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Engineering’s Nick Barendt speaks on new Smart Manufacturing Innovation Center led by CWRU

CWRU to serve as home for new Smart Manufacturing Innovation Center

Crain’s Cleveland Business (subscription required): Nick Barendt, executive director of the Institute for Smart, Secure and Connected Systems, explained how CWRU will lead a new U.S. Department of Energy-funded Smart Manufacturing Innovation Center in Cleveland to help small and midsize manufacturers adopt new technologies, known as smart manufacturing.