• Department faculty run internationally recognized research programs which span the field to include computational materials science, biomaterials, nanomaterials, energy related materials, metals, polymers, electronic materials, ceramics, and composites. Of the 17 full-time faculty in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, five senior faculty belong to the National Academy of Engineering and five assistant professors introduce expertise in exciting new areas.
  • Faculty at all levels bring leadership in research and education.
  • The creation of advanced materials and devices requires the application of increasingly sophisticated concepts and tools.
  • Tailored materials with desired properties can be engineered through control of the structure of solids at all length scales ranging from centimeters down to the atomic level.
  • Students of materials are engaged in creating and understanding new materials and new materials phenomena.
  • After they leave Wisconsin, materials graduates find careers in private industry, national laboratories, and academia.