We’re Growing Again As capability in the Technology Hub gains momentum, NextFlex needs new skills and abilities to design, develop, print, integrate devices and test FHE-enabled devices and manufacturing processes. We’ve expanded our technical team to accommodate all these activities and the following staff joined NextFlex over the past six …
By Mikayla Ridi, Workforce Development Project Manager, NextFlex When the yellow bus full of students approaches their destination, the excitement builds. Students from Dartmouth Middle School (San Jose, CA) had a great opportunity on Friday, November 9th, 2018, to be one of the first middle schools to visit the newly …
Students in Huntsville-Madison County, Alabama, will participate in FlexFactor following $250,000 Boeing grant HUNTSVILLE, Ala.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Boeing has awarded $250,000 toward a new workforce development initiative in partnership with the Alabama Community College System and NextFlex, America’s Flexible Hybrid Electronics Innovation Institute. The fund will fuel the local adoption of …
Demonstrating Advanced Manufacturing in the U.S. Capital By Malcolm Thompson On October 10th the U.S. House and Senate Manufacturing Caucus hosted a Congressional Briefing and Expo in the Rayburn Building entitled, Manufacturing USA®: Securing U.S. Global Leadership in Advanced Manufacturing. The event highlighted results achieved to date by the 14 …
The field of flexible hybrid electronics (FHE) has seen a great increase in activity in the three years since NextFlex was established, as capabilities at both the laboratory and manufacturing level have steadily come online. There are still, however, pockets of information about the current state of FHE manufacturing, as …
FlexFactor® kicked off the 2018-2019 school year with four Project Lead the Way (PLTW) classes from Campbell Union High School District (CUHSD) in California. Students in the capstone PLTW class, Engineering Design and Development (EDD), put their research and design chops to good use as they built out their FlexFactor …
Our final newsletter for 2018 brings tidings of a OLED bright, sustainable, and not-too-distant future for #FlexibleHybridElectronics. New Flexinars, revolutionary R2R printing @UW, @LockheedMartin's #PeelAndStick electronics for #UAV, and more. https://t.co/4KxpXEC6w4
At today's @DMCmeeting NextFlex Executive Director Dr. Malcolm Thompson shares the successful result of a partnership with @AFResearchLab, which produced a flexible #Arduino #microcontroller. #FlexibleArduino
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