Tufts University - School of Engineering

MSc in Materials Science and Engineering

Materials scientists study how the history of a material influences its structure and properties, advancing understanding in research areas that include metallurgy, solid-state physics, and biomaterials.

Tufts faculty have strengths in soft, structural, electronic, computational, and nanomaterials. From drug delivery to semiconductors to nano-enabled membranes for water treatment, materials science and engineering at Tufts offer graduate students a wide array of opportunities to study and develop materials that will change the world.

Materials Science and Engineering M.S. Program

The master’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering is an interdisciplinary program, with students pursuing classes across multiple departments to achieve mastery in the field.

Tufts Interdisciplinary Advanced Materials (TIAMAT) Center

The Tufts Interdisciplinary Advanced Materials (TIAMAT) Center unifies more than four dozen Tufts faculty members whose technical interests include materials science. They come from nine departments across the Schools of Engineering and Arts & Sciences. While materials research has been a long-time significant strength at Tufts, the lack of a unifying center has caused it to fly under the radar. With the launch of TIAMAT, we are now able to pursue the fruits of our shared strength.

센터의 사명은 다음과 같은 공통 목적으로 Tufts의 재료 교수진을 통합하는 것입니다. 1) 재료 연구 및 교육 분야의 우수성에 대해 Tufts의 국제적 인정을 가져옵니다. 2) 우수성을 양성하는 프로그램을 통해 차세대 재료 연구자를 교육합니다. 3) 재료에 대한 기본 및 응용 지식을 발전시키는 새롭고 매우 혁신적인 연구를 생산합니다.

재료과학은 본질적으로 과학자들이 야금 및 광물학 연구에서 화학, 물리학, 공학의 분석적 사고 도구를 사용하기 시작한 계몽주의 시대로 거슬러 올라가는 학제간 분야입니다. 현대에 들어서면서 재료과학자 및 엔지니어의 주요 연구 주제는 자연스럽게 현재 기술 기반의 재료, 즉 반도체, 나노기술, 바이오재료뿐만 아니라 미래의 재료까지 포함하도록 확장되었습니다.

In recent years, there has been considerable growth and excitement in several areas of materials science, all of which are already represented by research here at Tufts. These areas include:

• Nanomaterials: The study of material in which the common descriptive unit of size is 1-100 nm. Materials with nanometer-scale features tend to have unique mechanical, catalytic, and electro-optical properties. A wide variety of aspects of this topic are of interest to the researchers in the center. Applications vary from nano-enabled membranes for water treatment to nanostructured devices for novel electronic devices.
• Soft-materials and bio-materials: This area includes any bulk material, construct, or surface that interacts with or is composed of a biological system. While this field is young, it has seen explosive growth and includes overlap with medicine, tissue engineering, biology, and chemistry. Biomaterials are used today for drug delivery, surgery, and dental applications.
• 광자 및 전자기 재료: 이러한 범주의 전형적인 예는 현대의 모든 컴퓨터화 및 광흡수/발광 장치를 뒷받침하는 반도체입니다. 이 분야는 물리학 및 전기공학과 밀접한 관련이 있으며 초전도체, 스핀트로닉스, 메타물질, 위상 절연체 등의 주제를 포함합니다. 특히 생물의학 응용 분야에서 라벨링 및 감지를 위한 고급 형광 물질 영역으로의 교차가 더욱 활발해지고 있습니다.
• Computational materials science: With the vast improvements in computing power over the last several decades, simulating complex materials systems has become possible. This allows for the modeling of materials at all length scales using methods such as kinetic Monte Carlo, density functional theory, and molecular dynamics.

TIAMAT seeks bright young minds to join us in our M.S. and Joint-Ph.D. programs and to help us take the lead in establishing the next chapter in materials research.