Materials science and engineering is a field broadly based in chemistry, physics, and the engineering sciences. The field is concerned with the design, manufacture, and use of all classes of materials (including metals, ceramics, semiconductors, polymers, and biomaterials), and with environmental, health, economic, and manufacturing issues relating to materials. Materials science and engineering is a field critical to future economic and environmental well-being.
Materials science emphasizes the study of the structure of materials and of processing-structure-property relations in materials. Almost all the properties of importance to an engineer are structure-sensitive—that is, they can be modified in significant ways by changing the chemical composition, the arrangement of the atoms or molecules in crystalline or amorphous configurations, or the size, shape, and orientation of the crystals or other macroscopic units of a solid. To understand how the useful properties of a material can be modified, it is necessary to understand the relationships between structure and properties and how the structure can be changed and controlled by the various chemical, thermal, mechanical, or other treatments to which a material is subjected during manufacture and in use. The fundamental understanding of materials developed through materials science has replaced empiricism as the basis for discovery of new materials. Whole classes of new materials such as semiconductors, superconductors, and some high-temperature alloys have their roots in modern materials science.
Recent achievements in materials have depended as much on advances in materials engineering as they have on materials science. When developing engineering processes for preparation and production of materials, and when designing materials for specific applications, the materials engineer must have a grasp of the modern engineering sciences, including heat and mass transfer and chemical kinetics. He or she must also have a proper concern for economic, social, and environmental factors. Materials processing is a major part of materials engineering. Indeed, improved performance of materials depends directly on advances in processing. Today's materials engineers face challenging engineering problems in reducing the cost and improving the productivity of industrial processing of materials. The Materials Science and Engineering Department has strong academic and research activities in all aspects of the processing of materials.
Materials engineering and materials science are interwoven in the department. There are some subjects that all students of materials should know: thermodynamics, kinetics, and certain aspects of solid mechanics, physics, and chemistry. Core subjects in these areas are provided at the undergraduate and graduate levels. In addition, subjects covering a wide variety of topics, from solid-state physics to the analysis of materials systems, are offered. By selecting appropriate subjects, the student can follow many different paths with emphasis on engineering, science, or a mixture of the two. Lecture and lab subjects are provided in the department that enable a student to study the science and engineering of ceramics, electronic materials, metals, polymers, or biomaterials.
Materials engineers and materials scientists, whether generalists or specialists in a particular class of material, are in continually high demand by industry and government for jobs in research, development, production, and management. They find challenging opportunities in a wide variety of important positions in operations, development, and research in the electronics industry, in aerospace, in consumer industries, in biomaterials and medical industries, and in the basic materials preparation and producing industries. A large number of DMSE alumni are faculty members of leading universities.
The principles of materials science and materials engineering have particular relevance to the study of archaeological materials. Laboratory investigation of ancient and pre-industrial artifacts of metal, ceramic, stone, cloth and other materials enables archaeologists to reconstruct the materials technologies behind the design and production of objects in prehistory. The Center for Archaeological Materials is developing what can be called the materials science of material culture, exploring the relations between ancient people and their material world.
Archaeology is the systematic study of humanity in the past, concerned with reconstructing the environments in which people lived and the ecological systems in which they functioned. Encompassing the study of ancient technologies and other human activities, as well as peoples' social organization, religious beliefs, and every aspect of human culture, archaeology covers all of human history, from the time of the earliest human beings up to the present.
Because archaeology is so broad in scope and the data on which it relies derive primarily from field survey and excavations, a range of disciplines provides its foundation. Geology, anthropology, materials science, art history, and biology are among these fundamental fields. Archaeological science represents an approach to archaeology that utilizes modern science and engineering principles and methods to tackle pressing archaeological issues—for example, reconstructing time, place, and human ecologies of the past, or determining the materials technologies that transform natural materials into cultural objects.
MIT's archaeology education programs reflect particular strength in archaeological science research. The Bachelor of Science in Archaeology and Materials as recommended by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering derives from the focus on archaeological materials research within the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Center for Materials Research in Archaeology and Ethnology (CMRAE). This curriculum is unique within university departments of anthropology, archaeology, and engineering.
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering offers three undergraduate degree programs: Course 3, leading to the Bachelor of Science in Materials Science and Engineering, is taken by the majority of undergraduates in the department, and is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET); Course 3-A, leading to the Bachelor of Science without specification, provides greater flexibility to the student in designing his or her professional program, and is often taken by pre-med, pre-law, or pre-MBA students; and Course 3-C provides a Bachelor of Science in Archaeology and Materials. The department offers research and educational specialization in a large number of industrially and scientifically important areas leading to master's and doctoral degrees.
The undergraduate program serves the needs of students who intend to pursue employment in materials-related industries immediately upon graduation, as well as those who will do graduate work in the engineering or science of materials. The program is designed to be started at the beginning of the sophomore year, although it can be started later with some loss of scheduling flexibility.
The first four academic terms of the program contain required core subjects that address the fundamental relations between processing, microstructure, properties, and applications of modern materials. The core subjects are followed by a sequence of restricted electives that provide more specialized coverage of the major classes of modern materials: biomaterials, ceramics, electronic materials, metals, and polymers, as well as cross-cutting topics relevant to all types of materials. Course 3 students write either a senior thesis or an internship report based on a summer industrial internship. This provides an opportunity for original research work beyond that which occurs elsewhere in the program. The degree program in Course 3 is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.
The required subjects can be completed in the sophomore and junior years within a schedule that allows students to take a HASS subject each semester, and a range of elective junior and senior subjects. Departmental advisors work with students to assist in selecting elective subjects suitable to the student's needs and interests. While the program should satisfy the academic needs of most students, petitions for variations or substitutions may be approved by the departmental Undergraduate Committee; students should contact their advisor for guidance in such cases.
Participation in laboratory work by undergraduates is an integral part of the curriculum. The departmental core subjects include extensive laboratory exercises, which investigate materials properties, structure, and processing, and are complementary to the lecture courses. The junior-year core includes a laboratory subject, 3.042, that emphasizes design, teamwork, and communication skills. Undergraduate students also have access to extensive facilities for research in materials as part of UROP and thesis projects. Engineering design figures prominently in a substantial portion of the laboratory exercises. Students develop oral and written communication skills by reporting data and analysis in a variety of ways.
The department has modern undergraduate materials teaching laboratories containing a wide variety of materials processing and characterization equipment. A new undergraduate laboratory opened in 2003, including facilities for biomaterials research, chemical synthesis, and physical and electronic properties measurement. Other departmental facilities include preparation and characterization of refractory and electrical ceramics and glasses, metallic and nonmetallic crystals, and polymers. Equipment is available for the study of heat and mass flow and for thermodynamic and kinetic investigations at high temperatures. Deformation, solidification, joining, and thin film deposition may be carried out. Materials may be characterized by optical electron (TEM, SEM) and scanning probe (AFM, STM) microscopy techniques, diffraction, and spectroscopy, and there is equipment for a variety of electrical, optical, magnetic, and mechanical property measurements.
Students may substitute industrial internship reports (12 units of 3.930/3.931 Industrial Practice) for the senior thesis (3.ThU). Students should select this option during their sophomore year, and take 3.930 in the summer after the sophomore year and 3.931 in the summer following the junior year. This option provides a student with industrial experience concurrently with academic work through cooperative work assignments matched to the student's capabilities. Together with a company representative, a faculty advisor is assigned to each student to assist as cosupervisor during his or her work assignments. Care is taken to ensure a more challenging and rewarding experience than is typical of most summer jobs. Students earn a salary during their work periods and also receive academic credit.
Students who wish to go on to graduate school under the auspices of the Engineering Internship Program have the opportunity to earn an SM degree. At the end of the senior year, such students complete two terms of industrial practice and a minimum of one term of on-campus study, during which time they may complete the subject requirements of the SM degree and an SM thesis. Students exercising this option must follow the normal procedures for application to the graduate school.
Some students may be attracted to the many opportunities available in the materials discipline, but also have special interests that are not satisfied by the conventional Course 3 program. For instance, some students may wish to take more biology and chemistry subjects in preparation for medical school, or more management subjects prior to entering an MBA program. In these cases, the 3-A program may be of value as a more flexible curriculum in which a larger number of elective choices is available.
The curriculum requirements for Course 3-A are similar to, but more flexible than, those for Course 3. Five subjects chosen from the core (3.012; 3.016, 18.03, or 18.034; 3.021J, 3.016, 1.00, or 6.001; 3.022, 3.024, 3.032, 3.034, 3.042, and 3.044) and one laboratory subject (3.014) are required, along with any three additional subjects (36 units) selected from the list of Restricted Electives shown under Course 3. In addition to these nine subjects, the student should develop a program of six planned elective subjects appropriate to the student's stated goals. CI-M designated subjects for Course 3-A include 3.014, 2.009, 2.671, 3.042, 3.155J, 5.33, 5.36, 5.38, 6.021J/2.791J/20.370J, and 7.02.
As an example of a 3-A program, a student planning a career in medicine might select the following subjects in addition to the above requirements in order to satisfy the premedical requirements recommended by the MIT Careers Office: 7.02, 5.12, 5.13, 5.310, 7.05.
Students considering the 3-A program should contact the departmental advisor (currently Professor David Roylance, roylance@mit.edu), who will counsel the student more fully on the academic considerations involved. Under his guidance, the student will prepare a complete plan of study which must be approved by the departmental Undergraduate Committee. This approval must be obtained no later than the beginning of the student's junior year. Students are then expected to adhere to this plan unless circumstances require a change, in which case a petition for a modified program must be submitted to the Undergraduate Committee. The department does not seek ABET accreditation for the 3-A program.
Students who have a specific interest in archaeology and archaeological science may choose Course 3-C. The 3-C program is designed to afford students broad exposure to fields that contribute fundamental theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of ancient and historic societies. The primary fields include anthropological archaeology, geology, and materials science and engineering. The program enriches knowledge of past and present-day nonindustrial societies by making the natural and engineering sciences part of the archaeological tool kit.
The program's special focus is on understanding prehistoric culture through study of the structure and properties of materials associated with human activities. Investigating peoples' interactions with materials, the objects that such interactions produced, and the related environmental settings, leads to a fuller analysis of the physical, social, cultural, and ideological world in which people function. These are the goals of anthropological archaeology, goals that are reached, in part, through science and engineering perspectives.
Participation in laboratory work by undergraduates is an integral part of the curriculum. The program requires that all students take a materials laboratory subject. Many of the archaeology subjects are designed with a laboratory component; such subjects meet in the Undergraduate Archaeology and Materials Laboratory. Undergraduate students also have access to the extensive CMRAE facilities for research in archaeological materials as part of UROP and thesis projects. Such projects may include archaeological fieldwork during IAP or the summer months.
The HASS Concentration in Archaeology and Archaeological Science provides concentrators with a basic knowledge of the field of archaeology, the systematic study of the human past. Students pursuing the SB in 3-C may not also concentrate in this area. The archaeology and archaeological science concentration consists of four subjects: 3.986, 3.985J, and two other HASS electives from among those currently offered in this subject area: 3.094, 3.982, 3.983, 3.987, 3.988, 3.993. The department does not seek ABET accreditation for the 3-C program. Students may contact Professor Heather N. Lechtman for more information.
The Minor in Materials Science and Engineering consists of six undergraduate subjects totalling at least 72 units from the list of Required Subjects and Restricted Electives in the departmental program, with at least one of these taken from the list of Restricted Electives. With the approval of the minor advisor, it may be possible to substitute one subject taken outside the department for one of the Course 3 subjects in the minor program, provided that the coverage of the substituted subject is similar to one of those in the departmental program.
The department's minor advisor, currently Professor David Roylance, will ensure that individual minor programs form a coherent group of subjects. Because of the breadth of the undergraduate program in the department, and the variety of possibilities for specialization, the minor program is flexible in its composition. Examples of minor programs in materials science and engineering with specializations in the areas of biomaterials, ceramics, electronic materials, metallurgy, and polymers can be obtained from the department. Other suitable programs may be composed through consultation between students, the minor advisor, and the Undergraduate Committee.
The Minor in Archaeology and Materials (3-C) consists of six undergraduate subjects totaling 72 units. The five required subjects are 3.012 Fundamentals of Materials Science and Engineering, 3.014 Materials Laboratory, 3.022 Microstructural Evolution in Materials, 3.986 The Human Past: Introduction to Archaeology (HASS-D), and 3.985 Archaeological Science (HASS). The sixth subject is an elective from the Archaeology and Archaeological Science subject listings. With the approval of the minor advisor, it may be possible to substitute one subject taken outside the Course 3 program provided the coverage is equivalent. The department's 3-C minor advisor, currently Professor Heather Lechtman, will ensure that the minor program forms a coherent group of subjects.
A general description of the minor program at MIT may be found under Undergraduate Education in Part 1.
Additional information regarding undergraduate programs may be obtained from Professor Caroline Ross, Room 13-4005, MIT, 617-258-0223, caross@mit.edu, or from the Student Services Office, Room 35-413, 617-258-5816.
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering offers the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy and Doctor of Science in Materials Science and Engineering. It offers the degrees of Master of Science in Materials Science and Engineering, and Master of Engineering.
The department's Master of Engineering (MEng)—an engineering project–based, rather than a research-based, degree program—is designed for completion in 12 months. Course work and projects begin in the fall and continue through the academic year and into the following summer. This program includes options for either industry-based or campus-based projects.
The doctoral degree fields are described briefly below. Subject descriptions appropriate to the degree requirements in each of these fields are provided in Part 3. The subjects 3.20 Materials at Equilibrium, 3.21 Kinetic Processes in Materials, 3.22 Mechanical Properties of Materials, and 3.23 Electrical, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Materials are basic to all doctoral degree programs and constitute a required core for all graduate students enrolled in doctoral programs in the department. This requirement may be partially waived upon petition to the Departmental Committee on Graduate Students if it can be demonstrated that equivalent coverage of this material has been secured in previous study.
The various graduate fields are not rigidly defined. Each member of the departmental faculty works in at least two of these fields and a number of subjects appear in common on the lists of elective subjects in each academic program; there is a great deal of interaction between the fields. The graduate fields are also coupled with other activities on materials within the Institute. Faculty from other departments participate in the departmental teaching and research in these fields. Subjects offered by other departments are, wherever appropriate, included in the recommended electives, and many departmental students participate in multidisciplinary research projects with students and faculty from various parts of the Institute.
Students are expected to learn the fundamentals of their chosen field and to develop a deep understanding of one or more significant aspects of it. The general examinations for the doctoral degree are designed accordingly. A full range of advanced-level subjects is offered in each graduate field, and arrangements can be made for individually planned study of any topic. In addition to 3.20 through 3.23, students are required to take further subjects designated by their academic program and a two- or three-subject minor program. Two additional subjects are required, as recommended by a student's thesis committee.
A large and active research program on the structure and properties, preparation, and processing of materials, with emphasis on ceramics, electronic materials, metals, polymers, and biomaterials, is conducted in the department. Graduate research is an important part of the educational process, and emphasis is placed on the research thesis. Students choose research projects from many alternative opportunities that exist within the department, and work closely with an individual faculty member. The results of the research must be of sufficient significance to warrant publication in the scientific literature.
The department maintains a large number of well-equipped research laboratories, and there is significant interaction between them, including the sharing of experimental facilities and equipment. Most department members are also members of the Center for Materials Science and Engineering, which provides and maintains excellent central facilities, or the Materials Processing Center. Both centers provide interdisciplinary research opportunities as described in Interdisciplinary Research and Study in Part 1.
This program includes the science and technology of materials for electrical, magnetic, and optical device applications. It is concerned with the design and fabrication of useful materials and devices through understanding and control of the interplay between electronic, magnetic and optical properties, the micro- and nanostructure of materials (atomic arrangements, defects, interfaces, phase constitution, and morphology), and processing methods. Research within this field includes materials processing in bulk and thin-film form; device fabrication; characterization of the semiconducting, dielectric, optical, and magnetic properties of materials and devices; and theoretical study of the characteristics of bulk materials, thin-film materials and interfaces and their implications for devices.
This program concentrates on the science and technology of synthetic and natural materials characterized by carbon-bonded, long chain molecules of seemingly limitless architectural diversity, and their composites with inorganic materials. Polymer and nanocomposite processing by molecular-level assembly, self-assembly, and field-directed approaches are employed to create new materials displaying a wide range of structure and properties. Materials science and engineering principles are applied to the development of new products and therapies including photonic devices, battery electrolytes, organic LEDs, filtration membranes, highly recyclable plastics, resorbable implants, biosensors, and drug delivery devices.
The program on structural and environmental materials encompasses the study of the mechanical response of materials to internal and external stimuli, as well as the design and use of materials to minimize environmental impact. Research topics in the area of structural materials include microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), nanomechanics, functionally graded materials, superalloys, ceramic turbine blades, polymers, biomimicking of natural structural materials, and mechanics of cellular materials. Topics in environmental materials include materials processing to minimize environmental impact, recycling of materials, materials for energy conversion and storage (e.g. advanced battery systems, fuel cells, solar photovoltaics, smart windows, hydrides), and sensors and actuators for environmental monitoring and control.
This program encompasses the study of fundamental and emerging concepts and technologies in materials science and engineering. The common principles that underlie the structure and properties of materials are those associated with electronic structure and bonding, atomic arrangement, phase stability, and the role of imperfections and microstructure. Fundamental phenomena considered include structural and phase transformations, reactivity, mass and charge transport, and the optical, electronic and mechanical response to internal and external stimuli. Tools of study include theory, computer modeling, and experimental characterization methods such as TEM and diffraction. This program also stimulates the integration of important developments from other fields such as mathematics, biology, physics, and economics into materials science and engineering, and allows students to propose relevant interdisciplinary course programs that may lead to emerging disciplines in materials science and engineering.
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering offers an interdisciplinary doctoral program for individuals who wish to consider the study of archaeology and materials science and pursue research in the field of archaeological materials. Admission to the program is through the department. The program requires four core subjects—half in materials science and engineering, half in archaeology—and six additional subjects. Many of the subject requirements may be met with coursework in the Architecture; Civil and Environmental Engineering; Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences; Mechanical Engineering; and Urban Studies and Planning departments; or additionally in the Technology and Policy Program; the Program in Science, Technology, and Society; and the Anthropology Department at Harvard University. Field research opportunities are available, most notably in Mesoamerica and South America.
A joint PhD program in medical materials science and engineering is offered in conjunction with the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST). Candidates complete coursework in one of the four graduate degree program disciplines in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering before continuing with medical science coursework and clinical training in the HST curriculum. The doctoral thesis research concerns a fundamental and clinically important problem involving medical applications of materials science and engineering. Research can be carried out within the department or at one of the area hospitals affiliated with HST. For information on application procedures and other requirements, see the program description under Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs in Part 2.
The department offers a Master of Science degree in materials science and engineering, which may be taken simultaneously with other departmental or interdepartmental offerings, such as the Leaders for Manufacturing program. The general requirements for the master's degree are described under Graduate Education in Part 1.
The coherent program of subjects (32 units, though not necessarily all Course 3 subjects) must be approved by one of the Master's Degree Registration Officers in Course 3. Of the 66 total units required for the master's degree, 42 graduate degree credits are required to be in Course 3 subjects at graduate H-level. The thesis must have significant materials research content and an internal departmental thesis reader is required if the student's advisor is outside Course 3. Subjects 3.577, 3.80J, 3.81J, and 3.83J may not be used to satisfy the departmental requirement that students earn 42 graduate H-level credits in Course 3 subjects.
The department may also recommend awarding a master's degree without departmental specification; the general requirements are described under Graduate Education in Part 1. The thesis must be materials-related, and an internal departmental thesis reader is required if the advisor is outside Course 3.
The department's Master of Engineering (MEng) program covers the fundamentals of the engineering discipline and provides exposure to the tools and experience of engineering practice. This program differs significantly from the research-based SM and PhD degrees. MEng students are not eligible for research assistant support, and teaching assistant support for MEng students is rare.
The MEng program targets two categories of students: experienced professionals who are returning for "retooling" for a new career or job and experienced professionals who are sent at company expense to prepare for new or increased job responsibilities. Students are not required to have an undergraduate degree in materials science and engineering, but a strong engineering background is expected.
The program begins in the fall and has a fixed duration of 12 months. In the fall, students take two overview subjects, 3.205 and 3.225, designed for the MEng program. These subjects distill to 24 units the essential features of the 54-unit doctoral core, providing coverage of the basics of thermodynamic, kinetics, and properties of materials. These subjects offer adequate preparation for most of the department's advanced graduate subjects but cannot substitute for the core curriculum requirements in the PhD program.
In the fall term, students take 3.206, a subject that surveys materials engineering practice, and 3.57 Materials Selection, Design, and Economics. The subject on engineering practice includes presentations by a large cross-section of the department faculty. During this first term, students and faculty also develop proposals for projects to be carried out as teams, either at a company site or on campus, in the spring (including January). Project proposals are reviewed and approved by a committee of faculty and non-faculty experts who also serve as a policy committee for the program. Projects are completed during the spring and summer terms.
In the fall or spring, students are also expected to take an advanced graduate subject from a set of restricted electives that focus on materials processing, as well as two elective graduate courses. For further information, see the MEng web page at http://dmse.mit.edu/academics/graduate/programs/meng.html.
Students planning to apply their materials science and engineering education to a career in the manufacturing industry may apply for the Leaders for Manufacturing (LFM) program. The LFM program combines graduate education in engineering and management for those with two or more years of work experience who aspire to leadership positions in manufacturing or operations companies. This rigorous 24-month program combines subjects in technology and management. A required 6.5-month internship provides opportunity to complete a research project on site at one of LFM's partner companies. The internship leads to a dual-degree thesis, culminating in two master's degrees—an SM in management or an MBA, and an SM in engineering from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. The program is offered jointly through the MIT Sloan School of Management and the School of Engineering. For more information, see the program description under Engineering Systems Division or visit http://lfm.mit.edu/.
The Master of Science in Technology and Policy is an engineering research degree with a strong focus on the role of technology in policy analysis and formulation. The Technology and Policy program (TPP) curriculum provides a solid grounding in technology and policy by combining advanced subjects in the student's chosen technical field with courses in economics, politics, and law. Many students combine TPP's curriculum with complementary subjects to obtain dual degrees in TPP and either a specialized branch of engineering or an applied social science such as political science or urban studies and planning. For additional information, see the program description under Engineering Systems Division or visit http://tppserver.mit.edu/.
Graduate students may seek two Master of Science degrees simultaneously or in sequence, one awarded by the student's home department and the other by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. The rules governing dual degrees are found in the section detailing degree requirements under Graduate Education in Part 1. Additional information on requirements that must also be met to obtain the Master of Science degree from the Materials Science and Engineering Department is available from the department.
The Joint Program with WHOI is intended for students whose primary career objective is oceanographic engineering. The program is described in more detail under Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs in Part 2.
General admissions requirements are described under Graduate Education in Part 1. Programs are arranged on an individual basis depending upon the preparation and interests of the student. Those who have not studied some thermodynamics and kinetics at the undergraduate level are advised to take 3.012 Fundamentals of Materials and 3.022 Microstructural Evolution.
The general requirements for completion of graduate degrees are also described under Graduate Education in Part 1. Students completing a Master of Science degree are required to present a seminar summarizing the thesis. The department requires that candidates for the doctoral degrees go through a qualifying procedure and pass Institute-mandated general written and oral examinations before continuing with their programs of study and research, and that they satisfy a minor requirement. Information on the qualifying procedure and on the subject areas covered by the general examinations is available from the chairman of the Departmental Committee on Graduate Students.
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering offers assistantships and fellowships for graduate study. Research and teaching assistantships are available in the fields in which the department is active.
Additional information regarding graduate programs, admissions, and financial aid may be obtained by writing to the Student Services Office, Room 35-413, MIT, 617-253-3302.
Edwin L. Thomas, PhD
Morris Cohen Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Department Head
Samuel Miller Allen, PhD
POSCO Professor of Physical Metallurgy
Ronald George Ballinger, ScD
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Nuclear Science and Engineering
Angela Belcher, PhD
Germeshausen Professor of Materials Science and
Engineering and Biological Engineering
W. Craig Carter, PhD
Eugene Bell Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Gerbrand Ceder, PhD
Richard P. Simmons Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Yet-Ming Chiang, ScD
Kyocera Professor of Ceramics
Michael John Cima, PhD
Sumitomo Electric Industries Professor of Engineering
Joel Phillip Clark, ScD
Professor of Materials Systems
Thomas Waddy Eagar, ScD
Professor of Materials Engineering and Materials Systems
Eugene A. Fitzgerald, PhD
Merton C. Flemings—SMA Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Lorna Jane Gibson, PhD
Matoula S. Salapatas Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
Associate Provost
Linn Walker Hobbs, DPhil
Professor of Materials Scienceand Nuclear Science and Engineering
Dorothy Hosler, PhD
Professor of Archaeology and Ancient Technology
Klavs Flemming Jensen, PhD
Warren K. Lewis Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and
Engineering
Lionel Cooper Kimerling, PhD
Thomas Lord Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Director, Materials Processing Center
Heather Nan Lechtman, MA
Professor of Archaeology and Ancient Technology
Director, Center for Materials Research in Archaelogy and Ethnology
Anne M. Mayes, PhD
Toyota Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
MacVicar Faculty Fellow
Caroline Anne Ross, PhD
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Michael Francis Rubner, PhD
TDK Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Director, Center for Materials Science and Engineering
Donald Robert Sadoway, PhD
John F. Elliott Professor of Metallurgy
Subra Suresh, ScD
Ford Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Dean of Engineering
Carl Vernette Thompson II, PhD
Stavros Salapatas Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Harry Louis Tuller, EngScD
Professor of Ceramics and Electronic Materials
Director, Crystal Physics and Optical Electronics Laboratory
Bernhardt John Wuensch, PhD
Professor of Ceramics
Sidney Yip, PhD
Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering
Yoel Fink, PhD
Associate Professor of Materials Science
MacVicar Faculty Fellow
Darrell J. Irvine, PhD
Eugene Bell Career Development Associate Professor of Materials Science and
Engineering and Tissue Engineering
Nicola Marzari, PhD
Associate Professor in Computational Materials Science
Christine Ortiz, PhD
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
David Kaye Roylance, PhD
Associate Professor of Materials Engineering
Christopher Schuh
Danae and Vasilis Salapatas Associate Professor of Metallurgy
Silvija Gradecak, PhD
Merton C. Flemings Career Development Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Randolph E. Kirchain, Jr., PhD
Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Engineering Systems
Francesco Stellaci, PhD
Finmeccanica Career Development Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Krystyn Van Vliet, PhD
Thomas Lord Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Paul I. David, PhD
James Duane Livingston, PhD
Geetha Berera, PhD
Joseph M. Dhosi
Harry Vincent Merrick, PhD
Joseph Parse, PhD
Meri Treska, PhD
Michael J. Tarkanian
Yin-Lin Xie, MS
Peter Houk
Sherman Cox
Paula Mendes Jardim
Yuichiro Koizumi
Bing Li
Toshiyuji Nohira
Yong Jun Oh
Hiroomi Shimomura
Timo Thonbauser
Kris Van Hege
Dihua Wang
Tetsuya Yamaki
Robert Charles O'Handley, PhD
Xiaoman Duan, PhD
Ying Shirley Meng
David Bono, PhD
Sidney W. Carter
Fernando Castano
Ming Dao, PhD
Jifa Qi
Alan Schwartzman, PhD
Donald Galler
George LaBonte
Sheree Michelle Beane
Christine Flynn
Francesca Baletto
Nicola Bonini
Georgios Constantinides
Dandeniyage C. I. De Alwis
Oswaldo Diéguez
Mirela A. Dragan
Can K. Erdonmez
Georg Ernest Fantner
Jorge Feuchtwanger
Debadyuti Ghosh
Ying Hu
Hsiao-Ying Huang
Yen-Chen Huang
Ji Hyun Jang
Eva Jud Sierra
Mohammad Mukul Kabir
Woo Sik Kim
Kang Kisuk
Young-Su Lee
Brenda O. Long
Martin Maldovan
Alexandre François André Micoulet
Arash A. Mostofi
Dessislava N. Nikova
Kristin A. Persson
Aislinn H. C. Sirk
Oktay Uzun
Ayush Verma
Yang Wang
Ryan C. Wartena
Cheng-Yen Wen
Qingfeng Yan
Arum Yu
Fei Zhou
Andrea Centrone
Monica A. Diez Silva
Cedric Dubois
Georg Heimel
Hyun Suk Kim
Young Gun Ko
Georgios Lykotrafitis
Kazuya Nakata
Marc D. Natter
David Naves Otero
Kathy Christina Sahner
Hong Zhang
Gerald F. Dionne
Young-Il Jang
Theodoulos Kattamis, ScD
Douglas Matson, PhD
Richard Mlcak, ScD
George A. Rossetti
Chris Scott
Hao Wang
Jessada Wannasin
Robert Weierter Balluffi, ScD
Professor of Physical Metallurgy, Emeritus
Merton C. Flemings, ScD
Toyota Professor of Materials Processing, Emeritus
Harry Constantine Gatos, PhD
Professor of Molecular Engineering and Electronic Materials, Emeritus
Ronald Michael Latanision, PhD
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Frederick Jerome McGarry, SM
Professor of Civil Engineering and Polymer Engineering, Emeritus
Walter Shepherd Owen, PhD
Professor of Physical Metallurgy, Emeritus
Regis Marc Noel Pelloux, ScD
Professor of Materials Engineering, Emeritus
Robert Michael Rose, ScD
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Emeritus
Director, Concourse Program
Kenneth Calvin Russell, PhD
Professor of Metallurgy and Nuclear Engineering, Emeritus
John Bruce Vander Sande, PhD
Professor of Material Science, Emeritus