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Department of Materials Science and Engineering

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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

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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. 49

UCF is ranked the 49th best graduate school for materials science and engineering education

60+

Years of faculty experience in both industry and government organizations

No. 31

UCF is ranked the 31st 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

Doctoral Student Receives Scholarship

Doctoral student Pritha Sarkar has been selected for the Association of Materials Protection and Performance Central Florida Chapter Scholarship. She will receive $500 and recognition at the organization’s scholarship awards ceremony in Denver this March.

NEWS

Research

UCF Researchers Uncover Key Mechanisms for Sustainable Ammonia Production

A University of Central Florida research team with collaborators at Virginia Tech have published critical findings about the electrochemical synthesis of ammonia, advancing sustainable fertilizer…
Students

Postdoctoral Scholar Receives Young Investigator Award

The Wound Healing Society has selected materials science and engineering postdoctoral scholar Elayaraja Kolanthai as one of eight recipients of its Young Investigator Award. As…
Faculty

Startup M2X Energy Partners With UCF’s FSEC, Aims to Convert Greenhouse Gases Into Low-carbon Methanol

Most people realize the climate impacts of carbon dioxide. Not many people, however, know that methane, the main component of natural gas, is much more…
Media

Saltwater Is a Lithium-Ion Battery’s Worst Enemy. This Aqueous Prototype Embraces It.

Hurricane Ian caused billions of dollars in damage when it hit Florida in the fall of 2022. Along with $112 billion in damages, 152 fatalities,…
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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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UPCOMING EVENTS

MSE Distinguished Seminar Series -- Hot Corrosion of Aero-Turbine Materials
Join the Department of Materials Science and Engineering for the next lecture in the MSE Distinguished Speaker Series. Brian Gleeson of the University of Pittsburgh will speak about hot corrosion of aero-turbine materials and design strategies to reduce its impact.…
2023 Science and Technology of Emerging Materials Symposium (STEMS)
The 2023 Science and Technology of Emerging Materials Symposium (STEMS) will be held on March 16-17, 2023, at the L3 Harris Corporation Engineering Center, room 101. The symposium is organized by the PREM Center for Ultrafast Dynamics and Catalysis in…