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Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Design. Discovery. Impact.

DISCOVER YOUR PATH TO SUCCESS

Your journey starts here, with our undergraduate or graduate programs in materials science and engineering.

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Undergraduate Program

Chuck Didier in lab

Graduate Programs

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EDUCATION THROUGH RESEARCH

The UCF Department of Materials Science and Engineering is distinguished by offering an outstanding selection of courses taught by excellent instructors, and by providing students with real and state-of-the-art research opportunities, working with faculty mentors who are active in wide range of sponsored research. The result is education through research.

No. 51

UCF is ranked the No. 51 best graduate school for materials science and engineering education

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Years of faculty experience in both industry and government organizations

No. 32

UCF is ranked the No. 32 best graduate school for materials science and engineering education among public schools

13

Number of MSE faculty, including affiliated faculty, who have received NSF CAREER awards

We're Hiring!

The Department of Materials Science and Engineering is hiring an assistant or associate professor for the Renewable Energy and Chemical Transformation (REACT) faculty research cluster. Apply now. 

NEWS

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UCF Materials Science Undergraduate Wins Best Poster Award

A UCF materials science student has won the Best Undergraduate Poster Award at the recent American Vacuum Society conference for a novel method of creating…
Faculty

UCF Assistant Professor Unlocks the Potential of Materials

Assistant Professor Paria Gharavi is researching ways technology can be faster, more reliable and more durable through her work as a materials scientist and electron…
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UCF Awarded $4.2 Million Grant for Research and Student Education in Quantum Materials

UCF and the University of Washington (UW) were recently awarded $4.2 million for six years from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish a…
Faculty

Crawford Elected Member-at-Large to Division of American Chemical Society

Associate Professor Kaitlyn Crawford has been elected a member-at-large by the American Chemical Society’s division of Polymer Materials Science and Engineering (ACS-PMSE). Members of ACS-PMSE…
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LAB DIRECTORY

The materials science and engineering faculty is conducting world-class research on metals and alloys, ceramics, soft materials, biomaterials and much more. Learn about the innovative ideas produced in our faculty’s labs.

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