Welcome to the Materials Science and Engineering Program We are a dynamic new program in Bourns College of Engineering, created to meet the growing demands for materials experts in today's high-tech industry. MSE is concerned with the study of the structure, properties and applications of materials. Today, many of the most exciting scientific and technological breakthroughs occur at the material level and this trend is expected to continue well into the future. Or undergraduate and graduate programs are interdisciplinary, and designed to produce engineers capable of working with a variety of materials, with expertise in electrical, optical, magnetic, mechanical, and chemical materials characterization. The interdisciplinary nature of our MSE is ensured by involving faculty from all departments of the College of Engineering as well as the physics and chemistry departments. Ur students get the necessary training in each of these fields focused through an MSE lens. Our undergraduate major begins with a solid foundation of knowledge from the physical sciences and engineering, and goes on to emphasize emerging fields like nanotechnology and alternative energy. Graduates of our MSE undergraduate program acquire a broad technical base that prepare them for careers in a variety of fields, such as nanotechnology, electronics, computing, automotive, aerospace, energy generation/distribution, medical and pharmaceutical industries. They also have the necessary skills and knowledge to succeed in graduate school in Engineering and Science. The M.S. and Ph.D. program aims to provide coordinated and coherent training that will allow students from various undergraduate disciplines to obtain a core background in the fundamental materials subjects. This offers our students the flexibility to pursue many areas of specialization and obtain rewarding careers in academia, government laboratories or industry.