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Question: Ethan, can you tell us a little about your role at Iowa State University and the focus of your organization? Answer: I am an Assistant Professor at Iowa State University, a land-grant research university with a mission that spans research and education. We actively work to prepare undergraduate and …

Question: Megan, tell us about your role at Intricon and the focus of your organization. Answer: My role as the Director of Technology Development is to help the organization build our technology portfolio by strategically identifying capabilities needed for growth. These capabilities may involve bringing technologies in house, acquiring, or …

Q: Chris, tell us about your role at Eastman and the focus of your organization. I am a Sr. Manager of Process Development and External Innovation at Eastman Chemical Co. I’m based in the San Francisco Bay Area and am a NextFlex Fellow. Eastman Chemical Co. is a specialty materials …

by Daniel Slep, Ph.D., CEO of ChemCubed A key advance in recent years in the field of additive manufacturing of electronics has been in the quality and consistency of conductive inks for inkjet printing. This advance is a main reason why scalable printed PCBs, FPCB’s, and myriad Flexible Hybrid Electronics …

Q: Ken, tell us about your role at nScrypt and Sciperio and the focus of your organization. A: The nScrypt/Sciperio family is built around pushing the boundaries of technology with specific goals of disruption in tradition. Traditional products, traditional manufacturing, traditional labs, traditional research, and traditional problem solving have established …

NextFlex participated in the “DoD Manufacturing Innovation Institutes (MIIs) and Manufacturing USA Panel” of the 2023 Mentor Protégé Summit. The session was moderated by Steve Luckowski with speakers: Nigel Francis, Executive Director, LIFT; Kimberly Gibson, Ecosystem Director, America Makes, and Ed Hendricks, Director of Business Development, NextFlex. The audience consisted …