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Materials Science and Engineering
Jeannine Hall
Program Assistant
Materials Science and Engineering
Northwestern University
Cook Hall, Room 2036
Evanston, IL 60208-3108
Email: matsci@northwestern.edu
Phone: (847) 491-7896
Fax: (847) 491-7820
Web: http://www.matsci.northwestern.edu/

Program Description

The Department of Materials Science and Engineering was founded as the first such department dedicated to principles spanning all classes of materials. The department offers graduate work leading to the MS and PhD degrees in diverse areas of materials science dealing with metals, ceramics, polymers, electronic materials, biomaterials, surface science, and nanostructured materials.

Applicants should contact the program or see Web site www.matsci.northwestern.edu to learn about program-specific requirements for admission.

Faculty

The primary appointment for those faculty with joint or affiliate status in another program is noted in parentheses.

Professors: Scott A. Barnett, Zdenek P. Bazant (Civil and Environmental Engineering), Michael J. Bedzyk, L. Catherine Brinson (Mechanical Engineering), Wesley Roth Burghardt (Chemical and Biological Engineering), Stephen Howard Carr (Administration), R. P. H. Chang, Yip-Wah Chung, Buckley Crist Jr., Vinayak P. Dravid, David C. Dunand, Katherine T. Faber, Morris E. Fine, Arthur J. Freeman (Physics & Astronomy), Mark Hersam, Hamlin M. Jennings (Civil and Environmental Engineering), Laurence Marks, Tobin Jay Marks (Chemistry), Thomas O. Mason, Masahiro Meshii, Phillip B. Messersmith (Biomedical Engineering), Chad A. Mirkin (Chemistry), Gregory B. Olson, M. Olvera de la Cruz, Mark A. Ratner (Chemistry), David N. Seidman, Kenneth R. Shull, Samuel Isaac Stupp, John M. Torkelson (Chemical and Biological Engineering), Peter W. Voorhees, Johannes Weertman, Julia R. Weertman, Bruce W. Wessels, Christopher M. Wolverton
Associate Professors: Lincoln James Lauhon, Teri Wang Odom (Chemistry)
Assistant Professors: Jiaxing Huang, Derk Joester, Ramille Nirav Shah