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Standing Committee

National Materials and Manufacturing Board

NMMB is responsible for the strategic planning, program development, and administrative oversight of studies and other activities that expand this existing body of work. Previous studies by NMMB and it's preceeding boards have covered a diversity of timely, consequential topics including global supply chains and national security, real-time detection of damage to materials in aerospace applications and of threat agents, integrated computational materials engineering, and management of existing U.S. materials resources.

In progress

Projects

Strategies to Enable Assured Access to Semiconductors for the Department of Defense

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

The Current Status and Future Direction of High Magnetic Field Science in the United States, Phase II

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Options for a National Plan for Smart Manufacturing

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Successes and Challenges in Biomanufacturing – A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

Autonomous Materials Science: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

Technology Developments to Advance Antarctic Research: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

Convergent Manufacturing Platform - A Future of Additive, Subtractive, and Transformative Manufacturing: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

Advising NSF on its Efforts to Achieve the Nation’s Vision for the Materials Genome Initiative (DMREF)

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

High Temperature Materials Systems, Emerging Applications, Materials and Science Gaps: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

Strengthening the Talent for National Defense: Infusing Advanced Manufacturing in Engineering Education

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Logistics and Manufacturing Under Attack: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

Commercial Aviation Supply Chain Resilience: Meeting of Experts

Meeting of Experts

Completed

Materials Science and Engineering in a Post-Pandemic World: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

DOD Engagement with Its Manufacturing USA MIIs Phase 2 Study

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

A Third DMMI Workshop Series: Workshop on Topology Optimization in Design: Exploiting Advanced Manufacturing

Workshop

Completed
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