{"147241":{"#nid":"147241","#data":{"type":"news","title":"MaRC\u0027s Ben Wang Discusses Advanced Clean Energy Manufacturing at DOE Roundtable at the White House","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. Ben Wang, Executive Director of the Manufacturing Research Center (MaRC) at Georgia Tech, recently presented some of his ideas and viewpoints at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Roundtable on \u0022Strengthening Advanced U.S. Manufacturing in Clean Energy.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Roundtable discussions, held August 9th at the White House in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., brought together over 35 representatives from some of the country\u0027s most promising companies that are utilizing and developing advanced technologies for clean energy manufacturing - along with key research centers, public policy experts, and other stakeholders.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EParticipants discussed opportunities and challenges to continue improving U.S. competitiveness in advanced clean energy manufacturing in a wide array of topics - ranging from solar and wind to energy storage, vehicles, lighting, smart grid, fuel cells, and more - particularly through public-private partnerships in R\u0026amp;D, industry cluster development, and technology commercialization activities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Wang said that, \u0022The roundtable discussions were critical in understanding the capabilities, ideas, and expectations that these top experts in the field of clean energy have and hold; and how we in MaRC can strategically position ourselves to collaborate with them and lead the effort in advanced clean energy manufacturing.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESubjects discussed and debated at the roundtable will inform the U.S. Administration\u0027s evolving manufacturing strategy, particularly at the DOE\u0027s Office of Energy Efficiency \u0026amp; Renewable Energy, where its Assistant Secretary and roundtable host Dr. David Danielson is leading an effort to identify areas of competitive advantage for U.S. manufacturers in the global clean energy economy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe roundtable builds upon the recent report released in July 2012 by the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP) Steering Committee of the President\u0027s Council of Advisors on Science \u0026amp; Technology (PCAST), \u0022Capturing Domestic Competitive Advantage in Advanced Manufacturing.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe report offered a set of 16 recommendations around three pillars, including enabling innovation, securing the talent pipeline, and improving the business climate.\u0026nbsp; The August 9th roundtable focused on the first pillar - enabling innovation - particularly as it relates to advanced clean energy manufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBen Wang, Executive Director of the Manufacturing Research Center, recently presented some of his ideas and viewpoints at the U.S. Department of Energy Roundtable on \u0022Strengthening Advanced U.S. Manufacturing in Clean Energy.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2012-08-17 16:23:07","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:40","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-08-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-08-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"70794":{"id":"70794","type":"image","title":"Ben Wang","body":null,"created":"1449177314","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:15:14","changed":"1475894623","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:43","alt":"Ben Wang","file":{"fid":"193458","name":"meyer_20110630_1750.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/meyer_20110630_1750_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/meyer_20110630_1750_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":6717749,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/meyer_20110630_1750_0.jpg?itok=GVCd5qjo"}}},"media_ids":["70794"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"14585","name":"Ben Wang; MaRC; ISyE"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}