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Join AMO on October 5 as we celebrate Manufacturing Day—an event meant to inspire the next generation of manufacturers. Many U.S. manufacturers from across the country will open their doors and give participants an “inside look” at modern manufacturing.

Learn more about Manufacturing Day, and find an event near you!


Applications Open for AMO’s Chain Reaction Innovations Program

DOE’s Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) recently announced the opening of the application period for the third cohort of the AMO-funded program, Chain Reaction Innovations.

Chain Reaction Innovations, one of AMO’s Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Programs, embeds the next generation of postdoctoral talent within ANL as entrepreneurial researchers to focus on energy-related topics with the goal of subsequently launching businesses.

Applications will close October 31, 2018 and selected fellows will begin in May 2019. Interested entrepreneurs can learn more about Chain Reaction Innovations and begin the application process at http://chainreaction.anl.gov/.


Inc. Magazine Highlights how AMO is Rebuilding the U.S. Manufacturing Base

AMO Director Rob Ivester was recently featured in Inc. Magazine and discussed how AMO is leading efforts to strengthen the U.S. manufacturing industry through investments in new technology innovations and its partnerships with the public and private sector.

Read about a few AMO projects that are combining ideas from the private sector with the cutting edge science from national laboratories.