The Alloy Optimization Software technology

CMI Highlight: The Alloy Optimization Software technology

CMI researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory conducted the research for this highlight.

Achievement
The Alloy Optimization Software (TAOS), a powerful software that transforms how new, complex alloys are designed, was named a 2026 R&D 100 Finalist. The user-friendly, commercialized tool developed at CMI Team member Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory enables computational design of optimal alloys in minutes to hours.

Significance and Impact
TAOS’s accessible GUI, potency to easily couple to proprietary databases and models, and compatibility with commodity computing hardware allows users to effectively design alloys suited to specific applications, without the need for high-performance computing and locked-in capabilities that constrain most comparable software.

Hub Target Addressed 
Developing and applying scientific tools to accelerate technology maturation.

composite image includes logo for TAOS, R&D 100 Finalist and a quick response code to the award-winning CMI technology
The Alloy Optimization Software (TAOS) graphical user interface (GUI) was named a Finalist in the prestigious international 2026 R&D 100 Awards program. TAOS is user-friendly and enables users, including non-experts, to readily define optimization problems and easily receive a narrowed set of optimized alloy results.