• Broadens MIT’s reach in manufacturing education, especially at the technician level

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• Improves MIT’s ability to bring cutting-edge advanced manufacturing technologies to market, providing a bridge from research to commercialization

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• Impacts US policy in advanced manufacturing, and strengthens the US manufacturing base

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• Strengthens advanced manufacturing organizations, and creates new industry partners for MIT

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• Strengthens MIT’s ties to the state and federal government