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NCDMM / America Makes Has Extensive Footprint at DMC 2018

November 29, 2018 | Categories: America Makes News

NCDMM, America Makes, and Strategic Partners are Collaborating to Sponsor, Exhibit
and Participate at the Sold Out Event

Blairsville, Pa. — November 29, 2018. The National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) with America Makes members and strategic partners are collaborating to sponsor, exhibit, and participate at the sold out Defense Manufacturing Conference (DMC) 2018 to be held December 3–6, 2018, at the Nashville Music City Center, Nashville, Tenn. Look for NCDMM at booth #524, directly across from The Hub Breaks. The DMC Conference will be conducted simultaneously with the Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) Conference.

“Each year, we look forward to attending and participating in DMC as it is the nation’s premier defense manufacturing and industrial base conference,” said Ralph Resnick, NCDMM President and Chief Executive Officer. “It is a gathering of all those who work tirelessly to pursue innovations in advanced manufacturing to support the warfighter and defense community. At DMC 2018, the staff of NCDMM and America Makes will be featured prominently, along with many of our collaborative partners, participating in panel discussions and making project presentations to detail the innovations and project research breakthroughs that will ultimately benefit the defense community.”

On Wednesday, December 5^th, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Mr. Resnick will participate in the NDIA MFG Division National Strategy Discussion, serving on a panel along with Douglas Woods, President, AMT—The Association for Manufacturing Technology and NCDMM Board of Director; Thomas Kurfess, Ph.D., FSME, PE, Professor, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and NCDMM Board of Director; Michael McGrath, D.Sc., Principal, McGrath Analytics Inc.; and Megan Brewster, Ph.D., Vice President of Advanced Manufacturing, Local Motors. Serving as the session chair is ANSER’s Scott Frost and the panel moderators include Michael Molnar, Director of the Office of Advanced Manufacturing (OAM) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Tracy Frost, Director, OSD ManTech; Director, DoD Manufacturing USA Institutes.

On Thursday, December 6^th, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Mr. Resnick will also participate in the Manufacturing & Quality Roundtable, moderated by Robert Gold, Director, Engineering Enterprise, within the Office of DASD(SE) (ODASD(SE)). The objective of this second annual roundtable is to enable people with experience and knowledge of the challenges for defense manufacturing, including quality, to discuss the issues, policies, practices, tools, and recommend changes.

Also participating in a panel discussion on Thursday is NCDMM’s Rob Gorham, America Makes Executive Director. Mr. Gorham will participate on the Establishment and Evolution of MFG Ecosystems under Department of Defense Innovation Institutes. He will serve on the MFG Institutes panel along with Johnnie DeLoach, Head, Materials Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division; Dr. Andrew Doyd, AIM Photonics; Anthony Holden, Deputy GPM – Digital Manufacturing & Design Innovation Institute (DMDII), U.S. Army AMRDEC; Scott Miller, Ph.D., Director of Strategic Programs, NextFlex; Gregory Hudas, Ph.D., DoD/OSD Program Manager, Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM-MII).

Additionally, on Thursday, December 6^th, representatives from the America Makes member community will also be presenting business case analysis and updates on projects related to the America Makes Maturation of Advanced Manufacturing for Low-Cost Sustainment (MAMLS) Program, funded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Manufacturing and Industrial Base Technology Division:

• From 10:45 a.m. to 11:15 a.m., Principal Investigator Rich Lonardo of YBI and Jerry Thiel of the University of Northern Iowa will speak on the Existing and Novel Manufacturing Processes for Metal Casting using 3D Sand Printing.
• From 11:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., Ashley Totin of YBI will present a Business Case Study Comparing Additive to Conventional Manufacturing for Metal Parts.
• Finally, from 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Brett Conner, Ph.D. of Youngstown State University will present a Case Study on Qualification Pathfinding.

On an America Makes workforce and education development front, Josh Cramer, the new America Makes Education & Workforce Director, will also participate on a panel on Wednesday, December 5^th, at 11:15 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Developing an Advanced Manufacturing Workforce. Mr. Cramer will serve on the panel with Emily Stover DeRocco, CEO/Principal at E3 and Education & Workforce Director, LIFT; Brynt Parmeter, Workforce Development Director, NextFlex; Kevin McComber, Ph.D., Assistant Director, AIM Photonics Academy; Joannie Harmon Heath, Workforce Manager, IACMI; with moderator Michael Britt-Crane, Education and Workforce Development Lead, OSD ManTech.

From America Makes member, the Robert C. Byrd Institute (RCBI), Lucinda Curry, Director of Workforce Development and Director of Apprenticeship Works, will participate in a panel on Wednesday from 1:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. on Manufacturing Institutes: A Collaborative Future in Advanced Manufacturing. Ms. Curry leads the Apprenticeship Works program, a joint partnership with America Makes, Tooling U-SME, the National Coalition of Advanced Technology Centers, and AST2. Recently, America Makes and RCBI were proud to announce that a key initiative under the Apprenticeship Works program, the first-ever, industry-vettedAdditive Manufacturing (AM) Technician Registered Apprenticeship, was officially approved by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Apprenticeship (OA).

NCDMM, in partnership with the National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA), is sponsoring the luncheon speaker, Titan Gilroy, CEO of TITANS of CNC, an advanced production facility based in Rocklin, Calif. and a revolutionary online CNC Academy, on Tuesday, December 4^th from 12:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.

For more information about NCDMM, visit ncdmm.org. Look for NCDMM at DMC 2018 at Booth #524.

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About NCDMM

NCDMM delivers innovative and collaborative manufacturing solutions that enhance our nation’s workforce and economic competitiveness. NCDMM has extensive knowledge and depth in manufacturing areas—both commercial and defense—continually innovate, improve, and advance manufacturing technologies and methodologies. Our experienced team specializes in identifying the needs, the players, the technologies, and processes to attain optimal solutions for our customers. We connect the dots. That’s the NCDMM methodology. NCDMM also manages the national accelerator for additive manufacturing (AM) and 3DP printing (3DP), America Makes and the V4 Institute. For additional information, visit the NCDMM at ncdmm.org.

About America Makes

America Makes is the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute. As the national accelerator for additive manufacturing (AM), America Makes is the nation’s leading and collaborative partner in AM and 3DP technology research, discovery, creation, and innovation. Structured as a public-private partnership with member organizations from industry, academia, government, non-government agencies, and workforce and economic development resources, we are working together to innovate and accelerate AM to increase our nation’s global manufacturing competitiveness. Based in Youngstown, Ohio, America Makes is the first Institute within the Manufacturing USA infrastructure and is driven by the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM). For more information about America Makes, visit americamakes.us and follow @AmericaMakes on Twitter.

About DMC 2018

The Defense Manufacturing Conference (DMC) is the premier defense manufacturing and industrial base conference in the country. DMC offers unparalleled general sessions and a unique and diverse forum for featured presenters from senior leaders in manufacturing and high-level stakeholders, including the Executive and Legislative Branches of government. This year, DMC 2018 has approximately 140 unique exhibitors and is anticipating more than 1,500 attendees from the Department of Defense (DoD), services, large and small businesses, contractors, civilian agencies, and academia. For more information, visit dmcmeeting.com.