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The Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) of NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement is partnering with the agency’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate to provide students at minority-serving institutions the education and experience needed to help address manufacturing needs in the U.S. aerospace sector.

The MUREP Aerospace High-Volume Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management Cooperative will provide almost $1.5 million to fund curriculum-based learning, research, training, internships, and apprenticeships at three institutions to meet the growing demand for expertise and techniques in high-volume aerospace manufacturing.

During the next two years, these institutions will develop innovative opportunities for students to learn about designing and building aerospace parts using high-volume manufacturing practices, as well as supply chain management of those parts.

The selected institutions and their proposals are:

Tuskegee University (TU), Alabama

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University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)

Southwest Alliance for Aerospace and Defense Manufacturing and Talent Development

Virginia State University (VSU), Petersburg

Donor Materials Enabled High-Volume Friction Welding of Blisks

To find out more about the selected proposals, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-minority-serving-institutions-to-advance-aerospace-manufacturing.