DARPA (DSO): Multiobjective Engineering and Testing of ALloy Structures (METALS)

METALS aims to enable continuum material structures by leveraging recent advances in material testing and materials informatics. 

METALS aims to demonstrate rapid acquisition of design-relevant properties through the combination of novel specimen designs, state-of-the-art full-field characterization techniques, and inverse analysis. In parallel, METALS will explore fundamentally new design optimization methods that include material explicitly.

The  program comprises two Focus Areas (FAs):

FA1 - New material test capabilities

FA2 - Novel material-integrated design optimization techniques. 

Funding: No fixed limit 

Duration: 4 years

Research Authority due date: 2.4.23

Abstract (strongly encouraged) due date: 14.4.23

Full proposal due date: 9.6.23