Overview

Program Description

Students at the materials engineering program offered by New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, are exposed to materials science principles starting from their freshman year and which continue through their senior year. A number of options are available in the department so that students have the flexibility to select courses that suit a specialization. In addition to theoretical courses, students obtain an excellent experience in processing and characterization techniques during their junior and senior years, these constituting the core of most experimental research and innovations. Material probing methods include spectroscopic (e.g. X‐ray, FTIR, Raman), electron microscopic, thermal, and mechanical characterization.

The processing‐structure‐property relations are developed and expanded upon throughout the undergraduate curriculum. Four classes in the junior year target the theories used to understand characteristics of metals, ceramics, polymers, and composites. Senior‐level elective materials courses target specialized topics such as electronic, structural, nanomaterials, biomaterials, and computational materials science. The senior design sequence emphasizes the synthesis of skills and ideas as well as providing experience in teamwork and practical design.