Flexible class schedules are designed for the convenience of employed engineers who wish to pursue graduate work on a part-time basis. Advisement Every chemical engineering student is required to have an academic advisor. Every semester all students must see a program advisor for official approval of their proposed academic program. See Engineering Preparation and Common Area Requirements section for details common to all engineering curricula. Materials Engineering Program Materials rank with energy and information as basic resources of mankind.
Materials are basic to manufacturing and service technologies.
The applications to which materials have been deployed span the entire range of industries which include energy, transportation, food, health, information, defense, consumer goods, housing, recreation and so on. A materials scientist and engineer functions in society by inventing new products or devices, provides versatile service to customers, improves reliability of products, increases the functionality of devices, innovates new processes to improve material properties, contributes to environmentally conscious design and improves yield in manufacturing. This undergraduate curriculum is designed to give specialized professional training with a broad engineering and scientific background. The major area of study is engineering materials with emphasis on the relationship of structure, properties and processing of materials to their performance. The program emphasizes learning the functions of design, development and production, and also prepares the exceptional student for research and graduate study.