In the natural world, many things come in mirror-image pairs. Your left and right hands are a perfect example—they look alike but can’t be perfectly superimposed. This idea, called chirality or ...

Many modern devices—from cellphones and computers to electric vehicles and wind turbines—rely on strong magnets made from types of minerals called rare earths. As the systems and infrastructure used ...

The discipline of materials science and engineering focuses on material behavior—to understand, improve, and even create new materials. Materials engineering is a key part of nearly all engineered ...

Rare earth metals power modern tech and clean energy, driving global trade shifts and geopolitical tension as new materials ...

An international team has succeeded in producing new, efficient thermoelectric materials that could compete with state-of-the-art materials, offering greater stability and lower cost.

For example, chiral molecular materials—molecules that exist as a pair of non-superimposable mirror images—will revolutionize quantum technologies.

The Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) program brings together students and faculty with research interests and expertise in materials science and engineering from physics, chemistry, chemical ...

Our Bachelor of Science in Materials Science and Engineering is ABET accredited which demonstrates our continuing commitment to the quality of our program—both now and in the future.

Materials science and engineering is an interdisciplinary field that forms the foundation for many engineering applications by extending the current supply of materials, improving existing materials, ...

Have you ever wondered what your stuff is made of? Then materials science and engineering is the major for you! Cell phones, semiconductors, automobiles, airplanes, tennis rackets, bicycles, space ...

Google DeepMind has developed a revolutionary AI system that discovered 2 million new materials, unlocking massive potential for innovations in renewable energy, batteries, electronics, and more.