Activities

Explore WIN-AIM events and research projects connecting artificial intelligence and materials science.

Upcoming events · Research projects · Past workshops

Upcoming events

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Wisconsin Workshop on Agentic AI for (Materials) Science

WIN-AIM W2A2IS (WAIS)

Monday, December 7th, 9-1:30 on UW Madison Campus.

AI-connected materials manufacturing and inspection with a metal microstructure inset.

AI and Materials in Industry (AIMI) Lectures

Coming soon — dates to be announced.

Research projects

Robot doing lab work.

FORGE-SDL

WIN-AIM Flexible Orchestration of Robotics, Guidance, and Experiments for Self-Driving Laboratories

Project start date: September 1, 2026

Developing adaptable robots for autonomous science, with an initial focus on materials processing.

Lead investigators: Josiah Hanna (Computer Sciences), Hyunseok Oh (Materials Science and Engineering), and Sebastian Kube (Materials Science and Engineering).

Past workshops

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WIN-AIM AI for Autonomous Materials Science and Engineering

April 8, 2026

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Molten salt applications around a big molten salt vat.

Universal Machine Learning Interatomic Potentials for Molten Salts (U-Salt)

April 2, 2026

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WIN-AIM Connect and Create Workshop

January 13, 2026

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