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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Polymer Specialist” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #87 of 702. Estimated risk: 2.1%

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AI Exposure Risk

61%

“Polymer Specialist” will maybe be replaced by AI.

Based on the cognitive demands, communication requirements, and logical reasoning intrinsic to this occupation according to O*NET data, we project a 61% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

35%

“Polymer Specialist” will probably not be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 35% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Materials Scientists, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Research and study the structures and chemical properties of various natural and synthetic or composite materials, including metals, alloys, rubber, ceramics, semiconductors, polymers, and glass. Determine ways to strengthen or combine materials or develop new materials with new or specific properties for use in a variety of products and applications. Includes glass scientists, ceramic scientists, metallurgical scientists, and polymer scientists.

Avg. Annual Salary $111,410
Avg. Hourly Wage $53.56
Available Jobs (US) 8,330
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Materials Scientists #19-2032
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Materials Scientists”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Test individual parts and products to ensure that manufacturer and governmental quality and safety standards are met.

  • Determine ways to strengthen or combine materials or develop new materials with new or specific properties for use in a variety of products and applications.

  • Confer with customers to determine how to tailor materials to their needs.

  • Teach in colleges and universities.

  • Test material samples for tolerance under tension, compression, and shear to determine the cause of metal failures.

  • Perform experiments and computer modeling to study the nature, structure, and physical and chemical properties of metals and their alloys, and their responses to applied forces.

  • Conduct research on the structures and properties of materials, such as metals, alloys, polymers, and ceramics, to obtain information that could be used to develop new products or enhance existing ones.

  • Prepare reports, manuscripts, proposals, and technical manuals for use by other scientists and requestors, such as sponsors and customers.

  • Devise testing methods to evaluate the effects of various conditions on particular materials.

  • Research methods of processing, forming, and firing materials to develop such products as ceramic dental fillings, unbreakable dinner plates, and telescope lenses.

  • Recommend materials for reliable performance in various environments.

  • Write research papers for publication in scientific journals.

  • Plan laboratory experiments to confirm feasibility of processes and techniques used in the production of materials with special characteristics.

  • Supervise and monitor production processes to ensure efficient use of equipment, timely changes to specifications, and project completion within time frame and budget.

  • Test metals to determine conformance to specifications of mechanical strength, strength-weight ratio, ductility, magnetic and electrical properties, and resistance to abrasion, corrosion, heat, and cold.

  • Visit suppliers of materials or users of products to gather specific information.

Technologies & Software

  • International Centre for Diffraction Data ICDD DDView
  • Grok (xAI)
  • Bruker AXS TOPAS
  • Email software
  • DeepSeek
  • Qwen (Alibaba)
  • Advanced Chemistry Development Analytical Laboratory
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • ANSYS Multiphysics
  • Scite AI
  • NotebookLM (Google)
  • RIETAN
  • Gemini (Google)
  • VAMP/VASP
  • Accelrys Materials Studio
  • Olympus Image Analysis
  • SolidWorks COSMOSWorks
  • PWscf
  • Bruker AXS LEPTOS
  • Consensus
  • Chempute Software HSC Chemistry
  • The MathWorks MATLAB
  • Python
  • Mistral AI (chat/models)
  • CrystalMaker
  • Materials Data Incorporated Jade
  • Semantic Scholar AI
  • IBM SPSS Statistics
  • Llama (Meta)
  • ANSYS LS-DYNA
  • Multichannel microelectrode analyzer MMA software
  • Gemini for Workspace
  • GAMESS-US
  • Kimi (Moonshot AI)
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Perplexity AI
  • Web browser software
  • National Instruments LabVIEW
  • Claude (Anthropic)
  • Nova (Amazon)
  • R
  • PANalytical X'Pert Epitaxy
  • Maplesoft Maple
  • Dassault Systemes Abaqus
  • Elicit
  • Microsoft Excel
  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • Mistral (Mistral AI)
  • Microsoft Word
  • Wolfram Research Mathematica
  • Stewart Computational Chemistry MOPAC
  • Bruker AXS EVA
  • PANalytical X'Pert Data Collector
  • Hypertext markup language HTML
  • General Structural Analysis System GSAS
  • Laptop computers
  • Hot mounting presses
  • UV exposure chambers
  • Computerized numerical control CNC machining centers
  • Diamond wafering saws
  • Programmable logic controllers PLC
  • Ion analyzers
  • Laboratory water purification systems
  • Charge-coupled device CCD cameras
  • Field emission scanning electron microscopes
  • Static actuators
  • Freeze dryers
  • Ultrasonic cleaners
  • Annealing ovens
  • Tube furnaces
  • Load cells
  • Reactive ion etchers RIE
  • Personal computers
  • Fume hoods
  • Salt spray chambers
  • Transmission electron microscopes TEM
  • Quartz crystal thickness monitors
  • Creep testing equipment
  • Muffle furnaces
  • Injection molding machines
  • Vibrating sample magnetometers
  • Thermal gravimetric analyzers
  • Grinding spindles
  • Dynamic actuators
  • Ultra high temperature furnaces
  • Potentiostats
  • Metallographic microscopes
  • X ray generators
  • Dilatometers
  • Plate viscometers
  • Dynamic mechanical analyzers DMA
  • Spectrum analyzers
  • Capacitance manometers
  • Imaging ellipsometers
  • Desktop computers
  • Multisample autoclaves
  • Horizontal tube furnaces
  • Induction furnaces
  • Petrographic microscopes
  • Shaker ball mills
  • Semiautomatic grinders
  • Safety goggles
  • Profilometers
  • Box furnaces
  • Spectrophotometers
  • Scanning tunneling microscopes STM
  • Mobile mass spectrometers
  • Differential thermal analyzers
  • Optical profilometers
  • Gamma ray spectrometers
  • Erosion testers
  • Auger electron spectrometers
  • Raman scattering spectroscopes
  • Theta-theta diffractometers
  • Impact testers
  • Double push rod dilatometers
  • Microscope digital cameras
  • Pore sizers
  • Backscatter detectors
  • X ray diffractometers
  • Nanoscope atomic force microscopes
  • Stylus profilometers
  • High vacuum evaporation systems
  • Differential scanning calorimeters
  • Accelerometers
  • Industrial computed tomography CT scanners
  • Rotational viscometers
  • Peltier cooled solid-state detectors
  • Manual grinders
  • Contact angle goniometers
  • Secondary ion mass spectrometers SIMS
  • Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
  • Spectrofluorimeters
  • Cone viscometers
  • Mossbauer spectroscopes
  • Ball mills
  • Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometers ICP-MS
  • Laboratory analytical balances
  • Linear variable differential transformers LVDT
  • Sedigraphs
  • Neutron reflectometers
  • Ultraprecision lathes
  • Quartz crystal microbalances
  • Digital oscilloscopes
  • Screw injection molding machines
  • Ellipsometers
  • Dielectric spectrometers
  • Scanning electron microscopes SEM
  • Hot isostatic presses
  • Vibratory polishers
  • Capillary rheometers
  • Plasma arc melting furnaces
  • Electrode furnaces
  • High-speed cutoff saws
  • Ultrasonic analyzers
  • Blungers
  • Crystal growers
  • Ball-on-disk tribometers
  • Optical compound microscopes
  • Atomic absorption AA spectroscopes
  • Glove box systems
  • High-vacuum manifolds
  • Microcalorimeters
  • Metal evaporation chambers
  • Slurry abrasion testers
  • Electrolytic etching machines
  • Macrohardness testers
  • Semi-microbalances
  • Safety glasses
  • Sonic modulus testers
  • Sputter deposition systems
  • Cold isostatic presses
  • Hydraulic presses
  • Nitrogen furnaces
  • Ultra microbalances
  • Servohydraulic test machines
  • Function generators
  • Scratch testers
  • Stereo microscopes
  • Scanning Kelvin probes
  • Thermal spray torches
  • Titanium autoclaves
  • Extruding machines
  • Gas chromatograph mass spectrometers GC-MS
  • Pulverizers
  • Interferometric microscopes
  • Dynamic light scattering equipment
  • Tape casters
  • Laser interferometers
  • Atomic force microscopes
  • Scanning probe microscopes SPM
  • Swaging tools

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