Advanced Industrial Materials (AIM) produces ceramic whiskers, powders, and custom advanced materials such as composites and electronic materials. All products are prepared via hot pressing, heat treating, spray drying, sol-gel synthesis, and other processes. AIM provides materials engineering, systems engineering, modeling, and consulting services to high technology companies.

Industrial Materials for the Future (IMF) is a crosscutting activity of the Industrial Technologies Program (ITP). The mission of IMF is to lead a national effort to research, design, develop, engineer, and test new and improved materials for the Industries of the Future.