About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2026 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Artificial Intelligence Applications in Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (AI-ICME)
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| Presentation Title |
Toward an Interactive AI-Enabled Platform for Critical Materials Reduction: From Forecasting to Processing |
| Author(s) |
Georgia Leigh, Darian Smalley, Jonathan Galati, Emily F. Holcombe, Elaf A. Anber, Sebastian Lech, Brian DeCost, Howie Joress, Bruce Ravel, Anna Langham, Jason Hattrick-Simpers, Elizabeth Ann Pogue, Christopher Stiles, Nam Q. Le, Mitra L. Taheri |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Mitra L. Taheri |
| Abstract Scope |
Critical raw materials (CRMs) drive U.S. economy, national security, and technology, from high performance magnets and aerospace parts. Current alloy design-use oversimplifies metrics, relying too heavily on single benchmarks, such as the Hirschman Index. These metrics do little to inform materials discovery and processing. Here we present a multi-stream criticality assessment platform accounting for global sourcing, processing, national security, and economic indices. For specific use cases in magnetic electronics and structural alloys, we reveal the utility in our robust criticality assessment for a future of critically lean materials. By coupling the assessment with AI/ML methods for material discovery and closed loop, autonomous processing and characterization, we reveal a reduction in criticality through rare earth replacement and elemental reuse. Finally, we discuss our AI-enabled “dashboard” in the context of the growth of generative AI methods, as well as a benchmark of this system against simple economic analysis. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |