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LIFT Announces Advancing ICME for U.S. Casting & Forging Industries Project Call

LIFT, the Department of War-supported national advanced materials and manufacturing innovation institute, has officially announced the Advancing ICME for U.S. Casting & Forging Industries Project Call.

LIFT is seeking innovative solutions from industry and academia to advance the state of Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) for...

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Advancing ICME for U.S. Casting & Forging Industries

LIFT is seeking innovative approaches from industry and academia to advance the current state of Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) for the domestic casting and forging industries to address key areas and challenges identified in the road map and transition solutions developed back to the defense industrial base for broader...