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Undergraduate Program

Overview

Metallurgical and materials engineering plays a role in all manufacturing processes which convert raw materials into useful products adapted to human needs. The primary outcome of the Metallurgical and Materials Engineering program is to provide undergraduates with a fundamental knowledge-base associated with materials-processing, their properties, and their selection and application. Upon graduation, students would have acquired and developed the necessary background and skills for successful careers in the materials-related industries. Furthermore, after completing the program, the student should be well prepared for management positions in industry or continued education toward a graduate degree.

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (MME) Program

The program leading to the degree Bachelor of Science in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202-4012, telephone (410) 347-7700.

The Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (MME) program emphasizes the structure, properties, processing and performance of materials and, as such, is designed to support five primary education objectives that will be demonstrated by recent graduates of the program. The MME program is designed and implemented so as to develop graduates who:

Have a broad knowledge base of materials.

Can apply fundamental materials-concepts to solve problems.

Have written and oral communication skills as well as teamwork skills to be successful in their careers.

Understand the importance for self-acquisition of knowledge and continuing education.

Can employ their breadth of knowledge so that they are able to provide a range of solutions to a wide range of materials-engineering problems, and ultimately an optimal choice.

Curriculum

The most up-to-date information about the curriculum, courses, and requirements can be found in this academic year's Undergrade Bulletin. Pages specific to the Metallurgical and Materials Engineering program start at page 107. Also see the flow chart.

Laboratories

Located in Nathaniel Hill Hall, the laboratory facilities are among the best in the nation. The combination of classroom instruction and laboratory hands-on experience provide for a well integrated education leading to a baccalaureate degree. The well-equipped laboratories are dedicated to:

particulate and chemical/extraction metallurgical-and-materials processing

foundry science

corrosion and hydro-/electro-metallurgical studies

physical and mechanical metallurgy

welding and joining

forming, processing,and testing of ceramic materials

Mechanical testing facilities include computerized machines for tensile, compression, torsion, toughness, fatigue and thermo-mechanical testing. There are also other highly specialized research laboratories dedicated to: robotics, artificial intelligence, vapor deposition, and plasma and high-temperature reaction-systems.

Support analytical-laboratories for surface analysis, emission spectrometry, X-ray analysis, optical microscopy and image analysis, electron microscopy, including an analytical scanning transmission electron microscopy and the latest in scanning electron microscopy, and micro-thermal-analysis/mass spectrometry.

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering involves all of the processes which transform precursor materials into final engineered products adapted to human needs. The objective of the Metallurgical and Materials Engineering program is to impart a fundamental knowledge of materials processing, properties, selection and application in order to provide graduates with the background and skills needed for successful careers in materials related industries, for continued education toward graduate degrees and for the pursuit of knowledge in other disciplines.

Undergrad Flowsheet