{"72453":{"#nid":"72453","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Shapira Named Chair of New National Academies Committee on 21st Century Manufacturing","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/aboutus\/faculty\/philipshapira\u0022\u003EPhilip Shapira\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;has been named chair for a new National Academies committee that will examine \u002221st Century Manufacturing: The Role of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.\u0022 Shapira is Professor in\u0026nbsp;the IAC School of Public Policy and the University of Manchester.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOrganized through the National Academies Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, the\u0026nbsp;new ad hoc committee comprises a panel of U.S. and international industrial, university, and policy experts. The committee will hold a series of fact-finding workshops and commission research papers and case studies to review and document the MEP program\u0027s current achievements, challenges, and new opportunities; identify and review similar national programs from abroad in order to draw on foreign practices, funding levels, and accomplishments as a point of reference; and discuss current needs and initiatives in light of the global focus on advanced manufacturing. Its first\u0026nbsp;workshop will be held this month in Washington, DC.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERead about \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.spp.gatech.edu\/aboutus\/faculty\/PhilipShapira\u0022\u003EPhilip Shapira\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/aboutus\/faculty\/philipshapira\u0022\u003EPhilip Shapira\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;has been named chair for a new National Academies committee that will examine \u002221st Century Manufacturing: The Role of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.\u0022 Shapira is Professor in\u0026nbsp;the IAC School of Public Policy and the University of Manchester.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2011-11-07 17:48:14","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:34","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-11-07T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-11-07T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"62365":{"id":"62365","type":"image","title":"Philip Shapira, Professor, School of Public Policy","body":null,"created":"1449176369","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:59:29","changed":"1475894541","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:21","alt":"Philip Shapira, Professor, School of Public Policy","file":{"fid":"191455","name":"Phil_Shapira_200x300.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Phil_Shapira_200x300_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Phil_Shapira_200x300_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":32576,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Phil_Shapira_200x300_0.jpg?itok=xPGA87bk"}}},"media_ids":["62365"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"id":"1706","name":"National Academies"},{"id":"3687","name":"Philip Shapira"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u0026nbsp; 404-894-1720\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}