Materials Science & Engineering BS / Materials Science & Engineering MS

Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Science in Materials Science and Engineering (BSMSE) and Master of Science in Materials Science and Engineering (MSMSE)
Calendar Type: Quarter
Minimum Required Credits: 225.5
Co-op Options: Three Co-op (Five years)
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code: 14.1801
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code: 17-2131

About the Program

The Materials Science and Engineering BS/MS program allows students to develop both technical depth and breadth in their professional and related areas, which enhances their professional productivity, whether in industry or as they proceed to a PhD program. Their undergraduate courses provide the necessary technical pre-requisite understanding and skills for graduate studies, a natural progression. Because the technical concepts of engineering are common, an MS in a related discipline is readily achieved.

For more information, visit COE Special Programs or the BS/MS webpage.
 

Admission Requirements

Students must have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.4 and have taken coursework sufficient to demonstrate a readiness to undertake graduate coursework. 

Degree Requirements

General Education/Liberal Studies Requirements
CIVC 101Introduction to Civic Engagement1.0
COOP 101Career Management and Professional Development *1.0
ENGL 101Composition and Rhetoric I: Inquiry and Exploratory Research3.0
or ENGL 111 English Composition I
ENGL 102Composition and Rhetoric II: Advanced Research and Evidence-Based Writing3.0
or ENGL 112 English Composition II
ENGL 103Composition and Rhetoric III: Themes and Genres3.0
or ENGL 113 English Composition III
PHIL 315Engineering Ethics3.0
UNIV E101The Drexel Experience1.0
Technical Electives/Track Courses (Select one track) ***3.0
6.0 credits of (GR) MATE Technical Electives count as 6.0 credits of (UG) Track Electives
Materials for Energy
Fundamentals of Solar Cells
Electrochemical Engineering
Fundamentals of Power and Energy
Introduction to Nuclear Engineering
Introduction to Renewable Energy
Theory of Nuclear Reactors
Nuclear Power Plant Design & Operation
Solar Energy Engineering
Renewable Energy Systems
Materials for Energy Storage
Fuel Cell Engines
Solar Energy Fundamentals
Materials for Sustainability
Introduction to Sustainable Engineering
Fundamentals of Solar Cells
Introduction to Renewable Energy
Solar Energy Engineering
Fundamentals of Environmental Biotechnology
Solid and Hazardous Waste
Environmental Life Cycle Assessment
Recycling of Materials
Environmental Effects on Materials
Materials for Medical Technology
Human Physiology I
Biochemistry
Biomechanics I: Introduction to Biomechanics
Biomaterials I
Biomaterials II
Cellular and Molecular Foundations of Tissue Engineering
Developmental and Evolutionary Foundations of Tissue Engineering
Medical Device Development
BioProcess Principles
Principles of Colloid Science
Chemistry of Biomolecules
The Chemistry Behind Drugs: Fundamentals of Medicinal Chemistry
Biomechanics
Computer-Aided Tissue Engr
Manufacturing
Polymer Process Technology
Organic Chemistry II
Synthetic Polymer Chemistry
Physical Chemistry of Polymers
Polymer Chemistry III
Engineering Reliability
Introduction to Microfabrication
Finite Element Methods
Introduction to Composites I
Introduction to Composites II
Introduction to Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing
Introduction to Computer-Aided Manufacturing
Manufacturing Process I
Manufacturing Process II
General Education Electives **12.0
Business Elective (GE) ****4.0
Free Electives6.0
Societal Impact Elective (GE) 4.0
Foundation Requirements
BIO 107Cells, Genetics & Physiology3.0
BIO 108Cells, Genetics and Physiology Laboratory1.0
CHE 350Statistics and Design of Experiments3.0
CHEC 353Physical Chemistry and Applications III4.0
Chemistry Requirements §3.5-7.5
General Chemistry I
and General Chemistry I
OR
General Chemistry I
CHEM 102General Chemistry II4.5
CHEM 241Organic Chemistry I4.0
Engineering (ENGR) Requirements
ENGR 111Introduction to Engineering Design & Data Analysis3.0
ENGR 113First-Year Engineering Design3.0
ENGR 131Introductory Programming for Engineers3.0
or ENGR 132 Programming for Engineers
ENGR 210Introduction to Thermodynamics3.0
ENGR 220Fundamentals of Materials4.0
ENGR 231Linear Engineering Systems3.0
ENGR 232Dynamic Engineering Systems3.0
Mathematics Requirements §§4.0-10.0
Algebra, Functions, and Trigonometry
and Calculus I
OR
Calculus and Functions I
and Calculus and Functions II
OR
Calculus I
MATH 122Calculus II4.0
MATH 200Multivariate Calculus4.0
Physics Requirements §§4.0-8.0
Preparation for Engineering Studies
and Fundamentals of Physics I
OR
Fundamentals of Physics I
PHYS 102Fundamentals of Physics II4.0
PHYS 201Fundamentals of Physics III4.0
Professional Requirements
MATE 214Introduction to Polymers4.0
MATE 230Fundamentals of Materials II4.0
MATE 240Thermodynamics of Materials4.0
MATE 245Kinetics of Materials4.0
MATE 280Advanced Materials Laboratory4.0
MATE 315Processing Polymers4.5
MATE 345Processing of Ceramics4.5
MATE 351Electronic and Photonic Properties of Materials4.0
MATE 355Structure and Characterization of Crystalline Materials3.0
MATE 366 [WI] Processing of Metallic Materials4.5
MATE 370Mechanical Behavior of Solids3.0
MATE 375Materials Selection for Industrial Applications3.0
MATE 410Case Studies in Materials3.0
MATE 455Biomedical Materials3.0
MATE 460Engineering Computational Laboratory4.0
MATE 475Materials Data Analysis3.0
MATE 491 [WI] Senior Project Design I 2.0
MATE 492Senior Project Design II 3.0
MATE 493 [WI] Senior Project Design III 3.0
Master's Degree Courses
Required Core Courses:
MATE 510Thermodynamics of Solids3.0
MATE 512Introduction to Solid State Materials3.0
Four additional Selected Core (SC) courses from the following:12.0
Structure and Properties of Polymers
Kinetics
Experimental Technique in Materials
Numerical Engineering Methods
Ceramics
Mechanical Behavior of Solids
Biomedical Materials I
Any additional related courses if approved by the graduate advisor.
Technical Electives (TE) 18.0
Thesis and Alternatives9.0
9.0 credits of MATE 898 (MS Thesis) or 9.0 credits of Technical Electives (TE).
Total Credits225.5-239.5
*

Co-op cycles for Materials Science & Engineering are only Spring/Summer.

COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101.

**

General Education Electives

***

Specialization tracks allow upper-class students to focus on a specific area of materials science and engineering through selection of three technical elective courses (minimum 9.0 credits, though 6.0 credits must be shared with graduate courses). This tailored specialization combined with foundational materials knowledge and co-op experiences gives students a customized education to prepare them for their future career and/or graduate school. Students choose from four pre-determined specialization tracks or create their own track. In addition to the specific courses listed for each pre-determined track, other courses may be accepted subject to approval by the MSE advisor. The pre-determined tracks are:

  • Materials for Energy
  • Materials for Medical Technologies
  • Materials for Sustainability
  • Manufacturing and Materials Processing
****

Choose one of the approved Business Electives (GE): ECON 201ACCT 110OPM 200ORGB 300 [WI] or approved by MSE advisor.  

Choose one of the approved Societal Impact Electives: SOC 244SOC 346SCTS 202SCTS 205 or approved by MSE advisor.

§

CHEM sequence is determined by the student's Chemistry Placement Exam score and the completion of a summer online preparatory course available based on that score.

§§

MATH and PHYS sequences are determined by the student's Calculus Placement Exam score and the completion of any summer online preparatory courses based on that score.

Students pursuing the non-thesis option must complete the undergraduate senior design sequence, in lieu of MATE 898 [WI]  (MS Thesis). MSE students pursuing the thesis option are not required to take MATE 491 [WI] , MATE 492, MATE 493 [WI] , and are required to complete 9.0 credits of MATE 898 [WI]  (MS thesis). In addition, these students need to complete an additional 8.0 credits of UG MATE Electives. 

Of the 18.0 technical elective credits, which may include up to 6.0 credits of MATE 897, at least 9.0 credits must be taken as Materials Science and Engineering (MATE) courses, while the rest may be taken within the College of Engineering, College of Arts and Sciences, or at other colleges if consistent with the student's plan of study (and given advance written approval by their advisor). At least 9.0 of these 18.0 technical electives must be exclusive of independent study courses or research credits.

Any graduate-level course (500-999) in a STEM field (BIO, CAEE, CHE, CHEM, ECE, MATH, MEM, PHYS) as approved by the MSE graduate advisor, excluding MATE 536MATE 503, and MATE 504

Writing-Intensive Course Requirements

In order to graduate, all students must pass three writing-intensive courses after their freshman year. Two writing-intensive courses must be in a student's major. The third can be in any discipline. Students are advised to take one writing-intensive class each year, beginning with the sophomore year, and to avoid “clustering” these courses near the end of their matriculation. Transfer students need to meet with an academic advisor to review the number of writing-intensive courses required to graduate.

A "WI" next to a course in this catalog may indicate that this course can fulfill a writing-intensive requirement. For the most up-to-date list of writing-intensive courses being offered, students should check the Writing Intensive Course List at the University Writing Program. Students scheduling their courses can also conduct a search for courses with the attribute "WI" to bring up a list of all writing-intensive courses available that term.

Sample Plan of Study

5 year, 3 coop: Non-thesis option

First Year
FallCreditsWinterCreditsSpringCreditsSummerCredits
CHEM 101§3.5CHEM 1024.5COOP 101*1.0VACATION
ENGL 101 or 1113.0CIVC 1011.0ENGL 102 or 1123.0 
ENGR 1113.0ENGR 131 or 1323.0ENGR 1133.0 
MATH 121§§4.0MATH 1224.0MATH 2004.0 
UNIV E1011.0PHYS 101§§4.0PHYS 1024.0 
(UG) General Education Elective**3.0 (UG) General Education Elective**3.0 
 17.5 16.5 18 0
Second Year
FallCreditsWinterCreditsSpringCreditsSummerCredits
BIO 1073.0CHEM 2414.0COOP EXPERIENCECOOP EXPERIENCE
BIO 1081.0ENGL 103 or 1133.0  
ENGR 2204.0ENGR 2103.0  
ENGR 2313.0ENGR 2323.0  
PHYS 2014.0MATE 2304.0  
(UG) Free Elective3.0   
 18 17 0 0
Third Year
FallCreditsWinterCreditsSpringCreditsSummerCredits
MATE 2144.0MATE 2454.0COOP EXPERIENCECOOP EXPERIENCE
MATE 2404.0MATE 2804.0(GR) Technical Elective (TE)3.0(GR) Technical Elective (TE)3.0
MATE 3553.0MATE 3154.5  
MATE 3703.0(UG) Societal Impact Elective (GE)4.0  
(UG) Business Elective (GE)****4.0(GR) MATE Selected Core Course3.0  
 18 19.5 3 3
Fourth Year
FallCreditsWinterCreditsSpringCreditsSummerCredits
CHEC 3534.0MATE 3454.5COOP EXPERIENCECOOP EXPERIENCE
MATE 3664.5MATE 3514.0MATE 897 (or (GR) MATE Technical Elective)3.0MATE 897 (or (GR) Technical Elective (TE))3.0
MATE 4553.0MATE 3753.0  
(UG) Free Elective3.0PHIL 3153.0  
(GR) Technical Elective (TE)3.0MATE 5103.0  
 17.5 17.5 3 3
Fifth Year
FallCreditsWinterCreditsSpringCredits 
CHE 3503.0MATE 4753.0MATE 4103.0 
MATE 4604.0MATE 4923.0MATE 4933.0 
MATE 4912.0(UG) General Education Elective**3.0(UG) General Education Elective**3.0 
(GR) MATE Selected Core Course3.0MATE 5123.0(UG) Track Elective3.0 
(GR) MATE Technical Elective (counts as (UG) Track Elective)***3.0(GR) MATE Technical Elective (counts as (UG) Track Elective)***3.0(GR) MATE Selected Core Course3.0 
(GR) Technical Elective (TE)3.0(GR) MATE Selected Core Course3.0(GR) Technical Elective (TE)3.0 
 18 18 18 
Total Credits 225.5
*

Co-op cycles for Materials Science & Engineering are only Spring/Summer.

COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101.

**

General Education Requirements

***

Specialization tracks allow upper-class students to focus on a specific area of materials science and engineering through selection of three technical elective courses (minimum 9.0 credits, though 6.0 credits must be shared with graduate courses). This tailored specialization combined with foundational materials knowledge and co-op experiences gives students a customized education to prepare them for their future career and/or graduate school. Students choose from four pre-determined specialization tracks or create their own track. In addition to the specific courses listed for each pre-determined track, other courses may be accepted subject to approval by the MSE advisor. The pre-determined tracks are:

  • Materials for Energy
  • Materials for Medical Technologies
  • Materials for Sustainability
  • Manufacturing and Materials Processing
****

Choose one of the approved Business Electives (GE): ECON 201ACCT 110OPM 200ORGB 300 [WI] or approved by MSE advisor.  

Choose one of the approved Societal Impact Electives: SOC 244SOC 346SCTS 202SCTS 205 or approved by advisor.

Students pursuing the non-thesis option must complete the undergraduate senior design sequence, in lieu of MATE 898 [WI]  (MS Thesis).

Of the 18.0 technical elective credits, which may include up to 6.0 credits of MATE 897, at least 9.0 credits must be taken as Materials Science and Engineering (MATE) courses, while the rest may be taken within the College of Engineering, College of Arts and Sciences, or at other colleges if consistent with the student's plan of study (and given advance written approval by their advisor). At least 9.0 of these 18.0 technical electives must be exclusive of independent study courses or research credits.

Any graduate-level course (500-999) in a STEM field (BIO. CAEE, CHE, CHEM, ECE, MATH, MEM, PHYS) as approved by the MSE Graduate Advisor, excluding MATE 536MATE 503, and MATE 504

5 year, 3 coop: Thesis option

First Year
FallCreditsWinterCreditsSpringCreditsSummerCredits
CHEM 1013.5CHEM 1024.5COOP 101*1.0VACATION
ENGL 101 or 1113.0CIVC 1011.0ENGL 102 or 1123.0 
ENGR 1113.0ENGR 131 or 1323.0ENGR 1133.0 
MATH 1214.0MATH 1224.0MATH 2004.0 
UNIV E1011.0PHYS 1014.0PHYS 1024.0 
(UG) General Education Elective**3.0 (UG) General Education Elective**3.0 
 17.5 16.5 18 0
Second Year
FallCreditsWinterCreditsSpringCreditsSummerCredits
BIO 1073.0CHEM 2414.0COOP EXPERIENCECOOP EXPERIENCE
BIO 1081.0ENGL 1033.0  
ENGR 2204.0ENGR 2103.0  
ENGR 2313.0ENGR 2323.0  
PHYS 2014.0MATE 2304.0  
(UG) Free Elective3.0   
 18 17 0 0
Third Year
FallCreditsWinterCreditsSpringCreditsSummerCredits
MATE 2144.0MATE 2454.0COOP EXPERIENCECOOP EXPERIENCE
MATE 2404.0MATE 2804.0(GR) Technical Elective (TE)3.0(GR) Technical Elective (TE)3.0
MATE 3553.0MATE 3154.5  
MATE 3703.0(UG) Societal Impact Elective (GE)4.0  
(UG) Business Elective (GE)****4.0(GR) MATE Selected Core Course3.0  
 18 19.5 3 3
Fourth Year
FallCreditsWinterCreditsSpringCreditsSummerCredits
CHEC 3534.0MATE 3454.5COOP EXPERIENCECOOP EXPERIENCE
MATE 3664.5MATE 3514.0MATE 8973.0MATE 8973.0
MATE 4553.0MATE 3753.0  
(UG) Free Elective3.0PHIL 3153.0  
(GR) Technical Elective (TE)3.0MATE 5103.0  
 17.5 17.5 3 3
Fifth Year
FallCreditsWinterCreditsSpringCredits 
CHE 3503.0MATE 4753.0MATE 4103.0 
MATE 4604.0(UG) General Education Elective**3.0(UG) General Education Elective**3.0 
(UG) MSE Elective2.0(UG) MSE Elective3.0(UG) MSE Elective3.0 
MATE 8983.0MATE 5123.0(UG) Track Elective3.0 
(GR) MATE Selected Core Course3.0MATE 8983.0MATE 8983.0 
(GR) MATE Technical Elective (counts as (UG) Track Elective)***3.0(GR) MATE Technical Elective (counts as (UG) Track Elective)***3.0(GR) MATE Selected Core Course3.0 
 18 18 18 
Total Credits 225.5
*

Co-op cycles for Materials Science & Engineering are only Spring/Summer.

COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101.

**

General Education Requirements

***

Specialization tracks allow upper-class students to focus on a specific area of materials science and engineering through selection of three technical elective courses (minimum 9.0 credits, though 6.0 credits must be shared with graduate courses). This tailored specialization combined with foundational materials knowledge and co-op experiences gives students a customized education to prepare them for their future career and/or graduate school. Students choose from four pre-determined specialization tracks or create their own track. In addition to the specific courses listed for each pre-determined track, other courses may be accepted subject to approval by the MSE advisor. The pre-determined tracks are:

  • Materials for Energy
  • Materials for Medical Technologies
  • Materials for Sustainability
  • Manufacturing and Materials Processing
****

Choose one of the approved Business Electives (GE): ECON 201ACCT 110OPM 200ORGB 300 [WI] or approved by MSE advisor.  

Choose one of the approved Societal Impact Electives: SOC 244SOC 346SCTS 202SCTS 205 or approved by MSE advisor.

MSE students pursuing the thesis option are not required to take MATE 491 [WI] , MATE 492MATE 493 [WI] , and are required to complete 9.0 credits of MATE 898 [WI]  (MS thesis). In addition, these students need to complete an additional 8.0 credits of UG MATE Electives. 

Of the 18.0 technical elective credits, which may include up to 6.0 credits of MATE 897​, at least 9.0 credits must be taken as Materials Science and Engineering (MATE) courses, while the rest may be taken within the College of Engineering, College of Arts and Sciences, or at other colleges if consistent with the student's plan of study (and given advance written approval by their advisor). At least 9.0 of these 18.0 technical electives must be exclusive of independent study courses or research credits.

Any graduate-level course (500-999) in a STEM field (BIO. CAEE, CHE, CHEM, ECE, MATH, MEM, PHYS) as approved by the MSE Graduate Advisor, excluding MATE 536MATE 503, and MATE 504

Facilities

Nanobiomaterials and Cell Engineering Laboratory
This laboratory contains a fume hood with vacuum/gas dual manifold, vacuum pump and rotary evaporator for general organic/polymer synthesis; gel electrophoresis and electroblotting for protein characterization; bath sonicator, glass homogenizer and mini-extruder for nanoparticle preparation; centrifuge; ultrapure water conditioning system; precision balance; pH meter and shaker.

Ceramics Processing Laboratory
This laboratory contains a photo-resist spinner, impedance analyzer, Zeta potential meter, spectrafluorometer, piezoelectric d33 meter, wire-bonder, and laser displacement meter.

Layered Solids Laboratory
This laboratory contains a vacuum hot-press; a hot isostatic press (HIP) for materials consolidation and synthesis; laser scattering particle size analyzer; creep testers, Ar-filled glove-box, high-speed saw, and assorted high temperature furnaces; metallographic preparation facilities; high temperature closed-loop servo-hydraulic testing machines.

Mechanical Testing Laboratory
This laboratory contains mechanical and closed-loop servo-hydraulic testing machines, hardness testers, Charpy and Izod impact testers, equipment for fatigue testing, metallographic preparation facilities and a rolling mill with twin 6" diameter rolls.

Macromolecular Materials Laboratory
This laboratory contains a hybrid rheometer, inert environment glove box, size exclusion chromatography with multi-angle laser light scattering, HPLC  and RI detector  & MALS, centrifuge, rotovapor, and vacuum oven used for developing innovative synthetic platforms to generate functional soft materials with complex macromolecular architectures. 

Mesoscale Materials Laboratory
This laboratory contains instrumentation for growth, characterization, device fabrication, and design and simulation of electronic, dielectric, ferroelectric and photonic materials.  Resources include physical and chemical vapor deposition and thermal and plasma processing of thin films, including oxides and metals, and semiconductor nanowire growth.  Facilities include pulsed laser deposition, atomic layer deposition, chemical vapor deposition, sublimation growth, and resistive thermal evaporation.  Variable-temperature high-vacuum probe station and optical cryostats including high magnetic field, fixed and tunable-wavelength laser sources, several monochromators for luminescence and Raman scattering spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy with electron beam lithography, and a scanning probe microscope.

Nanomaterials Laboratory
This laboratory contains instrumentation for synthesizing, testing and manipulation of nanomaterials carbon and two dimensional carbides under microscope, high-temperature autoclaves, Sievert’s apparatus; glove-boxes; high-temperature vacuum and other furnaces for the synthesis of nano-carbon coatings and nanotubes; tube furnaces for synthesis of carbides and nitrides; potentiostat/galvanostat for electrochemical testings; ultraviolet-visible (UV-VIS) spectrophotometry; Raman spectrometers; Differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) and thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA) up to 1500 °C with mass spectrometer, Zeta potential analyzer; attrition mill, bath and probe sonicators, centrifuges; electro-spinning system for producing nano-fibers.

Functional Inorganic Materials Synthesis Laboratory
This laboratory contains gas cabinets and CVD furnaces for the synthesis of inorganic and hybrid materials for energy and environmental applications, including photocatalytic mixed anion materials, oxides and nitrides.

Films and Heterostructures Laboratory
This laboratory contains an oxide molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) thin film deposition system; physical properties measurement system (PPMS) for electronic transport and magnetometry measurements from 2 – 400K, up to 9 T fields; 2 tube furnaces.

Powder Processing Laboratory
This laboratory contains vee blenders, ball-mills, sieve shaker + sieves for powder classification, several furnaces (including one with controlled atmosphere capability); and a 60-ton Baldwin cold press for powder compaction.

Soft Matter Research and Polymer Processing Laboratories
These laboratories contain computerized thermal analysis facilities including differential scanning calorimeters (DSC), dynamic mechanical analyzer (DMA) and thermo-gravimetric analyzer (TGA); tabletop tensile tester; strip biaxial tensile tester; vacuum evaporator; spin coater; centrifuge; optical microscope with hot stage; liquid crystal tester; microbalance; ultrasonic cleaner; laser holographic fabrication system; polymer injection molder and single screw extruder.

Natural Polymers and Photonics Laboratory
This laboratory contains a spectroscopic ellipsometer for film characterization; high purity liquid chromatography (HPLC) system; refractometer; electro-spinning and touch-spinning systems for producing nano-fibers.

X-ray Tomography Laboratory
This laboratory contains a high resolution X-ray micro-tomography instrument and a cluster of computers for 3D microstructure reconstruction; mechanical stage, a positioning stage and a cryostage for in-situ testing.

Materials Characterization Core (MCC)
The Department of Materials Science & Engineering relies on the Materials Characterization Core facilities within the University for materials characterization and micro- and nano-fabrication. These facilities contain a number of state-of-the-art materials characterization instruments, including high resolution and variable pressure field-emission scanning electron microscopes (SEMs) with Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) for elemental analysis, Orientation Image Microscopy (OIM) for texture analysis, various in-situ and in-operando stages (cryo mat, heating, tensile, 3- and 4-point bending, and electrochemistry); two Transmission Electron Microscopes (TEM) with STEM capability and TEM sample preparation equipment; a dual-beam focused ion beam (FIB) system for nano-characterization and nano fabrication; a Nanoindenter; an X-ray Photoelectron Spectrometer (XPS)/Electron Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis (ESCA) system; X-Ray Diffractometers (XRD); and an X-ray microscope (NanoCT) with an in-situ tensile/compression temperature controlled stage.

More details of these instruments, information on how to access them, and instrument usage rates can be found at Drexel University’s Materials Characterization Core webpage.

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty

Michel Barsoum, PhD (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Distinguished Professor. Processing and characterization of novel ceramics and ternary compounds, especially the MAX and 2-D MXene phases.
Hao Cheng, PhD (Northwestern University). Associate Professor. Drug delivery, molecular self-assembly, cell-nanomaterial interactions, regenerative medicine and cell membrane engineering.
Yury Gogotsi, PhD (Kiev Polytechnic Institute) Director, A. J. Drexel Nanotechnology Institute. Distinguished University & Charles T. and Ruth M. Bach Professor. Nanomaterials; carbon nanotubes; nanodiamond; graphene; MXene; materials for energy storage, supercapacitors, and batteries.
Yong-Jie Hu, PhD (Penn State University). Assistant Professor. Computational design and evaluation of mechanical, thermodynamic, and electronic properties using first-principles calculations, molecular dynamic simulations, the CALPHAD approach, multiscale modeling, and machine learning approaches.
Richard Knight, PhD (Loughborough University) Associate Department Head and Undergraduate Advisor. Teaching Professor. Thermal plasma technology; thermal spray coatings and education; plasma chemistry and synthesis.
Christopher Y. Li, PhD (University of Akron) Graduate Advisor. Professor. Soft and hybrid materials for optical, energy, and bio applications; polymeric materials, nanocomposites, structure and properties.
Andrew Magenau, PhD (University of Southern Mississippi). Assistant Professor. Structurally complex materials exhibiting unique physical properties designed and fabricated using an assortment of methodologies involving directed self-assembly, externally applied stimuli, structure-function correlation, and applied engineering principles suited for technologies in regenerative medicine, biological interfacing, catalytic, electronic, and optical applications
Michele Marcolongo, PhD, PE (University of Pennsylvania). Professor Emerita. Orthopedic biomaterials; acellular regenerative medicine, biomimetic proteoglycans; hydrogels.
Steven May, PhD (Northwestern University) Department Head. Professor. Synthesis of complex oxide films, superlattices, and devices; magnetic, electronic, and quantum materials; x-ray and neutron scattering.
Ekaterina Pomerantseva, PhD (Moscow State University, Russia). Associate Professor. Solid state chemistry; electrochemical characterization, lithium-ion batteries, energy generation and storage; development and characterization of novel nanostructured materials, systems and architectures for batteries, supercapacitors and fuel cells.
Caroline L. Schauer, PhD (SUNY Stony Brook) Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs College of Engineering. Professor. Polysaccharide thin films and nanofibers.
Wei-Heng Shih, PhD (Ohio State University). Professor. Colloidal ceramics and sol-gel processing; piezoelectric biosensors, optoelectronics, and energy harvesting devices; nanocrystalline quantum dots for bioimaging, lighting, and solar cells.
Jonathan E. Spanier, PhD (Columbia University) Department Head, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics. Professor. Light-matter interactions in electronic materials, including ferroelectric semiconductors, complex oxide thin film science; laser spectroscopy, including Raman scattering.
Jörn Venderbos, PhD (Leiden University). Assistant Professor. Theory of quantum materials: topological Insulators, topological semimetals, materials prediction and design, strongly correlated electron materials, complex electronic ordering phenomena, unconventional superconductors
Christopher Weyant, PhD (Northwestern University). Teaching Professor. Engineering education
Antonios Zavaliangos, PhD (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) A.W. Grosvenor Professor. Professor. Constitutive modeling; powder compaction and sintering; pharmaceutical tableting, X-ray tomography.

Emeritus Faculty

Roger D. Corneliussen, PhD (University of Chicago). Professor Emeritus. Fracture, blends and alloys, as well as compounding.
Roger D. Doherty, PhD (Oxford University). Professor Emeritus. Metallurgical processing; thermo-mechanical treatment.
Ihab L. Kamel, PhD (University of Maryland). Professor Emeritus. Nanotechnology, polymers, composites, biomedical applications, and materials-induced changes through plasma and high energy radiation.
Jack Keverian, PhD (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Professor Emeritus. Rapid parts manufacturing, computer integrated manufacturing systems, strip production systems, technical and/or economic modeling, melting and casting systems, recycling systems.
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