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The faculty of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, seek to prepare students to join the international ranks of professional scientists and engineers in fundamental areas of materials science and engineering, as well as cross-disciplinary sciences in which materials expertise plays a critical role in the development of new knowledge and technologies. Students planning to major in materials science and engineering for the master’s or doctoral degree will ordinarily have attained a satisfactory record in a bachelor’s degree materials program, or in related technical areas of science and engineering. | Concentrations (Optional)Automotive Materials Energy Science and Engineering Nanomaterials Campus CodeKnoxville Campus Admissions Standards/Procedures- The materials science and engineering program is flexible and interdisciplinary in nature. Students may be admitted from a wide range of disciplines. These include physics, chemistry, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, materials engineering, nuclear engineering and engineering science programs.
- Applicants for admission to the PhD program in materials science and engineering are expected to have completed a bachelor’s degree in an area of engineering or science with a grade-point-average of at least 2.70 out of 4.00 (or 3.00 during the senior year of undergraduate study).
- All applicants must submit scores from the general Graduate Record Examination (GRE).
- Applicants whose native language is not English must have a minimum TOEFL score of 550 on the written exam or 80 on the Internet-based Test to be considered for admission to the programs.
- After one year in residence and with the approval of the faculty, a student may proceed directly to the doctoral program without completion of a master’s degree.
Credit Hours RequiredMinimum of 72 graduate credit hours after the bachelor’s degree, 42 graduate credit hours after the master’s degree Additional Concentration Requirements- Automotive Materials Concentration at least 12 credit hours of coursework must be from the approved automotive materials specialization list.
- Energy Science and Engineering Concentration, all 18 graduate credit hours of coursework must be from the curriculum jointly approved by the Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education and the MSE graduate affairs committee.
- Nanomaterials Concentration at least 12 credit hours of coursework must be from the approved nanomaterials specialization list.
Non-Course Requirements- Satisfactory performance on the Comprehensive Examination. In MSE, this comprehensive examination consists of three parts:
- the Qualifying Examination;
- the Dissertation Proposal (this proposal satisfies the Graduate School written requirement for the comprehensive examination);
- the Dissertation Proposal Oral Examination (this oral portion of the comprehensive examination is encouraged by the Graduate School).
Additional Information — Concentration Course ListsAutomotive Concentration Course List- MSE 484 - Introduction to Maintainability Engineering
- MSE 510 - Mathematical and Numerical Problem Solving Skills for Materials Scientists and Engineers
- MSE 525 - Welding Metallurgy
- MSE 527 - Welding Metallurgy II
- ME 517 - Finite Elements for Engineering Applications
- ME 565 - Structural Dynamics
- ME 567 - Smart Materials and Structures
- ME 588 - Introduction to Hybrid Electric Vehicles
- ME 589 - Hybrid Electric Vehicle Control Systems Design and Analysis
- ME 591 - Advanced Engineering Analysis
- MSE 612 - Computational Plasticity and Micromechanics
- MSE 650 - Mechanical Behavior of Solids at Elevated Temperatures
- MSE 675 - Advanced Structural Analysis
Energy Science and Engineering Concentration Course ListNanomaterials Concentration Course List- BME 578 - Advanced Biomaterials: Biological Applications of Nanomaterials
- MSE 515 - Diffusion, Phase Transformations, and Microstructure of Materials
- MSE 522 - Defects in Crystals
- MSE 551 - Solar Photovoltaics
- MSE 556 - Materials for Energy
- MSE 567 - Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
- MSE 612 - Computational Plasticity and Micromechanics
- MSE 630 - Thin Film Materials Processing
- MSE 644 - Optoelectronic Processes in Semiconducting Materials and Devices
- MSE 666 - Nanoindentation and Small-Scale Contact Mechanics
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