Newswise — June 13, 2012 – Warrendale, PA – The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) and Springer have launched Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation (IMMI)– a new open access journal supporting the society’s Materials Innovation @ TMS initiative and the Materials Genome Initiative. IMMI was developed to build a dynamic framework that supports the accelerated discovery, development, and application of materials, materials systems, and materials processes for practical use in manufacturing. As the flagship publication of the Materials Innovation @ TMS strategic initiative, IMMI is dedicated to the rapid and collaborative exchange of knowledge and learning through an open access platform and fast review and publication of accepted articles. The journal combines the peer review rigor of scholarly publications with enhanced digital content.
The journal’s content includes detailed case studies of endeavors to integrate experiments and modeling; introduction of novel experimental or computational techniques or data sets that enable bridging length or time domains; best practices in verification and validation of models, data curation, and standards and protocols for model integration and exchange of data; and in-depth descriptions of databases and database tools in the area of materials and manufacturing. The enhanced digital content of IMMI allows authors to publish the data files and models used in their article, providing a citable reference for these elements of their work and direct access to data for the community.
The first IMMI articles are available for download at www.immijournal.com: •Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation: A New Forum for the Exchange of Information to Integrate Materials, Manufacturing, and Design Engineering InnovationsCharles H. Ward, IMMI editor-in-chief
•Verification and Validation of ICME Methods and Models for Aerospace ApplicationsBradford Cowles, Dan Backman, and Rollie Dutton
Charles Ward, Ph.D., the journal’s first editor-in-chief, currently serves as Lead for Integrated Computational Materials Science and Engineering at the Air Force Research Laboratory's Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, and an Adjunct Professor of Materials Engineering at the University of Dayton. Ward received his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
“Our community has created a bold vision for the future of materials discovery, development, manufacture, and deployment through the Materials Genome Initiative and Integrated Computational Materials Engineering,” said Ward. “I see IMMI as critical to the creation of what’s being called the ‘materials innovation infrastructure’ because it establishes a forum where the materials community can exchange the new ideas and approaches needed to achieve this vision.”
The Materials Genome Initiative was announced by President Barack Obama in June 2011 to accelerate materials development and implementation. The U.S. government has budgeted $100 million for FY 2012 for the initiative, which will fund computational tools, software, new methods for materials characterization, and the establishment of open databases to speed production of advance materials.
Warren Hunt, TMS materials innovation director, noted that IMMI is a key component of the society’s initiative.
“As TMS seeks to support the materials and manufacturing community through our broad Materials Innovation @ TMS initiative, we see IMMI as a critical element to meet our mission of information dissemination,” Hunt said. “I’m particularly excited about the possibilities for open exchange across disciplines through innovative electronic platforms that the model for IMMI enables.”
For more information and to submit an article to IMMI, visit the website. (www.immijournal.com)
About TMSTMS is the professional organization encompassing the entire range of materials science and engineering, from minerals processing and primary metals production to basic research and the advanced applications of materials. Included among its professional and student members are metallurgical and materials engineers, scientists, researchers, educators, and administrators from more than 70 countries on six continents. For more information on TMS, visit our web site.For more information about the TMS Materials Innovation @TMS initiative, visit the web site.
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