Thank you for your interest in the UT’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE). Our faculty, staff, and students are proud of the department’s accomplishments, and we want to share them with you.

Materials science is an interdisciplinary field at the forefront of science and engineering. In the 21st century, we truly live in a “materials world” where a sustainable future largely depends on materials with increasingly sophisticated properties. Through the discovery of novel materials and manipulating properties to create stronger and “smarter” materials, our faculty and students work towards solving tomorrow’s technological challenges to impact people’s lives in countless ways. In MSE at UT, we engineer a better world, one atom at a time.

If you are considering a career in engineering, I encourage you to take an in-depth look at the field of materials science and engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Accredited by the ABET Engineering Accreditation Program, our undergraduate program features a low student to faculty ratio with high quality professors who assure excellent opportunities for an outstanding undergraduate education. We are located within 45 minutes of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and have numerous collaborative activities with this world-renowned institution, as well as with local industry, many of which involve our students.

Our department has a great deal to offer—we hope you will give us serious consideration as you plan for your academic future.

Sincerely,

Veerle Keppens, PhD
Department Head