"Harnessing Materials for Energy: Special Issue of the Materials Research Society Bulletin". This comprehensive report on challenges and progress made in materials research as they apply to energy. CSTEP Chairman V.S. Arunachalam, the editor of this issue, has received a Board Special Recognition Award from the Material Research Society "for meritorious service in and important contribution to the development and publication" of this issue.

CSTEP researchers use multi scale simulation techniques to develop new materials. Currently the focus is on computationally intensive first principles simulations and data mining to develop new materials for advanced batteries.