{"id":797,"date":"2019-08-08T10:19:31","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T10:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tickle1stg.wpenginepowered.com\/mse\/?p=797"},"modified":"2023-10-27T14:30:52","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T14:30:52","slug":"mse-metallurgy-discipline-named-top-program-in-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mse\/mse-metallurgy-discipline-named-top-program-in-the-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"MSE Metallurgy Discipline Named TOP Program in the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-798 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/workers-welding.jpg\" alt=\"A student wearing a full compliment of safety gear welds in a workshop.\" width=\"770\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/workers-welding.jpg 770w, https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/workers-welding-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/workers-welding-768x493.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Department of Materials Science and Engineering recently picked up a major recognition as the\u00a0Academic Ranking of World Universities\u00a0named its metallurgical engineering discipline the top program in the US and sixth in the world for the second year in a row.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is always nice to gain recognition for the hard work that our researchers have done,\u201d said Veerle Keppens, materials science and engineering department head. \u201cThis is validation of our faculty\u2019s efforts in this important field.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Students can take metallurgy-related classes at both the undergraduate and graduate level, with coursework including phase transformations, mechanical behavior, and welding metallurgy.<\/p>\n<p>The department is barely outside the top five worldwide\u2014just one point in total score behind Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xi\u2019an, China. The next highest ranked US institution came in at 11. The rankings are based off of several criteria:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the number of papers authored,<\/li>\n<li>the ratio of papers cited to the average citation of papers,<\/li>\n<li>the number of international collaborations,<\/li>\n<li>the number of papers published in top journals,<\/li>\n<li>and the number of significant awards won by faculty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While the department did well in all categories, it was number one in the world in the citation category with a score of 100.<\/p>\n<p>For perspective, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Germany\u2019s University of Bochum, China\u2019s City University of Hong Kong, Taiwan\u2019s National Tsing Hua University, and Russia\u2019s Belgorod State University were the only other universities in the world to score at least 95 in that category.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe recognition the ranking brings is nice enough, but to have our work cited by so many other experts shows that we\u2019re a leader in this area, with faculty that others turn to for expertise,\u201d Keppens said. \u201cTogether, they have helped position us as a key player.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shanghairanking.com\/\">Academic Ranking of World Universities<\/a>\u00a0is now in its 16th year and is recognized in the higher education community as a trusted source for comparing academic offerings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The department picked up a major recognition as the\u00a0Academic Ranking of World Universities\u00a0named the metallurgical engineering discipline its top program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,14],"tags":[264,96,41],"class_list":["post-797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accolades","category-news","tag-academic-ranking-of-world-universities","tag-metallurgical-engineering","tag-veerle-keppens"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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