Future of Manufacturing

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.

Also labeled: Business and management, Education, teaching, academics, Manufacturing, Mechanical engineering, Startups, Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity (LMP)

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.

Also labeled: Computer chips, Electrical engineering and electronics, Manufacturing, Optical computing, Photonics, Research, Research Laboratory of Electronics

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.

Also labeled: Business, Energy, Manufacturing, Sloan Management Review, Sustainability

MIT faculty see promise in American manufacturing

January 25, 2012

Study group is tackling hard questions about what it will take to stoke renewal.

Also labeled: Aeronautical and astronautical engineering, Biology, Collaboration, Manufacturing, MIT presidency, Policy, Political science, Production in the Innovation Economy (PIE), Research, President Obama, State of the Union, Books and authors, Engineering Systems