Bryan Dods
IACMI—The Composites Institute has named Bryan Dods as the organization’s new CEO, effective November 1.
Dods comes to IACMI from GE Power, where he served as Chief Engineer of Manufacturing. He replaces Craig Blue, who will return to Oak Ridge National Laboratory in a new role as Director of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Programs.
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Vice President Biden today commended the composite institute’s decision to locate an industry collaboration facility in Detroit. The facility will support production-scale composite materials development focused on vehicle lightweighting in collaboration with automotive companies.
The scale-up facility is part of the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI), a national institute announced by President Obama with Vice President Biden in January as part of the president’s National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI) initative.
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Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek, right, stands with Martin Keller, Associate Laboratory Director at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in front of a Shelby Cobra printed as a collaboration between ORNL and UT personnel. The car served as a highlight of President Obama’s visit to the area on Friday.
President Obama’s announcement on Friday that UT would be the lead institution in a $259 million advanced composites manufacturing project known as the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation, or IACMI, was met with applause, but also a few questions.
Many wondered what advanced composites manufacturing really means, why the UT-led consortium was selected, and what the impact for the area might be.Here are some answers.
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