MSL

MSL provides analytical rigor by developing quantitative tools whenever possible to address direct manufacturing costs of each alternative and total lifecycle costs, and sustainability factors. Our focus is on developing tools useful at an early stage of product design. The function of these tools is to obtain early indications of competitiveness and areas in need of additional research and development. Using these tools, we can narrow the list of potential materials prior to making large investments in product design and manufacture. Our methodologies include technical cost modeling, lifecycle cost and emissions tracking, decision analysis techniques, systems dynamics modeling, and system cost modeling... The Materials Systems Laboratory is a research group at MIT that studies the strategic implications of materials and materials processing choices. MSL resides within the MIT School of Engineering, maintaining affiliations with a number of labs, centers and programs at the Institute..

Primary location: Cambridge United States