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Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII) recently announced nearly $10 million for ten projects to help advance its goals and enable U.S. manufacturers to develop and implement innovations that will advance U.S. manufacturing competitiveness, sustainability, and innovation.

Launched in 2016, CESMII focuses on bringing innovative smart manufacturing solutions to the marketplace to increase energy productivity, economic performance, and workforce capacity. The institute received up to $70 million in federal funding from DOE’s Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) that is matched by $70 million in private cost-share commitments from industry, consortium members, and partners.

"Public-private partnerships play a critical role in American innovation, taking new ideas to market to enhance U.S. economic growth and global competitiveness," said Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Daniel Simmons." CESMII is a great example of how government, industry, and academia can work together to advance U.S. leadership in manufacturing."

More than 40 proposals were submitted in collaboration with 62 organizations and spanned six Technical Areas of Interest that propose to bridge the gaps in smart manufacturing technologies facing U.S. industries today. Proposals focused on enabling technologies including: Cross-cutting Research and Development and Reusability, Process and Controls, Sensors, Data Modeling for Machine Learning and Data-Centric Analytics, Smart Manufacturing Platform Infrastructure, and Business Practices and Workforce Development.

The list of selected organizations and project descriptions:

The institute strongly encouraged teaming between companies, national laboratories, and universities as an effective strategy for the successful advancement of CESMII-relevant technologies. The intended period of performance of each project is 24 months or less.

CESMII is a part of Manufacturing USA, a network of regional institutes that have a specialized technology focus to increase U.S. manufacturing competitiveness and promote a robust and sustainable national manufacturing research and development infrastructure.

EERE's Advanced Manufacturing Office supports early-stage research to advance innovation in U.S. manufacturing and promote American economic growth and energy security.