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New TIP Competition Focuses on Manufacturing Research
Media Contact:
Michael Baum , michael.baum@nist.gov
301-975-2763
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced a new competition for high-risk, high-reward research funding under the Technology Innovation Program (TIP). The new TIP competition offers cost-shared funding for innovative research on “Manufacturing and Biomanufacturing: Materials Advances and Critical Processes.” Approximately $25 million is available for first-year funding for an expected 25 new TIP projects.
New materials have the potential to open whole new markets for novel or dramatically-improved manufactured products, observes a new TIP white paper, but efficiently moving new materials from the lab into production and the market remains a major challenge for manufacturers. Improvements in critical manufacturing processes that reduce costs, save time, increase quality or reduce waste can dramatically improve the competitiveness of process-based industries, including biomanufacturing—the sector that produces vaccines and other biopharmaceuticals—chemical production and fuel producers, among others.
The 2010 TIP competition is open to research proposals in three areas:
- Process scale-up, integration and design for materials advances—addressing how new materials are moved from the laboratory to full production;
- Predictive modeling for materials advances and materials processing—using the power of modern analysis, modeling and computation to streamline the design and production scale-up of new materials by more accurately predicting their performance; and
- Critical process advances—novel production technologies that dramatically improve the processing of new materials or resolve important bottlenecks and inefficiencies in the production of existing materials.
The due date for submission of proposals is 11:59 p.m. Eastern time, July 15, 2010. Proposals may be submitted electronically through Grants.gov (search for Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) program 11.613 or Funding Opportunity Number TIP-2010-B01) or on paper to National Institute of Standards and Technology, Technology Innovation Program, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 4750, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-4750.
Additional details on the2010 TIP competition, including the dates and locations of three “Proposers’ Conferences” providing general information regarding TIP and the competition process are available from the NIST news release “2010 TIP Competition Focuses on Manufacturing Technologies,” Apr. 15, 2010. [http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/20100413_TIP_comp_announce.html]
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Shane Eddy named Vice-President, Sikorsky Helicopters
January 08, 2010
STRATFORD, Connecticut - Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced the appointment of Shane Eddy as Vice President of Sikorsky Global Helicopters, responsible for strategic leadership and general management of the growing billion-dollar business. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX).
Eddy joins Sikorsky after a 14-year career at Textron’s Bell Helicopter company where he most recently served as Senior Vice President, Customer Support and Services, and as Chief Services Officer. While at Bell, he also held the positions of Executive Director, Commercial Helicopter Programs, Director of the Completion Center and Training Academy, and Manager of Product Support Engineering. In his new position, he reports to Carey Bond, President of Sikorsky Global Helicopters and Chief Marketing Officer for Sikorsky Aircraft.
“Shane’s leadership experience, from managing large operations to effectively integrating customer needs with business growth strategies, suits him well for this new role,” Bond said. “Sikorsky’s success in growing our commercial business over the last several years has been enabled by bold and forward-looking moves. Developing our Sikorsky Global Helicopters business center in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, reinventing our business model, and focusing on establishing long-term customer relationships have all been keys to our progress. Under Shane’s leadership, we intend to continue this growth.”
Sikorsky Global Helicopters, a Sikorsky Aircraft company, produces and markets the S-76®, S-92®, and H-92™ helicopters as well as the S-300C™, S-300CBi™, S-333™, and S-434™ light helicopters. Sikorsky Global Helicopters’ subsidiaries include Keystone Helicopter Corp. in Coatesville, Pa., and Associated Aircraft Group (AAG) in Wappingers Falls, N.Y.
Eddy earned his undergraduate degree from Canadore College, Ontario, and a Master’s of Business Administration degree from Concordia University in Quebec.
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., based in Stratford, Conn., is a world leader in helicopter design, manufacture and service. Its mission statement reflects the company’s long commitment to safety and innovation: "We pioneer flight solutions that bring people home everywhere... every time™." More information is available at the interactive www.sikorsky.com Web site.
United Technologies Corp., based in Hartford, Connecticut, provides a broad range of high technology products and support services to the aerospace and building systems industries.
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