America Makes welcomed Brandon Ribic, Ph.D., as its new Technology Director. Dr. Ribic fills the position previously held by John Wilczynski before being named America Makes Executive Direc-tor in June of this year.
Driven by the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM), America Makes is the national accelerator for AM and the first of eight Manufacturing Innovation Institutes (MIIs) established and managed by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) as public-private partner-ships. America Makes is also a member of the Manufacturing USA® (MFG USA) network, which seeks to secure U.S. global leadership in advanced manufacturing.