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About Materials Science and Engineering

Materials Science and Engineering focuses on engineering materials - their extraction, processing, design, manufacture, properties, and applications. The field is immensely broad, and Materials Engineers work in every industry.

Recent graduates of our program are working all over the world, including these typical jobs:

• Design and Manufacturing Engineer at Ford # Semiconductor (computer chip)
• Processing Engineer at Intel
• Failure Analysis Engineer at Boeing
• Steel Production Engineer at US Steel
• Metallurgical Engineer at General Motors engine casting plant
• Materials Engineer at Harley-Davidson
• Reliability Engineer for medical implants at Medtronic

The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society (TMS) has developed a web site that describes the field of Materials Science and Engineering. The site contains typical careers, salary trends, and other relevant information. Please visit their career resource center to learn more about the field.

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