April has been a busy month for CCAM. We hosted visits by potential industry partners, were recognized as a finalist for the Community Catalyst Award at RichTech's Annual Awards Gala, and will be awarded a Manufacturing Leadership Award next week. As the building goes up (photos below) we can begin to visualize exactly where the equipment and researchers will be. Heading into summer, look for new faces on the staff including our first intern! We are currently seeking Directors of Economic and Workforce Development and a Project Team Lead in Manufacturing Systems in support of our research agenda (see right for details). Please stay tuned for more monthly updates from CCAM!

Put an ice cube into a roaring furnace. Now, keep the ice cube cold. That's not a riddle. It is the kind of challenge that researchers at the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM) in Prince George County - heralded as a paradigm for industry-academic collaboration in Virginia - soon will be trying to address. But there will be much more at stake than ice cubes. "Fundamentally, this is about jobs. It's about keeping jobs in America," Peter Diakun, vice president and chief technology officer of Newport News Shipbuilding, says in a video interview for CCAM. more at VirginiaBusiness.com

The Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM) has been selected as a finalist for RichTech's 17th Annual Technology Stars Awards Gala in the Community Catalyst category. Every year RichTech, the Greater Richmond Technology Council, recognizes outstanding individuals, corporate and community leaders, entrepreneurs and pioneers in the Greater Richmond region. more

Beautiful spring weather in Virginia keeps the 60,000 square foot research facility in Prince George County on track for its September completion. photos

CCAM has initiated additional Directed research at its member universities and now has deployed in excess of $1M toward Directed and Generic research projects. Organizing Members and Tier 1 Members participate in two types of research: Directed and Generic. Directed research is solely for the benefit of the member company and they own the IP. Generic research is shared by all members who have exclusive, royalty-free license to the IP. Generic research was initiated in 2011. Click here to learn more.

The Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM) transforms applied research into business advantages. It brings together best-in-class manufacturers and Virginia's top higher education institutions to collaborate and deliver new "production-ready" solutions to factories.

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