WPI is a member of the following Manufacturing USA institutes that cut across multiple disciplines, for more information please contact Ellen Piccioli

• Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA) transforms traditional fibers, yarns, and textiles into highly sophisticated integrated and networked devices and systems. 
• Advanced Integrated Manufacturing in Photonics (AIM) “is working to accelerate the transition of integrated photonic solutions from innovation to manufacturing-ready deployment in systems spanning commercial and defense applications.” In partnership with Quinsigamond Community College, WPI is advancing economic development in training and testbed locations through the Advanced Integrated Manufacturing in Photonics Institute. The LEAP @ WPI/QCCsupports the integrated photonics manufacturing sector in central Massachusetts through an open-access facility and service center model.
• America Makes – National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute: WPI partners with America Makes to advance additive manufacturing technology, education, and workforce development by leveraging expertise in materials processing, additive manufacturing, and feedstock research, covering both solid-state and fusion-based processes.
• Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI) seeks to “make practical the large-scale manufacturing of engineered tissues and tissue-related technologies.”
• Advanced Robotics Manufacturing (ARM) aims to create new robotic technology “to realize the promises of a robust manufacturing innovation ecosystem.”
• Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation (CESMI) “works to spur advances in smart sensors and digital process controls.”
• Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow (LIFT) “is working to develop and deploy advanced lightweight materials manufacturing technologies.” 
• NextFlex is a “consortium of companies, academic institutions, non-profits and state, local, and federal governments with a shared goal of advancing U.S. Manufacturing of Flexible Hybrid Electronics (FHE).”
• National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing and Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL) “is working to enable more efficient and flexible manufacturing capabilities” and “develop a world-leading biopharmaceutical manufacturing workforce.”
• Rapid Advancement in Process Intensification Deployment (RAPID) convenes companies, universities, and labs “…to focus on new technologies” that conserve energy and creates savings.
• Reducing Embodied-energy and Decreasing Emissions (REMADE) “seeks to find new and less expensive ways to reuse, recycle, and remanufacture metals, fibers, polymers, and electronic waste.”

For information on the Manufacturing USA program please see https://www.manufacturingusa.com/

For access to Manufacturing USA’s canvas sites; which include information for specific project calls and Manufacturing USA events, please contact  Ellen Piccioli (Director of Manufacturing Innovation): egpiccioli@wpi.edu