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James A. Warren (Fed)

Current Foci:

Since 2010,  I have been focusing my energies on the US Materials Genome Initiative, a multi-agency initiative designed to create a new era of policy, resources, and infrastructure that support U.S. institutions in the effort to discover, manufacture, and deploy advanced materials twice as fast, at a fraction of the cost. More information about the MGI can be found at the MGI home page.  In my role as Director of the NIST Materials Genome Program, I am working with a government-wide team to build out the materials innovation infrastructure needed to realize the goals of the initiative.  NIST, in particular, has an outsize role to play in achieving those goals.  More information about the NIST effort in support of the MGI can be found at the NIST MGI home page

Research Interests:
My research is broadly concerned with developing both models of materials phenomena, and the tools to enable the solution of these models. Specific foci include solidification, pattern formation, grain structures, wetting, diffusion, and spreading in metals.

I have been employed at NIST since 1992,  in the Metallurgy Division and its successor the Materials Science and Engineering Division, within the Material Measurement Laboratory. I am also one of the co-founders, and the current Director, of the NIST Center for Theoretical and Computational Materials Science.

For a discussion of the the multitude of phase field modeling projects I have been involved in, as well as work by others in the CTCMS on this interesting topic.  Another great resource on Phase Field Modeling can be found on the NIST Center of Excellence, the Center for Hierarchical Materials Design, phase field modeling benchmarks page.

 

Publications

American Competitiveness Of a More Productive Emerging Tech Economy Act (The American COMPETE Act)

Author(s)
Commerce Secretary, Kevin A. Kimball, Matthew Hoehler, Anne Lane, Elham Tabassi, Connie LaSalle, Mark VanLandingham, James A. Warren, Naomi Lefkovitz, Nada T. Golmie, Chris Greer, Matthew Scholl, Dylan Yaga, Andrew C. Wilson, Kevin Stine, Karen Reczek, Institute for Defense Analyses Science and Technology Policy Institute (IDA STPI), Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C), Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Under DIVISION FF, Title XV, §1501 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (Public Law 116-260)—the "American Competitiveness Of a More Productive

AI for Materials

Author(s)
Debra Audus, Kamal Choudhary, Brian DeCost, A. Gilad Kusne, Francesca Tavazza, James A. Warren
The application of artificial intelligence (AI) methods to materials re- search and development (MR&D) is poised to radically reshape how materials are

The Strategy for American Leadership in High-Consequence Additive Manufacturing

Author(s)
Mark Benedict, Shawn P. Moylan, Souhail Al-Abed, Cindy Ashforth, Y. Kevin Chou, Matthew Di Prima, Alaa Elwany, Michael Gorelik, Astrid Lewis, Todd Luxton, Blake Marshall, William Mullins, Linda Sapochak, Richard Russell, James A. Warren, Douglas Wells
Over the past decade, a consistent theme in enhancing U.S. global competitiveness has been the need for U.S. leadership in critical advanced manufacturing
Created October 9, 2019, Updated December 8, 2022