AIM Photonics Academy is the education, workforce development and roadmapping arm of AIM Photonics, one of 14 manufacturing innovation institutes launched as part of a federal initiative to revitalize American manufacturing. AIM Photonics Academy’s mission is to educate the current and future workforce in integrated photonics – technologies that will lead to the next generation of faster and more power-efficient chips. AIM Photonics Academy also leads the creation of a technology roadmap that will guide the $350 billion semiconductor industry in this new direction. The Academy’s ambition is enormous: to spearhead the educational initiatives for a new industry in the emerging and transformative field of integrated photonics, at every level of technical expertise that correlates with the needs of small businesses as well as large enterprises.