Author: National Materials and Manufacturing Board

On November 19, 2001 the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was created as a separate entity within the U.S. Department of Transportation...

Armor plays a significant role in the protection of warriors. During the course of history, the introduction of new materials and improvements in t...

Big Data in Materials Research and Development is the summary of a workshop convened by the National Research Council Standing Committee on Defense...

Despite the increase in funding for research and the rising numbers of peer-reviewed publications over the past decade that address the environment...

In September 2015, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a two-day workshop on evolving paradigms for design and m...

In August 2014, the committee on Defense Materials Manufacturing and Infrastructure convened a workshop to discuss issues related to applying mater...

Passenger screening at commercial airports in the United States has gone through significant changes since the events of September 11, 2001. In res...

The National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) is a multiagency, multidisciplinary federal initiative comprising a collection of research programs an...

Spacecraft depend on electronic components that must perform reliably over missions measured in years and decades. Space radiation is a primary sou...

Nanotechnology has become one of the defining ideas in global R&D over the past decade. In 2001 the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) wa...

Steel is a common component of U.S. infrastructure, but that steel can corrode when buried in soil, rock, or fill. Steel corrosion is estimated to ...

Global advances in medicine, food, water, energy, microelectronics, communications, defense, and other important sectors of the economy are increas...

Nanoscale science, engineering, and technology, often referred to simply as nanotechnology, is the understanding, characterization, and control of ...

The future security, economic growth, and competitiveness of the United States depend on its capacity to innovate. Major sources of innovative capa...

Additive manufacturing (AM) is the process in which a three-dimensional object is built by adding subsequent layers of materials. AM enables novel ...

Topology optimization is a digital method for designing objects in order to achieve the best structural performance, sometimes in combination with ...

Vehicle weight reduction is an effective strategy for reducing fuel consumption in civilian vehicles. For combat vehicles, it presents not only an ...

To better support the need for timely, effective manufacturing technology development and transition, the Department of Defense (DoD) has establish...

A convergent manufacturing platform is defined as a system that synergistically combines heterogeneous materials and processes (e.g., additive, sub...

To effectively mature and transition DoD manufacturing science and technology advances into production, DoD must have access to a robust and respon...

Emerging economies, social and political transitions, and new ways of doing business are changing the world dramatically. To be the leader in this ...

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Manufacturing USA Institutes aim to protect national security and increase U.S. competitiveness in manufacturi...

The Standing Committee on Defense Materials Manufacturing and Infrastructure (the DMMI standing committee) of the National Materials and Manufactur...

The ongoing development of military aerospace platforms requires continuous technology advances in order to provide the nation's war fighters with ...

The Planning Committee on Connector Reliability for Offshore Oil and Natural Gas Operations held the Workshop on Bolting Reliability for Offshore O...

Recent advancements in quantum-enabled systems present a variety of new opportunities and challenges. These technologies are important developments...

The nanotechnology sector, which generated about $225 billion in product sales in 2009, is predicted to expand rapidly over the next decade with th...

Modern materials science builds on knowledge from physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, computer and data science, and engineering sciences to ...

The Transportation Security Administration requested a study by the National Research Council (NRC) to establish the Committee on Airport Passenger...

Emerging techniques in data analytics, including machine learning and artificial intelligence, offer exciting opportunities for advancing scientifi...

Advances in materials science and engineering play a crucial role in supporting the U.S. economy and national security. To maintain its leading edg...

The Defense Materials Manufacturing and Infrastructure standing and planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medi...

Commercially significant amounts of crude oil and natural gas lie under the continental shelf of the United States. Advances in locating deposits, ...

High-entropy materials, ultra-strong molecules, and nanoelectronics have become a focus of active research because of their unique potential and ap...

Additive manufacturing has the potential to positively affect human spaceflight operations by enabling the in-orbit manufacture of replacement part...