Materials Science and Engineering at Michigan State

Materials Science and Engineering at Michigan State

Material Science and Engineering Overview Material Engineering: applies chemistry, physics, biology, and mathematics to engineer atomic structure/architecture and produce materials with new/improved properties Strengths: Solid State Device Fabrication, Nano-structures, Functional Materials, Energy 1

Chemical Engineering Overview Chemical Engineering: applies chemistry, physics, biology, and mathematics for the process of converting raw materials into chemicals or more useful forms. Strengths: Liquids, Plastics, Drugs, Fuels, Food, Paints, Adhesives 2

The Materials Science Approach Image from http://mscunila.blogspot.com/2009_04_01_archive.html 3

Department at a Glance 72 Undergraduate Students, 4 Master s Students, and 31 PhD Students in the MSE Program Approximately 50 undergraduate research assistantships in the department $111,900 in Undergraduate Scholarships awarded in 2010/2011 4

Department at a Glance Research Strengths: energy and sustainability, advanced materials and nanotechnology, and biotechnology and medicine MSE Degree Concentrations: Biomedical Materials Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, and Polymeric Engineering 5

What Will I Learn as an MSU MSE Student You ll take courses in: Ceramic and Refractory Materials Experimental Mechanics X-ray Crystallography Energy and Bonding within Solids Biomaterials and Biocompatibility Failure and Fracture Analysis Electronic Structures and Properties of Materials 6

Ways To Get Involved Worldwide Opportunities: MSE Study Abroad Program Corporate Internship Programs Student Enrichment Opportunities: MSE Society MSU Mini Baja Team MSU Formula SAE Team MSU Research Opportunities: 2009 CHEMS Dept. Research Expenditures: $10.7 Million Undergraduate Research Assistantships NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates 7

MSU MSE Graduates Work As Process Engineers Materials Testing Engineers Failure Analysis Engineers Design Engineers Customer Liaison Engineers Corporate R&D Scientists Startup Entrepreneurs Wall Street Quants Patent Attorneys Graduate Students Project Managers Consultants Educators Federal Scientists Remember, everything is made of something! 8

BS Starting Salaries Field of Study Average Salary Materials Science & Engineering $65,500 Chemical Engineering $64,428 Electrical Engineering $58,518 Computer Science $57,722 Computer Engineering $57, 380 Mechanical Engineering $56,179 Biosystems Engineering $56,050 Applied Engineering Sciences $52,166 Civil Engineering $48, 363 Career 411 Average Salary Comparison, MSU Career Services, 2010 9

Where Do MSU Graduates Go?

MSE at MSU has everything, but YOU! 11

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MSU MSE Faculty Research Melissa Baumann: Bioactive Hydroxyapatite Whisker Composite Ceramic Bone Substitutes Ceramic Membrane Water Filtration Combined with Ozonation Thomas Bieler: Microstructural Evolution from Ageing, Creep, and Thermomechanical Fatigue in Lead Free Solders 13

MSU MSE Faculty Research Carl Boehlert: Biomedical Compatibility of Ti-Al-NB Alloys for Implant Applications Development of In-Situ Electron-Microscopy Techniques Processing-Microsctructure-Property Relationships of Structural Mg Alloys Eldon Case: Microcracking in Bioceramics Processing and Characterization of Thermoelectric Materials 14

MSU MSE Faculty Research Martin Crimp: Imaging of Dislocations in Bulk SEM Samples Radiation Effects on the Structure of Electronic Properties of Carbon David Grummond: High Temperature Shape Memory Alloy Development for Use Above 500C Thin Film Shape Memory Alloys on Polymeric Substrates for Microactuators 15

MSU MSE Faculty Research Wei Lai: High Performance Lithium-Ion Battery Electrodes Nonlinear Impedence Spectroscopy and its Application to Batteries Andre Lee: Development of Nanostructured Lead-free Solder Structure-Property Relationships of Polymer Nanocomposites 16

MSU MSE Faculty Research James Lucas: Nanoidentation and OIM Investigation Crystal Anisoptropy in Pb-free Solder Materials and Solder Joints Donald Morelli: Revolutionary Materials for Thermoelectric Conversion 17

MSU MSE Faculty Research Jason Nicholas: Mechano-Chemical Coupling in Electrochemically Active Materials Constrained Sintering High Performance Nano-composite Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Electrodes Jeffery Sakamoto: Hierarchically Ordered Scaffolds for Nerve Repair Electrochemical Energy Storage with Lithium Batteries Thermoelectric Energy Storage 18

Average US Salaries 19