Future of Manufacturing
Exploding the myths of manufacturing
May 10, 2012
MIT conference explores the complex state of an industry showing signs of revival.
The secrets of the system
May 3, 2012
MIT’s venerable Beer Game, a table contest, sheds light on the mysteries of manufacturing and the difficulties of running a business.
Their own devices
April 18, 2012
MIT’s Medical Electronic Device Realization Center aims to connect microelectronics with new health‑care tools.
How to corner the MEMS market
April 5, 2012
Government investment in the manufacture of micromachines could pay huge dividends, but in the meantime, MIT researchers are developing new fabrication techniques.
Moving microfluidics from the lab bench to the factory floor
March 29, 2012
The Center for Polymer Microfabrication designs manufacturing processes for a new generation of diagnostic tools.
Calculating the cost of advanced manufacturing
March 22, 2012
The Environmentally Benign Manufacturing group studies the life cycle of new technologies.
Continuous drug manufacturing offers speed, lower costs
March 12, 2012
New system developed by MIT researchers could help transform the pharmaceutical industry.
Also labeled: Chemistry and chemical engineering, Collaboration, Industry, Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals
Transistors promise more powerful logic, more logical power
March 7, 2012
Research could affect U.S. manufacturing indirectly, by helping introduce products difficult to build elsewhere, and directly, by reducing production costs.
They’re mastering manufacturing
March 1, 2012
A distinctive MIT program trains engineers and managers who want to build careers on the leading edge of industrial production.
When (and where) work disappears
February 24, 2012
Study: Overseas manufacturing competition hits U.S. regions hard, leaving workers unemployed for years and local economies struggling.
Also labeled: Economics, Global economy, Jobs, Labor, Manufacturing, Production in the Innovation Economy (PIE), Research, Trade, China
Microchips’ optical future
February 15, 2012
To keep energy consumption under control, future chips may need to move data using light instead of electricity — and the technical expertise to build them may reside in the United States.
For businesses, going green brings in greenbacks
January 30, 2012
Study finds manufacturers leading the drive to make sustainability a mainstream — and profitable — business practice.
MIT faculty see promise in American manufacturing
January 25, 2012
Study group is tackling hard questions about what it will take to stoke renewal.
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