| Abstract Scope |
Process and performance modeling are essential tools for accelerating materials manufacturing, qualification, and deployment. The validation of these tools is often limited by the lack of ground-truth experimental data needed to anchor them. Modern x-ray synchrotron sources provide a unique opportunity to generate high-throughput, high-fidelity measurements that enable validation of process-structure-property-performance relationships across relevant length and time scales. Simultaneously, the materials community faces a critical need to mature advanced characterization techniques through robust workflows, uncertainty quantification, and standardized analysis approaches. This work highlights CM4QC-focused developments at Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source, including component-scale studies, in-operando process simulations, and autonomous experimentation workflows. We also present the multi-funding partner structural materials program at CHESS and its mission-driven framework, which creates unique opportunities not only for advancing synchrotron experimental technique development, but also for developing the reproducibility, standards, uncertainty-aware workflows, and industrial accessibility needed to transition advanced characterization toward broader engineering adoption. |