About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2027 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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AI/ML/Data Informatics for Materials Discovery: Bridging Experiment, Theory, and Modeling
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| Presentation Title |
Agentic Lifestyles in the Era of AI: Research Workflows and Insights from the Vertical Cloud Lab @ BYU |
| Author(s) |
Sterling G. Baird, Xavier Zaitzeff, Gage Erickson, Ronnie Guymon, Carl Robison, Sam Charles, William Mulberry, Luke Winters, Marcus Madsen, Audrey Christiansen, Jinkwan Han, Jeff Hill, Seth Leavitt, Timothy Commins, Benjamin Whitney, Finn Albiston, Devora Najjar, Philip Lampkin, Kevin Maik Jablonka |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Sterling G. Baird |
| Abstract Scope |
Agents and LLMs are reshaping research workflows, whether for literature search, topic exploration, teaching, learning, code development, manuscript and proposal writing, administrative work, control of robotic systems, and direct usage within materials optimization campaigns. We highlight our lab's use of these tools in four materials research applications: (1) a self-driving lab for critical-mineral-lean, 3D-printable metal alloy powder for aerospace, (2) generative systems prototyping for a low-cost, high-performance powder multi-dosing system, (3) a self-driving lab for mechanical performance optimization of tensegrity-inspired, multi-material structures for planetary landers, and (4) a self-driving lab for studying precipitate-formation reactions on inner walls of oil pipelines. Our workflows are tightly integrated with GitHub, leveraging GitHub Copilot and Claude Code GitHub Actions using frontier models, with issues and pull requests triggering parallelized multi-agent workflows. As agentic lifestyles normalize in science, we are excited to share our successes and challenges in accelerating materials discovery and commercialization. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Additive Manufacturing, Powder Materials, Machine Learning |