Materials Science & Engineering

MATERIALS MILESTONE

Department celebrates 20th anniversary

Graduate Programs

MS and PhD Programs

Expert Faculty

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Expert Faculty

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Graduate Program

The department offers a Masters of Science in Materials Science and a PhD in Materials Science.

RESEARCH AREAS

Electronic Materials
Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Materials
Self-Assembly of Materials
Thin Film Materials
Materials Characterization
Polymers and Composites
Biological and Biomedical Materials
Photovoltaics
Photonic Materials
Nanomaterials

Recent News

Inside a solar-cell startup’s success

Jun 12, 2018 | 0 Comments

Horn Entrepreneurship venture wins green technology competition A startup that’s figured out how to make solar cells at a very low temperature is following the entrepreneurial process at the University of Delaware because of its international renown for research and...

Researcher of the Month: April Kloxin

May 24, 2018 | 0 Comments

ACS Polymer Chemistry Division Researcher of the Month for May 2018 April Kloxin, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and materials science and engineering at the University of Delaware, is the ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry Researcher of...

UD announces solar institute director

May 14, 2018 | 0 Comments

William Shafarman to lead Institute of Energy Conversion William N. Shafarman, a University of Delaware scientist with more than 30 years of experience developing solar energy technologies and research partnerships, has been appointed director of UD’s Institute of...

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Materials Breakthrough

A research team led by University of Delaware’s David Martin has reported the development of an electrografting approach to significantly enhance PEDOT adhesion on solid substrates. The breakthrough is documented in a paper published in Science Advances.

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Featured Gallery – Art in Materials

Each year, the department hosts an Art in Materials contest for students. These are some of the most recent submissions. Click to enlarge the images and learn more about the science behind each submission.