/ Fabrics Content for swagÍâÁ÷ en /news/uc-davis-included-national-partnership-accelerate-innovation-fibers-and-textiles <p>The University of California, Davis, is a partner in a new federally funded&nbsp;Manufacturing Innovation Institute,&nbsp;Advanced Functional Fibers of America,&nbsp;designed to accelerate innovation in high-tech, U.S.-based manufacturing involving fibers and textiles.</p> <p>The proposal for the institute was led by Professor Yoel Fink, director of the&nbsp;Research Laboratory of Electronics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The partnership includes 31 universities, 16 industry members, 72 manufacturing entities, and 26 startup incubators, spread across 28 states.</p> April 01, 2016 - 10:15am Andy Fell /news/uc-davis-included-national-partnership-accelerate-innovation-fibers-and-textiles