Dec 27, 2025  
2025-2026 Graduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Graduate Catalog

Materials Science and Engineering


Materials Science and Engineering website

Mohsen Asle Zaeem, Head
Hahn Choo, Associate Head
Yanfei Gao, Director of Graduate Studies and Associate Head

Professors
Asle Zaeem, M., PhD – Washington State 
Choo, H., PhD – Illinois Institute of Technology
Duscher, G., PhD – University of Stuttgart (Germany)
Egami, T., PhD – Pennsylvania
Gao, Y., PhD – Princeton
Kalinin, S.V., PhD – Pennsylvania
Keffer, D.J., PhD – Minnesota
Keppens, V., PhD – Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)
Liaw, P.K., PhD – Northwestern
Mandrus, D.G., PhD – Stony Brook
Page, K., PhD – California (Santa Barbara)
Rack, P.D., PhD – Florida
Rawn, C.J., PhD – Arizona
Tennant, A., PhD – Oxford (UK)
Xu, H., PhD – Florida

Associate Professors
Ahmadi, M., PhD – Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
Gilbert, D.A., PhD – California (Davis)
Kit, K., PhD – Delaware
Zhuravleva, M., PhD – Tohoku (Japan)

Assistant Professors
Gilmer, D.A., PhD – Tennessee
Lass, E., PhD – Virginia
Wang, Y., PhD – California Institute of Technology
Xu, W., PhD – Georgia Institute of Technology
Zhang, R., PhD – Penn State

Teaching Assistant Professor
Cothrine, M., PhD – Tennessee

Emeriti Faculty
Fellers, J.F., PhD – Akron
George, E., PhD – Pennsylvania
Hu, B., PhD – Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
Nieh, T.G., PhD – Stanford
Sickafus, K., PhD – Cornell
Wadsworth, L.C., PhD – North Carolina State
Weber, W.J., PhD – Wisconsin
 

MAJORS, DEGREES
Materials Science and Engineering Major, MS  
  Automotive materials concentration
  Nanomaterials concentration
Dual MS-MBA Program, Materials Science and Engineering - Business Administration  
Materials Science and Engineering Major, PhD  
  Automotive materials concentration
  Nanomaterials concentration


Graduate programs are offered leading to the degrees of Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy with a major in materials science and engineering. The materials science and engineering program is flexible and interdisciplinary in nature. Students may be admitted from a wide range of disciplines. These include physics, chemistry, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, materials engineering, and engineering science programs.

Admission

See the above programs for admissions information.

Interdisciplinary Graduate Minor in Computational Science (IGMCS)

The Department of Materials Science and Engineering participates in the interdisciplinary graduate minor in computational science (IGMCS) program. Any student pursuing a master’s or PhD with a major in materials science and engineering can receive a minor in computational science by completing the appropriate IGMCS requirements. For additional information, see the description of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Minor in Computational Science  listed under Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science or visit the IGMCS website. The Department of Materials Science and Engineering also contributes courses to the IGMCS program curriculum.