{"id":26414,"date":"2025-05-28T12:23:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T06:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/?p=26414"},"modified":"2025-05-28T12:24:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T06:39:49","slug":"mit-announces-the-initiative-for-new-manufacturing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/mit-announces-the-initiative-for-new-manufacturing\/","title":{"rendered":"MIT announces the Initiative for New Manufacturing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The institute-wide effort aims to bolster industry and create jobs by driving innovation across vital manufacturing sectors.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. —\u00a0MIT today launched its\u00a0Initiative for New Manufacturing<\/a>\u00a0(INM), an institute-wide effort to reinfuse U.S. industrial production with leading-edge technologies, bolster crucial U.S. economic sectors, and ignite job creation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The initiative will encompass advanced research, innovative education programs, and partnerships with companies across many sectors in a bid to help transform manufacturing and elevate its impact.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe want to work with firms big and small, in cities, small towns, and everywhere in between, to help them adopt new approaches for increased productivity,\u201d MIT President Sally A. Kornbluth wrote in a letter to the Institute community this morning. \u201cWe want to deliberately design high-quality, human-centered manufacturing jobs that bring new life to communities across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kornbluth added, \u201cHelping America build a future of new manufacturing is a perfect job for MIT \u2014 and I\u2019m convinced that there is no more important work we can do to meet the moment and serve the nation now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Initiative for New Manufacturing also announced its first five founding industry consortium members: Amgen, GE Vernova, PTC, Siemens, and Sanofi. Participants in the INM Industry Consortium will support seed projects proposed by MIT researchers, initially in the area of artificial intelligence for manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

INM joins the ranks of MIT\u2019s other presidential initiatives \u2014 including The Climate Project at MIT<\/a>; MITHIC<\/a>, which supports the human-centered disciplines; MIT HEALS<\/a>, centered on the life sciences and health; and MGAIC<\/a>, the MIT Generative AI Impact Consortium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is tremendous opportunity to bring together a vibrant community working across every scale \u2014 from nanotechnology to large-scale manufacturing \u2014 and across a wide range of applications, including semiconductors,\u00a0medical devices, automotive, energy systems, and biotechnology,\u201d\u00a0says Anantha Chandrakasan, MIT\u2019s chief innovation and strategy officer and dean of engineering, who is part of the initiative\u2019s leadership team.\u00a0 \u201cMIT is uniquely positioned to harness the transformative power of digital tools and AI to shape the future of manufacturing. I\u2019m truly excited about what we can build together and the synergies this creates with other cross-cutting initiatives across the Institute.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The initiative is just the latest\u00a0MIT-centered effort in recent decades aiming to expand American manufacturing<\/a>. A faculty research group wrote the 1989 bestseller \u201cMade in America: Regaining the Productive Edge<\/a>,\u201d advocating for a renewal of manufacturing; another MIT project, called\u00a0Production in the Innovation Economy<\/a>, called for expanded manufacturing in the early 2010s. In 2016, MIT also founded\u00a0The Engine<\/a>, a venture fund investing in hardware-based \u201ctough tech\u201d start-ups, including many with the potential to become substantial manufacturing firms.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As developed, the MIT Initiative for New Manufacturing is based around four major themes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n