Materials Science and Engineering

Materials science and engineering research integrates advances in theory and experimental breakthroughs, via a deeply interdisciplinary approach and extensive collaborations with industry. This work is aided by world-class facilities for imaging and analysis and nanofabrication. Areas of strength include bio- and bioinspired materials, computational materials science, materials for sustainable energy, mechanics of materials, nanotechnology, photonic materials and devices, polymers and soft materials, processing, quantum materials and structures, semiconductors and electronic devices, sustainable materials, and synthesis.

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Related Programs

  • Chemical and Biological Engineering

  • Civil and Environmental Engineering

  • Computer Science

  • Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

News

  • Woman handles strings to extract lithium salts.

    Better lithium production on a string

  • Three people in a room with industrial equipment. Two are looking up at machines in front of them; the other is looking at the people next to him and smiling.

    Formerly incarcerated students dive into engineering research

  • Flat synthetic diamond illuminated by green laser light

    Four engineering professors receive Moore Foundation experimental physics awards

  • Iron's electron orbits are thicker and dimmer than cobalt's, allowing identification of each element

    Like facial recognition for atoms, image distinguishes elements by electron orbitals

  • Artist's conception of hexagonal rings.

    Engineers reveal the secrets behind green graphene

  • Foam board with a pinned grasshopper specimen, with wings extended, and four rows with different colors and shapes of synthetic wings under investigation for flying robots.

    Innovation funds support research in robotics, machine learning, climate resilience and more

Events

  • September 27

    12:00 pm

    Heterogeneous Catalysis by Mineral Surface in Prebiotic Chemistry and the Transition from Geochemistry to Biochemistry

  • October 27

    8:30 am

    Next Decade Technologies for the Energy Transition

  • October 31

    3:00 pm

    O-JAWS (Oscillating Jet Assisted Wet Spinning): A Structured Microfiber Production Methodology

  • November 01

    4:00 pm

    Intelligentsia of Nano-Architected Hierarchical Materials

  • November 15

    4:00 pm

    Combining Advances in Catalysis and Flow Reactors to Program Polymer Structure and Depolymerization of Commodity Plastics

Faculty

  • Ryan P. Adams

    Computer Science

  • Craig Arnold

    Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

    Princeton Materials Institute

  • Ravindra Bhatt

    Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Ian Bourg

    Civil and Environmental Engineering

    High Meadows Environmental Institute

  • Clifford Brangwynne

    Chemical and Biological Engineering

    Bioengineering Initiative

  • Pierre-Thomas Brun

    Chemical and Biological Engineering

  • Emily A. Carter

    Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

    Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment

  • Stephen Chou

    Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Daniel J. Cohen

    Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  • Emily Davidson

    Chemical and Biological Engineering

  • Nathalie de Leon

    Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Pablo Debenedetti

    Chemical and Biological Engineering

  • Adji Bousso Dieng

    Computer Science

  • Jason Fleischer

    Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Tian-Ming Fu

    Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Bioengineering Initiative

  • Maria Garlock

    Civil and Environmental Engineering

  • Claire Gmachl

    Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • David Graves

    Chemical and Biological Engineering

  • Mikko Haataja

    Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  • Kelsey Hatzell

    Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

    Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment

  • Andrew Houck

    Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Jerelle Joseph

    Chemical and Biological Engineering

    Bioengineering Initiative

  • Yiguang Ju

    Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  • Portrait of Antoine Kahn

    Antoine Kahn

    Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Andrej Kosmrlj

    Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  • Sun-Yuan Kung

    Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Lynn Loo

    Chemical and Biological Engineering

    Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment

  • Marcella Lusardi

    Chemical and Biological Engineering

    Princeton Materials Institute

  • Stephen Lyon

    Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Jyotirmoy Mandal

    Civil and Environmental Engineering

  • Forrest Meggers

    Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment

    Architecture

  • Reza Moini

    Civil and Environmental Engineering

  • Celeste Nelson

    Chemical and Biological Engineering

  • Athanassios Panagiotopoulos

    Chemical and Biological Engineering

  • Rodney Priestley

    Chemical and Biological Engineering

  • Barry Rand

    Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment

  • Richard A. Register

    Chemical and Biological Engineering

  • Alejandro Rodriguez

    Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Michele L. Sarazen

    Chemical and Biological Engineering

  • Kaushik Sengupta

    Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Mansour Shayegan

    Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Aditya Sood

    Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

    Princeton Materials Institute

  • Howard Stone

    Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  • James Sturm

    Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Jeffrey Thompson

    Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Hakan Tureci

    Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Claire White

    Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment

  • Saien Xie

    Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Princeton Materials Institute

  • Nan Yao

    Princeton Materials Institute