UGA celebrates Nationwide Manufacturing Day with Georgia AIM
Chopping-edge applied sciences, together with robotic Dawgs and a brand new AI-equipped cellular studio, took middle stage on the College of Georgia’s Nationwide Manufacturing Day celebration on October 4, 2024.
Nationwide Manufacturing Day, noticed yearly on the primary Friday in October, highlights fashionable developments in manufacturing throughout the nation. This yr, UGA’s Innovation Manufacturing unit opened its doorways and the Georgia Synthetic Intelligence in Manufacturing (AIM) unveiled its brand-new cellular studio on the Interdisciplinary Science, Expertise, Engineering, and Math (I-STEM) Analysis Complicated.
The occasion marked the tip of Georgia AIM Week, a collection of occasions highlighting using synthetic intelligence (AI) in manufacturing and the way it can rework communities and jobs. All through the week, individuals explored how AI-driven improvements are poised to reshape industries and communities throughout Georgia and past.
Georgia AIM, launched in September 2022, is funded by a $65 million federal Financial Growth Administration grant. The challenge connects 16 initiatives throughout the state, all working to develop a producing workforce expert in sensible applied sciences and to deploy innovation within the manufacturing business. Georgia AIM is likely one of the largest federally-funded initiatives of its sort to attach financial growth with AI in manufacturing to foster developments in innovation and workforce growth.
Audio system on the October 4th occasion included Faculty of Engineering affiliate professor Beshoy Morkos and interim dean Stephan Durham, and Georgia AIM co-director Donna Ennis. Particular friends from King’s Hawaiian and Boehringer Ingelheim shared insights into their manufacturing operations throughout a “Highlight on Manufacturing” speaker session.
View pictures from the day.
Author: Lillian Ballance
