Materials engineers work with metals, ceramics, polymers, semiconductors and composites to improve existing materials, develop new ones, and solve engineering challenges in industries like ...

Editor’s note: First-year students, prospective students (and some of their parents) wonder and worry how they will handle the academic transition from high school to college. In a series of stories, ...

At Northwestern University, our first-of-its-kind materials science department collaborates extensively with our leading mechanical engineering department, resulting in a strong history of ...

Researchers have revisited a long-known material and uncovered a way to dramatically enhance its performance by altering its ...

In the pursuit of materials with properties that don’t exist in nature, UC Santa Cruz researchers devised a new method for materials engineering that incorporates novel mathematical and deep learning ...

The undergraduate minor in materials science and engineering provides students with a foundation of engineering, science and mathematics to address challenges that impact public health, safety and ...

Materials engineering spans the design, synthesis and deployment of substances whose structures and interfaces are tailored to specific functions. From atomic-scale lattice control in advanced ...

The Materials Science & Engineering minor is designed for students who want to expand their career opportunities and open new doors in the growing, interdisciplinary materials science field at the ...

Materials engineers are at the forefront of nanotechnology, biomaterials and microelectronics, as well as traditional technical fields. A degree in this discipline equips you to analyze the structure ...

Composites is an emerging field of high-performance materials that are increasingly being used in many applications throughout society, including aerospace, marine (boats), infrastructure (bridge ...

The Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at UAB is seeking multiple highly motivated and independent postdocs to conduct research in leading-edge polymer-derived ceramic and composite ...