Mission
The mission of the Department of Materials Science and
Engineering is to provide our students with a well-rounded engineering
education with specific emphasis on materials science and engineering
in order to meet the needs of industry, academia and government;
to conduct research at the frontiers of the field; and to provide
an integrating and leadership role to the broad multi-disciplinary
materials community.
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Educational Objectives
The general
objective of the Materials Science and Engineering undergraduate
program is embedded in our mission statement
- to provide to our students a well-rounded engineering education
with specific emphasis on materials science and engineering
that will meet the needs of industry, academia, and government.
Specific program objectives have been established to attain
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To produce graduates with the ability to apply
the fundamentals of mathematics and the physical sciences
To produce graduates who have a general knowledge of all classes of engineering
materials, but specific expertise in one of the sub-disciplines: ceramics, electronic
and photonic materials, metals, polymers
To produce graduates who have a first hand knowledge of the inter-relationships
between processing, structure, properties and performance of materials
To produce graduates who have the ability to define problems, including design
problems, develop and evaluate economically feasible solutions from diverse knowledge
bases, and implement an acceptable solution
To produce graduates who have the ability to function effectively in cross-functional
teams, both within the materials discipline and in multidisciplinary teams
To produce graduates who are adept at using the modern tools of materials science
and engineering, including instrumentation for characterizing the structure and
properties of materials and computational hardware and software for analysis,
design, and communication
To produce graduates who understand the global/societal context of engineering
problems, understand their responsibility to their profession and society and
the ethics associated with it, and understand the value of lifelong learning |
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Program Outcomes
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Graduates will learn to apply a knowledge of
mathematics and advanced science and engineering principles to
materials systems.
Graduates will learn to design and conduct experiments and to analyze and interpret
data.
Graduates will learn to design a process, a microstructure,
or a component to satisfy system needs.
Graduates will be able to function on multidisciplinary teams.
Graduates will learn to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems.
Graduates will understand professional and ethical responsibility.
Graduates will be able to communicate effectively, both in writing and
in speech.
Graduates will gain the broad education necessary to understand the impact
of engineering solutions in a global and societal context.
Graduates will recognize the need for, and be able to engage in, lifelong
learning.
Graduates will have a knowledge of contemporary issues.
Graduates will learn to use the experimental, analytical, statistical,
and computational tools for engineering practice in the materials discipline.
Graduates will learn the fundamental principles underlying and connecting
the structure, processing, properties, and performance of materials systems.
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