Mar. 26, 2024 In mid-February, we announced our plans for the 2024 CMI2 Adaptive Experimentation Facility (AEF) High School Summer Internship opportunities. These full-time opportunities begin in late May and go through early August in Clay County. The application deadline is five days away on March 31, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. The available positions for […]
On March 11, Randy Emert, Marne Innovation Center Manager (a Civil-Military Innovation Institute (CMI2) DIRT lab), co-presented the paper “Accelerating Army Tactical Innovation: A Five-way University-Military-Government-Nonprofit Collaboration to Speed Soldier-Ideated Technology Development” at the 2024 American Society for Engineering Education Southeastern Section Conference at Kennesaw State University. Randy presented with one of his co-authors, Dr. Matthew Traum, from the University of […]
The Mobile Immediate-Need Engineering Resource, or MINER, was featured as a TECHTALK Pop-Up during South by Southwest 2024 activities at the DoDxTech events at the 800 Congress venue in Austin, TX. The MINER, a testament to the collaboration between the U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory and the Civil-Military Innovation Institute (CMI2), is a mobile […]
Mar. 11, 2024 Last week, CMI2 finalized the acquisition of more than 200 acres in the Lizemores, WV, area for the permanent location of our Adaptive Experimentation Facility (AEF). The property, including a former apple orchard and processing plant facility, was purchased from Betty and Frank Murphy, of Clay, WV. As soon […]
Feb. 26, 2024 The successes of CMI2’s Adaptive Experimentation Facility in 2023 are undeniable, and we believe our people make us different. Among those who made a difference at the Clay County facility are those who participated in the Career Connections program. In 2023, the CMI2 Adaptive Experimentation Facility hired our inaugural class of interns […]
On Feb. 23, 2024, the Workforce Development Board Mid-Ohio Valley featured CMI2 in episode 46 of its Workforce Unhinged podcast. The podcast focused on the partnership between CMI2 and Career Connections, including interviews with Adam Landers, AEF Operations Manager, and site specialists Joshua Walker and Elijah Morton. Career Connections is an employment and training program […]
Feb. 20, 2024 We are pleased to announce the 2024 CMI2 Adaptive Experimentation Facility (AEF) High School Summer Internship opportunities. These full-time opportunities begin in late May and go through early August in Clay County. CMI2’s work focuses on supporting our nation’s warfighters as an integral part of our “Innovation in the Dirt” philosophy, including […]