WPI & Manufacturing USA
AIM Photonics
In partnership with Quinsigamond Community College, WPI is advancing economic development in training and testbed locations through the Advanced Integrated Manufacturing in Photonics Institute. The LEAP @ WPI/QCC supports the integrated photonics manufacturing sector in central Massachusetts through an open-access facility and service center model.
LIFT
WPI is a participating member in Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow. Through the Metal Processing Institute, WPI researchers are exploring lightweight and modern metals manufacturing.
America Makes
WPI partners with America Makes to advance additive manufacturing technology, education, and workforce development by leveraging expertise in materials processing, additive manufacturing, and feedstock research, covering both solid-state and fusion-based processes.
NextFlex
The university has expertise in a wide range of research areas and technologies relevant to flexible hybrid electronics, including flexible optoelectronic materials and devices.
ARM
WPI is a participating member of the Advanced Robotics Manufacturing Institute. Through our Department of Robotics Engineering, WPI researchers are designing a new way to deploy robotics manufacturing.
NIIMBL
The National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing and Biopharmaceuticals finds WPI researchers innovating in biopharma manufacturing. Participating members are the Biomanufacturing Education and Training Center and Biomedical Engineering.
ARMI-BiofabUSA
Biomedical Engineering is participating in the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute. WPI researchers are innovating in regenerative manufacturing.
RAPID
WPI partners with RAPID and its members to develop and implement impactful technologies and workforce development courses that advance modular process intensification. Applications include continuous pharmaceutical manufacturing and conversion of waste to fuel.
BIOMADE
The mission of BIOMADE is to scale production from engineered biological systems through research and workforce development. For years, the field of synthetic biology has expanded what is possible to make with biology, yet there is a gap between the proof-of-concept and marketable products. BIOMADE unites the academic and industrial synthetic biology community to fill this gap. As a leader in central Massachusetts biomanufacturing research and training, WPI is proud to align with these efforts. By partnering with BIOMADE, WPI will continue to realize the promise of the bioeconomy.
REMADE
WPI researchers are exploring sustainable manufacturing in the Reducing Embodied-energy and Decreasing Emissions Institute. Our membership is under the Center for Resource Recovery and Recycling.