The curriculum in Materials Engineering (MATL), administered by the department of Mechanical Engineering, is structured to address problems associated with the design of materials and materials processes to meet specific needs. The objective of the undergraduate MATL program is to produce professionally qualified materials engineering graduates for a wide range of industries. Emphasis is on the basic sciences and principles of engineering with applications of these principles to materials behavior. The students must first obtain a broad foundation in chemistry, physics and mathematics which is applied in various courses in engineering. Within materials engineering courses, students first obtain a foundation in the major areas of materials science and to the major classes of engineering materials. This foundation is applied in courses in materials properties and selection, computational methods and finally in a capstone design course. Materials issues arise in all areas of technology, so materials engineers often need to work in interdisciplinary projects. In the curriculum, students obtain exposure to another engineering discipline through the technical electives, which are selected from a list of coordinated course sequences. Students may design alternative individualized cross-disciplinary sequences, but these sequences must be coordinated and must be approved by the materials engineering curriculum committee. Graduates will be prepared to meet the needs of industry and/or continue their studies towards an advanced degree.
To produce practicing materials engineers who:
Our graduates will have demonstrated:
