Partnerships and collaboration drive innovative graduate training in materials informatics

Sci Adv. 2024 May 3;10(18):eadp7446. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adp7446. Epub 2024 May 1.

Angela M Slates^{1

2}, Shana L McAlexander³, Jennifer Nolan⁴, Juan de Pablo^{4

5}, Junhong Chen^{4

6}, Harley T Johnson^{2

7}, L Catherine Brinson³

¹ National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
² Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
³ Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Edmund T. Pratt Jr. School of Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
⁴ Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
⁵ Materials Science Division, Physical Sciences and Engineering Directorate, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL 60439, USA.
⁶ Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Physical Sciences and Engineering Directorate, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL 60439, USA.
⁷ Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.

Abstract

Holistic and intentional training prepares next-generation materials informatics leaders and workforce for expedited materials discovery and design.