MIT professors and alumni shed light on advanced manufacturing and the promise it holds to inject new vitality into sectors of the economy thought to be in decline and to position America again as a world leader in manufacturing.

Part one includes:

• Remarks by Brian Anthony SM '98, PhD '06
• An overview of MIT's Production in the Innovation Economy report by Professor Olivier de Weck SM '99, PhD '01
• A look at biobased products and homegrown manufacturing by Professor Kristala Jones Prather '94
• A materials by design presentation by Professor Markus Buehler