Manufacturing
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.
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.
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
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, 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
February 21, 2012
China no longer the obvious choice for manufacturing functions of large U.S.-based companies, paper says
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.
Moving past trial and error
February 15, 2012
Richard Braatz applies math to design new materials and processes for drug manufacturing.
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.
Need a new material? New tool can help
December 20, 2011
Exhaustive reference system and interactive toolkit could revolutionize materials research, potentially enabling new types of manufacturing.
DARPA administrators: Just make it
December 14, 2011
Agency Director Regina Dugan and Deputy Director Ken Gabriel speak about revitalizing U.S. manufacturing.
Chu: New materials could be transformative
December 1, 2011
Citing historical examples, U.S. secretary of energy argues that the nation can still regain its manufacturing leadership.
Rebuilding American manufacturing
November 30, 2011
White House working group convenes at MIT to examine how new technologies can create economic growth and more jobs in the United States.
Foster the people
October 31, 2011
At manufacturing conference, emphasis is on keeping high-skill jobs in the United States — and creating workers with the talents to fill those positions.
In Profile: Suzanne Berger
October 11, 2011
A onetime student of French political history has become a leading figure in the battle to revive U.S. manufacturing.
American made?
September 16, 2011
MIT forum examines the role of manufacturing in rebuilding the economy.
Said and Done for September 2011
September 15, 2011
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Building chips from collapsing nanopillars
September 1, 2011
By turning a common problem in chip manufacture into an advantage, MIT researchers produce structures only 30 atoms wide.
President Hockfield stresses innovation in speech to U.S. governors
July 15, 2011
‘Lasting economic growth emerges from the most advanced science, mathematics and technology,’ she says.
The future of chip manufacturing
June 30, 2011
MIT researchers show how to make e-beam lithography, commonly used to prototype computer chips, more practical as a mass-production technique.
Hockfield to co-chair U.S. manufacturing partnership
June 24, 2011
MIT president accepts Obama’s invitation to serve
Which technologies get better faster?
May 17, 2011
New analysis helps predict which new systems will be on a fast track to improvements in performance.
When is it worth remanufacturing?
May 16, 2011
MIT study shows sometimes it saves energy, sometimes it doesn’t — and sometimes it makes things worse.
A manufacturing renaissance for America?
March 31, 2010
At an MIT forum, experts examine new ways to pursue a good old idea: making things.
3 Questions: Steven Spear on Toyota’s troubles
February 10, 2010
With the vaunted Japanese automaker recalling millions of cars, the MIT senior lecturer explains what went wrong
SubscribeOther 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:
- "Manufacturing a Recovery", Aug. 29, 2011, The New York Times
- "Restarting America's Job Creation Engine", July 21, 2011, National Governors Association Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah
