From its long history as a graduate program that grew to become a department, the Department of Materials Science and Engineering has made significant progress in establishing a leading materials science and engineering department and continues to provide an excellent student experience while producing leading materials scientists and engineers.
Students
| Enrollment (Fall 2018) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ph.D. | 136 | |
| M.S. | 28 | |
| Total | 164 | |
| Degrees Awarded (2014-15) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ph.D. | 13 | |
| M.S. | 5 | |
| M.Eng. | 1 | |
| Total | 19 | |
Faculty
Professors: 8
Associate Professors: 3
Assistant Professors: 4
Research Faculty: 2
Joint Faculty Appointments: 5
Endowed Professorship Holders: 3
National Academy of Engineering Members: 2
Affiliated Faculty: 50*
(Affiliated faculty hold appointments in aerospace engineering, biology, biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, chemistry, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, nuclear engineering and physics.)
Areas of Study
- Advanced Structural Materials
- Biomaterials
- Computational Materials Science
- Corrosion Science and Engineering
- Functional materials (electronic, magnetic, multi-functional, optical)
- High Performance Ceramics
- High-temperature materials for energy applications
- Materials for energy conversion and storage
- Materials for extreme environments
- Materials Informatics
- Multifunctional materials design
- Nanomaterials
- Polymeric multilayer composites
- Polymers and composites