Department of Materials Science and Engineering | The Pennsylvania State University

By the Numbers

$70,000

In 2016, Penn State graduates with a B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering entered the industry with an average starting salary of $70,000 a year.
12th Worldwide

MatSE at Penn State was ranked 12th worldwide by QS organization in 2013
$277,000

The department has 56 active scholarship/fellowship opportunities available to our undergraduate and graduate students; last year $277,000 was awarded to students.
14,576,657

Annual Research Expenditures is $14,576,657
#1

MATSE at Penn State ranked 1st by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for research expenditures. The rankings, released in February 2015, are for the 2013 fiscal year.
30

30 Materials Science and Engineering Faculty
168

Graduate Students
370

Undergraduate Students
70

Research Associates/Postdoctoral Scholars

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Featured Research

PEI coated with hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) nanosheets significantly outperforms competitive polymers at operating temperatures needed for electric vehicles and aerospace power applications. Image: Feihua Liu/ Penn State

Energy storage solution combines polymers and nanosheets

Ceramide nanoliposome, an investigational compound developed by Penn State researchers that targets and destroys cancer while leaving healthy cells unharmed, has been approved for phase one clinical human trials by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Researchers used nanotechnology to stabilize ceramide, a delicate compound that's a known anticancer therapeutic agent. Image: Keystone Nano

Investigational cancer compound receives FDA approval to begin human trials

Molecular models representing a 2D heterostructure made of graphene (gray background hexagonal lattice), and islands on top of hexagonal WS2 and MoS, as well as an alloy of the two. Water (H2O) molecules in red (oxygen) and gray (hydrogen) come from the bottom left hand side and get transformed catalytically after interacting with the heterostructures into H2 bubbles (bottom). Image: Terrones Group/Penn State

Low cost, scalable water-splitting fuels the future hydrogen economy

Lowering the heat makes new materials possible while saving energy

A Fast, Non-Destructive Test For Two-Dimensional Materials

News and Awards

Materials scientist Messing named Honorary Fellow of European Ceramics Society

Date Posted: 09/14/17
Chen receives Humboldt Award

Date Posted: 09/12/17
Materials Science and Engineering’s Arkema Speaker Series to begin Aug. 31

Date Posted: 08/31/17
Beese awarded for additive manufacturing research, mentoring

Date Posted: 08/18/17
For decades at Penn State, Pantano scratched the surface of glass research

Date Posted: 07/03/17