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.
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Consensus
·2024
Semiconductor chips power practically all electronic devices, from cellphones and vehicles to communications and defense systems essential for national security. The Department of Defense (DoD) uses a wide range of semiconductors for mission systems such as radars, sensors, and high-power-density el...
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Recent Publications
Mid-Scale Manufacturing and Characterization Capacity for Department of Defense Critical Materials Supply Challenges, Part 2: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief
Workshop_in_brief
2025
Quadrennial Review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (2025): Securing U.S. Global Leadership Through Renewed and Expanded Infrastructure
Consensus
2025
Mid-Scale Manufacturing and Characterization Capacity for Department of Defense Critical Materials Supply Challenges, Part 1: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief
Workshop_in_brief
2025
Methods for Enhancing Additive Manufacturing Qualification and Certification for Defense Applications: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief
Workshop_in_brief
2025
Strategies to Enable Assured Access to Semiconductors for the Department of Defense
Consensus
2024
Statistical and Data-Driven Methods for Additive Manufacturing Qualification: Proceedings of a Workshop
Workshop
2024