In 1998, the Materials process modeling Group was founded in Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences.They have been committed to develop the technology of thermal processing of metal materials with the method which combined computer simulation with experimental study. With the continuous development of the group, in 2008, they established Materials process modeling Division(MPMD), subject to Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science. Director is Prof. Dianzhong Li, Academician Li Yiyi, Ke Wei served as consultants. The existing staff and graduate students are 30. In support of the "Five-Year Plan" to support science and technology plan , Ministry of Science and Technology Project 973,863 , National Development and Reform Commission high-tech industrialization projects, National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Chinese Academy of Sciences to revive old industrial bases in northeast of major projects, the Office of Liaoning Provincial Science and Technology major special crankshaft, Shenyang City in Liaoning Province and the promotion of new technology projects, the British co-operation introducing foreign experts and Enterprises projects, MPMD develop visualization technology of thermal processing, and promot it to apply to enterprise, getting a significant effect. At present, the main research field are visualization technology of thermal processing, heavy casting and forging technology development, simulation and experimental research of Solid-state phase-change, materials research and simulation technology.