Graduate Program
Applying to WPI’s Graduate Programs
WPI offers world-class graduate programs that prepare our students for leadership roles in a wide range of fields, often crossing boundaries between traditional areas of study in order to address the most critical problems of our day. To pursue your graduate studies at WPI, or for additional information about the application process, please visit our Graduate Admissions website.
The master of science in materials science and engineering provides students with an opportunity to study the fundamentals of materials science and state-of-the-art applications in materials engineering and materials processing. The program is designed to build a strong foundation in materials science along with industrial applications in engineering, technology and processing. Both full- and part-time study are available. For more information, contact the program head at 508-831-5633.
Program areas for the doctor of philosophy emphasize physical metallurgy and ceramics; electron microscopy; mechanical behavior of materials; fracture mechanics; reliability analysis; corrosion, tribology and X-ray diffraction analysis; polymer processing and properties; and biomaterials, as well as more general programs involving materials processing, materials science and life cycle analysis.
Well-equipped laboratories within Washburn Shops and Stoddard Laboratories include such facilities as scanning (SEM) and transmission (TEM) electron microscopes, X-ray diffractometer, process simulation equipment, a mechanical testing laboratory including two computer-controlled servo-hydraulic mechanical testing systems, metalcasting, particulate processing, semisolid processing laboratories, a tribology laboratory, a metallographic laboratory, a polymer engineering laboratory with differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) and thermo gravimetric analyzer (TGA), a corrosion laboratory, topographic analysis laboratory and machining force dynamometry. A range of materials processing, fastening, joining, welding, machining, casting and heat treating facilities is also available.
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