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Dear Members and Friends, As 2020 draws to a close, we pause to reflect on the tragedy that unfolded this year and the lives lost to the pandemic. Our community was impacted with development projects delayed and lives and businesses disrupted. Against this backdrop, it’s with a renewed sense of …
A guest article by Alan Clayton, Department Chair of Advanced Manufacturing & Skilled Trades, and Spencer Griffin, Associate Director of Admissions and Testing, Midlands Technical College, Columbia, SC In partnership with NextFlex and Boeing, Midlands Technical College recently implemented a pilot of the FlexFactor program at Westwood High School in …
Dear Members and Friends, Congratulations are in order! During the recently held ASME InterPACK event, Auburn University, for the second year in a row, was awarded “Best Paper” for their work on “Process-Consistency in Additive Printed Multilayer Substrates with Offset-vias using Aerosol Jet Technology.” Authors Pradeep Lall and Kartik Goyal …
By: Christina Moore, Workforce Development Manager, NextFlex Recently we had the opportunity to catch up with Deanna Strauss Hersko, M. Ed, the FlexFactor Program Director at Lorain County Community College (LCCC). Deanna manages LCCC’s Career Technical Pathways and Programs in addition to leading the local implementation of NextFlex’s FlexFactor program. …
On November 12, NextFlex hosted its first virtual workshop, “FHE for Automotive Applications,” with over 200 registered attendees. Historically NextFlex has held two or three technical workshops each year, each 2½ days long, providing the opportunity for the FHE community to convene on a selected technical topic. This one day …
Overview The Boeing Company and its partners the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), had a vision to build flexible antenna arrays using advanced flexible hybrid electronics (FHE) manufacturing. They partnered with NextFlex, a Manufacturing Innovation Institute with the shared goal of advancing U.S. manufacturing of FHE, to help develop …
One of our member organizations, @UCBerkeley, taught an algorithm to recognize 21 individual hand gestures, including a thumbs-up, a fist, a flat hand, holding up individual fingers and counting numbers! Learn more:
https://news.berkeley.edu/2020/12/21/high-five-or-thumbs-up-new-device-detects-which-hand-gesture-you-want-to-make/
"The need for less weight and relatively simple, inexpensive devices is growing, particularly as the rest of the industry disaggregates from... more complex, expensive and heavier PCBs and wiring schemes." Read more about #flexiblehybridelecronics here.
https://semiengineering.com/the-good-bad-and-unknowns-of-flexible-devices/
NextFlex Workforce Development Director Emily McGrath was featured in the @ecampusnews article "16 predictions for higher-ed edtech in 2021." Read the article here:
https://www.ecampusnews.com/2021/01/01/predictions-for-higher-ed-edtech-in-2021/
We're very excited to have been featured in @3dprintindustry's Review of the Year! Check out the June 2020 review here: https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/3d-printing-industry-review-of-the-year-june-2020-181072/
