Our faculty and researchers are leaders who are driving groundbreaking research in areas such as metals and ceramics for extreme environments, steelmaking processes, and glass science and technology. With a passion for innovation and a commitment to collaboration, our materials science and engineering department is a hub of cutting-edge research that's pushing the boundaries of what's possible in the metallurgical and ceramic fields.

Explore our research areas
Additive Manufacturing
Additive Manufacturing
Biomaterials
Biomaterials
Glass Science and Technology
Glass Science and Technology
Materials for Extreme Environments
Materials for Extreme Environments
Steel
Steel
Sustainable Infrastructure Materials
Sustainable Infrastructure Materials

Research facilities
Intelligent Systems Center

Faculty from various departments can cooperate and conduct research on sponsored projects involving real physical systems with special emphasis on an intelligent (smart) systems approach.

Materials Research Center

Materials Research Center enables the success of interdisciplinary research and graduate education in the area of materials science and engineering.

Robert V. Wolf Foundry

The Robert V. Wolf Foundry is devoted to the education of future engineers through participation in advanced materials science research and development.
The Center for Research in Energy and Environment (CREE)

CREE serves as the focal point of research, development, and deployment related to energy and environmental technologies, particularly the energy/environment nexus.
The Kent D. Peaslee Steel Manufacturing Research Center (PSMRC)

PSMRC is a consortium of steel companies, foundries, suppliers and university researchers working together to address fundamental steel casting/manufacturing issues.
Thomas J. O'Keefe Institute

The O’Keefe Institute performs applied research to develop technology, methodologies and tools that facilitate sustainable supply of strategic minerals for the United States.