%0 Book %A National Research Council %T Integrated Computational Materials Engineering: A Transformational Discipline for Improved Competitiveness and National Security %@ 978-0-309-11999-3 %D 2008 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12199/integrated-computational-materials-engineering-a-transformational-discipline-for-improved-competitiveness %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12199/integrated-computational-materials-engineering-a-transformational-discipline-for-improved-competitiveness %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Engineering and Technology %P 152 %R doi:10.17226/12199 %X Integrated computational materials engineering (ICME) is an emerging discipline that can accelerate materials development and unify design and manufacturing. Developing ICME is a grand challenge that could provide significant economic benefit. To help develop a strategy for development of this new technology area, DOE and DoD asked the NRC to explore its benefits and promises, including the benefits of a comprehensive ICME capability; to establish a strategy for development and maintenance of an ICME infrastructure, and to make recommendations about how best to meet these opportunities. This book provides a vision for ICME, a review of case studies and lessons learned, an analysis of technological barriers, and an evaluation of ways to overcome cultural and organizational challenges to develop the discipline.