Materials Genome Initiative | NIST

The missions of the Materials Genome Initiative and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are tightly aligned. NIST promotes U.S. innovation ... Skiptomaincontent Officialwebsitesuse.gov A.govwebsitebelongstoanofficialgovernmentorganizationintheUnitedStates. Secure.govwebsitesuseHTTPS Alock( Lock Alockedpadlock )orhttps://meansyou’vesafelyconnectedtothe.govwebsite.Sharesensitiveinformationonlyonofficial,securewebsites. https://www.nist.gov/mgi MaterialsGenomeInitiative NISTpromotesU.S.innovationandindustrialcompetitivenessbyadvancingmeasurementscience,standards,andtechnologyinwaysthatenhanceeconomicsecurityandimproveourqualityoflife. AboutMGI MGIImpactStories MGIprojectcategories ExpandorCollapse CHiMaDPages DataandModelDissemination Facilities HighThroughputMaterialsScience MachineLearning/A.I. MarkupToolsandWorkflow SoftwareTools UQ KeyReports CHiMaDResources MaterialsDataResources MaterialsModelingSoftwareandTools MaterialsbyDesign ResonantCriticalDimensionSmallAngleX-rayScattering(res-CDSAXS) NISTPhase-baseDataRepository MaterialsbyDesign theMaterialsGenomeInitiativeatNIST The2021MGIStrategicPlan TheMaterialsGenomeInitiativemarksitsfirstdecadewithanewstrategicplan. Read thesummary,orget thefullreport (PDF).  ThemissionsoftheMaterialsGenomeInitiativeandNationalInstituteofStandardsandTechnology(NIST)aretightlyaligned.NISTpromotesU.S.innovationandindustrialcompetitivenessbyadvancingmeasurementscience,standards,andtechnologyinwaysthatenhanceeconomicsecurityandimproveourqualityoflife.MGIaddressespreciselythesemissionelementsbyprovidingthemeanstoreducethecostanddevelopmenttimeofmaterialsdiscovery,optimization,anddeployment.Bothmissionsaredrivenbyindustrialcompetitiveness,withthecreationofaninnovationinfrastructureasthemeanstothisend. GivenNISTexpertiseintheintegration,curation,andprovisioningofcriticallyevaluateddataandmodels,NISThasassumedaleadershiprolewithintheMGI.InordertofosterwidespreadadoptionoftheMGIparadigmbothacrossandwithinmaterialsdevelopmentecosystems,NISTisestablishingessentialdataexchangeprotocolsandthemeanstoensurethequalityofmaterialsdataandmodels.Theseeffortswillyieldthenewmethods,metrologies,andcapabilitiesnecessaryforacceleratedmaterialsdevelopment. NISTisworkingwithstakeholdersinindustry,academia,andgovernmenttodevelopthestandards,toolsandtechniquesenablingacquisition,representation,anddiscoveryofmaterialsdata;interoperabilityofcomputersimulationsofmaterialsphenomenaacrossmultiplelengthandtimescales;andthequalityassessmentofmaterialsdata,models,andsimulations. Internally,NISTisconductingseveralpath-finderprojectstoenableintegrationofkeyaspectsofthematerialsinnovationinfrastructure,exposechallengesintheconstructionofthisinfrastructure,andtoserveasexemplarsforthebroaderMGIeffort.Thisincludespilotprojectstodevelopsuperalloysandadvancedcomposites,bothnew,energyefficientmaterialsfortransportationapplications.TheseactivitiesarecoordinatedbytheNISTMaterialMeasurementLaboratory,inpartnershipwiththeNISTInformationTechnologyLaboratory,andwithbroadparticipationacrosstheinstitute. Insummary,NISTisestablishing(1)theessentialmaterialsdataandmodelexchangeprotocolsandthe(2)meanstoensurethequalityofmaterialsdataandmodels,ultimately(3)establishingnewmethods,metrologies,andcapabilitiesnecessaryforacceleratedmaterialsdevelopment.Additionally,thoughitseffortsto(4)integratetheseactivities,NISTisworkingtotestanddisseminateitsdevelopedinfrastructureandbestpracticestoitsstakeholders. ProjectsandPrograms Micromagneticsconcernsthepatternsofmagnetizationthatariseinmaterialsonthescaleofnanometers.Understandingthesestructuresiskeytotechnologies TheASMStructuralMaterialsDataDemonstrationProjectSMDDP)isacooperativeresearchprojectwiththeNISTMaterialsMeasurementLaboratory(MML)thatis ThisprojectaddressesthedevelopmentofmethodsforuncertaintyquantificationforCALPHADdescriptions. Awards ForoutstandinginitiativeindevelopinganddeployinganewcomputationalcapabilityinsupportofNISTinitiativesinbigdataandAI. Fordesigninganddeployinganovelstandards-basedsystemthatpreservesNISTresearchdataforworldwideaccessandreusenowandinthefarfuture. AASFellowsarerecognizedfortheircontributionstowardtheAASmissionofenhancingandsharinghumanity'sscientificunderstandingof Forsignificantlyimprovingthepublic'sabilitytofind,accessanduseNISTdata. MaterialResourceCenters CenterforHierarchicalMaterialsDesign CenterforNanoscaleScienceandTechnology CenterforNeutronResearch CenterforTheoreticalandComputationalMaterialsScience MassSpectrometryDataCenter OnlineTools MaterialsResourceRegistry MaterialsResourceRegistry Thissystemallowsfortheregistrationofmaterialsresources,bridgingthegapbetweenexistingresourcesandtheendusers. DataRepositoriesandLists Repositories establishessentialdataexchangeprotocolsandmechanismsforwidespreadadoptiontoensurequalitymaterialsdataandmodelsandtofosterdatasharingandreuse. NISTStandardReferenceMaterials WebSite NISTCalibrations WebSite AListofDatabases: NISTDataGateway provideseasyaccesstoNISTscientificandtechnicaldata. NISTStandardReferenceData providesaserialofcriticalevaluatedscientificandtechnicaldata. NISTX-rayPhotoelectronSpectroscopyDatabase providescriticalevaluatedXPSdata