Jun 30, 2025

June 2025 Newsletter

Congratulations to Jim Wetzel, named the 2025 Digital Transformation Leadership Award winner by the Manufacturing Leadership Council. Our June newsletter celebrates that recognition alongside a full lineup of updates, including registration details for the U.S. Smart Manufacturing Interoperability Summit landing in Detroit, Cleveland, and Chicago this August.

Also in this edition:

A recap of the Smart Manufacturing Executive Council's trip to Capitol Hill, advocating for tax incentives, workforce upskilling, and standards-based digital infrastructure to strengthen U.S. manufacturing competitiveness.
An introduction to this year's new class of Modern Makers, 28 individuals highlighting varied pathways into advanced manufacturing careers.
Last-chance registration for CESMII's Smart Manufacturing Acceleration Certification course, starting July 7.
A case study on scalable smart manufacturing curricula developed with West Virginia University.
A conversation with Jim Davis, one of the original architects of the Smart Manufacturing movement, on what actually drives transformation on the plant floor.

About CESMII

CESMII – the Smart Manufacturing Institute – has a total current investment commitment of $201M from Department of Energy funding and public/private partnership contributions, with a mandate to create a more competitive manufacturing environment in the US through advanced sensing, analytics, modeling, control, and platforms. CESMII is one of 17 Manufacturing USA institutes on this mission to increase manufacturing productivity, global competitiveness, and reinvestment by increasing energy productivity, improving economic performance and raising workforce capacity. University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) is the program and administrative home of CESMII. For more information about CESMII, its history and Smart Manufacturing, visit cesmii.org.