Welcome to the Department of Materials Science and Engineering in the University of Arizona’s College of Engineering.

Materials Science is the study of how processing can control the structure of a materials, and how the structure can dictate properties.

It is by understanding how to control the properties of materials that new and innovative materials can be produced to solve problems.

Read our Department Head's Welcome.

Arizona Daily Star 09.23.10
Assistant professor Erica Corral talks to reporter Tom Beal about her Air Force research, her recent awards, her students, and life as an engineer.

Arizona Engineer Online 08.17.10
HENAAC names Erica Corral "most promising engineer."

Arizona Engineer Online 05.17.10
NSF awards Erica Corral $400,000 to research thermal spacecraft shields.

Arizona Engineer Online 03.19.10
UA Engineering test sample returns from International Space Station for analysis.

Arizona Engineer Online 01.13.10
UA launches collaborative materials and optics research lab with French universities.

Areas of Study

• Biomaterials
• Microelectronics and photonic materials
• High-temperature structural materials
• Molecular hybrid systems
• Metals solidification and casting
• Computational materials science
• Heritage conservation materials and technologies

MSE 223R: Introduction to Materials Science & Engineering II

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