Engineer degrees that may be obtained with specialization in metal, ceramic, polymeric, or electronic materials. Specific areas of concentration include biomaterials, ceramics, corrosion, diffusion, glasses, mechanical behavior, quantitative microscopy, mineral processing, reaction kinetics in the solid state, structural analysis, composites, compound semiconductors, optoelectronic materials, integrated circuit materials, and high-temperature superconductors. The Department of Materials Science and Engineering offers M.S. or Ph.D. degrees. Because of the diverse backgrounds of graduate students coming into the program, and the equally diverse direction their interests may take them, there are no specific courses required of all graduate students. Students may emphasize various materials categories or phenomena, although the department encourages a broad experience.
Interdisciplinary programs are available.