On behalf of the Southern Piedmont Technology Council board and President Hope Harris-Gayles, the Chairman’s Award for visionary leadership and outstanding leadership and commitment to Southern Virginia was presented to Virginia’s Additive Manufacturing and Advanced Materials (AM²) Tech Hub. Thank you to the Southern Piedmont Technology Council for the honor of this award!
AM² is a regional initiative uniting Virginia’s advanced materials and additive manufacturing ecosystem — linking world-class research at Virginia Tech with applied innovation and workforce development at the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) in Southern Virginia, which hosts the Navy’s Center of Excellence in Additive Manufacturing. By coupling university research strengths with the region’s legacy of precision machining and materials expertise, AM² is positioning Virginia as a global leader in next-generation manufacturing.
For more information contact, Emma Carroll at ecarroll@nrvrc.org.