“Accelerating Materials Solutions to Meet National and Global Challenges” Summary of the 2024 Workshop in Support of the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) 2021 Strategic Plan

The Materials Genome Initiative Subcommittee on Autonomous Materials Innovation Infrastructure (AMII) held a workshop in May 2024 with 80+ participants across academia, industry, and over 15 Federal Agencies for “Accelerating Materials Solutions to Meet National and Global Challenges,” in support of the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) 2021 Strategic Plan.<br/><br/>Over the first decade of the MGI, significant attention has been paid to the ever-increasing predictive power of materials models and their role in accelerating materials design. Now, profound changes are being realized to further accelerate materials experimentation (both synthesis and characterization) through human-enhanced artificial intelligence, integration of modeling & simulation, and application of robotics via autonomous experimentation.<br/><br/>Building on a series of prior federal government-sponsored workshops, this workshop focused on: The current infrastructure landscape for accelerated materials experimentation within the context of the broader Materials Innovation Infrastructure (MII), framing of National and Global Challenges, and identifying gaps in the AMII that must be filled to achieve the goals and targets.