In June, NextFlex co-hosted FlexFactor Finals: Silicon Valley events with the San Jose City Evergreen Community College District (SJECCD) at both San Jose City and Evergreen Valley Colleges (SJCC and EVC). During the Finals, teams of students who participated in FlexFactor during the Spring 2018 semester were chosen to advance …
Projects include disposable health monitors that adhere to the skin, epidermal sensors for robotic knees, and conditional monitors for industry and infrastructure San Jose, Calif. – NextFlex®, America’s Flexible Hybrid Electronics (FHE) Manufacturing Institute, today announced $12 million (including $7M in cost-share contribution from participants) in funding for seven projects …
Dear NextFlex Members and Friends, Special Congratulations to Auburn University! Our colleagues at Auburn University were recently recognized with the “Outstanding Paper Award” in the Mechanics and Reliability Track at ITHERM 2018 in San Diego. Their paper, “Flexible Power-Source Survivability Assurance under Bending Loads and Operating Temperatures Representative of Stresses …
Manufacturing USA has partnered with the Science + Innovation Awards to honor rising leaders in science, technology, engineering and math through a first-ever technology awards show to air on national TV in September. NextFlex, along with other Manufacturing USA Institutes, will participate in the Science + Innovation Awards show by …
By Emily McGrath, Deputy Director of Workforce Development at NextFlex NextFlex recently achieved several significant milestones since FlexFactor’s inception. In the program’s second year, NextFlex developed targeted versions to attract a wide variety of students to learn about career possibilities in advanced manufacturing industries that are just emerging and expanded our …
Wearables and medical devices, logistics and infrastructure monitoring, and soft robotics for advanced prosthetics and augmented warfighter performance stand to be revolutionized by Flexible Hybrid Electronics (FHE). In each of these spaces there are specific civilian, military, and dual-use applications. To explore and refine these applications concepts and broaden the …