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A number of critical applications in industry demand the use of high temperature alloys that can withstand various extreme environments under elevated temperature conditions. Reliably predicting the life of these components, which may be subjected to damage associated with creep deformation, cyclic loading, environmental degradation, and combinations thereof, is a challenging endeavor. Under these conditions, the state of the microstructure after processing and its evolution during service lead to damage mechanisms that manifest over multiple length scales, ranging from quantum and atomistic scales to the mesoscale to the macroscale. These industrial applications motivate the dissemination of both fundamental and applied research and development aimed at accelerating the implementation of technologies that can drastically influence this field. …