Materials Science and Engineering
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Research the infinitesimally small to achieve breakthroughs of global significance.

MSE postdoctoral scholar Yuanwei Li selected for the 2025 CAS Future Leaders™ program!
April 3, 2025
The esteemed initiative equips early-career scientists with leadership training and networking opportunities.
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
William D. Nix Lecture video - February 18, 2025
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Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) faculty and student research spans from the infinitesimally small to the macroscopic scale to achieve breakthroughs of global significance. Explore more exciting news here.
Welcome from the Chair

It is one of our top goals to continue to attract the best and brightest students from the U.S. and around the world. We feel that the mixture of a core curriculum in materials science and engineering fundamentals and leading-edge independent research is exceptional preparation for future scientists and engineers.