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Graphic: "Photonics in Focus" podcast graphic promoting March 28, 2025 episode on the AIM Photonics' TAP Facility
AIM Photonics
Facilities, Manufacturing, Photonics, Podcast
Photonics in Focus: Advanced Packaging Insights: Inside AIM Photonics’ TAP Facility

In this episode of Photonics in Focus , we delve into a critical aspect of integrated photonics manufacturing: Advanced Packaging Technology. Leah Scott, AIM Photonics ' Director of Communications and Information Management, leads a conversation with Chris Striemer, Director of Test, Assembly, and Packaging Operations, and Mark Wagner, Operations...

AIM Photonics Tapping the Top of Talent Funnel
AIM Photonics
Photonics
Photonics in Focus: Kevin McComber - Tapping the Top of the Talent Funnel

In this episode of Photonics in Focus, Nathan Lin, AIM Photonics’ Director of Outreach, talks with Kevin McComber, Founder and Executive Director of the Spark Photonics Foundation. Dedicated to inspiring the next generation of innovators, the Foundation provides practical, hands-on STEM education and outreach that connects K-12 students with real...

Manufacturing USA 10th Anniversary Graphic
AFFOA, AIM Photonics, America Makes, ARM, BioFabUSA, BioMADE, CESMII, CyManII, EPIXC, IACMI, LIFT, MxD, NextFlex, NIIMBL, PowerAmerica, RAPID, REMADE
Event, Manufacturing
Manufacturing USA's 10th Anniversary and Top Ten in 2024

Ten years ago today, Congress enacted the Revitalizing American Manufacturing and Innovation Act , establishing Manufacturing USA.

We are especially grateful for the people in the advanced manufacturing network and the countless milestones and achievements since the program’s inception, particularly this past year.

In honor of our 10 th...

Events

Go to AIM Photonics Summer Academy 2025

AIM Photonics Summer Academy 2025

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
United States

Go to AIM Photonics at CLEO

AIM Photonics at CLEO

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Long Beach Convention Center
300 East Ocean Boulevard
Long Beach, CA 90802
United States

Go to CHIPS NORTH Executive Summit

CHIPS NORTH Executive Summit

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Brookstreet Hotel
525 Legget Drive
Ottawa ON K2K 2W2
Canada

Go to AIM Photonics 2025 Members Meeting

AIM Photonics 2025 Members Meeting

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257 Fuller Road
Albany, NY 12203
United States

External News

Smart Industry
Biomanufacturing, Fabrics, Facilities, Manufacturing, Materials, Photonics, Workforce
How Collaborative Manufacturing Facilities are Impacting Industry’s Future

Manufacturing keeps evolving—and the facilities that house manufacturing in the U.S. are also changing and innovating. Given that 54% of domestic R&D occurred in manufacturing in 2021, according to the National Science Foundation, it makes sense for industrial facilities to be the places that enable experimentation and encourage product development...

Manufacturing
Biden-Harris Administration Launches Next Phase for Over $5 Billion in CHIPS R&D Investments, Including the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC)

Today, leaders from the Departments of Commerce, Defense, and Energy; and the National Science Foundation; and the Chief Executive Officer of the National Center for the Advancement of Semiconductor Technology (Natcast) gathered at the White House to announce over $5 billion in expected investment in the CHIPS R&D program, including the National...

Our Network @ Work

Students receiving ARM's certified robot training
AIM Photonics, ARM, CESMII, CyManII, LIFT, PowerAmerica
Cybersecurity, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Jobs, Materials, Photonics, Robotics, Semi-Conductor, Smart Manufacturing, Workforce
Building the Manufacturing Talent Pipeline

“Nose presses” is not an official metric of workforce recruiting success for the Penn State Digital Foundry on 5th Avenue in New Kensington, PA, but it is hugely symbolic in the quest to expand the manufacturing talent pipeline in communities, according to Sherri McCleary, the Executive Director of the foundry.

A nose presser is a passerby who...