STATESBORO, Georgia (February 11, 2026) – The Metallurgical Engineering Trades Apprenticeship & Learning (METAL) program, led by IACMI – The Composites Institute®, is proud to announce a new partnership with […]
Dr. Alexandra (Allie) Glover remembers her grandfather, Douglas Glover, by his quirky inventions, from a mechanical cherry pitter to a peanut butter stirrer, and his passion for metallurgy. He was […]
WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana (February 3, 2026) – The Metallurgical Engineering Trades Apprenticeship & Learning (METAL) program, led by IACMI – The Composites Institute®, is proud to announce a new partnership […]
RALEIGH, North Carolina (January 14, 2026) — North Carolina State University is proud to announce a new partnership with the Metallurgical Engineering Trades Apprenticeship & Learning (METAL) to enhance and […]
About 1,500 miles south of Cal Poly Pomona, in Guadalajara, Mexico, Dr. Victor Okhuysen learned his family’s trade: metalcasting. Today, Okhuysen, the interim associate dean for the College of Engineering […]
Dr. Paul Sanders fell in love with metalcasting in the foundry at Michigan Technological University more than 30 years ago. Today, as a materials science and engineering professor at his […]
Wife, mother and Airman Savana Ohlenburger has always led a life of service. After years of exploring careers in healthcare, she decided it was time to pursue her lifelong dream […]
December 15, 2025 – IACMI–The Composites Institute® (IACMI), today announced the launch of ‘Make It In America’, a national outreach campaign to raise awareness of careers in advanced manufacturing and […]
When Dr. Samantha Trzinski accepted the challenge to build a new forging class, she entered unfamiliar territory. Her career up to that point had been in education, not metallurgy. But […]
Cyler McClure has spent his career studying the ins and outs of semiconductors—microscopic metal switches that power today’s world. Now, as product engineering manager at TOSOH SMD, McClure empowers the […]
David Muzzy still remembers his first time visiting a foundry. While his dad, Glenn Muzzy Sr., gave him a tour of Walker Machine and Foundry Corp. where he worked, Muzzy […]
Check out this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast featuring METAL Program Manager Mike Kubacki. Manufacturers understand the skills gap: every day they recognize that do not have enough people […]
