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Graduate Programs

Study MSE in Highly Ranked Program at a Top Research University

Work on high-profile multidisciplinary research, and make significant contributions to UA materials science and engineering findings known around the world.

  • Advance semiconductor manufacturing processes
  • Create high-temperature ceramics for aerospace applications
  • Produce polymer-based membranes for water treatment and fuel cells
  • Develop organic bioelectronics

Degree options include PhD, MS, ME, including an option in innovation, sustainability and entrepreneurship, plus online master’s degrees.

Study materials and science engineering at the University of Arizona, and see your work through to fruition!

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Questions? For more information on the UA MSE graduate program contact Elsa Morales at elsam@arizona.edu.

 
 

 
 
 
Engineering Grad Students Drive Research

Program Highlights

  • One-on-one training
  • Signature technical courses
  • Specialization in areas of interest
  • Leadership opportunities
  • Funding options throughout degree lifecycle
  • Extensive center and lab capabilities
  • Entrepreneurial mindset, supported by Tech launch Arizona
  • Integrated online MS classes

Primary Research Areas

MSE’s multidisciplinary research strengths fall in the following core research areas:

  • Additive manufacturing
  • Heritage conservation
  • Integrated computational science and engineering
  • Materials for energy conversion and heat control
  • Materials synthesis, processing and fabrication
  • Optical materials
 
 

 
 
 

Apply to UA Graduate College

Check out Online MS Option

Learn About MSE Research Expertise

Elsa Morales, Program Coordinator, Senior
520.626.6762
elsam@arizona.edu

Students in the Spotlight

Studying Hydrogels for Air Conditioning

Working with MSE professor Pierre Lucas and Aletheia Ida, assistant professor in the UA School of Architecture, Derek Runge is researching hydrogels with self-cooling and water recuperating properties for potential use in air conditioning and evaporative cooling systems.

Hydrogel technology could possibly reduce the amount of energy and water consumed.

Predicting Failure from the Tiniest of Grains

Postdoctoral researcher Haokun Deng, an MSE lab manager who earned his PhD in 2016, worked with UA College of Engineering associate professor Katerina Aifantis on a nanotechnology-based collaborative project to predict how metallic solids break down at the atomic level.

I am studying nanotechnology applications in medicine and energy.

Appearing on the Cover of Journal

Research by Stephen Budy, a PhD student in chemistry at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, was featured on the cover of Acta Crystallographica Section C: Crystal Structure Communications while he was a master’s student at the UA.

I’m looking forward to doing research and expanding my knowledge and experience.

Advancing Organic Semiconductors

PhD candidate Bharati Neelamraju is researching organic semiconductors and flexible electronic devices. She was named a UA 2018 Carson Scholar and is an Agnese Nelms Haury Fellow, a title granted to researchers working on projects promoting environmental conservation and social justice.

These are not commercially viable right now, but they will be. That part excites me – we are working on things that will happen and have not exactly been done before.
Rankings
Top 26 %
public materials engineering schools (U.S. News & World Report)
9 th

highest paying engineering MS degree
(NACE)

Top 25
public research universities
(National Science Foundation)
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