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Join NCMS at Predictive Analytics World for Manufacturing (June 8-11, 2015)

  Predictive Analytics World for Manufacturing 2015 in Chicago focuses on real-world examples of deployed predictive analytics in the manufacturing industry. Join #PAWMFG and access the best keynotes, sessions, workshops, exposition, expert panel, live demos, networking coffee breaks, reception, birds-of-a-feather lunches, brand-name enterprise leaders, and industry heavyweights in the business. Register with discount code NCMS […]

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Pendaran Offering Free Tuition for Transitioning Veterans

Pendaran, home of the Virtual Workplace Simulator, is now offering free tuition to U.S. veterans transitioning from active duty and preparing for civilian careers. “We want to give back,” said Founder and CEO Hossein Nivi. “Pendaran has had the privilege of working with Department of Defense Maintenance depots over the past several years. Our team […]

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NCMS Teams Up to Show "Robots Transforming Lives" on Michigan Robotics Day

The event brought talent of all ages, from elementary school robotics teams to advanced researchers, manufacturing leaders in the field of robotics, and researchers. As NCMS President Rick Jarman said, this event is part of the effort in “making this technology a real part of our lives.” Robotics are becoming integrated with consumer and industrial products for greater autonomy, precision, and efficiency in concentrated areas like autonomous vehicles, safety features, advanced surgery, factories, and on the battlefield. NCMS has been especially involved in several robotics projects for military applications, such as one with the United Sates Army to build an exoskeleton for warfighters.

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NCMS Partners with the University of Michigan for Michigan Robotics Day

The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) is hosting its fifth annual Michigan Robotics Day bringing together on April 9, 2015 at the University of Michigan’s North Campus Research Complex. The University of Michigan’s Department of Engineering has been a partner of the NCMS for this event since 2011, and together the organizations are proud to host this event for the state of Michigan. This year, Ford Motor Company is the exclusive automotive sponsor for the event.

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EXLOG Wargame VII

June 23, 2014. EXLOG Wargame is a USMC annual exercise that typically takes place during the summer months and has been occurring over the last 8 years.  The Deputy Commandant of the Marine Corps for Installations and Logistics (DC I&L) is the advocate for the Wargame.  Its purpose is to demonstrate improved Logistics Chain Management (LCM) and Command and Control for Logistics (C2 for Log) operational capabilities in order to guide I&L’s advocacy efforts and future resource investments.

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Great Lakes Manufacturing Forum

May 22, 2014. Participants in the Great Lakes Manufacturing Forum on June 11 and 12 will also have the opportunity at the opening afternoon of The Big M event on June 9 to attend the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership 2.0 (AMP 2.0) meeting headlined by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker. AMP 2.0 is a White House initiative to secure U.S. leadership in emerging technologies that will create high-quality manufacturing jobs and enhance manufacturers’ competitiveness.

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Predictive Analytics World Manufacturing Conference

April 11, 2014. The role of data in manufacturing has traditionally been understated. Manufacturing generates about a third of all data today, and this is certainly going to increase significantly in the future. Data forms the backbone of all Digital Manufacturing technologies, which will be the centerpiece of the strategy for advancing Manufacturing in the 21st century.

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MI Robotics Week Kicks Off with Industry Executive Forum

April 8, 2014. To many in the state’s growing automation sector, Michigan Robotics Week is the most important event of the year, a chance to build public awareness of the field and develop new cross-industry opportunities and contacts. Spearheaded since 2010 by the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS), Robotics Week 2014 kicked off this morning with the first annual Michigan Robotics Industry Executive Forum. More than 100 business leaders and technology innovators participated in the day-long event at the Maneuver Collaboration Center (MC2) on the General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) campus in Sterling Heights.

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Michigan Green Infrastructure Conference

February 26, 2014. Please join the upcoming Green Infrastructure Conference, hosted by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality on May 8-9, 2014 in Lansing, Michigan. This conference includes several panels and keynote speakers that will be discussing what is being done at the federal and state levels to advance Green Infrastructure (GI) including new technologies and best practices.

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