Veronica Garabelli // December 5, 2014//
Virginia Commonwealth University has joined the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM) as a new academic member.
CCAM, based in Prince George County, is a collaborative research organization involving public universities and industry representatives.
VCU joins the University of Virginia, Virginia State University, Virginia Tech and Old Dominion University, becoming CCAM’s fifth university partner.
CCAM’s goal is to bridge the gap between research and commercialization, accelerating new manufacturing technology developments to market.
CCAM's 21 industry and government members include Aerojet Rocketdyne, Airbus, Canon Virginia Inc., Chromalloy, Newport News Shipbuilding, Oerlikon Metco, Rolls-Royce, Sandvik Coromant, Siemens, Blaser Swisslube, EOS, Hermle Machine Co., Mitutoyo, Paradigm Precision, Buehler, Cool Clean Technologies, GF AgieCharmilles, Mechdyne, National Instruments, SIS and the NASA Langley Research Center.