Welcome to the Department of Materials Science & Engineering

The Department of Materials Science and Engineering was founded in August 2004 with a generous gift from the Micron Technology Foundation.  It is a young and dynamic department with ten faculty members, primarily housed in the Micron Engineering Center. The department now has active research programs in nuclear fuels and materials, biomaterials, glasses, semiconductors, nanofabrication, electronic memories, computational modeling, and magnetic materials.

Materials Science and Engineering is an interdisciplinary field. Physics, chemistry and engineering sciences are core concepts needed to study a material's structure and properties in order to develop materials that meet the demands of modern technology.  Faculty members in Biology, Chemistry, Geosciences, Physics, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering are affiliated with department both through teaching and research.

The Materials Science and Engineering Department at Boise State offers the following degrees:  B.S., M.S., M. Engr. and also a Minor at the undergraduate level.