An opening accessible photonic integrated circuit (PIC) foundry process targeting quantum system requirements must enable qubits to be implemented across various frequencies, from the UV to the infared. This packaged quantum photonic system features low-loss visible optical and electrical input/output. Photo Credit: AIM Photonics.
Photonics Spectra Magazine
Manufacturing, Photonics
The Quantum Flex Platform will become the first accessible 300-mm platform developed for quantum systems.

Considerable advancements during the last decade have begun to reveal the critical role of integrated photonics for the successful construction and scaling of quantum systems. Broadly, these industry- and R&D-led efforts are defining the...

BioMade  flagship facility plan
Biofabrication, Biomanufacturing

BioMADE , the nonprofit headquartered at the University of Minnesota’s St. Paul campus, is expanding its footprint with the development of a new flagship biomanufacturing facility in Maple Grove. The organization will repurpose a 122,000-square-foot building at 7500 Meridian Circle North—near Highway 169 and Elm Creek Boulevard—into a cutting...

Photo of Professor Gary Fedder of Carnegie Mellon University
Siemens
Automation, Collaboration, Manufacturing, Robotics
How university-industry-collaboration is driving the digital manufacturing evolution: Insights from Prof. Gary Fedder.

Gary Fedder, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in the United States, has been a pivotal figure in advanced manufacturing for over 30 years. As faculty director of the Manufacturing Futures Institute (MFI) at CMU and...

Photo of LIFT's Advanced Metallic Production and Processing center. Credit: The Fabricator
The Fabricator
Facilities, Materials

LIFT, the Department of Defense-supported national advanced materials manufacturing innovation institute, has officially opened the Advanced Metallic Production and Processing center in Detroit. This facility will play a critical role in strengthening the U.S. industrial base by accelerating the design, development, and deployment of novel...