Abstracts Book - IMRC 2018

• SF7-O017 Invited Talk
DATA-ENABLED DISCOVERY AND DESIGN OF ENERGY
MATERIALS (D3EM): STRUCTURE OF AN INTERDISCIPLINARY
MATERIALS DESIGN GRADUATE PROGRAM
Raymundo Arroyave 1 , Chi-Ning Chang 2 , Brandie Semma 3 , Marta Lynn Pardo 3 , Patrick
Shamberger 1 , Debra Fowler 3
1 Texas A&M University, Materials Science and Engineering, United States. 2 Texas A&M
University, Department of Educational Psychology, United States. 3 Texas A&M University,
Center for Teach Excellence, United States.
The Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) calls for the acceleration of the materials
development cycle through the integration of experiments and simulations
within a data-aware/enabling framework. To realize this vision, MGI recognizes
the need for the creation of a new kind of workforce capable of creating and/or
deploying advanced informatics tools and methods into the materials
discovery/development cycle. To meet this need, an interdisciplinary team at
Texas A&M University has developed an interdisciplinary program that indeed
goes beyond the prescriptions set forth by the MGI as it incorporates the
discipline of engineering systems design as an essential component of the new
accelerated materials development paradigm.
The Data-Enabled Discovery and Development of Energy Materials (D3EM)
program, funded by the NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) program out of the
Division of Graduate Education has enabled the creation of an interdisciplinary
graduate program at the intersection of materials science, informatics, and
design. The program consists of an interdisciplinary curriculum consisting of
cross-disciplinary components in the three fields of materials, informatics and
design, followed by an interdisciplinary integrative course that has, as its goal,
the solution of a real-world materials discovery/development problem
motivated by industry or national laboratories. In addition to the technical
component of the curriculum, the D3EM program includes a comprehensive
professional skill development syllabus that includes career path planning,
communication skills, collaboration, leadership as well as an intensive technical
writing program based on the POWER method pioneered by the College of
Education and Human Development of Texas A&M University.
The D3EM program was created a partnership between TAMUs Center for
Teaching Excellence and six departments across the Colleges of Science
(Chemistry and Physics) and Engineering (Mechanical Engineering, Chemical
Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering) and