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  • About
    • Faculty & Staff
    • Faculty Associates
    • Grants & Awards
    • Support ISSACS!
    • Contact Us
  • Services
    • Proposal Development
    • Professional Services Group
  • Media
    • News & Events
    • Media Mentions
  • Education
    • Course: Introduction to Connected Devices
    • Course: Designing IoT Edge Devices
    • Extra-Curricular Learning Opportunities
  • Centers
    • CESMII Smart Manufacturing Innovation Center
      • EVENT - A National Framework on Smart Manufacturing: Why It Matters and How to Achieve It
      • CESMII SMIC Weld Bay Monitoring Demonstration
      • Opportunity for Manufacturers — CESMII Acceleration Framework
    • HAMMER Engineering Research Center
  • Programs
    • NSF Engines Advancing Manufacturing Technologies
    • IoT Collaborative
    • PIT-UN
    • GE Lighting IPF
    • Make It Better: A Blueprint for Manufacturing in Northeast Ohio
    • NIST - Manufacturing Technology Roadmapping
    • Ohio Cyber Range Institute
    • Air Quality Impact on COVID-19 Deaths in Cuyahoga County
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NSF Engines: Advancing Manufacturing Technologies

Case Western Reserve University is the lead partner on a new Regional Innovation Engines Development Award by the National Science Foundation (NSF).  The award, called "NSF Engines Development Award: Advancing manufacturing technologies (OH)" (Award Number 2302943), is focused on research-driven discovery, development, translation, and commercialization of sustainable manufacturing technologies as well as developing the needed workforce.

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NIST - Manufacturing Technology Roadmapping

This roadmap sets out a vision for a desired future state, identifies major challenges and opportunities related to achieving the vision, and provides a set of implementation plans for overcoming the challenges and realizing the benefits of AI-enhanced multimodal sensing of materials and processes for complete product lifecycle performance.

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Who We Are

ISSACS partners across the university’s schools to include experts in engineering, anthropology, sociology, mathematics, management, medicine, nursing, law and ethics.

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Regional Partnerships

The IoT Collaborative has been established to support regional, interdisciplinary, collaborative efforts.

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News
  • Case Western Reserve University-led regional economic development consortium advances as finalist for National Science Foundation’s transformative ‘Engines’ initiative

    September 19, 2025
  • Case Western Reserve University-led regional economic development consortium among 29 semifinalists for $160M transformative National Science Foundation ‘Engines’ initiative

    July 10, 2025
  • REGISTER NOW! "Why we need a new social contract for connected devices: a fireside chat with Stacey Higginbotham"

    March 20, 2024
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