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Materials Science & Engineering

AFEL

Integrative Materials Design Center

Materials Characterization Laboratory

Metal Processing Institute

Nanomaterials  & Nanomanufacturing Laboratory

Polymer Laboratory

Surface Metrology Laboratory

Electrochemical Energy Laboratory (EEL) directed by Prof. Yan Wang is the newest addition in MTE. Click this link to know more about it.

 

 

 

 

Welcome

It is the goal of WPI Materials Science and Engineering Program to create and convey knowledge at the forefront of materials science, processing and engineering.
The vision for the Materials Science & Engineering (MTE) program at WPI is of a World Class academic and research program with foci in:

• Structure
• Processing
• Properties
• Performance
• Kinetics
• Thermodynamics

Please send inquiries to mtereq@wpi.edu

Materials Science and Engineering Newsletter 2011

Yearly Events

• Commencement 2012 (May 12, 2012) New!
• 2012 Project Presentation Day (April 19, 2012) New!
• GRAD 2012 : The Innovation Competition Exchange (March 28, 2012)
• Innovation Competition 2012 (March 28, 2012)

Program News

Faculty News

• Faculty Awards
• Faculty Conferences

Student News

• Student Awards
• Graduate Student Website
• Material Advantage at WPI 
 

Professor Diana Lados Honored by Mass High Tech with a 2012 Women to Watch Award

Diana Lados, associate professor of mechanical engineering and director of the university's Integrative Materials Design Center (iMdc), is one of 20 New England women being honored today by Mass High Tech magazine as Women to Watch. The awards honor women in biotechnology, electronics, IT, medical devices, nanotechnology, software, sustainable energy, and telecommunications for contributions to their fields and leadership in their communities. More Information

Congratulations to our GRAD2012 winners!!!

It was a very exciting day for all of our students who attended the event on Wednesday, March 28, 2012 both in Alden Memorial Hall and the Campus Center Odeum.  The 121 PhD graduate students presented their posters in Alden and the 95 MS graduate students presented in the Odeum.  The award ceremony was held at 4:00 PM in the Odeum on the third floor. We are very proud to announce that five of our Graduate Students received awards this year.

1^st  Place   Mei Yang (PhD), “Gaseous Nitriding Process Control: Application of Customized Lehrer Diagrams”, Advisor: Richard Sisson.

1^st Place:   Anastasios G Gavras (PhD), “A Novel Methodology to Design Materials and Structural Components for Dynamic Performance”, Advisor: Diana Lados.

2^nd Place:  Danielle L Belsito (PhD),“Application of Computational Thermodynamics and Precipitation Kinetics to Light Weight Al Alloy Design”, Advisor: Richard Sisson.

1^st Place:    Haiyang Zou (MS), “Development of a Recycling Process for Li-Ion Batteries”, Advisor: Yan Wang, Diran Apelian.

3^rd Place:   Andrew L Biro (MS), “Friction Stir Welding in Aluminum and Magnesium Alloys: Effects of Processing Parameters on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties”, Advisor: Diana Lados.

 

Andrew Biro Won 2012 Chet Inman Award

In memory of Chester M. Inman, who helped found the Worcester Chapter, this scholarship is presented annually by the Worcester Chapter of ASM International to a regional student in the field of metallurgy or materials science. The ASM Worcester Chapter held its annual awards night on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at Dino's Ristorante, 13 Lord St. in Worcester. The award this year was awarded to Andrew Biro, a Graduate Student in Materials Science and Engineering.

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