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ENGINEERING COLLOQUIUM

Monday, April 15, 2013 / 3:30 PM, Building 3 Auditorium

Hardware Show 12:30 to 3:30, Building 3 Lobby

photo of LaNetra Tate

LaNetra Tate

"Advanced Manufacturing"
With Hardware Show Before the Lecture

ABSTRACT -- Advanced manufacturing is cross cutting and several NASA centers have state of the art advanced manufacturing capabilities and R&D projects that span process and product development in the areas of Composites, Metals, Ceramics, Additive Manufacturing, Nanomanufacturing, Digital Manufacturing/Modeling and Simulation, and Supply Chain/Industrial Base Management.

On March 9, 2012, President Obama announced a new proposal for a National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI). The NNMI will respond to a crucial competitiveness challenge and threat to future prosperity: Closing the gap between research and development (R&D) activities and the deployment of technological innovations in domestic production of goods. NASA is a key partner with several other agencies that currently include the DoD, DoE, DoEd, DoC, NIST, and NSF in the interagency Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office (AMNPO). The AMNPO is leading an effort to establish the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI) to address and shape the competitiveness and innovation performance of U.S. manufacturing. The NNMI program is designed to bring together industry, universities (including community colleges) and local, state and federal governments to spur innovation.

Dr. Tate will join us to discuss highlights of the STMD advanced manufacturing portfolio as well as NASA's involvement in the National Manufacturing Initiative.

SPEAKER -- Dr. LaNetra Tate is currently detailed to NASA HQ and serves as the Game Changing Development Program PI for Advanced Manufacturing within the Space Technology Mission Directorate as well as the NASA representative to the Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office. Dr. Tate joined NASA Kennedy Space Center in October of 2005. Her areas of expertise include polymer matrix nanocomposites and composites, advanced manufacturing concepts and trends, and composite repair for aerospace systems.

PRE-LECTURE HARDWARE SHOW -- There will be a show of 3-D printing hardware in the Building 3 lobby from 12:30 to 3:30. Representatives from four companies that make additive manufacturing hardware will be present to answer questions and discuss ideas for possible future projects.


Engineering Colloquium home page: https://ecolloq.gsfc.nasa.gov