Syllabus
Unit 1
Introduction to material science – structure, properties, and process spaces – process-structure-property linkages – foundation of material informatics – introduction to molecular mechanism and force field – quantification of dynamics properties of polymers (monte carlo simulation, molecular dynamics simulation, normal mode analysis) – electronics structure of atoms (Gaussian, Gauss view, density functional theory)
Unit 2
Quantification and screening of materials properties – property prediction and optimization using AI – materials design and discovery using AI – how to handle small, spared, and low-quality dataset using AI
Unit 3
Materials failure and sustainability analysis – new material and inverse materials design concept – solve inverse design using AI – enhance speed, efficacy and cost-effectiveness of material using AI – basic concept of quantum computing in material informatics.
Unit 4
Case studies of materials informatics (use of AI) in different fields (e.g. energy, aerospace, biomedical, etc.) – ethical considerations and limitations of materials informatics – future directions and challenges in materials informatics.
Objectives and Outcomes
Course Objectives
- Provide a fundamental understanding of the field of material science and informatics, material properties.
- Explore the cutting-edge of modern material informatics tools, including machine learning, data analysis and visualization, and molecular/multiscale modelling.
- Learn how to work with small, spare, and low-quality dataset.
- Analysis material failure and sustainability
- Develop AI-based computational model to design new materials with specific properties.
Course Outcomes
After completing this course, students will be able to
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Text Books / References
Text Books / References
“Material Informatics: Methods, Tools and Applications” by Olexandr Isayev, Alexander Tropsha and Stefano.
“Informatics for Materials Science and Engineering” by Krishna Rajan
“Machine Learning in Materials Informatics: Methods and Applications by Yuling An