Your second and third years have distinctive course requirements and electives. Here we can compare four related majors through select second and third year courses. MSE 2110 - Introduction to ...

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

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, ...

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 ...

Northwestern Engineering’s Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering share a strong history of interconnected research activities, established research centers, and ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Composites is an emerging field of high-performance materials that are increasingly being used in many applications throughout society, including aerospace, marine (boats), infrastructure (bridge ...

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 ...