Materials Science and Engineering
Contact:
Alan Russell
2220 Hoover Hall
515 294-1880
GradMSE@iastate.edu
Iowa State is a recognized leader in materials research, offering world-class research facilities that include the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory, the Center for Nondestructive Evaluation, and the Microelectronics Research Center. Our faculty annually administer more than $14 million in research funds to support the work of undergraduate, graduate, and other researchers. With an advanced degree in materials science, you can pursue a number of career directions in industry, government research laboratories, universities, and other research centers.
Areas of Specialization
- Advanced characterization methods
- Biomaterials and bio-inspired materials
- Computational materials science
- Electronic, magnetic, and photonic materials
- Materials for renewable energy
- Materials informatics
- Microstructural design and processing
- Nanomaterials and nanotechnology
- Oxide, non-oxide, and metallic glasses
- Polymers and polymer composites
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