School of Materials Engineering (Graduate)

Website URL:

https://engineering.purdue.edu/MSE/Academics/Graduate/index.html

Department/School Head:

David F. Bahr

Academic Programs:

Master’s and Ph.D. Programs

The School of Materials Engineering offers MS and Ph.D. degrees in the field of Materials Science and Engineering.  Opportunities for research span the full range of engineering materials, with emphasis on characterizing their internal structure down to the atomic scale, structure-properties relationships, processing, and performance.  The School also serves as the hub for a broad range of interdisciplinary materials research at Purdue. The School of Materials Engineering also offers a Professional MS degree.

Areas of Study

Opportunities for research span the full range of engineering materials including ceramics, metals, polymers, semiconductors, and composites, with emphasis on their internal structure-properties relationships, processing, and performance.

Regular Graduate Faculty by Rank:

Professor

David Bahr
John Blendell
Mukerrem Cakmak
Nikhilesh Chawla
Weinong Chen
Anter El-Azab
R. Edwin Garcia
Carol Handwerker
Matthew John M. Krane
Eric Kvam
Michael Manfra
Jan-Andres Mansson
Ernesto E. Marinero
Paul Mort
R. Byron Pipes
Kenneth Sandhage
Elliott Slamovich
Lia Stanciu
Alejandro H. Strachan
Rodney Trice
Kevin Trumble
Haiyan Wang
Jeffrey Youngblood
Xinghang Zhang

Associate Professor

Kendra Erk
John Howarter
David Johnson
Carlos Martinez
Robert Spitzer
Janelle Wharry

Assistant Professor

Chelsea Davis
Arun Kumar Mannodi Kanakkithodi
Maria Okuniewski
Davin Piercey
Rahim Rahimi
Michael Titus

Faculty Emeriti

Arden L. Bement Jr
Mysore Dayananda
Richard E. Grace

Courtesy Faculty

Babek Anasori-Assistant Prof. of Mech. Eng. (IUPUI)
Alexandra Boltasseva-Prof. of ECE
Srinivasan Chandrasekar, Prof. of IE
Gary Cheng-Assoc. Prof. IE
H. Kory Cooper-Assistant Prof. of Anthropology
Chi Hwan Lee-Assistant Prof. Biomedical Eng.
Na (Luna) Lu-Assoc. Prof of Civil Eng.
Vilas Pol-Assoc. Prof. of Chemical Eng.
Arvind Raman-Prof. of ME
Michael Sangid-Assoc. Prof. of AAE
Alexander Wei-Prof. of Chemistry
Johnathan Wilker-Prof. of Chemistry

Programs

• Materials Engineering, PHD

• Materials Engineering, MSMSE

Courses

• MSE 50200 - Defects In Solids
• MSE 50500 - Modeling And Simulation Of Materials Processing
• MSE 50800 - Phase Transformations In Solids
• MSE 51000 - Microstructural Characterization Techniques
• MSE 51200 - Powder Processing
• MSE 51700 - Materials For Hypersonics
• MSE 51800 - Failure Analysis
• MSE 52000 - Steel And Aluminum Alloys: Processing, Structure And Properties
• MSE 52300 - Physical Ceramics
• MSE 52400 - Mechanical Behavior Of Polymers
• MSE 52500 - Struct-Property Relationships Of Engineering Polymers
• MSE 52700 - Introduction To Biomaterials
• MSE 53000 - Materials Processing In Manufacturing
• MSE 53100 - Quantitative Analysis Of Microstructure
• MSE 53500 - Lean Manufacturing Of Materials
• MSE 53600 - Solidification Of Castings
• MSE 54700 - Introduction To Surface Science
• MSE 54800 - Deposition Processing Of Thin Films And Coatings
• MSE 55000 - Properties Of Solids
• MSE 55500 - Deformation Mechanisms In Crystalline Solids
• MSE 55600 - Fracture Of Materials
• MSE 55900 - Phase Equilibria In Multicomponent Systems
• MSE 56000 - The Production Of Inorganic Materials
• MSE 56200 - Soft Materials
• MSE 56700 - Polymer Synthesis
• MSE 57000 - Introduction To Materials Modeling And Informatics
• MSE 57400 - Sports Engineering And Entrepreneurship
• MSE 57500 - Transport Phenomena In Solids
• MSE 57600 - Corrosion
• MSE 57700 - Materials Science Of Rechargeable Batteries
• MSE 58100 - Scanning Electron Microscopy Skills
• MSE 58200 - Transmission Electron Microscopy Skills
• MSE 58300 - Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Microanalysis Skills
• MSE 58500 - Magnetic Materials: Physical Properties And Applications
• MSE 58600 - Experimental Characterization Of Advanced Composite Materials
• MSE 58900 - Archaeology And Materials
• MSE 59700 - Selected Topics In Materials Engineering
• MSE 60000 - Materials Engineering Fundamentals
• MSE 64000 - Transmission Electron Microscopy And Crystal Imperfections
• MSE 67000 - Atomistic View of Materials: Theory, Modeling And Simulations
• MSE 69000 - Seminar In Materials Engineering
• MSE 69600 - Graduate Professional Practice
• MSE 69700 - Selected Topics In Materials Engineering
• MSE 69800 - Research MS Thesis
• MSE 69900 - Research PhD Thesis