• Materials Cyberinfrastructure Portal: An online reference desk providing access to materials databases, repositories of computational tools and experiments, and collaborative online environments for user interactions.
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• News and Updates on Important Initiatives: The site currently features a section on the Materials Genome Initiative, announced by President Barack Obama on June 24, 2011. Ongoing development of the site is intended to make it a destination for information on new and evolving efforts supporting advancement of ICME, as well as other materials and manufacturing innovation concepts.

The rapid growth of three dimensional characterization, quantitative analysis, and modeling of materials over the past decade has spawned the first International Conference on 3D Materials Science, set for July 8-12, 2012 in Seven Springs, Pennsylvania.

Abstracts submissions are sought through November 15, 2011, on the following the themes:

• Digital Representation of 3D Microstructures
• Microstructure Property Relationships in 3D
• Image Processing of 2D and 3D Microstructural Data
• 3D Interfaces and Microstructural Evolution
• Experimental Techniques for 3D Data Acquisition
• Storing and Sharing 3D Data
• Future Directions & Challenges for 3D Materials Science

This first-ever conference is sponsored TMS and organized by Alexis Lewis, of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, on behalf of the Advanced Characterization, Testing, snd Simulation Committee.

To submit an abstract or for more information on emerging details, vist the web site. ...