NCMS as the premier provider of collaborative research, information, knowledge and expertise to the North American manufacturing and defense community has spearheaded numerous technology developments to drive innovation for American manufacturers. Today, one of America’s greatest competitive assets is our high performance computing (HPC) capability. This tool set has been steadily developed and utilized by our nation’s government laboratories and largest industrial companies for many years, contributing to the success of many missions. This massive processing capability will be a significant enabler for U.S. manufacturing and related industries, and key to sustaining our global innovation leadership. If shared throughout our entire manufacturing base, including small and medium sized manufacturers, our competitiveness in the world will be enhanced.
To achieve this end, the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences is developing a national innovation network: a knowledge infrastructure which leverages the wealth of talent, ideas and facilities within our nation’s universities, national labs and industrial research centers so that we can innovate smarter, faster, and more predictably.
