Focus area Advanced materials, design and manufacturing
Laying a foundation for the future
Creating the products and equipment of tomorrow requires innovations in the very materials from which they will be made, as well as transformational advances in new design and manufacturing approaches that are enabled by these materials. Digital manufacturing has the capacity to transform the workflow from material design to product, and we work at the frontier to shape this transformation.
We’re engineering the future through:
- Breakthroughs in emerging materials to enable next-generation devices
- New design and manufacturing approaches that use these new materials
- Accelerating production and enhancing the economic value of these material developments
- Identifying and rolling out new application domains enabled by these advances
What we are specifically focusing on
Production systems and analysis
- Advanced manufacturing and industrial AI (industrial and systems engineering)
Soft-materials and process modeling
- Biomaterials and tissue engineering (biomedical engineering)
- Mechanics (mechanical engineering)
- Soft and hybrid materials (materials science and engineering)
- Advanced Manufacturing (mechanical engineering)
Additive manufacturing and design
- Advanced manufacturing and industrial AI (industrial and systems engineering)
- Advanced Manufacturing (mechanical engineering)
- Computational engineering and design (mechanical engineering)
Smart and precision manufacturing
- Computational materials and informatics (materials science and engineering)
- Manufacturing (mechanical engineering)
Optics and photonics
- Biomedical imaging and optics (biomedical engineering)
- Optics and photonics (electrical and computer engineering)
Plasma science and technology
- Applied electromagnetics, acoustics, and plasmas (electrical and computer engineering)
- Experimental plasma physics (nuclear engineering and engineering physics)
Solid-state electronics and quantum technologies
- Solid-state electronics and quantum technologies (electrical and computer engineering)
- Electronic and quantum materials (materials science and engineering)
Novel materials with extreme and unique properties
- Materials, polymers and transport processes (chemical and biological engineering)
- Mechanics (mechanical engineering)
- Nuclear and fusion materials (nuclear engineering and engineering physics)
Material characterization and modification for extreme environments
- Construction Engineering, Materials & management (civil and environmental engineering)
- Materials for extreme environments and advanced manufacturing (materials science and engineering)
Engineering research news
We are known for world-changing discoveries, and we collaborate with each other, with colleagues across the globe, and with industry and government partners to develop solutions to the challenging problems not only of today, but of the future. Dig into our latest research news and endeavors!
