Materials Science & Engineering:

Departments and Programs in the

United States

Peter K. Davies; UMC Fall Meeting, Nov. 30, 2009

US Independent MS&E Departments: with undergrad programs (46)

California
Boise State
University
Polytech*
Colorado School of
Clemson Univ.*
Cornell University
Mines*
Michigan Tech.
Iowa State Univ. Lehigh University
Univ.
NM Inst. Mine &
North Carolina
Montana Tech*
Tech.
State

Alfred University

Penn State Univ. Purdue University*

RPI

Carnegie Mellon

Case Western
Reserve

Drexel Univ.

Georgia Tech

Missouri - Rolla

MIT

Northwestern
Rutgers University

Ohio State
University
S. Dakota Sch.
Mines & Tech.

The Johns Hopkins Univ. of Alabama- Univ. of AlabamaUniv. of Arizona

University
Birmingham
Tuscaloosa*
Univ. of California- Univ. of CaliforniaUniv. of Illinois
Univ. of Florida
Univ of Idaho
Berkeley
Los Angeles
Urbana-Champaign
Univ. of
Univ. of Texas-El
Univ. of Maryland Univ. of Michigan
Univ. of Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Paso*
Univ. of
Univ. of Wisconsin-Univ. of WisconsinUniv. of Utah
Univ. of Virginia**
Washington
Madison
Milwaukee
Stanford**

Virginia Tech
* Matls Eng ** no ABET accreditation no PhD prog

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US Independent Materials Departments: Graduate only (6)

Univ. of North
Texas
SUNY Stony
Brook

Univ. of California- Univ. of Texas at

Santa Barbara
Arlington

Univ. of Delaware

Univ. of Texas at
Dallas

Chemical Engineering & Materials Science Departments (11)

San Jose State
Stevens Inst. of Univ. of California- Univ. of CaliforniaUniv. of
Univ.*
Tech.
Davis*
Irvine*
Cincinnati*
University of
Univ. of
University of
Univ. of Southern
Univ. of Kentucky*
Connecticut*
Minnesota*
Nevada - Reno*
California
Wayne State Univ.
* ABET accredited

Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science Departments (6)

Duke

Rice University

Univ of Denver

Wright State
University*

Univ. of
Pittsburgh*

Washington State
Univ.*

* ABET accredited

MS&E Grad "Programs" (4)

California Institute Univ. of Californiaof Technology
San Diego
Red = attendee at Fall 2009 meeting

Univ. of Dayton

Vanderbilt Univ.

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Civil & Matls Eng

Depts. (1)

Mech, Aero, Chem

& Mat'ls Depts. (1)

Mech, Matls. &

Aero Eng Depts. (1)

Univ. of Illinois at
Chicago

Arizona State Univ.*

Illinois Institute of
Technology*

* ABET

Materials Programs offered through other Engineering Departments (10)

Michigan State
Auburn University
Columbia Univ
Univ. (Chem Eng.
Brown (Div. Eng.)*
(Mech. Eng.)*
(Appl. Phys/Math)
& Mech)*
Univ. Nebraska
Vanderbilt
Worcester Polytech
Yale (Mech Eng.)
(Eng. Mech.)
(multiple)
(Mech Eng.)

SW Texas State
(Physics)
Winona State*

* ABET Composite Mat. Eng

Polymer Science & Engineering (2)

Case Western Reserve
Macromol. Sci & Eng*

*ABET

University of Akron
(Graduate only)

Non- Eng.: Univ of Southern Mississippi. (Polymers & High Tech

Mat.); Univ. Mass. Amherst (College of Nat. Sci.; grad only)
Red = attendee at Fall 2009 meeting

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Comparisons to 1999

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Materials Departments and Programs in the United States

1999*

2009

Materials specific depts

14

Independent MS& E departments

49

52

Joint departments

14

20

"Embedded" programs

27

14

104

88

Total

* M. C. Flemings, What next for departments of Materials Science & Engineering?,

Annu. Rev. Mater. Sci. 29, 1-23(1999)

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Bachelors Degrees in Met/MSE

2005

2010

M. C. Flemings, What next for departments of Materials Science & Engineering?,

Annu. Rev. Mater. Sci. 29, 1-23(1999)
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Bachelors degrees in 3 fields normalized to 1966

BIOENG

2005

2010

M. C. Flemings, What next for departments of Materials Science & Engineering?,

Annu. Rev. Mater. Sci. 29, 1-23(1999)
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Bio

Mech
MSE
Eng
Comp
Chem E
Elec/comp

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Eng
Mech

Chem E
MSE
Bio

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Eng
Mech

Bio
Chem E
MSE

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