Sep 30, 2025

September 2025 Newsletter

CESMII just launched the Membership Hub, a new central destination replacing Confluence, with content tailored by membership type for Manufacturers, System Integrators, Technology Providers, and Educators. Our September newsletter has the details, along with a lineup of other updates worth a look.

Also in this edition:

A preview of an upcoming Smart Manufacturing Mindset panel featuring World Economic Forum Lighthouse factory leaders from Coca-Cola, Foxconn Industrial Internet, Schneider Electric, Western Digital, and Unilever.
The release of the Manufacturing USA Advanced Manufacturing Occupation and Competency Framework, a new tool defining entry-level jobs and skills across 18 technology areas.
An invitation to help shape the next National Strategic Plan for Advanced Manufacturing through a public town hall and Request for Information.
A case study on Purdue's new four-year Smart Manufacturing Engineering degree program.
A blog from Accenture's Prasad Satyavolu on digital twins and the Physical AI Orchestrator, built on NVIDIA Omniverse.

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.