ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) announces the publication of a new Technology Brief that explores how a hybrid human-AI workflow significantly reduced the R&D time for developing a specialized chemical adhesive.
An NCMS-sponsored research team built a machine learning (ML) model that, over a five-week period, supported the creation of several new high-performance adhesives capable of bonding plastic, steel, aluminum, and titanium.
Utilizing AI to generate new options for adhesive chemistry was viewed as a possible route to solving a long-standing problem: Titanium is historically one of the most difficult metals to bond with adhesives. The objective of this project was to create high-strength adhesives leveraging polyurethane and polyurea chemistry.
“Using AI to assist with taking complicated problems and quickly applying learned knowledge has vast implications that is only beginning to be realized,” the research team stated in their final report on the project. “The benefit of speeding up learning through AI applications would be felt in all industries across the globe and the potential impacts of this technology are almost infinite.”
For more information on this research, see the Technology Brief, titled “AI Workflows Significantly Reduce R&D Time for Innovations with Widespread Public Applications”: https://ncms.org/news/technology-brief/ai-workflows-reduce-rd-time/.
About NCMS
The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) is a cross-industry technology development consortium, dedicated to improving the competitiveness and strength of the US industrial base. NCMS leverages its network of industry, government, and academic partners to develop, demonstrate, and transition innovative technologies efficiently, with less risk and lower cost.
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