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2025-2026 University Catalog

School of Materials Engineering (Graduate)

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

Department/School Head

David F. Bahr

Faculty by Rank

Professor
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
Emeritus Faculty
Courtesy Faculty
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
Kendra Erk
John Howarter
David Johnson
Carlos Martinez
Robert Spitzer
Janelle Wharry
Chelsea Davis
Arun Kumar Mannodi Kanakkithodi
Maria Okuniewski
Davin Piercey
Rahim Rahimi
Michael Titus
Arden L. Bement Jr.
Mysore Dayananda
Richard E. Grace
 Babek Anasori
Alexandra Boltasseva
Srinivasan Chandrasekar
Gary Cheng
H. Kory Cooper
Chi Hwan Lee
Na (Luna) Lu
Vilas Pol
Arvind Raman
Michael Sangid
Alexander Wei
Johnathan Wilker

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.

Programs

    DoctoralMaster’s

    Courses

      Materials Engineering
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