The Graduate Program in Materials Science at the University of Vermont is an interdisciplinary activity engaged in the application of basic sciences and engineering to understanding the behavior of materials, their development and applications. Faculty for the program are drawn from the departments of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics & Statistics, Physics, and Chemistry. The faculty are committed to educating the students on the properties and applications of materials and to carry out advanced and stimulating research in these areas. The program is multidisciplinary because it is involved with the physical, mechanical, electrical and chemical properties of materials - mostly solids. It is multidisciplinary also in that it combines the theoretical and experimental capabilities of a variety of disciplines and applies them to the solution of complex scientific and engineering problems.