Undergraduate Program Degree. B.S. Metallurgical engineering is the field of technology concerned with extracting metals from their ores, improving the properties of these metals by alloying or mechanical and thermal treatment, and forming these metals into useful products. It is a process-oriented field of engineering. The metallurgical engineer specializes in solving problems in various production techniques used to produce metal products and in developing new materials such as metal matrix composites, high density memory storage films, and nano-structured materials. The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program makes on-campus participation in the department's research activities another means for undergraduates to learn about metallurgy.
Excellent facilities are available for undergraduate training and graduate research.
These include equipment for grinding, crushing, gravity separation, physical metallurgy, hydrometallurgy, pyrometallurgy, and computation. Areas of specialization. Students choosing to exercise this option must notify the Department in writing. Metallurgical engineering major status is required for students to complete the upper-division course work required for the B.S. degree in metallurgical engineering. To become a metallurgical engineering major, the student must submit an application to the department chair on a form available in the department office.