Materials Science and Engineering

Subject abbreviation: MSE The Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering

Ashok Mulchandani, Ph.D. Chair Undergraduate Advising Office, A159C Bourns Hall;

• (951) 827-3647 (ENGR)

mse.ucr.edu

Program Faculty

Distinguished Professors Reza Abbaschian, Ph.D. Dean, BCOE (Mechanical Engineering) Alexander Balandin, Ph.D. (Electrical and Computer Engineering) Harry W. Green, Ph.D. (Graduate Division and Earth Sciences) Ashok Mulchandani, Ph.D. (Chemical and Environmental Engineering) Kambiz Vafai, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) Francisco Zaera, Ph.D. (Chemistry) Professors Guillermo Aguilar, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) Christopher Bardeen, Ph.D. (Chemistry) Ludwig Bartels, Ph.D. (Chemistry) Pingyun Feng, Ph.D. (Chemistry) Cheryl Hayashi, Ph.D. (Biology) David Kisailus, Ph.D. (Chemical and Environmental Engineering) Roger K. Lake, Ph.D. (Electrical and Computer Engineering) Jianlin Liu, Ph.D. (Electrical and Computer Engineering) Stefano Lonardi, Ph.D. (Computer Science and Engineering) Allen Mills, Ph.D. (Physics and Astronomy) Mart Molle, Ph.D. (Computer Science and Engineering) Umar Mohideen, Ph.D. (Physics and Astronomy) Dimitrios Morikis, Ph.D. (Bioengineering) Leonard Mueller, Ph.D. (Chemistry) Nosang V. Myung, Ph.D. (Chemical and Environmental Engineering) Cengiz Ozkan, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) Mihri Ozkan, Ph.D. (Electrical and Computer Engineering) Victor Rodgers, Ph.D. (Bioengineering) Jing Shi, Ph.D. (Physics and Astronomy) Harry W.K. Tom, Ph.D. (Physics and Astronomy) Kathryn Uhrich, Ph.D. (Dean, College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences) Jianzhong Wu, Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering) Guanshui Xu, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) Jory Yarmoff, Ph.D. (Physics and Astronomy) Yadong Yin, Ph.D. (Chemistry) Associate Professors Elaine Haberer, Ph.D. (Electrical and Computer Engineering) Huinan Liu, Ph.D. (Bioengineering) Lorenzo Mangolini, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) Masaru Rao, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) Valentine Vullev, Ph.D. (Bioengineering) Assistant Professors Igor Barsukov, Ph.D. (Physics and Astronomy) Shane Cybart, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) Sinisa Coh, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) Yongtao Cui, Ph.D. ( Physics and Astronomy) Boniface P.T. Fokawa, Ph.D. (Chemistry) Nathaniel Gabor, Ph.D. (Physics and Astronomy) Alex Greaney, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) Juchen Guo, Ph.D. (Chemical and Environmental Engineering) De-en Jiang, Ph.D. (Chemistry) Sandeep Kumar, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) Chen Li, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) Ming Liu, Ph.D. (Electrical and Computer Engineering) Suveen Mathaudhu, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) Ming Lee Tang, Ph.D. (Chemistry) Richard Wilson, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) Peng Wei, Ph.D. (Physics and Astronomy) Bryan Wong, Ph.D. (Chemical and Environmental Engineering) Ruoxue Yan, Ph.D. (Chemical and Environmental Engineering)

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Adjunct Professors Nissim Amos, Ph.D. (Electrical and Computer Engineering) Krassimir Bozhilov, Ph.D. (Central Facility for Advanced Microscopy and Microanalysis) Alexander Khitun, Ph.D. (Electrical and Computer Engineering) Alfredo Martinez-Morales, Ph.D. (Managing Director of the Southern California Research Initiative for Solar Energy (SC-RISE)

The B.S. degree in Materials Science and Engineering is offered jointly by the five participating departments of The Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering. The program aims to produce students who are effective team players in materials engineering or related engineering, science or managerial positions, who use and improve on their skills in the job; who can enter into graduate or professional degree programs; and who are responsible engineers, professionals or scientists demonstrating ethical and professional responsibility and continuing to learn through a variety of educational experiences.

The Materials Science and Engineering Program Educational Objectives are to prepare our graduates to impact an evolving society by producing materials science and engineering constituents who:

• • are successful in both education and

industry

• • can demonstrate professionalism and

leadership in cutting edge interdisciplinary materials science and engineering practices

• • can utilize an understanding of the principles

of materials science and engineering to improve existing systems and innovate and design next generation technologies

• • will contribute effectively as individuals,

team members, and/or leaders to achieve personal, group and institutional goals.

The Materials Science and Engineering B.S. degree program at UCR is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, abet.org.

See Undergraduate Studies section.

See The Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering, Colleges and Programs section.

The Materials Science and Engineering major uses the following major requirements to satisfy the college’s Natural Sciences and Mathematics breadth requirement.

• 1. One course in the biological sciences

chosen from an approved list

• 2. CHEM 001A, CHEM 001LA

• 3. MATH 008B or MATH 009A

• 4. PHYS 040A, PHYS 040B

• 1. Lower-division requirements (72 units)

• a) CHEM 001A, CHEM 01LA, CHEM 001B,

CHEM 01LB, CHEM 001C, CHEM 01LC

• b) CS 030

• c) EE 001A, EE 01LA

• d) MATH 009A, MATH 009B, MATH 009C,

MATH 010A, MATH 010B, MATH 046

• e) ME 010

• f) MSE 001

• g) PHYS 040A, PHYS 040B, PHYS 040C

• h) CHEM 008A, CHEM 08LA

• 2. Upper-division requirements (72 units)

• a) BIEN 140A/CEE 140A

• b) CEE 135

• c) CHE 100

• d) EE 138

• e) ENGR 180W

• f) ME 110, ME 114, ME 156

• g) MSE 160, MSE 161, MSE 175A, MSE 175B

• h) STAT 155

• i) Technical Electives (20 units): chosen

from BIEN 140B/CEE 140B, CEE 147, EE 133, EE 136, EE 137, EE 139, ME 113, ME 116, ME 138, ME 153, ME 180, MSE 197

Visit the Student Affairs Office in the College of Engineering or student.engr.ucr.edu for a sample program.