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ManufacturingMaterials Optimization

Optimizing the use of materials in manufacturing depends on the ability to control materials properties, improve process efficiency, and increase the use of more cost-effective alternative feedstocks without sacrificing desired materials performance. By developing and implementing tools, technologies, and methods that facilitate more precise control of materials manufacturing, manufacturers can process secondary feedstocks at cost and energy parity with primary feedstocks and

improve manufacturing yields for primary feedstocks, thereby decreasing the embodied energy in materials manufacturing. To realize these benefits, the REMADE Manufacturing Materials Optimization Node focuses on advancing technologies and processes to increase the use of secondary feedstocks and decrease the consumption of primary feedstocks by reusing scrap materials and reducing in-process losses in manufacturing.

ENGINEERING

Chemical Engineers (17-2041)

Materials Engineers (17-2131)

Petroleum Engineers (17-2171)

Chemists (19-2031)

Materials Scientists (19-2032)

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, including Health (19-2041)

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