title: Synergistic science.
abstract: Should computational materials science be recognized as a field with a role in the community comparable to computational physics or chemistry? With the emergence of multiscale modelling, the answer is a resounding 'yes'.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. syip@mit.edu
authors.forename: Sidney
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yip
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation / Q000639:trends*; D003479:Curriculum; D004493:Education / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008954:Models, Biological; D008956:Models, Chemical; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics