Manufacturing the Future: Federal Priorities for Manufacturing Research and Development. Report of the Interagency Working Group on Manufacturing R&D, Committee on Technology, National Science and Technology Council; Special rept

摘要

This report of the Interagency Working Group (IWG) on Manufacturing Research and Development (R&D) outlines three areas of opportunity for manufacturing R&D and describes critical manufacturing technology issues that need to be addressed in each area in order to make progress. areas are (1) manufacturing for the hydrogen economy; (2) nanomanufacturing; and (3) intelligent and integrated manufacturing. The report also describes Federal activities in the three areas and current and planned collaborative efforts. Finally, the report provides an overview of important cross-cutting issues that affect R&D for all three areas.