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Table of Contents

Agenda - Pages 3-4

Speaker Biographies - Pages 5-20

Manufacturing is in Georgia Tech’s DNA - Pages 21-22

Notes - Page 24

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2015 Next Generation Manufacturing of Printed and Flexible Electronics

8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. Welcome & Workshop Agenda Overview Ben Wang, Executive Director, GTMI

8:40 a.m. Official Call to Order & Welcome Chris Jones, Georgia Tech Associate Vice President of Research

8:55 a.m. Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing Innovation Institute Suresh Sitaraman, Mechanical Engineering

9:25 a.m. Introduction of Keynote Speakers Tina Guldberg, GTMI

9:30 a.m. How Printing Technologies will Change the Electronics Industry Ross Bringans, Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)

10:15 a.m. Morning Break (Coffee and Networking)

10:30 a.m. Flexible Electronics for Industrial Applications Aaron Couture, General Electric (GE)

11:00 a.m. Empowering the Industrial Internet of Things with 3D Printed Sensors and AntennasMike O’Reilly, Optomec

11:30 a.m. GTMI Research in Printed Electronics Chuck Zhang, GTMI

12:00 p.m. Lunch and Networking (Student Poster Session)

Agenda


1:00 p.m. Panel Discussion #1: Georgia Tech - Emerging Research and Applications Moderator: Chuck Zhang, GTMI

Description: Short slide presentation from each panelist on their designated topics, followed by a collective discussion and/or Q&A period.

Panelists: • Printed Chem/Bio Sensor - Judy Song, GTRI• Direct Digital Manufacturing and Flexible Electronics for RF/mm-

wave Applications - John Papapolymerou, Electrical and ComputerEngineering

• Flexible Hybrid Electronics at the Center for Organic Photonicsand Electronics (COPE) - Canek Fuentes, Electrical and ComputerEngineering

• The Development of Barrier Films for Packaging FlexibleElectronics - Samuel Graham, Mechanical Engineering

• High Performance Flexible Electronics using 2D Materials - EricVogel, Materials Science and Engineering

2:15 p.m. Panel Discussion #2: Industry - Requirements, Challenges, and Solutions for Commercialization Moderator: Carl Rust, GT

Description: Short introductions from each panelist about their company and R&D areas, followed by a collective discussion and/or Q&A period.

Panelists: • Ross Bringans, PARC• Aaron Couture, GE• Mike O’Reilly, Optomec• Mark Buccini, Texas Instruments• Wayde Schmidt, United Technologies Research Corporation

3:15 p.m. Where Do We Go from Here? GT Approach to Industry Partnerships - Bill Cutts, GT IC

3:30 p.m. Opportunities for Collaborative R&D with SMEs Solicit ideas/topics for next workshop. Billyde Brown, GTMI

3:45 p.m. Concluding RemarksChuck Zhang, GTMIUnstructured Networking Opportunities and Departure


Biographies - listed in order of presentation

Dr. Ben Wang currently serves as the executive director of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute and is the chief manufacturing officer for the Institute. He also holds the Gwaltney Chair in Manufacturing Sys-tems at the Georgia Tech College of Engineering

In addition to his roles at Georgia Tech, Dr. Ben Wang also serves on the U.S. National Materials and Manufacturing Board of the National Research Council, and is a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, and the Society for the Advance-ment of Material and Process Engineering.

Dr. Wang’s research focuses on applying emerging technologies to improve manufacturing competitiveness. His work in advanced ma-terials and manufacturing has resulted in several invitations from the White House. He has presented to the U.S. National Research Council Review Panel in support of the U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative and to the National Academies Committee on Manufacturing Extension Partnership. In 2012, he participated in the White House Roundtable on Strengthening U.S. Advanced Manufacturing in Clean Energy.

Dr. Wang has authored or co-authored more than 220 refereed journal papers and 150 conference articles. He has a portfolio of issued and applied-for patents that now exceeds 25, and 15 of which have been licensed for commercialization.

DR. BEN WANG Executive Director,Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute,Chief Manufacturing Officer


As Associate Vice President for Research, Christopher Jones spends half of his time on campus-wide research administration, focusing on inter-disciplinary research efforts, and university policy related to research institutes, centers and research core facilities. As the New Vision Profes-sor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, he spends the other half of his time directing his independent research program, focusing primarily on catalysis, chemical processing and CO2 separation, sequestration and utilization.

Dr. Jones obtained his undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan, and both his masters and doctoral de-grees from the California Institute of Technology. He joined the faculty at Georgia Tech in 2000. His independent research program today produces approximately 20 research publications per year. His team includes 15 PhD students and 8 post-doctoral fellows and research scientists, with annual research expenditures of about $1M. His current and past re-search sponsors include: the U.S. National Science Foundation, Depart-ment of Energy, Office of Naval Research, American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund, Dow Chemical, ExxonMobil, Corning, GE, Global Thermostat LLC, DuPont, Lonza and others. He has numerous patents and has licensed intellectual property to industry.

His research innovations have been recognized by numerous organiza-tions. For example, he was recognized by the North American Catalysis Society with the Paul E. Emmett Award in Fundamental Catalysis and by the American Society of Engineering Education with the Curtis W. McGraw Research Award, both in 2013. In 2010, he was honored by the American Chemical Society with the Ipatieff Prize in catalysis. Dr. Jones is also the founding Editor-in-Chief of ACS Catalysis, a multi-dis-ciplinary catalysis journal published by the American Chemical Society, which stands as the premier scholarly journal in catalysis.

DR. CHRISTOPHER W. JONES Associate Vice President for ResearchNew-Vision Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular EngineeringGeorgia Institute of Technology


DR. SURESH K. SITARAMAN ProfessorGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical EngineeringGeorgia Tech

Dr. Sitaraman’s research focuses on the fabrication, characterization, thermo-mechanical modeling and reliability of micro-scale and na-no-scale structures intended for a wide range of applications. He has obtained multi-million dollar funding from several US federal agencies and companies to carry out his research.

He has authored more than 250 research papers in highly-respected jour-nals and conferences, and he has guided several post-doctoral fellows and visiting scholars, more than 45 PhD and MSME students.

Dr. Sitaraman’s work has been recognized through several awards and honors. Among them, he has received the ASME/EPPD (Electronic and Photonic Packaging Division) Applied Mechanics Award in 2012 and the Thomas French Achievement Award from the Department of Me-chanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University in 2012. Dr. Sitaraman has received the Sustained Research Award from Georgia Institute of Technology – Sigma Xi in 2008 and the Outstanding Faculty Leadership Award for the Development of Graduate Research Assistants, Georgia Institute of Technology in 2006. His co-authored papers have won the Commendable Paper Award from IEEE Transactions on Ad-vanced Packaging in 2004 and the Best Paper Award from IEEE Trans-actions on Components and Packaging Technologies in 2001 and 2000. Dr. Sitaraman has also received the Metro-Atlanta Engineer of the Year in Education Award in 1999 and the NSF-CAREER Award in 1997. Dr. Sitaraman is an ASME Fellow.


Dr. Brigans’ organization focuses on novel printing technologies, flexible, printed, and large-area electronics, micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), optoelectronic systems; and the application of these to create systems. The infrastructure within the organization includes both silicon and optoelectronic fabrication lines for prototype devices.

Dr. Bringans received his PhD in physics from the University of Cambridge and is a Fellow of the American Physical Society. He has authored or co-authored 140 articles and 26 issued patents.

DR. ROSS BRIGANSVice President and Director Electronic Materials & Devices Research OrganizationPalo Alto Research Center, a Xerox company


Aaron J Couture came to GE Global Research in 2001 from Cornell Uni-versity where he completed post-doctoral studies with Professor Dan Ralph in the Department of Physics and the Cornell Nanofabrication Facility, working in the area of nano-scale sensors for scanning probe microscopy.

Prior to this, he completed his doctoral thesis, titled ‘Surface Morpholo-gy Evolution during Ion Erosion of Metal Surfaces: Scanning Tunneling Microscope Studies’, and received a Ph.D. in 1999 from Cornell Univer-sity in the Department of Physics. Aaron received his undergraduate BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 1993 from the University of Wisconsin- Madison, and during that time also completed undergradu-ate research at AT&T Bell Laboratories in the field of Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy (NSOM).

At the GE Global Research Center in Niskayuna, NY., Aaron’s work has focused on the design and manufacturing of a-Si flat panel X-ray detec-tors for mammographic, radiographic and fluoroscopic applications. He worked on x-ray detector design, and manufacturability of amorphous silicon flat panel x-ray detectors for high speed, wide dynamic range, and low signal applications. Recently, his work has focused on develop-ing portable digital x-ray detectors based on flexible substrates for light-weight and rugged imaging applications. He holds twelve patents and has five publications in the area of digital x-ray detectors.

DR. AARON J. COUTURE Research ScientistThin Films Lab Micro & Nano-Structured Technologies OrganizationGE Global Research Center


Mike O’Reilly, Director, Aerosol Jet Product Management, is responsible for leading Optomec’s Aerosol Jet commercialization efforts within printed electronics and related markets.

Prior to joining Optomec, Mike was Vice President of Product Management at Cadence Design Systems responsible for system level design and verification products. Previously he held executive level product management and business development positions at Integrated Computing Engines, Synopsys, Inc., Avid Technologies, Rosetta, and Computervision.

Mike has over 35 years’ experience introducing advanced technology into the commercial sector. He is the author of numerous technology papers, most recently focused on printed electronics and the commercial deployment of Aerosol Jet Additive Manufacturing solutions for manufacturing.

Mike attended the University of Massachusetts where he majored in Electrical Engineering.

MIKE O’REILLYDirector Aerosol Jet Product ManagementOptomec


Chuck Zhang received his Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Iowa. Prior to the doctoral degree, he received an M.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo, and B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in China. Prior to joining ISyE, Zhang served as a professor and chairman of the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at the Florida A&M University - Florida State University College of Engineering.

Zhang’s research interests include scalable nanomanufacturing, modeling, simulation, and optimal design of advanced composite and nanomaterials manufacturing processes, multifunctional materials development, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, and metrology. Most recently, he has initiated new research and education programs in advanced materials and manufacturing engineering for orthotics and prosthetics (O&P) applications.

His research projects have been sponsored by a number of organizations, including the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Army Research Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, and Society of Manufacturing Engineers, as well as industrial companies such as ATK Launch Systems, Cummins, General Dynamics, GKN Aerospace Services, Lockheed Martin, and Siemens Power Generation.

DR. CHUCK ZHANGProfessor H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial & Systems EngineeringGeorgia Tech


Judy Song began her career with the University of South Florida Center for Ocean Technology in February 2001, where she earned her Ph.D. degree in 2003 and pursued research in sensor technologies involving the detection of explosive residues, hypergolic fuel leakage (hydrazine) for both military and environmental monitoring applications, MEMS electrochemical sensor and biosensor development, and detection and identification of biological cells using fractionation and light scattering techniques. Song joined GTRI in 2007, where she continued her research activities in the area of microsystem device for hypergolic fuel leakage detection, extended her research area in the optical waveguide sensor and its application in marine environment, its application as a personal monitor in assessment of environmental exposure; novel nano-material (including graphene and carbon nanotube) synthesis, characterization and application in developing novel gas sensing platform and low cost sensing-RFID-tag system. As principal investigator (PI) and co-PI at GTRI, Song has managed over $1.5M to date in developing novel sen-sors and integrated multi-test sensing system for hypergolic fuel leakage detection and battlefield forensic application, through government , and corporate industrial sponsored programs. Some notable sponsors have included MDA, US Army, US NAVY and Radiance Technologies Inc. In the course of her work, she has co-authored invention disclosure, four referred journal papers, one invited international conference lec-ture, 11 conference papers and over 30 monthly, quarterly, annual and final reports. Song has supervised and managed and mentored diverse teams of undergraduate, graduate, as well as several multidisciplinary design project groups. Song has sought to develop research partnerships through the collaborative development of research contracts, leading and/or contributing to over 30 research proposal efforts. Song is an ac-tive member of the Materials Research Society; The American Chemical Society; SPIE and IEEE.

DR. JUDY SONGSenior Research Engineer Georgia Tech Research Institute


John Papapolymerou received the B.S.E.E. degree from the National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece, in 1993, the M.S.E.E. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1994 and 1999, respectively. From 2001-2005 and 2005-2009 he was an Assistant Professor and Associate Professor, respectively, at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he is currently the Ken Byers Professor and Associate Director of the Georgia Electronic Design Center (GEDC). He has authored or coau-thored over 350 publications in peer-reviewed journals and conferences and holds 5 US patents. His research interests include the implementa-tion of micromachining techniques and MEMS devices in microwave, millimeter-wave and THz circuits and the development of both passive and active planar circuits and antennas on semiconductor (Si/SiGe, GaAs) and organic substrates (liquid crystal polymer-LCP, LTCC) for System-on-a-Chip (SOC)/ System-on-a-Package (SOP) RF front ends.

Dr. Papapolymerou currently serves as Editor-in-Chief for IEEE Micro-wave and Wireless Components Letters (MWCL). He has also served as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques from 2010-2012, and as Chair for Commission D of the US National Committee of URSI from 2009-2011. He was also Associate Edi-tor for IEEE MWCL (2004-2007), and IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation (2004-2010). He was the recipient of the 2012 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) H.A. Wheeler Prize Paper Award, the 2010 IEEE AP-S John Kraus Antenna Award, the 2009 IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques-Society (MTT-S) Outstanding Young Engineer Award, the 2009 School of ECE Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, and additional honors. He is a Fellow of IEEE.

DR. JOHN PAPAPOLYMEROUKen Byers Professor Associate Director of the Georgia Electronic Design Center (GEDC) Georgia Tech


Canek Fuentes-Hernandez was born and raised in Mexico City, Mexico. In 1998 he received a bachelor’s degree in physics at the Universidad Nacional Autonóma de México. In 2004 he received a PhD degree from the Optical Sciences Center at the University of Arizona. In 2005 he joined the Georgia Institute of Technology as a postdoctoral fellow, where he currently works as a Senior Research Scientist.

His research focuses on studying the optical and electrical properties of materials for all-optical, optoelectronic and microelectronic applications. In particular he is currently interested in the electrical and optical properties of metallic nanostructures, and in developing novel device architectures for organic solar cells, organic light-emitting diodes and thin film transistors.

DR. CANEK FUENTES-HERNANDEZSenior Research ScientistGeorgia Tech


Dr. Kippelen’s research interests range from the investigation of fundamental physical processes (nonlinear optical activity, charge transport, light harvesting and emission) in organic-based nanostructured thin films, to the design, fabrication and testing of light-weight flexible optoelectronic devices based on hybrid printable materials. He is a co-founder and co-President of the Institut Lafayette, an innovation platform located on Georgia Tech’s European campus Georgia Tech Lorraine (Metz, France), and serves as Director of the Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics on the Georgia Tech campus in Atlanta.

He was born and raised in Soultz, Alsace, France, and is a US and French citizen. He studied at the University Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg where he received a Maitrise in Solid-State Physics in 1985, and a Ph.D. in Nonlinear Optics in 1990. From 1990 to 1997 he was Chargé de Recherches at the French CNRS. In 1994, he joined the Optical Sciences Center at the University of Arizona, where he was promoted Assistant Professor in 1998 and Associate Professor with tenure in 2001. He joined Georgia Tech in 2003 with the rank of Professor where he is currently the Joseph M. Pettit Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

He holds 15 patents and has co-authored over 600 scientific communications, including over 250 peer-reviewed journal publications and eleven book chapters. His work has received over 10,000 citations and his H-index is 54 (web of science).

DR. BENARD KIPPELENJoseph M. Pettit Professor of Electrical and Computer EngineeringGeorgia Tech


Samuel Graham is a Professor in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is a member of the Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics at Georgia Tech, holds a courtesy appointment in the School of Materials Science and Engineering, and a joint appointment with Oak Ridge National Laboratories. His group focuses on the packaging and reliability of electronic devices including GaN and flexible organic electronics.

He is a Fellow of ASME and serves as chair of the K-16 Committee on Heat Transfer in Electronic Devices.

DR. SAMUEL GRAHAMProfessorWoodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Tech


Eric M. Vogel is currently Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Deputy Director of the Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology, and Associate Director for Shared Resources of the Institute for Materials at the Georgia Institute of Technology (GIT).

Prior to joining GIT in August 2011, he was Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). Prior to joining UTD in August of 2006, he was leader of the CMOS and Novel Devices Group and founded the Nanofab at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

He received the Ph. D. degree in 1998 in electrical engineering from North Carolina State University and the B. S. degree in 1994 in electrical engineering from Penn State University. Dr. Vogel’s research interests relate to micro- and nano-electronic materials, devices and circuits. He has published over 160 archival papers and 5 book chapters, and given over 75 invited talks and tutorials.

DR. ERIC VOGELProfessor, Materials Science & Engineering Adjunct Professor, Electrical & Computer EngineeringGeorgia Tech


Carl A. Rust is Associate Vice President for International Initiatives and Principal Director in the Office of Industry Collaboration at the Georgia Institute of Technology where he is responsible for pursuing the university’s international goals, particularly those related to industry-university collaboration, entrepreneurship, commercialization, and economic development.

Between his tenure at both Georgia Tech and the University of Maryland, Mr. Rust has accumulated over 24 years of experience in industry-university partnerships, technology transfer, new business development, commercialization, innovation-led economic development, and global collaboration. He pioneered novel collaboration models of embedding industry research, development, and innovation centers on a university campus. He has also forged new ways of effectively connecting university-based startup companies to larger well-established companies as potential customers, suppliers, partners, and investors.

His prior industrial experience includes serving as an engineering manager at Texas Instruments and co-founding four technology-based start-up companies. He also serves as a consultant for the National Science Foundation and other organizations on industry-university collaboration and innovation matters. He has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from The Citadel and seventeen publications. Carl is a 2014 Fulbright award recipient to study the higher education and research system of France.

CARL RUSTAssociate Vice President for International InitiativesPrincipal Director for Industry CollaborationGeorgia Tech


Mark E. Buccini is responsible for new product and marketing strategies as a staff member at Texas Instruments with 25 years’ experience. His experience spans a range of application areas including ultra-low power embedded processing, energy harvesting, human machine interface, energy metering, sensor networks, intelligent motor drives and smart grid.

In addition to strategic responsibilities for TI, Mark regularly blogs and has authored over 100 papers that have been published around world including in the Wall Street Journal, Dallas Business Journal, IEEE, APEC, Sensor Expo and even Nuts and Volts among many others. The technical seminars he has created have been delivered live to over 20,000 engineers worldwide.

Mark lives in Allen, Texas, is married with two children and has a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan.

MARK BUCCININew Product & Marketing Strategies Texas Instruments


Dr. Schmidt is the current group leader of Applied Physics at UTRC, the corporate research organization of United Technologies Corporation. In this role, he is responsible for the technical direction and strategic planning for the group within the Physical Sciences Department at UTRC. Dr. Schmidt joined UTRC in 1992 and has over 25 years of experience in areas including materials science and chemistry, non-oxide ceramics and ceramic composites derived from inorganic polymers, advanced coating technologies, chemical processing of materials, solid freeform fabrication, and microfabrication.

Wayde represented UTC on the original NSF/DARPA 3-D Printing Consortium for Low Cost, High Performance Molds and Tooling and currently leads UTRC’s effort in Direct Write Technology for Printed Electronics and Flexible Hybrid Electronic systems.

He is a named inventor on 45 issued US patents and has authored over 25 publications, including in the areas of polymer-derived ceramics, composites and coatings. Dr. Schmidt is a member of professional (American Chemical Society, Materials Research Society and the American Ceramic Society) and honorary societies (Sigma Xi and Phi Lambda Upsilon).

Ph.D., Chemistry (Physical-Analytical), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

MBA, Management of Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

DR. WAYDE R. SCHMIDTGroup Leader, Applied Physics United Technologies Research Center


Bill Cutts is currently a Senior Director of Industry Collaboration for Georgia Tech. The Office of Industry Collaboration (OIC) is a portal at Georgia Tech instituted to facilitate industry engagement with the university across a broad spectrum of desired outcomes. OIC’s industry and market aware staff are focused on creating sustained commercial outcomes for Georgia Tech’s industrial partners while simultaneously supporting the mission of a globally leading research university. Prior to returning to Georgia Tech, Mr. Cutts held various business development roles in the embedded systems industry including time at industry leaders such as Motorola and Sun and at innovative startups. During Mr. Cutts first stint at Georgia Tech he received Masters Degrees in Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics and a Bachelor’s Degree in Physics.

BILL CUTTSSenior Director Industry CollaborationGeorgia Tech


Billyde Brown is currently Research Faculty at Georgia Institute of Technology and Research Associate II at the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI), an interdisciplinary research institute that specializes in applied research at TRLs of 3 – 7. Dr. Brown’s role as Research Associate is to establish strong partnerships and sponsored programs among industry, government, and academia in the area of manufacturing research, development, and deployment.

His key focus is on facilitating the transition of nanotechnology R&D to manufactured products for small businesses, new startups, and entrepreneurs. Dr. Brown earned a B.S. with honors in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University in 2004 and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at Duke University in 2010. He has researched carbon nanomaterials and their various applications for over the past 15 years.

Prior to joining Georgia Tech, Dr. Brown was Senior Research Scientist at Luna Inc. from 2011 – 2013. At Luna, Dr. Brown was an active manager for two Phase I and one Phase II SBIR/STTR programs for development of nanomaterial—empowered energy storage and conversion technologies with combined budgets over $ 1 million. He has strong expertise in the synthesis of noble and transition metal, metal-oxide, carbon (particularly carbon nanotubes and graphenes), and composite nanomaterials; as well as materials, chemical, and electrochemical characterization of nanomaterials. Dr. Brown has several peer reviewed publications and is frequent peer reviewer of high impact journals such as Carbon, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, and Materials Express.

DR. BILLYDE BROWNResearch Associate IIGTMI


Manufacturing is in Georgia Tech’s DNA

Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI) is a cutting-edge inter-disciplinary research institute that tackles the challenges facing today’s manufacturers. We focus on the complete innovation value chain — from raw and recycled resources to prototypes and finished products — and develop materials, systems, processes, education, and policies. A lead-er in moving innovation from lab to market, GTMI’s comprehensive expertise ranges from manufacturing processes and factory automation to supply chain management and enterprise transformation. GTMI also offers a hands-on educational experience that produces scientists and engineers who are innovative, collaborative, adaptive and well suited for the rapidly evolving world of manufacturing.

Georgia Tech has a 125-year history with manufacturing, earning it a rep-utation as an industry thought leader. In 2012, President Barack Obama named Georgia Tech President G. P. “Bud” Peterson one of six university presidents to serve on the Steering Committee for the Advanced Manu-facturing Partnership (AMP). AMP is a national public-private effort that is charting the course for developing emerging technologies, creating high-quality manufacturing jobs, and enhancing U.S. global competitive-ness. As the center for manufacturing at Georgia Tech, GTMI continues to move manufacturing forward through collaboration, education and innovation.

Setting the Standard for Industry Collaboration

GTMI has been recognized by industry as a leader in manufacturinginnovation.

• Named a Boeing Supplier of the Year and serves as one of the company’s eight university partners• Named a Caterpillar “University Center of Excellence in Machining Related Research”

EDUCATION & WORKFORCE

DEVELOPMENT

COLLABORATORYINDUSTRY

SOCIETAL & ECONOMIC

IMPACT


• Serving as a Siemens research partner for 25 years• Develops international standards for electronics, solar energy, wood-working and precision machining industries that allow companies to easily work together, compare results and exchange data

Providing Educational Excellence

Georgia Tech is home to the largest engineering program in the country. U.S. News and World Report ranks Georgia Tech’s College of Engineer-ing among the best in the nation.

Graduate programs

• No. 1 in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering – for 23 years in a row! • No. 6 in Mechanical Engineering• No. 7 in Materials Engineering

Undergraduate programs

• No. 1 in Industrial and Systems Engineering – for the last 18 years! • No. 3 in Mechanical Engineering• No. 5 in Materials and Science Engineering

Advancing Manufacturing Innovation

GTMI’s expertise draws interest from industry and government seeking assistance in improving manufacturing. GTMI’s cradle-to-grave ap-proach allows students and companies to take their ideas from ideation to prototype, production and impact.• Since 1991, GTMI has invested $58 million in its interdisciplinary man-ufacturing research complex, comprising of 400,000-sq.-ft. of state-of-the-art R&D facilities.• GTMI has assisted in the development of 20 spinoff companies: AkroMetrix Applied Thermoplastics Resources CaMotion CaMotion Cranes CardioMEMS DDM Systems Technologies Factory Right GTC Innovolt InterCax

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