our organization, how it has evolved and what the future might hold as we continue our quest to help drive composite materials and process growth. Click here and listen in.
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