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
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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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