Our friends at AIM Photonics Academy published a great paper on training diverse audiences in integrated photonics: tinyurl.com/yxc3d6up

Thank you WPI Vice Provost Vernescu & staff for hosting MassTech, QCC and NextFlex on a tour of the upcoming WPI/QCC Lab for Education and Application Prototypes (LEAP); integrated photonics funded by the Massachusetts Manufacturing Innovation Initiative. Great progress!

Thank you AIM Photonics Academy for showing MassTech Collaborative the new home (in MIT.nano!) of The Lab for Education & Application Prototypes (LEAP); funded by the Massachusetts Manufacturing Innovation Initiative (M2I2) and advancing MA integrated photonics manufacturing.

Greentown Learn, the nonprofit sister of Greentown Labs, is now FORGE...dedicated to helping startups navigate and scale from prototype to commercialization. Check out the new FORGE website! forgemass.org

Thank you Gov Baker for visiting a Massachusetts Manufacturing Innovation Initiative (M2I2) grant recipient yesterday, Carpe Diem, in Franklin MA. Carpe Diem led partners Flexcon, Rothtec, and Mack Techn. to create a new supply chain for nano printed products, funded by M2I2!

Today we joined Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll and @MassEOHED Sec. Kennealy to announce $5.2M in new #m2i2 grants. Special thanks to our national partners AIM Photonics & NextFlex for their support of these #madeinMA manufacturing projects. mass.gov/news/baker-pol…

Great job by Nick Selby & Tongxi Yan of MIT, demoing Teachbot today for ARM members at new ARM Institute HQ in Pittsburgh! Teachbot trains factory workers to become roboticists...funded by the Massachusetts Manufacturing Innovation Initiative (M2I2), ARM, & corporate partners.

MassTech was honored to be invited by the DOD to attend the national meeting of all of the Manuf. USA Education and Workforce Development Directors. Great to hear best practices in adv. manuf. training from across nation. And...thank you BioFabUSA for the tour of your new lab!

MassTech was invited to MIT’s summit on Ideas on the Future of Fabric; and honored to deliver a talk on the Massachusetts Manufacturing Innovation Initiative (M2I2). These industry & academic leaders are envisioning the technology, sustainability and policy of functional fabrics!

Congrats to Stephen Boyd and his partners on the ribbon-cutting of the Berkshire Innovation Center (BIC) today in Pittsfield. Terrific space and opportunity for Advanced Manufacturing innovation. Honored to be present; M2I2/MassTech Collaborative looking forward to partnering.