{"578211":{"#nid":"578211","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Cyber Forged","body":[{"value":"\u003Ch6\u003EMaterials \u0026mdash; natural substances altered by humans to meet specific needs \u0026mdash; are critical to technology. Today\u0026rsquo;s advanced materials make possible rocket engines, smartphones, medical machines, anti-pollution devices, and much more.\u003C\/h6\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETraditionally, materials have been developed slowly, by trial and error. Today, 21st century computational techniques, in tandem with cutting-edge experimentation capabilities, allow materials scientists and engineers to work at the atomic scale to design novel materials with increasing speed and effectiveness.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe result is that today\u0026rsquo;s cyber-enabled materials \u0026mdash; so-called because of the computer\u0026rsquo;s pivotal role in their creation \u0026mdash; are more likely to move from laboratory to industry in a few years rather than a decade or two. This increased efficiency is helping fulfill the goal of the Materials Genome Initiative, a 2013 White House program aimed at bolstering the economy by shortening development cycles.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Historically, it has taken 15 to 20 years to implement new materials into high-value products, which is simply far too long for industries to compete in the digital age, where design of new products occurs within months or a few years,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/mcdowell\u0022\u003EDave McDowell\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E, executive director of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/materials.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EInstitute for Materials\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (IMat). \u0026ldquo;Our goal is to dramatically accelerate that process.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMultiple teams of Georgia Tech researchers are utilizing cyber techniques to support accelerated materials design. Here are a few of the innovative efforts underway by research teams that include engineers, chemists, physicists, computer scientists, and others.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.rh.gatech.edu\/features\/cyber-forged\u0022\u003ERead the full story here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Computer technologies speed development of real-world materials"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAdvanced computer technologies speed development of real-world materials\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Advanced computer technologies speed development of real-world materials"}],"uid":"28159","created_gmt":"2016-09-16 11:15:53","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:22:37","author":"Kelly Smith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-09-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-09-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"578241":{"id":"578241","type":"image","title":"Rick Neu","body":null,"created":"1474040839","gmt_created":"2016-09-16 15:47:19","changed":"1475895388","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:56:28","alt":"Rick Neu","file":{"fid":"207290","name":"richard_neu_001.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/richard_neu_001.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/richard_neu_001.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":11855,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/richard_neu_001.jpg?itok=l91GAPZL"}}},"media_ids":["578241"],"groups":[{"id":"217141","name":"Georgia Tech Materials Institute"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"},{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERick Robinson, \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rick.robinson@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Erick.robinson@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rick.robinson@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}