Driving U.S. Innovation in Materials and Manufacturing using AI and Autonomous Labs

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August 14, 2024

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Howie Joress, Zachary Trautt, Austin McDannald, Brian DeCost, A. Gilad Kusne, Francesca Tavazza

Abstract

With the goal of advancing US competitiveness and excellence in the materials and manufacturing industries, we present our vision for the National Center for Autonomous Materials Science. The objective of this center is to enable and promote the use of autonomous methodologies for materials science in industrial applications. Virtually every industry is defined and limited by the materials and processing available to it. The foundation of material science is to elucidate and exploit the relationships between structure, processing, and properties within materials which affect its ultimate performance. Using traditional research approaches this is typically a lengthy, costly, and complex process. New paradigms of conducting research, leveraging cutting edge AI and automation technology, are being developed that can address grand challenges in materials research and development that are otherwise intractable. These new research paradigms additionally accelerate the acquisition of knowledge and understanding of critical materials problems. Unfortunately, most industrial R\&D as well as some academic research does not take full advantage of these new research paradigms. The U.S. needs to foster the adoption of these new research paradigms as a national effort in order to accelerate and maintain global technological leadership. Our vision is for the US to support an initiative that would facilitate the industry-wide adoption of these new materials science research paradigms.

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Special Publication (NIST SP) - NIST SP 1320

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NIST SP 1320

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Special Publication (NIST SP)

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NIST Pubs

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.1320

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Joress, H. , Trautt, Z. , McDannald, A. , DeCost, B. , Kusne, A. and Tavazza, F. (2024), Driving U.S. Innovation in Materials and Manufacturing using AI and Autonomous Labs, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.1320, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=958246 (Accessed October 10, 2024)