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, ...

Your second and third years have distinctive course requirements and electives. Here we can compare four related majors through select second and third year courses. MSE 2110 - Introduction to ...

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 ...

From creating lightweight yet durable prosthetics to designing new types of solar panels and batteries, materials engineers combine their expertise in physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering to ...

For most of the solar industry’s modern history, progress has been framed as a story of physics. Higher efficiencies came ...

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 ...

Dr. Gary Gladysz has an interdisciplinary background of materials science and chemical engineering with a Six Sigma Black Belt. He has authored 30+ peered reviewed journal publications and a recent ...

The University of California has given approval to UC Santa Cruz to begin offering M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in materials science and engineering, a deeply interdisciplinary field of great importance for ...

Northwestern University’s Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (NU-MRSEC), which is among the longest continually funded materials research centers in the country, has received a six-year ...

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

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 ...

Tomorrow needs engineers and scientists who understand materials, in order to make them stronger, lighter, safer, greener, and more cost-effective. Michigan Tech's Department of Materials Science and ...