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The Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design (BMED) is a part of the National Research Council's (NRC) Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences (DEPS). BMED provides guidance, primarily to the Federal Government, on technical issues in engineering design and manufacturing with implications for national policy. At the request of government agencies, which provide funding through contracts or grants, BMED conducts studies of specific manufacturing issues; interactions between design, engineering, and manufacturing; and the significance of manufacturing activities for the nation.