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 February 2012 NCMS at a Glance

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CTMA 2012 Symposium- Collaborate to Innovate

Register Now! The 13th Annual CTMA Working Symposium will be held March 25-28 at the U.S. Navy Fleet Readiness Center – Southwest in North Island, CA. This year’s symposium theme is “Collaborate to Innovate” and attendees will hear perspectives from DoD Senior Sustainment Leaders regarding relevant maintenance in a cost cutting environment.

Date: March 25-28, 2012
Location: North Island, California.  More

 

 Defense Partners with NCMS in $100,000 Maintenance Technology Challenge

The NCMS Commercial Technologies for Maintenance Activities (CTMA) Program and the Department of Defense have issued the 2012 Maintenance Technology Challenge designed to drive innovation and bring new, but proven, technologies from the commercial sector into DoD to continue to produce the levels of materiel readiness required by our military forces but at a substantially reduced cost. ENTRIES DUE MARCH 1. More

Dealing with Disruption

NCMS announces help for companies facing disruptive moments. The Manufacturing industry has been under intense pressure from the economic climate and challenge to remain globally competitive. These barriers have left manufacturers starved for crucial investments. More

2012 Michigan Robotics Day- Register Now!

Join us to learn about the amazing advances made by Michigan robotics companies. Hear from some of the leading minds in the field, and learn how robotics will help shape the future of Michigan. Register Now!

Date: April 9, 2012    Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan

Brain Drain

All the good-intentioned efforts to bring digital, smart manufacturing to America’s companies may come to nothing if there aren’t people who know how to capitalize on that stuff. We need to train the workforce that’s available (read: unemployed) right now, and we need to invest heavily in a decade-plus educational initiative that brings prominence back to skilled trades. More

Jon Riley Named One of HPCWire’s “People to Watch 2012”

Jon Riley, Vice President of Digital Manufacturing was named one of HPCWire’s “People to Watch in 2012”. This group, collected annually by the publication is comprised of an elite group of community leaders selected from academia, government, business and industry for their contributions. More

East Bound And Down, Loaded Up And Truckin’

NCMS is working with four member organizations – Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC), TotalSim, Simafore and Nimbis Services – to develop a computation tool that will allow these niche designers and manufacturers unfamiliar to CFD, affordable access to the tools necessary to model airflow over a joint vehicle/trailer body. More

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