Through the Freshmen Engineering course, I was introduced to the world of Material Science and Engineering, this led me to pursuing my bachelors in Ceramic Engineering. The Ceramic Engineering department was a perfect blend of immersive learning, and practical industry experience. The departments faculty had a wide breadth of subject matter expertise across all areas of ceramic manufacturing and research. The knowledge I gained through hands-on labs, practice presentations, and various professional development opportunities; I graduated ready to operate in industry as a full-time associate.

— Steph Soendker, Kohler

I first discovered I wanted to be a ceramic engineer after attending a Miner Day on S&T’s campus, when Dr. Wayne Huebner showed me several demonstrations of ceramic engineering applications in aerospace, electronics and glass. I was excited by the diverse career paths a ceramic engineer could take, as well as the unique technologies involved. The amount of expertise and one-on-one support provided by the faculty within the MSE department was paramount to my success within the program, and led me to my career passion of working on Ceramic Matrix Composites at GE Aerospace.

— Andrew Jacobs, GE Aerospace