Drawing on more than 150 years of materials science and process engineering knowledge, Corning creates and makes keystone components that enable high-technology systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control, telecommunications and life sciences.
The Manufacturing SystemsEngineering Group at America's National Institute for Standards andTechnology, which is led by Charles McLean, is working on things such as the best way to represent a human being.
"No real investments are going on, " said Brad Michelson, a vice president at Infinity SystemsEngineering, a Colorado Springs-based government contractor in engineering, intelligence and information technology.