1. The National Network for Manufacturing Innovation ASEE Engineering Deans Public Policy Forum Update
Mike Molnar
Adv. Mfg National Program Office
U.S. Department of Commerce
February 10, 2015

2. Executive Office of the President
Interagency Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office (AMNPO) – Housed at DOC / NIST
Executive Office of the President
NPO composed of members from key federal agencies, industry and academia
All staff are federal employees via IPA, Federal Fellow or NIST direct hire/short term authority
Guided by agency leaders within National Science and Technology Council
Works with agencies to create an integrated interface for advanced manufacturing
Works with external stakeholders to establish/strengthen AMP private-public partnerships
January 2013 – NSTC subcommittee approved. National Science and Technology Council

3. Agenda NNMI Basis U.S. Manufacturing Challenge and PCAST NNMI Design
NNMI Development
NNMI Authorization
NNMI Next Steps
NPO composed of members from key federal agencies, industry and academia
All staff are federal employees via IPA, Federal Fellow or NIST direct hire/short term authority
Guided by agency leaders within National Science and Technology Council
Works with agencies to create an integrated interface for advanced manufacturing
Works with external stakeholders to establish/strengthen AMP private-public partnerships
January 2013 – NSTC subcommittee approved. National Science and Technology Council

4. Misperception - Productivity on Employment
Rising Productivity does not create employment losses
1965 – 2000 : US Mfg output rises 6x, stable employment
BACKGROUND
Gray bars indicate recessions
A common misperception is that rising productivity, from automation to IT to advanced processes, naturally drives down manufacturing employment.
This chart shows US manufacturing employment, with the gray areas indicating recessions.
Although US manufacturing output rose SIX FOLD from 1965 – 2000, manufacturing employment was stable. And with rising productivity comes rising wages and economic security.
The period since 2001 shows a different trend – a trend from rising global competitiveness ….

5. Challenge: US losing leadership in Advanced Products
U.S. Trade Balance for Advanced Technology Products
+ 40
+ 20
-20
-40
-60
-80
-100
BACKGROUND
US Trade Balance
Advanced Technology
Products
($ Billion)
Starting in the beginning of this decade, for the first time in modern history, we have a negative trade balance in advanced manufactured products. In fact, as shown in the next slide, several technologies and product families are gone for good.
These are products which are US strengths – products not offshored chasing lower labor costs. Labor is a small component of these products…n

6. Products invented here, now made elsewhere - not driven by labor cost
BACKGROUND
“It’s a story we’re already all too familiar with in the United States: in consumer electronics, in metal castings, in machine tools and others. When we lost consumer electronics manufacturing we gave up a claim on future innovation.” He pointed to the loss of lithium-ion batteries as an example of losing spinoff applications in automobiles and electric grid storage. Here some quotes from Any Grove about his.
A new industry needs an effective ecosystem in which technology knowhow accumulates, experience builds on experience, and close relationships develop between supplier and customer. The U.S. lost its lead in batteries 30 years ago when it stopped making consumer-electronics devices. Whoever made batteries then gained the exposure and relationships needed to learn to supply batteries for the more demanding laptop PC market, and after that, for the even more demanding automobile market. U.S. companies didn’t participate in the first phase and consequently weren’t in the running for all that followed. I doubt they will ever catch up.  Andrew Groves, 2010,

7. PCAST: The independent basis of NNMI
President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
PCAST 2014
Recommends strong, collaborative network of Manufacturing Innovation Institutes
PCAST 2012
Recommends Manufacturing Innovation Institutes to address key market failure
PCAST 2011
Recommends Advanced Manufacturing Initiative as national innovation policy

8. The “Scale-up” Gap or Missing Middle
Common terms
The “valley of death”
The “missing Bell Labs”
The “industrial commons”
Basic R&D
Commercialization

9. Initial Network Proposed
“Sparking this network of innovation across the country, it will create jobs and will keep America leading in manufacturing…"
President Obama, March 9, 2012
President asks Congress to authorize initial network of up to 15 Manufacturing Innovation Institutes
President directs Agencies to work together on Pilot Institute, while designing Institutes with input from Industry and Academia

10. Agenda NNMI Design NNMI Basis
National Network for Manufacturing Innovation
NNMI Development
NNMI Authorization
NNMI Next Steps
NPO composed of members from key federal agencies, industry and academia
All staff are federal employees via IPA, Federal Fellow or NIST direct hire/short term authority
Guided by agency leaders within National Science and Technology Council
Works with agencies to create an integrated interface for advanced manufacturing
Works with external stakeholders to establish/strengthen AMP private-public partnerships
January 2013 – NSTC subcommittee approved. National Science and Technology Council

11. Public Engagement on Design Workshops & Request for Information
Broad & Diverse Stakeholder Input
1,200 voices on the NNMI Design!
All Other 10%
Economic Development 6%
Research & non-profits 8%
Federal State & Local Gov’t 14%
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy New York
Cuyahoga Community College
Cleveland Ohio
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado
National Academies Beckman Center
Irvine California
U.S. Space and Rocket Center
Huntsville, Alabama

12. Creating the space for Industry & Academia to collaborate
The Institute Design
Creating the space for Industry & Academia to collaborate
White House Report
NNMI Framework Design
January 2013
Partnership: Industry – Academia – Government
Working better, together to create transformational technologies and build new products and industries

13. Institute Major Activities
Tech Integration - Development of innovative methodologies and practices for supply chain integration
Applied Research & Demo projects for
reducing cost/risk on commercializing new tech.
Solving pre-competitive industrial problems
Small/Medium Enterprises
Engagement with small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises (SMEs).
Institute
2) Institute Mission
IMI activities may include
Applied research and demonstration projects that reduce the cost and risk of commercializing new technologies or solve industrial problems
Education and training at all levels for workforce development
Development of innovative methodologies and practices for supply chain integration
Engagement with small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises (SMEs).
Education, technical skills and Workforce development
Education and training at all levels for workforce development

14. Agenda NNMI Development NNMI Basis NNMI Design
Pilot Institutes by Administrative Actions
NNMI Authorization
NNMI Next Steps
NPO composed of members from key federal agencies, industry and academia
All staff are federal employees via IPA, Federal Fellow or NIST direct hire/short term authority
Guided by agency leaders within National Science and Technology Council
Works with agencies to create an integrated interface for advanced manufacturing
Works with external stakeholders to establish/strengthen AMP private-public partnerships
January 2013 – NSTC subcommittee approved. National Science and Technology Council

15. The First Pilot Manufacturing Innovation Institute Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing – Youngstown OH
Prime Awardee: National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining
Initial $30M federal investment matched by $40M industry, state/local
Strong leveraging of equipment, existing resources
Strong business development
Tiered membership-based model, low cost to small business and nonprofits
Director of the National Economic Council Gene B. Sperling, Acting Secretary of Commerce Rebecca M. Blank and Under Secretary of Defense Frank Kendall along with Brett B. Lambert, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Manufacturing & Industrial Base Policy, Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown, Congressman Tim Ryan and DOE’s David Danielson, Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 
Dr. Blanc said, “We’re not interested in building your grandfather’s research institute. The approaches that worked for us in the 20th century aren’t good enough anymore. Instead, we need to build a 21st century model that reflects a strategic, global approach to competitiveness and innovation. This model has to be based on close partnerships between the academic and business world, with support from government as well. This type of collaboration is absolutely essential to ensure that Made in America remains a strong slogan well into the future.”
Secretary Kendall commented, “It’s no mystery why Additive manufacturing was chosen as the institute’s focus-area. It’s simply revolutionary. But it is simply not enough to develop revolutionary technology.
We need to find a way to insert it into our supply chains. But that is full of challenges. The key is to find a prime contractor-- a Lockheed, Northrop, Honeywell, Boeing– to decide to use additive manufacturing on their production floor or in their supply base.
So how can we ensure Primes adopt these advances into their production?
How can we ensure innovative small businesses can gain access to expensive capital equipment and collaborate with national experts in this field?
And how can we build a new generation of experts in this exciting craft?
We may need to look no further than partnerships like the one we celebrate today.”
Now at $50M federal, $60M co-invested
OVER 100 Participating partners!

16. 2nd Pilot Institute: Next Generation Power Electronics
$70M public investment, $70M match
Lead: North Carolina State University
Hub Location: Research Triangle Park, NC
17 Industry Partners
5 Universities
3 Labs and Other Organizations
Mission: Develop advanced manufacturing processes that will enable large-scale production of wide bandgap semiconductors, which allow power electronics components to be smaller, faster and more efficient than silicon.
FIRST BULLET: Better power electronics components compared to silicon (Si)-based ones.
SECOND BULLET: This leads to dramatic energy savings in industrial processing and consumer appliances, accelerated widespread use of electric vehicles and fuel cells, and help to integrate renewable energy onto the electric grid
THIRD BULLET: Manufacturing processes needed to achieve the energy-saving potential of WBG semiconductors
Poised to revolutionize the energy efficiency of power control and conversion
President Obama
North Carolina State University, January 15, 2014

17. 3rd Pilot Institute: Digital Manufacturing & Design Innovation
$70M public investment, ~$240M match
Lead: UI Labs
Hub location: Chicago, Illinois
41 Companies
23 Universities and Labs
9 Other Organizations
Mission: Establish a state-of-the-art proving ground that links IT tools, standards, models, sensors, controls, practices and skills, and transition these tools to the U.S. design & manufacturing base for full-scale application
42 Companies: 3D Sys, ANSYS, Autodesk, Big Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc., Boeing, Caron Engineering Inc., Caterpillar, CG Tech, Cincinnati Inc., Colorado Association for Manufacturing & Technology, Cray, Dassault Systems, Deere & Company, Digital Tech Total, DMG Mori, Evolved Analytics LLC, General Dynamics - Ordnance & Tactical Sys, General Electric, Haas Automation, Honeywell, Illinois Tool Works, Imagecom Inc. (Aspire 3D), International TechneGroup Inc. (ITI), Kennametal, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, MSC Software, NA Die Casting Assoc (NADCA), National Instruments, Nimbis Services Inc., Okuma, Palo Alto Research Center, (PARC), Parlec, Procter & Gamble, Product Dev & Analysis (PDA), PTC, Inc., Rockwell Collins, Rolls-Royce, Siemens, System Insights, The Dow Chemical Company, UPS.
23 Universities and Labs: Colorado University – Boulder, Illinois Institute of Technology, Indiana University, Iowa State University, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Northern Illinois University, Northwestern University, Notre Dame, Oregon State, Purdue University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Southern Illinois University, University of Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, University of Iowa, University of Louisville, University of Michigan, University of Nebraska- Lincoln, University of Northern Iowa, University of Texas – Austin, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Western Illinois University.
9 Other Organizations: American Foundry Society, City of Chicago – Department of Housing & Economic Opportunity, Colorado OEDIT, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity, Illinois Science & Technology Coalition, MT Connect Institute, Reshoring Initiative, UI LABS.
Over 3:1 Industry Cost Share

18. 4th Pilot Institute: Lightweight and Modern Metals
$70M public investment, $70M match
Lead: EWI
Hub location: Detroit, Michigan
Regional location: I-75 Corridor
34 Industry Partners
9 Universities and Labs
17 Other Organizations
Mission: Provide the National focus on expanding US competitiveness and innovation , and facilitating the transition of these capabilities and new technologies to the industrial base for full-scale application.
34 Companies: ABS, AEM, ALCOA Technology, Boeing, Comau, Easom Automation, EWI, Fabrisonic, Flash Bainite Steel, GE, Honda North American Services, Huys, Infinium, Inc., Innovative Weld Solutions, ITW, Lockheed Martin, Luvata, Materion, MesoCoat, MTI, NanoSteel Company, Optomec, Phoenix Integration, PowderMet, RealWeld, RTI International Metals, SaFCell, Southwest Research Institute (SWRI), Steel Warehouse Co., ThermoCalc, TIMET, Trumpf, Inc., UTRC, Wolf Robotics
9 Universities and Labs: Colorado School of Mines, Michigan State University, Michigan Tech University, The Ohio State University, University of Kentucky, University of Michigan, University of Notre Dame, University of Tennessee, Wayne State University
17 Other Organizations: American Foundry Society, American Welding Society, ASM International, CAR, Columbus State Community College, Conexus Indiana, DET NORSKE VERITAS™ (DNV), Focus Hope, International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers, Ivy Tech, Macomb Community College, MAGNET, Pellissippi State Community College, State of Kentucky, State of Michigan (Michigan Economic Development Council), State of Ohio, Southeast Michigan Workforce Intelligence Network
Positioned to expand the US Industrial base for new products and technologies for commercial and USG demands that utilize new, lightweight high-performing metals

19. Advanced Composites Manufacturing
5th Pilot Institute: Proposals under evaluation
Advanced Composites Manufacturing
$70M public investment over five years
Objective
Develop and demonstrate innovative technologies that will, within 10 years, make advanced fiber-reinforced polymer composites at…
50% Lower Cost
Using 75% Less Energy
And reuse or recycle >95% of the material
Application
Estimated Current CFC Cost
Institute CFC Cost Reduction Target (2018)88
CFC Ultimate Cost Target (2024)
CFC Tensile Strength
CFC Stiffness
Production Volume Cycle Time
Vehicles (Body Structures)
$26-33/kg
>35%
<$11/kg by ~60%
0.85GPa (123ksi)
96GPa (14Msi)
100,000 units/yr <3min cycle time (carbon) <5min cycle time (glass)
Wind (Blades)
$26/kg
>25%
$17/kg ~35%
1.903 GPA (276ksi)
134GPa (19.4Msi)
10,000 units/yr (at >60m length blades)
Compressed Gas Storage (700 bar – Type IV)
$20-25/kg
>30%
$10-15/kg ~50%
2.55 GPa (370ksi)
135 GPa (20Msi)
500,000 units/yr (carbon fiber)

20. 6th Pilot Institute Funding Opportunity BAA in 2014
Integrated Photonics Manufacturing Innovation Institute
More than $100M federal investment over five years
Objective
Develop and demonstrate innovative technologies for:
Ultra high-speed transmission of signals for the internet and telecommunications
New high-performance information-processing systems and computing
Sensors and imaging enabling dramatic medical advances in diagnostics, treatment, and gene sequencing
WH announcement:
Launching a Competition for an Integrated Photonics Manufacturing Institute
The Department of Defense is launching a competition to award more than $100 million in federal investment matched by $100 million or more in private investment to the winning consortia to build a new Institute for Manufacturing Innovation (IMI) focused on Integrated Photonics. This Institute will focus on developing an end-to-end photonics ‘ecosystem’ in the U.S., including domestic foundry access, integrated design tools, automated packaging, assembly and test, and workforce development.
Each manufacturing innovation institute serves as a regional hub, bridging the gap between applied research and product development by bringing together companies, universities and other academic and training institutions, and Federal agencies to co-invest in key technology areas that encourage investment and production in the U.S. This type of “interactive prototyping factory” provides a unique opportunity for education and training of students and workers at all levels, while providing the shared assets to help companies, most importantly small manufacturers, access the cutting-edge capabilities and equipment to design, test, and pilot new products and manufacturing processes.
Photonics, the use of light for applications as diverse as medicine and computing, powers the Internet as we know it today. Integrated Photonics manufacturing, in contrast to today’s technology, has the potential to revolutionize the carrying capacity of internet networks and to transport information at far greater densities, less power and much lower costs than can be attained today. Beyond the Internet and telecommunications, integrated photonics can revolutionize sensor and medical technology – from the development of “needleless” technologies for monitoring diabetic’s blood sugar levels to tiny cameras smaller than pills that can travel within arteries. Integrated Photonics are expected to bring the sequencing of human genomes rapidly down the cost curve, making genome sequencing possible for less than $1,000 as compared to $5,000 today. And in national defense, the potential applications of integrated photonics range from improving battlefield imaging to creating dramatic advances in radar.
The Integrated Photonics Manufacturing Institute – with an investment of over $200 million across the public and private sectors - will be the largest manufacturing institute investment to date, reflecting the complexity of this technology, its importance to national security, and its revolutionary potential. See Manufacturing.gov for more information.
Photonics: The term “photonics” refers specifically to technologies for generating, transmitting, modulating, filtering, processing, switching, amplifying, attenuating and detecting light. Photonics technologies encompass significant commercial industries and solutions for DoD unique applications. The diverse photonics industry has a number of manufacturing approaches where a public-private investment could rapidly accelerate the technology availability from TRL 4 to TRL 6/7 and enable a sustainable industry for commercial and DoD needs. A photonics IMI would address industrial base issues for photonics materials, such as infrared materials, nonlinear materials, low-dimensional materials, and engineered materials which are critical to our Nation's photonics ecosystem (production, DoD, research, etc....). A Photonics IMI could be structured to allow improvements in the cross-cutting disciplines of design, packaging, reliability and test to be applied across multiple technology topic areas leveraging common manufacturing approaches. Preference could be given to technology topic areas that are in late stage research and development, that may require some design/foundry efforts, but the bulk of the efforts are in the packaging, reliability and test disciplines, increasing the probability that the technology will mature and transition to DoD weapon systems and/or commercial platforms in 3-5 years and enabling the institute to be self-sustaining in the 5-7 year timeframe.
Although much research and development on photonics has been done in the U.S., it has been primarily carried out by large corporations developing and using proprietary processes for application-driven designs. Little coordination and cooperation has existed between companies. As a result, U.S.-based photonics research and development is faced with several disadvantages:
1) There is no common or generic component library or fabrication process. There are almost as many technologies as photonics companies.
2) For most potential new applications, the market is too small for payback of investments without cooperative development.
Photonic technologies are commonly used in the high speed transmission of signals in telecommunications and high-performance information-processing systems. In addition photonics technologies are used in high-performance information-processing systems and computing. Finally photonic technologies are commonly used in sensors and imagers.
Reprinted with permission from Intel Corp
This Institute will focus on developing an end-to-end photonics ‘ecosystem’ in the U.S., including domestic foundry access, integrated design tools, automated packaging, assembly and test, and workforce development.
All these developments will require cross-cutting disciplines of design, manufacturing, packaging, reliability and testing.

21. The President’s Vision – 45 Institutes
“In my State of the Union Address, I asked Congress to build on a successful pilot program and create 15 manufacturing innovation institutes that connect businesses, universities, and federal agencies to turn communities left behind by global competition into global centers of high-tech jobs. 
“Today, I’m asking Congress to build on the bipartisan support for this idea and triple that number to 45 – creating a network of these hubs and guaranteeing that the next revolution in manufacturing is ‘Made in America.’”
- July 30, 2013
AP Photo/Susan Walsh

22. Agenda NNMI Authorization NNMI Basis NNMI Design NNMI Development
Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act
NNMI Next Steps
NPO composed of members from key federal agencies, industry and academia
All staff are federal employees via IPA, Federal Fellow or NIST direct hire/short term authority
Guided by agency leaders within National Science and Technology Council
Works with agencies to create an integrated interface for advanced manufacturing
Works with external stakeholders to establish/strengthen AMP private-public partnerships
January 2013 – NSTC subcommittee approved. National Science and Technology Council

23. Passed Senate with 2015 Appropriations Signed By President Obama
NNMI Authorized: Revitalize American Manufacturing & Innovation Act 118 bipartisan RAMI Bill Sponsors
Rep. Tom Reed
R NY-23
Rep. Joe Kennedy
D MA-4
Sen. Sherrod Brown
D Ohio
Sen. Roy Blunt
R Missouri
December 11, 2014 –
Passed Senate with 2015 Appropriations
18 Cosponsors (10D, 7R, 1I)
September 15, 2014 –
Passed House
100 Cosponsors (51D, 49R)
December 16, 2014 –
Signed By President Obama
Bipartisan Momentum Supporting NNMI Passage 23

24. RAMI and NIST
Call to Action: RAMI calls upon the U.S. Secretary of Commerce and NIST to establish:
The “Network for Manufacturing Innovation Program” (Network function) - to convene and support a network of Institutes
New “Centers for Manufacturing Innovation” (Institutes) - using an open topic, open competition process
The National Program Office at NIST - to oversee and carry out the program (coordination, network support, and reporting) 24

25. RAMI Competition Requirements
The Secretary Shall…
Financial: “…award financial assistance to a person or group of persons to assist the organization in planning, establishing, or supporting a center for manufacturing innovation.”
Open Process: “…ensure an open process that will allow for the consideration of all applications relevant to advanced manufacturing regardless of technology area.”
Outside Expertise: “…use a competitive, merit review process that includes peer review by a diverse group of individuals with relevant expertise from both the private and public sectors.”
Transparency & Accountability: “…implement a conflict of interest policy that ensures public transparency and accountability, and requires full disclosure of any real or potential conflicts of interest on the parts of individuals that participate in the merit selection process.” 25

26. Agenda NNMI Next Steps NNMI Basis NNMI Design NNMI Development
NNMI Authorization
NNMI Next Steps
FY16 plans
NPO composed of members from key federal agencies, industry and academia
All staff are federal employees via IPA, Federal Fellow or NIST direct hire/short term authority
Guided by agency leaders within National Science and Technology Council
Works with agencies to create an integrated interface for advanced manufacturing
Works with external stakeholders to establish/strengthen AMP private-public partnerships
January 2013 – NSTC subcommittee approved. National Science and Technology Council

27. Building the Network: Network Status and FY16 Plans
FORTHCOMING FY15
Integrated Photonics
Smart Mfg.
Flex. Hybrid Electronics
LM3I
Light/Modern Metals
Canton, MI
DMDII
Digital Mfg.
Chicago, IL
America Makes
Additive Mfg.
Youngstown, OH
Smart Power
Electronics
Raleigh, NC
IACMI
Adv. Composites
Knoxville, TN
Full Network Goal: 45 regional hubs
New Institutes Planned for FY16:
Open topic competition – addressing “white space” between mission agency topics
FY17-26 – central fund proposed for remaining institutes, via open topic process
Selected topic competitions supporting Agency mission – using agency authorities and budgets 27

28. Impacting the Future Manufacturers
Inspiration to Innovation to Making

29. Thank you Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office
For questions or comments, please contact the
Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office
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