Materials Science & Engineering
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Balandin Group Demonstrates the First Low-Noise Double-Gate Graphene Transistor
Welcome to Materials Science and Engineering
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Materials Science and Engineering is concerned with the creation of materials with novel properties and their use in a variety of fields ranging from ultra-fast computer chips and high-efficiency solar cells to high-powered jets, and even beauty products. Today, engineering innovations are increasingly dependent on breakthroughs in materials at the micro- and nanometer scale. Students in MSE acquire a solid background in the basic sciences and in the engineering of materials, with hands-on laboratory experience in nano-scale materials characterization and processing. This program prepares graduates for a variety of careers in fields such as nanotechnology, electronics, computing, the biomedical, automotive and aerospace industries, as well as government agencies and research laboratories. MS&E Graduate Program has been approved! Click here to learn more! |
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Research Highlights of MS&E Faculty
Research from Elaine Haberer
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Bio-Templating: The M13 Filamentous Virus -- Bottom-up assembly techniques mimic processes in the natural world to arrange nanoscale components into larger scale structres. Such techniques are capable of precise assembly of devices on the nanometer scale, as well as building novel nanoscale or heterogeneous materials. The Haberer Lab uses the M13 filamentous virus, a biologically-based template, to assemble materials for electronic and optoelectronic applications from the bottom up. [click here]
Research from David Kisailus
From Nature to Engineering - One major area of research in the Kisailus group at UC Riverside involves studying the processes of biomineralization in order to understand the mechanisms controlling the synthesis and organization (through self-assembly) of the resulting structures. The ultimate goals of our research are to develop novel "bio-inspired" synthetic processes toward novel, technologically relevant materials. [click here]