About Materials Science Engineering

The Department of Materials Science and Engineering concentrates on the relationship between the structure and properties of materials and the fabrication of advanced materials with novel structures and special mechanical, electrical, optical and magnetic properties. Since expertise from the fields of metallurgy, ceramics, polymer science, chemistry and solid-state physics is needed to make and understand advanced materials, research is done in interdisciplinary teams within the department and in collaboration with scientists and engineers from other departments at Stanford and institutions outside Stanford University.

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