Bill Roy of Peerless Precision setting up a Haas VF3 CNC Milling machine.
Patricia M. Flynn, Trustee Professor of Economics and Management, Bentley College
“The Index isn’t a marketing document; it is an analytical tool to help assess where Massachusetts is, and what we must do to remain competitive. We aren’t hiding anything.”
Creating
the Right
Tool
for the Job
The Index of the Massachusetts Innovation Economy turns ten this year, and it remains one
of the best analytical tools for measuring
the innovation process in the Commonwealth
WALTHAM - Patricia M. Flynn, Trustee Professor of Economics and Management at Bentley College in Waltham, has chaired the Advisory Committee of The Index of the Massachusetts Innovation Economy since its inception 10 years ago. In an interview with Convergence, Flynn shares her insights into how the Index has evolved into one of the best analytic tools for measuring the innovation process—and some ideas for improvement looking at the next ten years.
Gov. Mitt Romney at April 24th event (State House Photos/Abby Brack)
Putting Nano To Work
NSF awards $16 million to UMass Amherst to support the Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing
AMHERST – Massachusetts is now poised to lead the nation in integrating innovative nanotechnology processes into manufacturing techniques and platform technologies, and then placing them into manufacturing test beds. On April 24, the University of Massachusetts Amherst received a $16 million award from the National Science Foundation to support the Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing under the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC) program. At a State House ceremony, Gov. Mitt Romney hailed the award, joined by University of Massachusetts President Jack Wilson and other dignitaries. |
“Of critical importance to the success of the proposal was $2 million in state matching funds provided by the John Adams Innovation Institute.”
UMass President Jack Wilson
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The Big Picture on Nano
New survey of cluster puts the focus on how best to shape the future of one of Massachusetts fastest emerging technology-based industries
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CAMBRIDGE -- Many of the movers and shakers within the Massachusetts nanotechnology cluster— academic researchers, small firm entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, research center directors and policy makers—met recently at the MIT Faculty Club to discuss and explore ways that the rapidly growing cluster could better organize itself. More >> |
Innovation Institute Investments
DARTMOUTH – To help create a Massachusetts Ocean Observation System Center at the University of Massachusetts in Dartmouth, the John Adams Innovation institute has invested $150,000 from its Collaborative R&D Partnership Development Grant Program. More >>
WORCESTER – To help establish a Collaborative Imaging Biomarker Center, the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester was awarded $50,000 by the John Adams Innovation Institute. More >>
SALEM – On May 3, the Hawthorne Hotel and the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem will host a one-day conference exploring the intersection of the innovation and creative economies, entitled: The Innovation Agenda – Growing the Creative Economy. More >>
Skilled machinists
Investing to build a sustainable pipeline of workers in Western Massachusetts to keep the precision machining sector from grinding to a halt
WESTFIELD – When Berkshire Industries recently advertised for an experienced operator of coordinate measuring machines, computerized equipment used to measure exactly machined parts after fabrication, they received applications from a worker from a local steakhouse, a worker with food service industry experience, and a former Yankee Candle Co. worker. “We got the butcher, the baker, and the candle-stick maker, but no one we could hire,” Al Nickerson, Vice President at Berkshire Industries, told The Springfield Republican.
To Your e-Health!
WESTBOROUGH – Landmark legislation creating universal health insurance coverage in Massachusetts was signed into law on April 12 and contained a provision for $5 million to spur the implementation of Computer Physician Order Entry (CPOE) at community hospitals.
Making the Move to Ubiquitous Broadband Access
BOSTON – At the heart of the upcoming May 1st meeting of the Governing Board of John Adams Innovation Institute is a vital dialogue that will inform the Commonwealth’s role in shaping our broadband infrastructure for a generation to come.