FSU’s Institute for Strategic Partnerships, Innovation, Research, and Education (InSPIRE) announced Alex Riensche’s appointment to operate advanced manufacturing initiatives. He is currently leading the ASTRO | FSU InSPIRE 2026 Tech Challenge, now in its second year, where companies can compete on their distortion prediction and compensation abilities for laser-based powder bed fusion parts.

The Applied Science & Technology Research Organization of America (ASTRO America) in partnership with FSU InSPIRE today announced the second installment of its national 3D Printing Tech Challenge at the Defense Strategies Institute’s Military Additive Manufacturing (MILAM) Summit. This year’s competition will focus on Distortion Prediction & Compensation in LPBF Inconel 718, a critical challenge facing precision parts manufacturing in aerospace and defense.

FSU’s Institute of Strategic Partnerships, Innovation, Research, and Education (InSPIRE) workforce development team has designed and launched free virtual tours showcasing advanced manufacturing along the Gulf coast.

FSU’s Institute of Strategic Partnerships, Innovation, Research, and Education (InSPIRE) is fast-tracking the development of its Panama City-based applied research, developmental testing, and training center with the appointment of Chris Billings. As senior research and project engineer for advanced manufacturing (AM) Billings plays a key role in collaboratively defining the AM capabilities that InSPIRE’s industry, academic, military, and entrepreneurial partners want and need.

Friday, October 3 Kicks Off Activities Highlighting Tech Careers in Advanced Manufacturing

The Applied Science & Technology Research Organization of America (ASTRO America), in collaboration with ASTM International’s Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence (AM CoE) and Florida State University’s Institute for Strategic Partnerships, Innovation, Research, & Education (InSPIRE), announced Additive Assurance and Addiguru as the top-ranked companies in the Actionable

Renowned for applying advanced, computer-based models and techniques to perform comprehensive economic analyses, CEFA (Center for Economic Forecasting and Analysis) has been tasked with measuring the overall economic impact of FSU InSPIRE (Institute for Strategic Partnerships, Innovation, Research, & Education). Currently, CEFA is establishing measurable variables in mentorship, education, business, and industry impact and quantifying economic growth.

When Farrukh Alvi stepped into the world of engineering, he didn’t have a grand plan. His first direction as an undergraduate student was to pursue nuclear engineering, mostly because “it sounded so cool.” But his mechanical engineering classes, especially in fluid mechanics, proved intriguing. He followed that curiosity, which eventually led him to a supersonic wind tunnel in graduate school, where the visual beauty of high-speed flows sparked a lifelong passion for aerospace. 

Northwest Florida teachers and students are being encouraged to engage in a cultural shift in perception: the advanced manufacturing careers of today are a far cry from yesterdays. Florida State University’s InSPIRE (Institute for Strategic Partnerships, Innovation, Research & Education) is doing its part to reshape the region’s understanding of the safety, security, and profitability now available to local residents in the advanced manufacturing space.