The Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory is organized in five divisions - Intelligent Systems, Manufacturing Metrology, Manufacturing Systems Integration, Precision Engineering, and Fabrication Technology. This book assesses the first four divisions.

The processes and techniques of manufacturing have changed substantially over the decades and that evolution continues today. In order to examine the potential impacts of these changes, the Department of…

Additive manufacturing has the potential to positively affect human spaceflight operations by enabling the in-orbit manufacture of replacement parts and tools, which could reduce existing logistics requirements for the International…

Presents a general assessment of the Lab, followed by assessments of its facilities and personnel, its role as a user facility, and its science and technology. This book notes that…

[This book] identifies grand challenges for the corrosion research community, highlights research opportunities in corrosion science and engineering, and posits a national strategy for corrosion research. It is a logical…

For many years, the NASA microgravity program has used space as a tool to study fundamental flow phenomena that are important to fields ranging from combustion science to biotechnology. This…

From the interior of the Sun, to the upper atmosphere and near-space environment of Earth, and outward to a region far beyond Pluto where the Sun’s influence wanes, advances during…

The Committee on the Future of Supercomputing was tasked to assess prospects for supercomputing technology research and development in support of US needs, to examine key elements of context and…