The Joint Research Center for Additive Manufacturing aims to break through the key technologies of additive manufacturing materials development and form application-oriented core processes of additive manufacturing, which is a key initiative for the construction of the discipline of additive manufacturing in the School of Materials Science and Engineering.

The Intelligent Manufacturing Joint Research Center focuses on the research and development of numerical simulation and simulation technology of the thermal manufacturing process. Employing material genome method and artificial intelligence based on big data acquisition, and integrating basic processes such as casting, welding, forging, and thermal treatment, the center carries out intelligent thermal manufacturing research and discipline construction, promotes structural adjustment and transformation, and upgrading scientific research in traditional material processing engineering of the School of Materials Science and Engineering, and solves major scientific and engineering problems that restrict intelligent manufacturing of high-end equipment for major projects.

The Joint Research Center for Clean Energy Materials focuses on the conversion and storage of new energy. Responding to the national green and low-carbon strategy, and addressing the environmental problems that may be caused by the increasingly scarce fossil energy and its combustion, the center focuses on prospective basic research with a balance of applied basic research.

Based on the research directions of materials science and engineering and biomedical engineering, the Joint Research Center for Biomedical Materials has formed 4-5 cross-research directions, created a relaxed environment, gathered world-class scientific research teams, encouraged and supported original research based on new principles, discoveries, mechanisms, and materials, and carried out major innovative research with interdisciplinary collaboration on a large scale to achieve core technological breakthroughs with international influence.

The Joint Research Center for Information Materials focuses on the national demand for information materials in high-end chips and intelligent manufacturing, and conducts basic theoretical research and applied technology research on common key materials and technologies such as 3D chip integration and packaging, third-generation semiconductor power devices, high-density electronic interconnection molding, optoelectronic devices, automotive electronics, and new sensors.