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Manufacturing

MIT group releases re-shoring report
January 29, 2013
Survey conducted by the MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation indicates nearly half of U.S. manufacturing companies are thinking of re-shoring jobs.
Also labeled: Industry, MIT Forum on Supply Chain Management, Supply chains, Business, Global economy, Civil and environmental engineering
Student overcomes cancer to shine at internship and graduate
Student overcomes cancer to shine at internship and graduate
January 25, 2013
Liz Katcoff (SB 2008) earns MBA and SM in Leaders for Global Operations program.
Also labeled: Leaders for Global Operations (LGO), Graduate, postdoctoral, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Student life, Students, Logistics, Supply chains
Flextronics joins MIT Forum Advisory Board
January 18, 2013
One of world’s largest manufacturing and supply chain solutions companies will collaborate with board on industry challenges and opportunities.
Also labeled: MIT Forum on Supply Chain Management, Supply chains, Civil and environmental engineering, Engineering Systems, Industry, Special events and guest speakers
Hard times in Chicago
Hard times in Chicago
January 18, 2013
MIT anthropologist’s new book recounts the painful aftermath when steel plants suddenly closed in the American heartland.
Also labeled: Anthropology, Books and authors, Faculty, Humanities, Research, Cities, Policy, Economics, Social sciences, Unemployment, Labor
Mike Molnar to deliver keynote at MIT forum
January 11, 2013
US chief manufacturing officer will discuss President Obama’s proposed manufacturing initiative at MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation.
Also labeled: Supply chains, Civil and environmental engineering, Industry, Special events and guest speakers
Tiny compound semiconductor transistor could challenge silicon’s dominance
Tiny compound semiconductor transistor could challenge silicon’s dominance
December 10, 2012
MIT researchers develop the smallest indium gallium arsenide transistor ever built.
Also labeled: Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (eecs), Indium gallium arsenide, Microchips, Silicon, Transistors, Microsystems, Faculty, Moore's Law, Nanoscience and nanotechnology, Research, Semiconductors, Computer chips, Computing, electronics, Computer science and technology, Electrical engineering and electronics, Microsystems Technology Laboratories
Varanasi selected as outstanding young manufacturing engineer by SME
Varanasi selected as outstanding young manufacturing engineer by SME
November 30, 2012
MIT professor of mechanical engineering is one of just seven recipients of the award this year.
Also labeled: Awards, honors and fellowships, Faculty, Mechanical engineering, Surface engineering, Materials science, Materials Science and Engineering, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E)
MIT LGO logs 25 years as a leader in manufacturing and operations
MIT LGO logs 25 years as a leader in manufacturing and operations
October 1, 2012
Also labeled: Education, teaching, academics, Leaders for Global Operations (LGO)
Graves named Engineering Systems Division interim director
Graves named Engineering Systems Division interim director
August 28, 2012
Sloan, ESD and mechanical engineering professor succeeds Sussman.
Also labeled: Administration, Business and management, Education, teaching, academics, Engineering Systems, Faculty, Mechanical engineering
MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation launches Manufacturing Technology Advisory Board; Infosys joins board
July 26, 2012
Leaders from academia and the technology industry will work together to share ideas and plan ways to help transform U.S. manufacturing.
Also labeled: Civil and environmental engineering, Collaboration, Engineering Systems, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Supply chains
Dripping faucets inspire new way of creating structured particles
Dripping faucets inspire new way of creating structured particles
July 18, 2012
Researchers find new method for making spherical particles, from nanoscale to pinhead-sized — including complex beach-ball-like shapes.
Also labeled: Electrical engineering and electronics, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Materials science, Nanoparticles, Nanoscience and nanotechnology, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Yoel Fink, Drug delivery, Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, National Science Foundation (NSF)
Economists find evidence for famous hypothesis of ‘comparative advantage’
Economists find evidence for famous hypothesis of ‘comparative advantage’
June 20, 2012
Why do nations trade goods instead of producing more themselves? An old theory, that countries specialize in the products they make well, may be on the money.
Also labeled: Economics, Trade
Robotic assistants may adapt to humans in the factory
Robotic assistants may adapt to humans in the factory
June 12, 2012
New algorithm allows robots and humans to work side by side.
Also labeled: Algorithms, Human-computer interaction, Personal robotics, Robots
Exploding the myths of manufacturing
Exploding the myths of manufacturing
May 10, 2012
MIT conference explores the complex state of an industry showing signs of revival.
Also labeled: Faculty, Future of Manufacturing, Leaders for Global Operations (LGO), MIT presidency, Policy, Production in the Innovation Economy (PIE), Research, Special events and guest speakers, Business and management
The secrets of the system
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.
Also labeled: Future of Manufacturing, Business and management, Education, teaching, academics, Faculty, Students, Systems design, System dynamics
Their own devices
Their own devices
April 18, 2012
MIT’s Medical Electronic Device Realization Center aims to connect microelectronics with new health‑care tools.
Also labeled: Alumni/ae, Biomedicine, Electrical engineering and electronics, Faculty, Future of Manufacturing, Health, Health care, Medical devices, Medicine, Research, Staff, Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity (LMP)
Clean energy could lead to scarce materials
Clean energy could lead to scarce materials
April 9, 2012
Rising demand for wind turbines and electric vehicles could strain supplies of some rare earth metals.
Also labeled: Energy, Engineering Systems, Green business, Materials science, Recycling, Sustainability
Shifting sands
Shifting sands
April 6, 2012
New model predicts how sand and other granular materials flow.
Also labeled: Computer modeling, Fluid dynamics, Mechanical engineering, Granular flow, Industrial applications
How to corner the MEMS market
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.
Also labeled: Electron-beam lithography, Future of Manufacturing, Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), Nanoimprint lithography
Moving microfluidics from the lab bench to the factory floor
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.
Also labeled: Future of Manufacturing, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Mechanical engineering, Microchips, Microfluidics, Micromachines, Microsystems, Research, Singapore-MIT
Calculating the cost of advanced manufacturing
Calculating the cost of advanced manufacturing
March 22, 2012
The Environmentally Benign Manufacturing group studies the life cycle of new technologies.
Also labeled: Consumers, Environment, Future of Manufacturing, Mechanical engineering, Nanoscience and nanotechnology, Research, Semiconductors, Life cycle
Continuous drug manufacturing offers speed, lower costs
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, Future of Manufacturing, Industry, Pharmaceuticals
Transistors promise more powerful logic, more logical power
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.
Also labeled: Electrical engineering and electronics, Future of Manufacturing, Microsystems, Microsystems Technology Laboratories, Semiconductors, Transistors, Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)
Preventing contamination in recycling
Preventing contamination in recycling
March 6, 2012
New study examines ways to prevent accumulation of impurities in recycling aluminum.
Also labeled: Energy, Engineering Systems, Green business, Materials science, Recycling, Sustainability
They’re mastering 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, Future of Manufacturing, Mechanical engineering, Startups, Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity (LMP)
When (and where) work disappears
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, Future of Manufacturing, Global economy, Jobs, Labor, Production in the Innovation Economy (PIE), Research, Trade, China
Companies looking at a more regional approach to manufacturing
Companies looking at a more regional approach to manufacturing
February 21, 2012
China no longer the obvious choice for manufacturing functions of large U.S.-based companies, paper says
Also labeled: China, Civil and environmental engineering, Engineering Systems, Faculty, Globalization, Leaders for Global Operations (LGO), Research, Sloan Management Review
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Other MIT resources on manufacturing

Leaders for Global Operations (LGO)

LGO is a two-year graduate program for students with an engineering background who plan careers in manufacturing and operations leadership. Students earn an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and an SM from a participating MIT engineering program.
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Production in the Innovation Economy (PIE)

MIT'S PIE seeks to analyze the state of production in the United States and to propose new routes from innovation through manufacturing to jobs and growth in the United States.
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Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity (LMP)

LMP is an interdepartmental laboratory in the School of Engineering devoted to exploring new frontiers in manufacturing.
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President Susan Hockfield

In June, MIT President Susan Hockfield was named co-chair of the White House's new Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP). Read her views on manufacturing: