Crain's Chicago Business (Feb. 3) -- Everyone from Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to President Barack Obama is counting on Caralynn Nowinski, chief operating officer of UI Labs, to show that an industry often identified more for outsourcing and lower wages can revitalize itself through the lab's innovative projects. On Feb. 23, UI Labs struck it rich, winning a $70 million grant from the Pentagon in a national bid for a digital manufacturing institute. The federal funds were matched by $250 million from private industry and state and city government.