Education dimensions of MGI: a question of multidisciplinarity, purpose, and equality

Abstract

This paper identifies the challenges associated with coordinating the development of new research methodologies and an accelerated pace of new discoveries in materials science with slower-evolving textbooks and curricula. The target audience is the undergraduate to post-graduate educational community, but implications for the K-12 pipeline are also considered. This paper proposes a lab-to-market classroom continuum with the theory-experiment-data intersection as the conceptual and content framework where the MGI is likely to unfold.