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AI materials scientist

Tests material samples for tolerance under tension, compression, and shear. Determines ways to strengthen or combine materials for use in products.

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Materials scientist · What it does

Three tasks it takes off your hands

  1. Test material samples for tolerance under tension, compression, and shear.
  2. Determine ways to strengthen or combine materials for use in products.
  3. Test metals to determine conformance to specifications of mechanical strength.
Where these come from

The tasks of “Materials Scientists” (O*NET 19-2032.00), as O*NET lists them:

  • Test material samples for tolerance under tension, compression, and shear to determine the cause of metal failures.
  • Determine ways to strengthen or combine materials or develop new materials with new or specific properties for use in a variety of products and applications.
  • Test metals to determine conformance to specifications of mechanical strength, strength-weight ratio, ductility, magnetic and electrical properties, and resistance to abrasion, corrosion, heat, and cold.

Materials scientist · Tools and industries

It works in the tools you already use

  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Python
  • R
  • Hypertext markup language HTML

Industries it fits

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Role facts from O*NET 31.0 Database (U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), CC BY 4.0) and ANZSCO 2022 (Australian Bureau of Statistics, CC BY 4.0), written in our words. Sources and credits