This issue of The Bridge features fresh perspectives on artificial intelligence’s promises and risks from thought leaders across industry and academia.

• A Word from the NAE Chair: Expanding the US Engineering Workforce
• Editor in Chief's Note
• Guest Editors' Note: Realizing the Transformative Potential of AI

Guest edited by Wanda Sigur and Percy Pierre, this issue of The Bridge addresses the issues around sustaining a U.S. engineering workforce that builds on and integrates the talents and ideas of our diverse nation.

• A Word from the NAE Chair Increasing the National Academy of Engineering's Impact on Society
• The President's View The Power of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Engineering
• Guest Editors' Note An Inclusive and Diverse Engineering Profession: Why It Is Important and How to Achieve It

In this issue of The Bridge, guest editors Greg Olson and Aziz Asphahani have assembled feature articles that demonstrate how computational materials science and engineering is leading the way in the deployment of metallic materials that meet increasingly advanced design specifications.

• A Word from The NAE Chair: A Moment for Introspection
• Editor in Chief's Note The Materials Genome Initiative Grows
• Guest Editors' Note Challenges and Opportunities for the US Metals Industry