Government and Awards Sites

Best Manufacturing Practices Center of Excellence (BMPCE)
Begun in 1985 to help businesses by identifying, researching and promoting exceptional manufacturing practices, methods and procedures in design, test, production, facilities, logistics, and management, the BMPCE's main goal is to increase the quality, reliability, and maintainability of goods produced by American firms with a commitment to strengthening the U.S. industrial base.

Career Voyages - Advanced Manufacturing
This web site is the result of a collaboration between the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Education. It is designed to provide information on high growth, in-demand occupations along with the skills and education needed to attain those jobs.

ERIC: Education Resource Information Center
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a digital library of education-related resources, sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education.

Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
First presented in 1988, the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award has become the nation's premier award for business performance excellence and quality achievement. The Baldrige Award program was established by Congress in 1987 not only to recognize individual companies for their achievement, but also to promote quality awareness and to provide information on successful performance and competitiveness strategies.

Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory
Housed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, MEL serves as a central research laboratory for manufacturing infrastructure technology, measurements, and standards. MEL provides industry-needed manufacturing engineering tools, interface standards, manufacturing systems architectures, and traceability.

Manufacturing Systems Integration
MSID is one of five divisions of the Manufacturing Engineering Lab at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). MSID promotes developing technologies and standards that lead to implementing information-intensive manufacturing systems.

Manufacturing Technology Division
Housed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, the Manufacturing Technology Division (ManTech) is responsible for the management and execution Air Force Industrial Preparedness Programs in Manufacturing Technology and Industrial Base Analysis. ManTech integrates Air Force and industry requirements into an execution program providing advanced manufacturing processes, techniques and systems for timely, reliable, high quality, economical production and sustainment of Air Force systems.

Microsystems Science, Technology & Components
Sandia is a world leader in the technology required for development, fabrication, and production of microelectronic, photonic, micromachine and microsensor devices and products. Sandia also has the ability to integrate these devices into complete microsystems.

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
The NIST was established by Congress "to assist industry in the development of technology...needed to improve product quality, to modernize manufacturing processes, to ensure product reliability...and to facilitate rapid commercialization...of products based on new scientific discoveries." Click here for Postdoc opportunities for the Manufacturing System Integration Division.

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
NIOSH is the federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness. NIOSH is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the Department of Health and Human Services.

21st Century Urban Technical Education Project (21CUTEP)
Mission: To address the dynamic urban labor market through activities that support students in their transition from a technical school to post secondary institutions.