Los Alamos continues to build upon the historical foundation developed during the Manhattan Project to provide world-changing science & technology solving the world’s greatest national security challenges. Materials Science is one of four foundational science pillars at Los Alamos and has a vision of controlled functionality through discovery and application of fundamental materials properties and materials synthesis and fabrication techniques, reaching from the molecular level, through nano- to microscopic scales, to bulk material. This requires innovative R&D at the boundaries of chemistry, physics, theory and materials science that translates fundamental discovery to materials production and integration. A key goal is to establish the ability to rapidly meet mission needs based on a thorough knowledge of materials properties and interactions in relation to composition, structure and scale. This requires a program of synthesis, fabrication, characterization, and theory and modeling across a wide range of materials relevant to current and anticipated missions of the Laboratory. Exciting areas where LANL is currently having impact on national security issues are in nano/biomaterials, nuclear energy materials, additive manufacturing and characterization of dynamic material processes. Lastly, Los Alamos is an exciting place to start and develop a career working on dynamic multi-disciplinary teams solving some of the world’s greatest national security challenges.
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