Everyday materials scientists and engineers have a unique opportunity to shape our future. Their work is revolutionizing the materials used in almost every field.
Materials engineers create and study materials at the atomic level. They study the scientific principles behind materials focusing on their structure, properties, and the process to create real-world applications. They apply core concepts from chemistry and physics to understand, improve, and design materials for specific purposes.
Materials engineers work with a variety of materials, for example: metals, polymers, ceramics, composites, glass, nanomaterials, ferroelectrics, energy, semiconductors, and computational materials.
They use a variety of processes and discovery principles, for example: casting, additive manufacturing, coating, evaporation, plasma and radiation processing, artificial intelligence, and computer simulations.
Whether it is creating new materials that meet certain mechanical, electrical, and chemical requirements or helping select materials for specific products and develop new ways to use existing materials – materials engineers are in demand in almost every field.
There are several high-demand fields for materials engineers, including: aeronautical, biomedical, plastics, semiconductor, and nuclear.
