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⏰ Last chance alert! Early Bird pricing for NextFlex Innovation Day 2026 ends TODAY! Don’t miss your opportunity to connect with industry leaders, discover cutting-edge advancements, and shape the future of advanced manufacturing and hybrid electronics. Secure your spot now—register at www.NextFlex.us 🚀 #InnovationDay #NextFlex #Manufacturing #HybridElectronics #Technology

Join us at Innovation Day 2026 for Session 5: Resilient Electronics: Advancing Systems for Challenging Operational Environments, chaired by Pradeep Lall (Auburn University ). We're excited to welcome Kevin Durkee, Deputy Director & Principal Scientist at Aptima as a session speaker. This session will dive into the unique demands placed on electronics systems operating in contested, harsh, and constrained environments—from manufacturing and materials constraints to storage, platform integration, and power requirements. Discover how resilient hybrid electronics are shaping both defense and commercial applications. Our speakers will spotlight technology advances, integration challenges, and opportunities to accelerate the transition of innovative solutions into fieldable, manufacturable capabilities. Don’t miss this exclusive member-only session at TechBlick’s The Future of ELECTRONICS RESHAPED. Register today and be part of the conversation driving the next generation of electronics innovation! https://lnkd.in/gQKjBZzn #InnovationDay2026 #ResilientElectronics #HybridElectronics #Manufacturing #TechBlick #Defense #Harshenviornments #Technology

🎉 Member Milestone Spotlight: Celebrating 10 Years with The University of Texas at Austin We’re proud to celebrate the 10-year membership anniversary of the The University of Texas at Austin, a valued and longstanding member of the NextFlex community. Over the past decade, their engagement and technical contributions have helped advance hybrid electronics innovation across our ecosystem. Their impact is reflected through successful participation in NextFlex Project Calls, where they have completed collaborative R&D efforts that contribute to the advancement of next-generation manufacturing technologies. In addition, their team supports the broader community by serving as a Project Call reviewer, helping ensure the quality and impact of future initiatives. The University of Texas at Austin also brings strong technical leadership through active participation in several Technical Working Groups, including: 🔹 Human Monitoring Systems 🔹 Soft Robotics 🔹 Materials Beyond project and working group engagement, their team has been an active presence at NextFlex events—showcasing research, sharing insights, and strengthening connections across industry, academia, and government. Their decade-long commitment highlights the importance of collaboration in driving innovation forward and developing real-world applications for flexible hybrid electronics. Thank you to the The University of Texas at Austin for 10 years of #partnership, #leadership, and #dedication to advancing the future of U.S. #AdvancedManufacturing. We look forward to many more years of #innovation together! 👏 Wei Li Michael Cullinan Larry Dunn, Ph.D.

Join us on May 28 for a new NextFlex AI webinar with Benyamin Davaji (Northeastern University): Closing the Loop: AI‑Driven Predictive Modeling for Printed Electronics. Learn more and register for FREE here: https://lnkd.in/gkMX5ZCM Check out past webinars in NextFlex's AI series here: https://lnkd.in/ghdgEd6q Bio - Benyamin Davaji is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, where his research in the Autonomous Integrated MicroSystems (AIMS) laboratory centers on integrated microsystems for sensing and computation using mechanical waves. His work spans acoustic and ultrasound transducers, bio interfaces, and microcalorimetry, with a strong emphasis on data-guided nanofabrication, advanced semiconductor device manufacturing, and interdisciplinary approaches to microsystem design and manufacturing. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Marquette University in 2016 and completed a postdoctoral studies at Cornell University. #AI #ML #webinar #electronics #technology

🚨 Only 5 days left! 🚨 Early bird pricing for Innovation Day 2026 ends THIS WEEK on May 1! Secure your spot and be part of the conversation driving hybrid electronics forward. Register today here: https://lnkd.in/gyU4kfZR #InnovationDay2026 #HybridElectronics #manufacturing #technology

Introducing NextFlex's Exclusive Member Only Sessions at TechBlick's The Future of ELECTRONICS RESHAPED on June 10th! Session 4: Hybrid Electronics for Unmanned Systems: Enabling the Next Generation of Autonomous Platforms Session Chair: Benjamin Leever Air Force Research Laboratory As unmanned systems expand across air, land, sea, and multi-domain operations, advanced electronics are critical to enabling greater autonomy, sensing, communications, and mission endurance. This session will feature perspectives from government, industry, stakeholders on evolving operational needs and the role of hybrid electronics in supporting next-generation unmanned platforms. Speakers/panelists will discuss design challenges, manufacturing considerations, and collaboration opportunities that can accelerate the transition of innovative technologies into scalable capabilities for autonomous applications. Session 5: Resilient Electronics: Advancing Systems for Challenging Operational Environments Session Chair: Pradeep Lall Auburn University Operating in contested, harsh, and constrained environments places unique demands on electronics systems, from manufacturing and materials constraints in austere environments to storage, platform integration, and power requirements. This session will explore resilient hybrid electronics for both defense and commercial applications. Speakers will highlight technology advances, integration challenges, and opportunities to accelerate the transition of innovative solutions into fieldable, manufacturable capabilities To attend these sessions, you must be a NextFlex Member and registered to attend TechBlick's The Future of ELECTRONICS RESHAPED. NextFlex members get a 20% discount to attend TechBlick's event! Please contact us recieve the code. Register for TechBlick here: https://lnkd.in/gQKjBZzn #electronics #manufacturing #technology #hybridelectronics

Great to see #innovation in action! 🚀 NextFlex engineers Matthew Hung and Justus Maloto attended San José State University’s Research & Innovation Celebration during Research Week, recognizing the outstanding #research, #scholarship, and creative activity happening across campus.   The event featured the Research and Innovation Exchange Series (RIES), which highlighted campus-wide work through datablitz presentations and industry discussions—strengthening connections between faculty, students, and the broader community. 🤝💡   As Matthew Hung shared, “It was a well-attended event with strong industry representation. Justus and I had some great conversations around how NextFlex's fabrication capabilities and consortium model could be leveraged to support graduate and undergraduate student projects.”   Justus Maloto added, “The event offered an engaging and inspiring look into the depth and diversity of research at San Jose State. Presentations highlighted not only academic innovation but also the ways this work reaches beyond campus. As Matt said, a lot of great discourse on the implementations of NextFlex's resources in FHE manufacturing into these projects that have greater applications than I could have thought. Overall, the event emphasized the critical role that faculty and student research plays in driving real-world impact in the community.”   Events like these underscore the importance of #collaboration between #academia and #industry in advancing #innovation and preparing the #NextGeneration of talent. Jason Kim, PhD Sheryl Ehrman SJSU Research and Innovation

Introducing Innovation Day 2026 session chairs! What session are you most excited for? Comment below! Session 1: Innovation Built to Scale  Session Chair: Madhu Stemmermann SunRay Scientific Inc. •Hybrid electronics innovations are reshaping both commercial markets and defense capabilities. This session highlights breakthrough materials, additive manufacturing approaches, advanced packaging, and system integration technologies designed for dual-use impact. Speakers will explore how innovations are being architected from the outset to meet commercial scalability requirements while satisfying the performance, reliability, and security demands of mission-critical defense applications. Session 2: Delivering Impact Across Markets and Missions Session Chair: John D. Williams Boeing •Innovation achieves impact only when it reaches production and deployment. This session explores how hybrid electronics technologies transition into commercially viable products and mission-ready systems—highlighting strategies that align manufacturing scalability with defense reliability, security, and performance requirements. Session 3: AI/ML for Hybrid Electronics: From Design to Manufacturing Intelligence Session Chair: Mark D. Poliks Binghamton University •From materials discovery to system design and production optimization, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are reshaping the hybrid electronics development pipeline. This session will feature perspectives from AI/ML innovators, electronics design companies, and advanced manufacturing equipment providers on how these tools are enabling smarter design, optimized manufacturing, and more efficient process control. Speakers/panelists will highlight real-world applications, data challenges, and opportunities for collaboration across the industrial base to accelerate the transition of emerging hybrid electronics technologies. REGISTER TODAY HERE: https://lnkd.in/e_NPWtH3 #innovationday2026 #manufacturing #electronics #hybridelectronics #AI #ML #technology