Editor’s note: First-year students, prospective students (and some of their parents) wonder and worry how they will handle the academic transition from high school to college. In a series of stories, ...

Materials engineers work with metals, ceramics, polymers, semiconductors and composites to improve existing materials, develop new ones, and solve engineering challenges in industries like ...

At Northwestern University, our first-of-its-kind materials science department collaborates extensively with our leading mechanical engineering department, resulting in a strong history of ...

The undergraduate minor in materials science and engineering provides students with a foundation of engineering, science and mathematics to address challenges that impact public health, safety and ...

Columbia University researchers have proven that quantum fluctuations from a vacuum can modify nearby materials ...

AI is on track to more than double datacenter electricity demands by 2030. If we want large-scale intelligence and a livable planet, every tera-operation of compute must consume far fewer joules. For ...

The college of engineering’s new research and education laboratory building is entering the final stretch of construction as anticipation for the facility’s collaborative environment builds among the ...

UWM's outgoing Chancellor Mone plans to close the Materials Engineering program despite its importance to the region and national defense. The author argues that materials engineering is a vital field ...

Materials engineering spans the design, synthesis and deployment of substances whose structures and interfaces are tailored to specific functions. From atomic-scale lattice control in advanced ...

Materials engineering is a multidisciplinary field that integrates principles of chemistry, physics and engineering to design, process and characterise materials for advanced applications. The field ...

Materials engineers are at the forefront of nanotechnology, biomaterials and microelectronics, as well as traditional technical fields. A degree in this discipline equips you to analyze the structure ...